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The one that comes with the spike CF10 temp control unit. Its submerged in the glycol.

Its in a hot garage now doing fine with a 10 gallon batch in a conical. It is however working hard and I don't see this thing cold crashing or dropping me below the low/mid 40s in that environment. Definitely can't compete with a real chiller or an ac mod running the coils in the glycol in a non...

Not sure why they bother. Its not like they have ever acted on user complaints or suggestions that show up in these forums? When was the last round of recipe editor fixes and firmware updates again in response to user feedback? Doug chimed in on the non picobrew zymatic forum to user's...

Did a 10 gallon hefe recipe into the CF10 this weekend. Moved everything into the garage where temps hover in the high 80s. Had no issues so far keeping temps steady at 66. Cranking it up to 70 and will see how it does with the higher ambient temps and cashing a full 10 gallon batch. I reduced...

New system is all butterfly valves.

Yeah. I'm weighing a component level build rather than a whole system. Its all around the same ballpark.

I'm budgeting to build out a 3 vessel herms system and I'm between the high gravity, Spike and Brau Supply. Can't find any reviews/owners of the Brau system and it looks like an interesting alternative to the other 2.

Weighing the NPT vs the yet to release/soon to drop triclamp system. Are you guys finding the NPT fittings a PIA to clean/disassemble ? Love triclamps but that's $1000 worth of triclamp.

Attempting a cold crash now. At the freezer's max setting Im able to get a 5 gallon batch in the CF10 down to 36f. It seems to be stuck around that temp range not getting any lower and the pump is running pretty much constantly. I've found that when trying to take it down I need to pause at a...

Did 1 gallon glycol 3 gallons R/O water.

In the same boat as you and Pile. I got the Zymatic in late 16 and while I love it compared to biab on a stove but it has fallen short mostly due to Picobrew's resistance to opening the system up and being open to self repair. I'm working on a replacement API since I've had so many brew days...

Lowered the freezer to setting 3. Minimal frost build up and the Spike TC pump kicks on maybe every 100 minutes for a 10 minute run. The insulation does seem a little thin but so far I love this conical. Need a few more runs with it obviously. I can see 5 gallon batches being a little iffy on...

Very easy. Stupid simple to rotate the compressor chasis and lots of slack and no kinking in the tubing. I am seeing a little bit of frost build up on the side wall but no more than I normally see in any other chest freezer. So far its holding. I'll report how cold crash goes which will be...

Plastic looks pretty solid but yeah time will tell on that one. I figure by the time that begins to break down I can justify a penguin. Its absolutely quiet. No noise and once its had time to cool to temp the compressor doesn't come on much at all. I chose this one because it was cheap and the...

The unit doesnt get great reviews but it was about the same price as a window AC unit without much hassle.Just flip the compressor and drill. Will probably be crashing it at the end of the month. Next batch Im moving to the much warmer garage to see how it performs.

I've found Saflager 34/70 to be very forgiving with temp control. If you don't have temp control but have a garage and live in a cold climate winter is the best time to play around with Lagers. Did this for years before literally just getting a proper connical and temp controls. As long as you...

Long time lurker. Figure this would be a good first post. Got a new Spike CF10 and just was not happy with the performance of the cold water cooler technique. A real chiller was out of the question for now. Saw some older threads about folks using fridges converted to freezers but never one...