I don't want to go to the hospital because of a broken carboy so I use better bottles. I have never had a problem with them and would highly recommend them.
Price Payed: $35.00
Recommended? Yes
Pros: See through, durable
Cons: won't shatter
I am going to have an extra gallon of hefeweizen (WLP-351, no banana esters just clove) and am going to try this out. I'm going to use a fresh pineapple and will report back in couple weeks...
It's a matter of personal preference. More recently people have stopped using secondaries. This gives the yeast a chance to "clean up" after themselves but like I said it comes down to preference. I'm sure doing it all in one bucket/carboy would work fine. Try it in just primary once and...