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I will be taking it fully apart to clean because I won't always be filling it right back up. I don't plan to have it sit with all the accessories attached either.

Maybe a dumb question but are you guys sanitizing the gas manifold? Obviously you wouldn't want to submerge it with the pressure gauge but maybe a spray bottle? Or not at all? Doesn't really touch anything. Overthinking maybe.

I sent the same two pictures as I posted. Spike got back to me and is shipping me a new racking arm. They mentioned this is something they rarely see so either they have come across this issue before or their customer support is just going above and beyond and just sent one out. I could see...

It looks like the tube is in 2 pieces which doesn't make sense to me. I also reached out to Spike to see what they had to say.

Can anyone confirm that their racking arm looks the same as these pictures on the inside or not. Seems to have a groove inside that lines up with the inner tc fitting that faces conical. I don't know if I'm being too critical because of the price of the conical but that doesn't seem right to...

That dry hop setup is awesome! I've been thinking about a tilt for awhile would help with timing everything without a bunch of samples.

Filled up my CF5 for the first time last night. Ordered a racking arm, barb fitting and the gas manifold bundle. Thank you for the suggestions. Weather was too nice and couldn't wait for the racking arm so I'll try it on the next batch. Should get those tomorrow. Now that I finally have a...

I'm waiting for my CF5 to arrive Tuesday. I just ordered the conical as I wanted to decide which accessories I wanted and buy as needed. What accessories did you start with or purchase after using it. Is the racking arm a must have? I want to be able to transfer carbonated beer into a keg so I...

Hello everyone! I'm new to the forum but not to the hobby. I'm also apart of another homebrew forum but found myself finding great info on topics found on the homebrewtalk. Hope to add something to the forum. I got my first kit November 2013 as a birthday gift and haven't looked back. Adding...