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Literally had the same conversation with Spike this week. There just isnt anything on the homebrew market as good as the options they and SS Brewtech put out. For pro side 1bbl and bigger you can get American steel no problem. Long term I have a hunch we will see further de-globalization...

Good luck OP. I took a dump in my hand and flung it at Kevin and referenced this. Not sure if it helped but he has earned it by not helping you.

I doubt they would have sold many machines if they had been honest about where it was in the development cycle. They would have been better off in terms of goodwill being honest and open about things. My guess that I am pulling straight from my arse based on the number of people I've heard...

I recall a post a few years back about someone posting about using larger kegs on the forum and getting a ban warning from the almighty support goons because using an unofficial keg will cause the zymatic to turn into an ied. For pico to do something like this requires vision and partnership in...

I used to get glycol from tractor supply for my chiller. They still carry it from time to time. This should be more than enough from amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Propylene-Glycol-Food-Grade-Quart/dp/B005PZBRUC . Just stick w the food grade stuff. Been a while since i had to top off a zymatic...

Confused does spike make the panels or ebs? So you have to chase vendors of spike down for support?

Not sure what it is about home brewers but we seem to be almost cucked / willing to put up w a certain level of abuse that is way beyond what a typical consumer should ever put up with or what is reasonable.

Do they not test fire the ebrew supply panels before shipping? I get they can jostle in shipping and a wire can come loose but i hear a lot of “dead relay” and miswiring out of the box on the fb page. You shouldnt have to be playing doctor to a $2k 50 amp panel out of the box. Not what id expect...

At this point you can assume any dates they give out are worthless. What is up w the picopack spam wave? Do they have a warehouse full of this crap rotting they need to unload? Stick a fork in picobrew.

Nah its my name. Just a big deer hunter. Gut Piles are part of the game.

I wonder why they decided to go dark on the updates?

The guy who runs the biggest non pico corporate zymatic group on facebook bashes them all the time. Calls the Z the ponZi. Havent seen the employees there in a while. When they appear its usually negative in response to customer complaints which imo is incredibly unprofessional. But you are...

I think my banning was specific to complaining about the spam volume I used to get from them. I actually emailed support and said "Knock it the F off already". Now its silence on the Z. My guess is they are well into next year for the Z. For the poor moron who bought a Z4 thinking he could run...

This wasnt a kickstarter. It was a preorder. A preorder that was marketed to appear like the product was in the pre-release/late stages of development with 6-7 months to release. That was a lie to grab cash. Guessing to stay afloat. You dont get a pay day loan from the inbev sharks because you...

Fascinating that ZX Ventures is a creditor to them and not an investor. That bit of info was probably not supposed to get out. Hope they kept enough of that preorder cash to actually ship units. This could end badly with the slipping deadlines and only the preorder stash to burn. There cant be...

Mike got banned for way less than that.

They've banned a ton of people actually. I know of 6 not including Mike. If you as much as grumble on the dead pico forums you are gone. Most of the time its people who are experiencing crap service on repairs and run around daring to tell their story. They are great at solving stupid problems...

Brewie has been a bigger $hit show than even Pico and their practices border on fraud. As much as I like to hate on Pico they do (eventually) deliver a decent (overpriced) product. Pico's issues are the guys developing the product don't seem to be communicating with the marketing idiots and the...

A poster on one of the facebook forums was told no step filters for you because he has already gotten one in the last 6 months. I've had them fail with corner cracks that only open under the heat you get from a mash or cleaning in as little as 6 weeks. But yes they can handle stupid things like...

Mike has posted a lot of valuable information that picobrew has banned and harassed people over. Good companies don't do that. They work with their customers to ensure threads like this are unnecessary. Are you doubting that he is an actual user?