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That seems like the right math to me.

More time in the fermenter while you wait on the bottling bucket isn't going to hurt anything.

I have this little Lasko heater in mine (upright chest freezer). It's perfect and doesn't take up much room. Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 4.3 x 6.1 inches http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I'd get the bigger 10gal cooler. You'll be glad you have the extra space and I've never found maintaining temp to be an issue as long as I preheat the tun. I insulated the top of mine with some spray in foam. Drilled a few holes and sprayed it in and filled the holes with plastic hole plugs and...

That's a good point, I was assuming you had a big enough pot to do a full boil. I get by with a single 7 gallon pot and a cooler mash tun. Barely. You'll probably need and immersion chiller if you don't have one.

I'd do a cooler mash tun. You can build one with a hose braid for pretty cheap. Coolers are pretty reasonable at the Home Depot. BargainFittings is a great place for valves. You can go cheap with brass or spend the money to upgrade to stainless.

I have one of these in mine. Tiny and works great. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XDTWN2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I just used mine for the first time yesterday. With it full, I didn't notice the wobble...maybe it straightened out full of water and grain but it was a non-issue.

Mine is the same way. I checked several at Home Depot when I bought mine and they were all like that.

Agreed...$170 is completely ridiculous.

Home Depot has 10 gal Rubbermaid coolers w/ the HD logo on them for $42. I just bought one yesterday. Bargainfittings is a good source for ball valves at good prices. I just put together one w/ a stainless valve and braid for about $90 total. I drilled holes in the lid and shot in some...

I do AHS extract kits with a full boil and it works great. You want to steep the grains in the suggested 2gal of water to avoid extracting bad tannins. After steeping add a little under 4 gals (bringing you to just shy of 6 gal) to account for boil off. Then proceed as usual. You'll want a wort...

I use PH strips to check as well. Based on that test mine lasts longer than 3weeks.

Forgot to report back...the AHS American IPA turned out awesome, I would highly recommend it. It has great hops to it w/out being too much for people that don't typically like IPAs. I love big IPAs but my wife doesn't...but she liked this one.

Cool down to 65.

I use water from the hose (which last time was about 65 deg) to knock the heat down to 80- 85 or so. Then recirculate ice water from a cooler using the pump. I whirlpool the immersion chiller some as well.

I have a 20ft 3/8 immersion chiller and can cool a full 5gal boil in about 20min with that $10 harbor freight pump.

I dig my brew hauler. Definitely worth $14

I have the same Harbor Freight one...works great. It's on sale for $10 right now. http://www.harborfreight.com/258-gph-submersible-fountain-pump-47117.html

I recently bought some PH strips from my LHBS for exactly this purpose...cheap and works. Although at only 24hrs I don't think you have anything to worry about. I have some StarSan mixed up in a spray bottle that is still fine after 6weeks (and counting).