Autosiphon broke - replacement?

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MitDaseinBier

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I broke my autosiphon just before racking my carboy into a keg this evening. I got by with using the racking cane section of the autosiphon with a carboy cap and blowing into the smaller part of the cap, which worked well enough and I'm sure a number of people rack regularly with this method. It seems a bit risky to me however. I've thought about pushing with low-pressure CO2, but saw this sanitary filter. Would this work to filter out my breath to some degree. Obviously it wouldn't carry the no oxygen benefit of CO2, but would be less risky. I also don't have an easy way of getting CO2 to racking a carboy due to basement layout, though this is possible with a fair amount of hosing. Would the filter work for breath filtering in a siphon role?
 
You probably have more bacteria in your breath blowing into a carboy than would be exposed by rinsing your mouth with Vodka and sucking on a hose to create a siphon. Didn't chase your link to offer product advice. A blanket of CO2 would be good for the recipient vessel.
 

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