beer gun or CPBF

[boo boo]

i've had both. In theory, the cpbf is better, but it's a pita to use (at least mine is). The beer gun is so much easier to use i can't see ever using the cpbf again.

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[Randall]

http://morebeer.com/view_product/18279/102289/Counter_Pressure_Bottle_Filler

Here is a link to the one i got. I wont be using it all the time either but it looks like it shouldnt be too bad to whip it out for a few bottles.

Its very easy to use. I'm happy with mine.

 

[kosmokramer]

Its very easy to use. I'm happy with mine.

Sweet... im excited to use it... how do you store it? Do you take off the gas and beer lines when not in use?

 

[Randall]

Yeah break it down and clean everything then let it dry. Put it away till next time.

 

[SixFoFalcon]

One thing that annoys me about all these systems is the emphasis people place on purging the bottle with CO2 before filling. It means absolutely nothing to purge with CO2 if you are pulling a filling tube out of the beer, thus drawing in atmospheric air, once filling is complete. If anything, you should be purging the headspace with CO2 AFTER filling the bottle.

 

[FSR402]

One thing that annoys me about all these systems is the emphasis people place on purging the bottle with CO2 before filling. It means absolutely nothing to purge with CO2 if you are pulling a filling tube out of the beer, thus drawing in atmospheric air, once filling is complete. If anything, you should be purging the headspace with CO2 AFTER filling the bottle.

Yes and this is what you should be doing.

 

[Retrofit]

My understanding is the co2 is heavier than air, so the air gets pushed out first- leaving a 'blanket' of co2.

Your suggesting pulling the tube out is so significant that the displacement draws air in to the bottle.

I can see that.

If this is true, and lets say it is. Wouldn't the beer gun be the easier solution as you can quickly tap the trigger and give one last blast of co2 to the top of the beer?

Pop! Move on...

I'm ordering mine this week. I don't have any personal experience with it yet, but every youtube video makes it so obvious that it's the easier tool to use, the price difference shouldn't matter. I keep scratching my head at the comments that sort of say, "I don't bottle a lot so the difference won't matter." I keep thinking, if one beer is irritating, then it's an irritating tool. The Beergun seems to be easy every time. Frankly, this post has got me asking myself, why am I waiting?

Oh yeah, pay day! Then I'm buying a beergun- and I'll use it to cap my beer with co2 (at the end).

 

[kosmokramer]

My understanding is the co2 is heavier than air, so the air gets pushed out first- leaving a 'blanket' of co2.

Your suggesting pulling the tube out is so significant that the displacement draws air in to the bottle.

I can see that.

If this is true, and lets say it is. Wouldn't the beer gun be the easier solution as you can quickly tap the trigger and give one last blast of co2 to the top of the beer?

Pop! Move on...

I'm ordering mine this week. I don't have any personal experience with it yet, but every youtube video makes it so obvious that it's the easier tool to use, the price difference shouldn't matter. I keep scratching my head at the comments that sort of say, "I don't bottle a lot so the difference won't matter." I keep thinking, if one beer is irritating, then it's an irritating tool. The Beergun seems to be easy every time. Frankly, this post has got me asking myself, why am I waiting?

Oh yeah, pay day! Then I'm buying a beergun- and I'll use it to cap my beer with co2 (at the end).

i wasnt necessarily looking easiest,just easy and consistant. Lookatthe morebeer vid i posted. Only one valve instead of three like most cpbf...i havemt used it yet but it doesnt look as difficult as the vids... it isonly5 bucks cheaper but i want consistant beers

 

[SixFoFalcon]

i wasnt necessarily looking easiest,just easy and consistant. Lookatthe morebeer vid i posted. Only one valve instead of three like most cpbf...i havemt used it yet but it doesnt look as difficult as the vids... it isonly5 bucks cheaper but i want consistant beers

Right, that's kinda where I'm at. If you're just doing a few bottles and then you're done, it seems like either one (CPBF or Beer Gun) is going to take more time to set up, clean etc., than anything else. So I'd want to go with the one that gives the absolute best result in the bottle, not the one that might take a little less fussing between one bottle and the next just to save a few seconds along the way. If you're doing a case or two of bottles each time, then you probably have different priorities.