Thanks for posting. I did move forward and buy the bottling wand. My first impression was that its much bigger than i thought it was going to be. I still like the idea that its stainless which is why I purchased it in the first place.
What i don't like about it is the size, it felt a little cumbersome in my hand and work space and i don't have small hands. Also because its so much bigger than your standard bottling wand it doesn't fill bottle all the way.
With the old style wand I would let the beer flow until it reached the lip of the bottle, remove the wand and Bob's Your Uncle a perfect fill every time. The SS wand just disperses to much beer to get that perfect fill.
The other problem I had was that the plunger couldn't always depress properly in bottles. Almost like the wand had to be perfectly straight up and down for it to dispense. If you also bottle wine in bottles that have dimpled bottoms this could be a real issue.
I didn't even finish bottling one batch with that wand. I just went and grabbed the old reliable and finished the batch.
Others may have different experiences, this is just mine. I still love the idea and the concept of the SS wand it just needs some redesigning if possible
