Carrying full Spike Flex+

[VikeMan]

Question for anyone with a Spike Flex+... Do you carry the fermenter by the handles when it is full?

 

[k-os]

I usually lift mine with one hand on a handle and the other hand on one of the legs/bottom of the cone.

 

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From their site:

The Flex handles say “Do Not Lift When Full", is this accurate?
A full Flex weighs upwards of 70lbs. Although the handles are designed and tested to support that weight we do not recommend lifting when full.

 

[VikeMan]

From their site:

The Flex handles say “Do Not Lift When Full", is this accurate?
A full Flex weighs upwards of 70lbs. Although the handles are designed and tested to support that weight we do not recommend lifting when full.

Thanks. I had seen that. If you read the whole page, it seems like they are recommending not carrying a full fermenter just because it could slosh around and become unbalanced, not because the handles won't hold. I'm willing to ignore their advice, because I have carried full conicals many times before, with no issues.

What I need to know is if anyone has been using the handles to do so, because it would be handy (no pun intended).

 

[TheMadKing]

Are they constructed the same way as the Spike CF5 handles by being rolled over into a flap of stainless which is then welded to lock them in place?

If so I can tell you that the stainless will begin to tear even if you just try to use the handles to take the partial weight. I did that to my CF5 and have a 1/8" tear in the handle flap now

Edit nevermind i was able to find a good enough picture of one to see that they are constructed significantly differently than the CF handles

 

[gewehr43sniper]

Question for anyone with a Spike Flex+... Do you carry the fermenter by the handles when it is full?

yes