Dented my Better Bottle!

[germanicus81]

meh, my first BB developed a crack on the bottom- fortunately while i was soaking it with cleanser instead of beer! My second BB already looks like it is developing hairline cracks in the same lower corner, I'm done with this plastic BS. I've never added hot water or wort to them, just lukewarm water with PBW or oxyclean. I'm currently working on coating some glass carboys with truck bed liner to mitigate any shattering problems, as well as giving me a good grip for cleaning.

 

[Beer:30]

First off - I am an ogre (as my wife loves to remind me) so I man handle everything. That being said, one day while soaking a few carboys with wash water after racking I managed to flood my cleaning table. I searched for the source of the leak and found that I had somehow cracked the bottom of one of my BB which resulted in it leaking. So even though they are plastic, don't handle them like an ogre or you will break them.

 

[adx]

Mine has been like that for over two years and I still use it all the time. I got mine by putting inside of a bottling bucket with about 3 gallons of water in the BB and forgot about it for a week. The nut from the spigot on the bucket made the bottom cave in a little.