Economy Plate Chillers?

[mwsenoj]

Do any of you have an economy plate chiller like the ones here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f41/30-plate-wort-chiller-72-a-195682/

and

http://www.homebrewstuff.com/servlet/the-260/Counter-flow-plate-wort/Detail


...and if so, are they any good?

I am always hoping to find a great deal on something that is of just-as-good quality as the Blichmann, but all too often the old adage "pay less, get less" rings true.

 

[aceuass]

heres another
I have also been looking at replacing my Shirron
http://www.dudadiesel.com/search.php?query=plate+chiller
Cheers
Paul

 

[DrHops]

I have a dudadiesel 30 plate chiller and love it!! I just use gravity feed and cool off a 5 gallon batch in one pass through the chiller using very little water. Then I just backflush with the hose, boil it for 30 minutes in water to remove any gunk and soak in starsan for 1 hour. I've used it for 3 batches so far and have had no problems. I do use a hop sock though there is very little chance of hops getting into it.

 

[MikeYoung]

I hate to revive a long dead thread, but I have questions about the DudaDiesel chiller.

The wort chart at http://www.dudadiesel.com/files/beerwortchart.pdf has some impossible looking numbers. For example, the very bottom line on the last page says 19 gal of 68^F water will cool 10 gal of 212^F wort to 75^F, using an oversize 90 plate chiller. Seems to me there's something not right with this chart. (No, my name is not Sherlock. It takes a glaring disparity to grab my attention.)

Would love to hear if anyone has measured the cooling water volume needed to cool a batch.

Thanks.
Mike.