Has anyone used these for chilling?

[FastAndy]

http://www.zesco.com/PDFs/623/623-D-188.pdf

I'm half tempted to try one.

 

[EllisTX]

Seems like waaaay more trouble than it's worth. Unless you're doing just a couple gallon batches it's not going to cool rapidly enough so that you don't have to refill with ice a dozen times. Seems like it's best used for restaurants where they can pop one in and put it in the walk in cooler to decrease their chill time.

 

[Greenbasterd]

i don't think its as good as there making it seem.. its good for somebody who needs to cool a pot of soup once in a while maybe..

 

[bruin_ale]

Looks neat, but it'd probably take more than 1 to get from boiling to pitching temps - so not great as the only means of cooling. Using it as a paddle to stir an immersion chiller would probably be super effective though.

 

[Breweralex]

My restaurant uses these to chill our soups. They are a lot faster than just throwing the batch into our walk in fridge, but would not be fast enough for wort. If they were stainless instead of plastic I could see them working better for brewing.

 

[jamoke]

Being polycarconate, it would be just a matter of time before it leaks into your wort.
Why risk it?