Perlick Flow Control v Kegland Disconnects v Nukatap

[KegLand]

Or maybe just fire the gorilla that has been tightening them at the factory?

Cheers!

Yes they are quite tight when we first send them out. They are done up by a machine.

 

[KegLand]

Hey, Kegland! Start making the caps on your regular disconnects long instead of round. Then people could get leverage to open them without tools that gouge them up.

You're welcome. Send me a check.

I think this is a fair point. It would not be difficult for us to make these like a wing nut shape so you have more to hold onto. The cap is quite small to grab onto.

 

[day_trippr]

Don't need to go all three-D, just make the round knob a moderately elongated oval...although that may challenge your machinery a bit...

Cheers!

 

[duncan.brown]

I have lost some skin before reaching for the pliers, so I'd be a +1 on getting a bit more purchase when trying to unscrew the caps.

 

[day_trippr]

Someone with a 3D printer should take one of those knobs and make a "wrench" that would fit it perfectly...

Cheers!

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

It's not so much a question of finding the very best shape. The main thing is to get away from a really bad shape and size. You could make them elongated. You could make them bigger, like the ones on the flow control disconnects. You could even make them hex-shaped so wrenches would fit, but the thing that makes most sense is to make them easy to remove without tools.

 

[Yesfan]

For the disconnect, what about just putting a slot in the cap for a screw driver? Everybody's got a screwdriver in their tool box....

 

[DuncB]

Or maybe just fire the gorilla that has been tightening them at the factory?

Cheers!

Might be a panda!!

 

[beren]

Sometimes that gorilla is you. It's easy to overtighten these for fear of leaks, and if you leave one sitting around with beer or wort in it, you're gluing it on.

There is no reason at all to make these things round.

I just use a towel or clean rag to grip the top no tools needed. And tighten them with bare fingers

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Not relevant to the experiences of people whose caps arrived overtightened.