Plastic Big Mouth Bubbler Sealing Problems

[BlackDog-Brewery]

I wish this thread would go away !

Don't buy a BMB. But if you did that's probably why you are here reading this.

Your time away from work to enjoy your hobby of brewing beer is priceless. Don't waste your time with all of the fixes and tricks to get this piece of crap to seal. Some of which I have contributed to.

If you can still return your order, then run, don't walk to return this POS.

I'm not saying throw it away if you can't return it . . . The new and improved lid (with the tapered silicone ridges) is better than the original lid design, and this fermenter works great for the initial fermentation of wines and other fast fermenting batches.

But for beer it sucks. Don't waste your time and money.

Cheers & 17 !

 

[Gonzo_Don]

I second BlackDog-Brewery's opinion. With some user modifications the thing is just "okay" for initial fermentation of wine, but that's it.
If you see me using a Big Mouth Bubbler, call the FBI because somebody's got a gun to my head.

 

[bondra76]

This thing has extremely high profit margins because it's poorly made and a piece of crap. Feel horrible for people that fall into the marketing ploy of these things. I did it myself and ever since I now refuse to use the "large typical" homebrew supply options on the Internet.

 

[passedpawn]

I wish this tread would go away !

Don't buy a BMB. But if you did that's probably why you are here reading this.

Your time away from work to enjoy your hobby of brewing beer is priceless. Don't waste your time with all of the fixes and tricks to get this piece of crap to seal. Some of which I have contributed to.

If you can still return your order, then run, don't walk to return this POS.

I'm not saying throw it away if you can't return it . . . It works great for the initial fermentation of wines and other fast fermenting batches. But for beer it sucks. Don't waste your time and money.

Cheers & 17 !

I second BlackDog-Brewery's opinion. With some user modifications the thing is just "okay" for initial fermentation of wine, but that's it.
If you see me using a Big Mouth Bubbler, call the FBI because somebody's got a gun to my head.

This thing has extremely high profit margins because it's poorly made and a piece of crap. Feel horrible for people that fall into the marketing ploy of these things. I did it myself and ever since I now refuse to use the "large typical" homebrew supply options on the Internet.

^^ regardless what they say, I love mine. I started with 2 glass carboys, then had 6 Better bottles, which I gave away in order to switch to these.

I did have to modify the lids to get them to seal properly, but that (literally) took me 20 minutes. It also cost me the additional (~$5) cost of the universal lid for each of them.

These things are a joy to use.