Plastic Carboys

[dsoto75]

I found a site that was selling 6 gallon plastic carboys, for about 21 bucks a piece.

So you think using plastic carboys are just as good as the glass ones? for about half the price, I'm thinking about picking up a couple of the plastics, but was interested to see if anyone out there used them before.

 

[SourHopHead]

Most use Better Bottles. I have two and they are awesome!

 

[dsoto75]

Most use Better Bottles. I have two and they are awesome!

Ahh those were the ones that I saw LOL, guess I will be picking them up then.

dave

 

[jamesrm]

They are the ONLY way to go, carboy wise. Go ahead and get the drilled ones and the racking adapters.

 

[SSRider]

how expensive are carboys elsewhere? My LHBS sells 5 gallon carboys for 22.99 and 6.5 gallon carboys for 26.99.

 

[McKBrew]

how expensive are carboys elsewhere? My LHBS sells 5 gallon carboys for 22.99 and 6.5 gallon carboys for 26.99.

I've heard of people paying over $40 for a single carboy. Seems like the price really varies with location. Glass ones at my LHBS in Western WA are in the $20 range as well.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Glass here in Portland is about the same as it appears to be in WA. About $20 - $21 for 5 gallon, 6 gallon a buck or two more, 6.5 a buck or two more on top of that. I asked the folks at the LHBS a few months ago if they were going to see the effects of the price increases and they laughed and said no way. They have plenty of stock as well.

 

[Calico Jack]

I absolutely love my better bottle plastics. I actually sometimes use buckets over glass carboys.

 

[Jared311]

+1 for better bottles

I am slowly building up my fleet of better bottles and ditching my glass

 

[Hegh]

Wow, that's cheap. Around here (upstate NY), a 6 gallon glass carboy is like $38 at my LHBS.