Plastic Conicals for fermentation

[Brewn4life]

http://www.plastic-mart.com/item.aspx?id=136

They are used for fermentation along with other things, but they state that you could use them for up to a specific gravity of 1.7....They are not suposed to impart any nasty flavors...What do you guys think of these? Has any one used these before??

 

[FireBrew63]

I use the Norwesco 15 gallon from tank-depot.com. Works great, no plastic taste. Check this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/15-gallon-fermentor-table-build-223291/
There are also many threads here, just search for "plastic conical".

 

[Revvy]

Theres been several threads on it.
like this.

From here.

 

[Brewn4life]

LOL my bad!!!!
I never saw the search before...Thanks for the input. I would delete the thread if I knew how...

 

[Brewn4life]

Yep Ill be getting me a couple of those bad boys at least for Primary ferm.
Thanks for the links,

 

[Ricand]

Just filled mine up again today. I've used my plastic one and a friends stainless. I prefer the plastic since I can get a feel for what's going on through the translucent plastic. You can see how much yeast and trub. When I was cleaning the stuck on krausen from the last brew, it was great to be able to look through and see how well you are spraying it off. I can watch the volume come up and I can see the volume I've got when done. Cheaper and I like it better, that's a really odd combination for me.

 

[Brewn4life]

Cool,
So basically the only reason to buy a stainless fermenter is because its shinny and looks very professional.

 

[wh4tig0t]

I own neither of these, I use better bottles, but the advantage here, is the scratch resistance of Stainless Steel. You can scrub the crap out of a stainless conical, and most of them open up enough for you to see inside of them and get to and see whatever you need to clean. But then again I clean my better bottles by letting them sit completely full of oxyclean for a day or two and rinsing thoroughly. I never scrub them, but I can see inside and tell they are clean, so It would be the same deal with a plastic conical, the advantage being dropping the yeast, harvesting the yeast, and doing easy gravity filling of my kegs. If thats what you want then go for it.

 

[Shockerengr]

I've got one and have been happy with it so far. It's a joy to fill corny's from!

 

[wilserbrewer]

Damn, I've see smaller discharge hoses on RV's

 

[Ricand]

Damn, I've see smaller discharge hoses on RV's

When you are done fermenting the stuff that first comes out is eeeerily similar as well.

 

[blaze379]

Theres been several threads on it.
like this.

From here.

That's mine....... works great!!!!

 

[Shockerengr]

Here's mine...works quite well!