I bought one last year. I have a Williams Warn counter pressure filler that I no longer use. If you have forward sealing faucets the Tapcooler is ridiculously easy to setup, use and clean. I have lost one of the small washers though.
I haven’t bought one yet. I was going to put it on my Christmas wish list. @RCope has one and says it works like a champ. He also mentioned a problem with one of the little o-rings or filling tube. @seanjwalker1 just got one too but hasn’t used it yet. I think I’ll definitely try getting one before the end of the year no matter what.
Here's to hoping all your Christmas wishes come true!
I had to trim the spring on mine to get it to work decently. Not much, just one or two rings. You'll also discover the 'trick' for getting better fills with it. Especially if you go with the can filling version/add-on (you want to seal on foam). Once you dial everything in, though, it does work well. I do wish that they hadn't dropped the options to have it free standing. IMO, that was a poor decision.
At least once per session.
I store mine with the pressure release knob turned almost all the way out now and it has quit sticking for me.
How do you have it mounted? From what I've seen, there's no mount like with the first version where it will be on the top surface (draining below it) like I have. To make a mount like what I have now would be more complicated. If they want to change how the can locks into position, fine. Just don't remove your ability to have it free standing.
How do you like the new version of the can filler? I'm thinking about getting one, but can't decide if it's worth it compared to filling cans using a beer gun and putting the lid on foam. I can see the counter pressure feature being handy when filling cans with a higher carbed beer.
I have used a beer gun, the OG Tapcooler and the new one and I like the new one the best. I never got along with the beer gun even with bottles or growlers. I always had foam issues. The OG Tapcooler can filler for me was OK but I had some issues getting a good seal on the top of the can and I ruined a fair number of cans by rolling the lip trying to get the can sealed. Others may have had better experience, mine was an early model that I got as soon as they want on sale. The new one, while requiring a mounting system, works just better for me. It grips the can under the lip and pulls up against a gasket. I will try to get a picture of how it works. Once the pressure and vent are all set after a can or two it works really good and I can get several cans filled quickly. I still lid on foam because once you release the can there is a buildup of foam that happens.
Thanks for the info. I can definitely see this new version being very useful when canning beers that have different levels of CO2. Instead of lowering the pressure on the keg when filling, I was thinking I could just use the pressure relief valve on the Tapcooler to control the flow and prevent too much foaming.
I like it but for some reason I'm not getting a good seal on my 650ss perlick taps. I had to forego the taps and use the valve/keg connector. I filled some bottles with crown caps and some with flippy tops. I have not tried the crown capped bottles only the flippy and to me they are under carbonated. I had good bottle seals and pre filled with co2 and capped on foam. I'll try a few more bottles and see how that goes. So far though...its a great item I think that needs a few improvements. For one, the rubber seals on the tap need to be a tad larger for a better seal. The pressure valve release tube was more a hinderance than a help...to me. And I think maybe having the hands free bottle holder will be a great help with making a better seal at the bottle opening for improved carbonation. When I sample a crown capped beer from the Tapcooler I'll post. It's a great gadget but needs tweaking.
Well I like it but can not get a seal in my Perlick 650ss taps. I tried again yesterday for the 3rd time. I even changed out the little O-Rings with the spare ones, no dice. I wrote to Great Fermentations to see if they could send me a new tap adapter. The valve/keg connector works great but I really bought this and want to use it with my taps. Maybe my Perlicks taps are slightly larger on the I.D from manufacturing but I can't imagine that being the case. I even cut back on the co2 pressure to see if it made a difference, no dice. Pretty good leak. Other than replacing the tap adapter I'm at a lose on what else to do. I guess it could be the o-Rings being mis manufactured but both sets ? Unlikely.
Thanks, yeah I thought about slightly larger o rings, same I.D, bigger O.D. Great Fermentations, the company I bought it from through Amazon is trying to figure out a solution for me. For whatever reason they ask me to take front and side photos of my Perlicks and upload them ?? Have no clue what that will do, a 650ss is a 650ss ? They are flow controls but I made sure the flow was no more than 1/2, exactly half way. Maybe I need to lower them to 1/4 ??
Wow. You would think they would remember that. I'm almost positive the o rings are the problem. I wrote to tapcooler myself last week asking them about the o rings and a bottle bung that would fit PET bottles. They told me the rings on the Tapcooler should be the right size but that was all. Lot of help they were. You have any idea what size o ring they sent you ? Was it in a packet with size nomenclature ? Thanks for the info !
Unfortunately the o-ring size was not mentioned, only a generic item #. The item # may have been GF022, but since they also replaced my dip tube due to the o-rings splitting I'm not certain. In both seperate cases Great Fermentations was on top of my problems and resolved them fairly quickly.
Well according to Tapcooler Perlick forward sealing work well with this bottler. I think I just ended up with the wrong size O rings on the adapter. I don't mind the pressure relief valve too much but the relief valve tubing to me is worthless and just gets in the way! I just ended up taking it off.
Agree with the tubing, I used mine once and put it away. I believe that it was intended to carry away any foam into a container instead of on the side of a bottle, which is useful if you don't have the pressure relief dialed in.
I reckon. 
