Warning - Don't over tighten Star San lid!!

[strauseman55]

add Me also

 

[wildwest450]

Wow, 4 pages of people who can't screw a plastic lid on. I feel sullied and unusual.


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[ThreeDogsNE]

Wow, 4 pages of people who can't screw a plastic lid on. I feel sullied and unusual.

Or smug?

Mine was certainly correctly threaded. I too found that it was all too easy to overtighten the cap and have it fail. I am no longer young and strong (well, at least I once was young) and the cap broke on mine as well. My iodophor came in identical packaging, and the caps remain intact on that, making me also wonder if StarSan makes the caps brittle. I don't think I gave mine any more force than I would have for a bottle of salad dressing, and I can't recall any of those failing. It looks to me like too common a problem....

 

[wildwest450]

Or smug?

Not at all.

Simply confused.

 

[ThreeDogsNE]

Not at all.

Simply confused.

I can't speak for others. For mine, when screwing on the cap, what seemed like not very much torque proved to be too much, and the cap broke. I was interested to see that I am far from alone on this. The only other circumstance I can think of where I've had this happen is on tubes of epoxy, where once again I wonder about the effects of the chemicals on the plastic cap. I haven't cared enough about the epoxies to pursue it. I do have most of the bottle of StarSan still around, and would like to keep it usable. I'll try a soda bottle lid as was suggested earlier in this thread.

 

[bendavanza]

Me too. I did not notice it broke until the next time I used it. Sounds like they may want to find a better cap, something with more flex.

 

[jeffmeh]

I just emailed to [email protected]:

I thought I would call your attention to this thread, in case you are not aware of the problem already.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/warning-dont-over-tighten-star-san-lid-184100/

A number of people, myself included, have had the cap break. I am a big fan of your products, and this is a fairly small annoyance, but I suspect that you will want to address it.

 

[jldc]

I had the same thing happen on the lid of my bottle. I put a double thickness ziplock bag over one end and attached it with a rubber band. Working fine for nearly a year.

 

[andysim]

I just emailed to [email protected]:

I thought I would call your attention to this thread, in case you are not aware of the problem already.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/warning-dont-over-tighten-star-san-lid-184100/

A number of people, myself included, have had the cap break. I am a big fan of your products, and this is a fairly small annoyance, but I suspect that you will want to address it.

Did you ever hear anything back from Starsan?

 

[Bassman]

When I first read this thread I thought, what are these people talking about just be careful. Sure enough, I over tightened the next time I brewed! Hopefully I can save the one good cap.

 

[patrck17]

Had this problem too. I don't recall how it occured but its been that way for some time. Seems to be a pretty common defect. I have to believe they are aware of it. They should be able to push it back to their supplier. Keep us posted if you hear back from them.

 

[jeffmeh]

I did hear back from them after a few weeks, as I understand that my message ended up being diverted by a spam filter.

So they are aware of the problem, and they did provide me with good customer service. 'Nuff said.

 

[drez77]

Not sure if it has been posted already or not but a cover from a 2l soda bottle fit on there perfectly for me.

 

[Jewrican]

been there too

 

[headfullahops]

I had a different problem. My last 32oz bottle caps eventually wouldn't tighten enough to push the liquid into the measuring chamber before they skipped the threads and were half screwed on again. So I now have the most sanitary 1 cup measuring cup in the state.

 

[Scimmia]

I had a different problem. My last 32oz bottle caps eventually wouldn't tighten enough to push the liquid into the measuring chamber before they skipped the threads and were half screwed on again. So I now have the most sanitary 1 cup measuring cup in the state.

I have this issue, but on the measuring side. Takes very, very little force to skip the threads.