Wort chiller

[howbrewyoudo]

I am looking at two wort chillers, essentially the same price. One has tubing directly onto the copper tubing fitted with hose clamps, and the other has hose fittings directly on the copper tubing. Though I would obviously need to buy at least one hose for the out flow, I am not thinking this would cost very much more. I am wondering what everyones opinion is on which I should go with or which they have found works better through experience. Thank you for the advice.

 

[atom]

why did you make a new thread for this...

 

[Wolfhound180]

I would get the one with the tubing attached. Less chance of water leaking into the wort.

 

[howbrewyoudo]

Sorry to ruin your day I guess atom. It seemed like a different question than my original post about what size pot to get with my chiller. Oh wait, it is a completely different question. I guess the better question is why did you waste more of your time with a pointless response to what you felt was a pointless post? In any event I really do not care, so do not bother responding. For those of you offering advice I thank you, and to atom, do not bother reading my posts any more and save a little of what is clearly your extremely valuable time.

 

[eastoak]

I am looking at two wort chillers, essentially the same price. One has tubing directly onto the copper tubing fitted with hose clamps, and the other has hose fittings directly on the copper tubing. Though I would obviously need to buy at least one hose for the out flow, I am not thinking this would cost very much more. I am wondering what everyones opinion is on which I should go with or which they have found works better through experience. Thank you for the advice.

the compression fittings are always the best buy. the hose clamps will fail while you are chilling your beer, guaranteed.

 

[bob1006]

Go with the screw fittings.

 

[onipar]

Technically, I agree with the others. The one with hose fittings directly on the chiller will be less likely to leak. (I don't have a chiller at all yet, but I've been doing a lot of research on this lately). I've read about a lot of people having leaking issues with the hose clamps + vinyl tubing, though I did read one post that simply said to just use two clamps per side.

On the flip side is cost. Unless you have an extra hose that you can use, figure at *least* 10-40 bucks extra for a hose ($10 is probably being generous). If you plan to use it outside, I think that'd be it. But if you want to use it with your sink, I'm thinking you'd need another hose and a sink adapter fitting? Frankly, that seems like a lot of garden hose for indoor use.

I guess you could also buy one hose and then cut it down to length, though then you're looking at more purchases because you'll need hose adapters for the cut ends...

Or (from someone who actually has one of these), is there an easier/better way to hook it up to a sink?

 

[bob1006]

Personally, I don't like picking up 45 pounds of scolding hot liquid that I just spent 3 hours working on. I start next to my garage door and end there.

As far as the sink adapter, they are cheap and screw on and off fairly easy. You wouldn't need any adapter to the drain side. Set the kettle on a couple blocks so the water drains under it.

 

[onipar]

Personally, I don't like picking up 45 pounds of scolding hot liquid that I just spent 3 hours working on. I start next to my garage door and end there.

As far as the sink adapter, they are cheap and screw on and off fairly easy. You wouldn't need any adapter to the drain side. Set the kettle on a couple blocks so the water drains under it.

Well yeah, it all depends on where the brewing takes place. The same argument can be made for someone who brews in the kitchen not wanting to carry it outside to the garden hose. That's why I'm leaning towards the clamps, though I haven't decided for sure yet.

 

[Pezman1]

If I brewed outdoors I would get the one with hose fittings.

If I brewed indoors I would get the vinly tubing. Sink adapter is all you need and its about 3-4 bucks.

If you change things around, either one can be modified easily to work just like you want.

Pez.


EDIT - I have modifed my IC with vinyl tubing by cutting the hoses to the correct length for my set up. If things change, it is simple and easy to buy new tubing.