Anyone tried this??

[Lewis]

Anyone using and or have used one of these and if so how good are they?

http://www.morebeer.com/product.html?product_id=5758

[undercover1]

Over to you, Dogger.

[Dogger Dan]

I have seen them, actually they normally come with a big bottle and a hand pump to transfer the liquids. Strictly speaking I have only ever used them for wine and they work well enough with some draw backs. There are two plates which are separated by a plastic ring. The liquid to be filtered is introduced through the ring and then is pushed out through the filter plates above and below. It is then collected into a pail through two plastic hoses, one from the top, one from the bottom.

Couple of issues I have had here with this product.

1. DIfficult to get filter plates, there is a suprise here, most homebrew stuff is hard to get here.

2. Everything is held together through some wing nuts, bolts, and washers which have a nasty habit of going adrift, and I have seen the plastic surrounding the locking holes break, leaving them useless

3. Leaks pretty good when the plates get filled with yeast and doesn't have a collection system so it will piss your brew all over the floor.

I would personally look at an electric filter, they are a bit more expensive but I have used mine for 10 years with no big issues

Dogger