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I've done countless searches here about these with no decent results.
The missus bought me one of these cause it, "looked good".
Are they any better than the Coopers one or basically the same?
It's in two parts with the top part completely covering the whole of the chamber.
Gas can still escape looks alright cause no nasties can fall in at all.
I prefer this type because:
- Highly unlikely to 'suck back' the liquid in the lock.
- Quieter.
- Converts readily to a blow off tube when doing brews that may super krausen out the top.
- easier to clean as mentioned before.
I've got a couple of these and they're pretty good - certainly better than the one that comes with the Coopers kit.
Both my fermenters right now have no airlock - I am using cling wrap and the rubber seal to hold it on. I am tiring of the cleaning/sanitising load and removing the lid, airlock bits and grommet from the fiasco eases things a little.
Yeah these airlocks are very good. They are also known as 'senior' airlocks as they are larger in stem diameter and are designed to be a tight fit through the grommet to give a much tighter seal.
For sure, bottled 2 brews earlyish cause of backflow from the kit airlock.
They still turned out alright but wouldn't have wanted to leave them too long with dodgy water on top.
I would recommend using boiled water at least in the airlock. Some people use vodka on the basis that it will kill anything that goes in and won't harm the beer too much if it goes in.
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