FastFerment Conical Fermenter - Home-Brew Kit - BPA Free Food grade Primary Carboy Fermenter Beer, Wine Fermentation also Hard Cider brewing kit. Stand, bottling hose and all hardware incl,White

This product is not for the faint hearted or for the Soy Boy. The blown mold flashing on the plastic threads need to be filed and smoothed. I used a small triangle file and it took me 20 minutes to make it right. I applied a generous amount of teflon tape, filled the vessel with water and blew in some pressure to exploit any leaks, there were none!!!! For those people whining about this vessel leaking, take it apart and clean the threads with a file. If there is still some leakage use some RTV.Next is the metal base. the threads in the four rods need to be chased with a M6 metric tap as the threads are too shallow for the screws. This took 30 minutes, as I also had to chase the threads on a couple screws that binded because the tapped holes were too shallow on the first attempt. Go deep on those tapped holes and you can't go wrong.In summary this is a cracking deal!!!!. However you need the tools mentioned above and know how to use them. You can't find a 14 gallon conical fermenter for twice this price. I might buy yet another, this will make it 3 for me total.

So disappointing. DO NOT BUY, STAY AWAY. I received it about 20 minutes ago and went to put it together the threading on the rod screws and the top loop isn't right. The rod threads wont go in and is just destroying the loop and rod thread . The bottom needs to be attached with screws, luckily the screws are missing so I cant put the stand together even if i ruined the threads on the rods The bottom of the fermentor is cracked. It also failed to come with a functioning union valve so if I built my own rack and tried to fix the fermentor it still wouldn't work. I ordered a replacement and Ups would not accept the exchange because it came to me in an improper box with a hole in it. When my replacement came it was missing one of the stand rods and the airlock was cracked in half. the threads on the loop and ring also didn't fit. LUCKILY because of the messed up box between the 2 sets I was able to make 1 functioning set. I was okay with dealing with figuring out how to send the other one back. I set it up, sanitized it. I closed the union valve for the collection tank and set my 5 gallons of honey of on it to slowly drain while I did other stuff to make my mead. I came back to a shocking discovery that it looked waaaaayyy to full. I figured it was just the shape and it had to be an illusion and that it would be fine after i put the water in. I put 5 gallons of water in the bucket and set it on top to drain into the container. so that's 10 gallons out of 14 so it should fit easily right? I come back and it has overflowed and gotten everywhere. IT CANNOT I REPEAT CANNOT HOLD 14 GALLONS. I want to send it back but have 400 dollars in honey in it that would be ruined if I tried to transfer it. This thing is a train wreck and a complete scam. They are very misleading about the capacity and parts.Everything is very poor quality if functioning at all.They are lying about the size to get more money. Save your money just buy carboys. Expect major problems if you buy this.

It has a lot to like and it is very handy. The only down side is the top lid leaks. The ball valve on the bottom leaks. I have tried to tighten the ball valve but no matter what I do it leaks.

So I bought the 14 gallon version after having had the 7 gallon for a while. The 14-gallon version is essentially just an upside clone of the smaller one. I'm like the 7 gallon the temperature port is a Shepherd part that screws in, so you could use it as a sampling Port if you wanted to adapt it. It comes with a stand which is very nice.7 gallon allows you to mount a bracket on the wall and hang the unit from that oh, but I found that to be impractical. So I also bought a stand for the 7 gallon one I have.The very wide lid makes it easy to get inside and clean up after a brew. This unit came with a fair amount of mold flash still attached, but the ball valve adapter screwed on over this without any issues at all and reformed the threads. You may want to screw the valve unit on first then take it off applying to Teflon tape and then screw it back together again.

This thing is great! It's exactly as convenient as it claims to be. That said, I have two complaints:First the box came with one extra of every assembly piece, which is great; but when it came to the little plastic caps that cover the ends of the feet I only got [1/2 + 1] as many as I needed. That said, this part is only necessary if you intend to store the unit on a floor you would rather not damage (I guess it also wobbles, but it's not the end of the world.Second, and the real reason I couldn't give 5 stars, is that there is only 1 hole in the lid, this being the hole that the airlock fits through. That doesn't seem like too much of a problem at first, but when you go to remove the lid, there is no way to balance the pressure and the contents of your airlock get sucked down into the main chamber. If you try to simply remove the airlock, the problem and its effect are the same. The fix is quite simple though; grab a small cork or solid plug from your local brew store or wherever such things are sold, and drill out a hole in the lid to fit it. Now all you need to do when opening your fermenter is remember to uncork it first; simple as that.Additionally, for those who are having problems with leaks: in my experience, the problem is almost always not having used enough teflon tape. If there is such a thing as having used too much, I have yet to encounter it; but if the unit is leaking at a joint it is almost guaranteed to be that you thought you used too much, and really you only used like half as much as it needs.