Anyone use those Bottle Blast Rinsers?

[WishboneBrewery]

Anyone use those Bottle Blast Rinsers?
Are they any good?
How long and how many times do you rinse?
Anyone happen to have one plumbed in to anything other than a outside/hosepipe/tap?

Cheers

[subfaction]

I got one a while ago, I've not used it much due to lack of brew days (I haven't created more than I can barrel).
I'd only really advise on fitting to an outside tap as its easy to hit the side before the bottle is on and get a blast in the face. I fitted it once to the kitchen tap... It took ages to dry off the ceiling!
They are ace for rinsing, I used to soak bottles in bleech, then give them around 5 secs blasting. Seemed to do the job nicely. They are MUCH quicker than rinsing using a normal tap. The base lets them drain and the high pressure jet ensures all the inside is rinsed. Hope that helps

[WishboneBrewery]

Cheers

[bryan_r]

I have the double blast bottle washer, and I think it's great - does a lot better job of shifting yeast from the bottom of the bottle than my previous rinsing-and-shaking-the-bottle approach. I didn't trim the hose it came with down, and I use in the kitchen sink, which means that it's pointing at 45 degrees away from me: when I hit the side of it when putting a bottle on I get a wet window rather than roof!

I did have minor teething problems, though - when I first got mine it didn’t work at all – water sprayed out of the tap fitting rather than the washer itself. This was on both the kitchen tap with an adapter (required, and not included in the package, but I had a spare one), and on the outside tap.

I emailed the manufacturer directly and got this response:

“Check inside the brass nut to make sure there is a rubber washer inside. When the brass nut is screwed on the faucet tight you should not be able to turn the black female side of the quick-connect. Also make sure there is a rubber o-ring on the male part of the quick-connect.”

The quick-connect was freely spinning when fitted on mine, so I tried adding an extra washer, and it now seals properly.

They also said: “Every now and then I hear about this overseas, but it’s not always the case. I believe the threads have a different tolerance/spec.”

[Aleman]

I Use one hooked up to a Flojet pump . . . And mounted inside a corny with the top cut off . . . Does a great job of both cleaning (with hot caustic - - -for really grotty bottles) and Sanitising with iodophor . . . NOT starsan although I am going to give it a try with saniclean at some time

[WishboneBrewery]

I'm going to have to have a think... I'm getting bored of rinsing bottles under the tap, I wonder if the Hot-Caustic thing would have enough pressure thru a Solar Pump?
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Cheers guys