Carboy handles
#1
Posted 30 September 2009 - 04:54 PM
#2
Posted 30 September 2009 - 05:06 PM
#3
Posted 30 September 2009 - 05:44 PM
While I can't argue the point that Rommel has made I must admit that I use chest freezers exclusively and have a handle on two of the fermentation carboys that I consistently use. I don't try to suspend the weight with them but they are handy and I have good luck with mine so I can't bash the handles myself either.If you are talking about glass carboys, I would not use those handles while the carboy is filled. Get one of those Brew Haulers - the nylon straps I think you're referring to. Just be sure the webbing is evenly distributed.
#4
Posted 30 September 2009 - 06:44 PM
#5
Posted 30 September 2009 - 08:21 PM
#6
Posted 01 October 2009 - 04:34 AM
Over at "the board that cannot be named" one person posted that it did happen to him. Now that was one guy out of hundreds that use them. Back in the day of glass water bottle coolers, our delivery guy would carry two filled five gallon carboys by the neck all day long. He had no neck. His shoulders went on a straight line up to his earlobes. He never broke one, and I wasn't going to call his integrity into question, as it would obviously be bad for my health.I do believe you can over-tighten them and stress the glass causing a fracture. So truly YMMV.... Have you ever heard of someone having the neck of the carboy snap off while carrying it with a carboy handle? I haven't.
#7
Posted 01 October 2009 - 07:50 AM
#8
Posted 01 October 2009 - 09:27 AM
I have....more than once.Have you ever heard of someone having the neck of the carboy snap off while carrying it with a carboy handle? I haven't.
#9
Posted 01 October 2009 - 04:12 PM
#10
Posted 04 October 2009 - 05:05 AM
#11
Posted 04 October 2009 - 09:30 AM
#12
Posted 05 October 2009 - 03:24 AM
If I was using glass I'd either put it in a milk crate or use one of these hauler products. As others have said - not worth the risk.The problem with the handles is that it is unevenly distributing the weight of the carboy and contents towards one side, which assists in the possibility of the neck cracking. I had used them but I like the straps much better. And not that I do whatever the manufacturer of a product says, but the one for the handle says that it is not suggested to use the handle with a full carboy. I'd rather pay the $15 extra and get the brew hauler over the handle.
#13
Posted 05 October 2009 - 04:33 AM
Badogg, First this is meant with all due respect, but, I am having a hard time visualizing how one could get his hand jacked up by the failure of the neck using a handle.If you are holding a full carboy, the neck breaks, the carboy falls away and your hand jerks up and away from the weighty part.Your legs and feet are in danger for certain in that scenario, but I see few possibilities where my hand, arm etc... are at risk.I know a guy that the neck broke due to the handle, and he ended up with his hand really jacked up for life because of sliced tendons. His hand is unusable, and deformed looking. So, I just don't risk it. Matter of fact, I have moved to better bottles just because the glass kind of freaks me out.
#14
Posted 05 October 2009 - 04:57 AM
Only thing I can think of is he either fell on the glass or he tried to catch it with the other hand or these things actually explode when they break and shards of glass fly in all directions.Badogg, First this is meant with all due respect, but, I am having a hard time visualizing how one could get his hand jacked up by the failure of the neck using a handle.If you are holding a full carboy, the neck breaks, the carboy falls away and your hand jerks up and away from the weighty part.Your legs and feet are in danger for certain in that scenario, but I see few possibilities where my hand, arm etc... are at risk.
#15
Posted 05 October 2009 - 06:29 AM
#16
Posted 05 October 2009 - 07:21 AM
Then What do you ferment in?The uncertainty around this is one of the reasons I don't use carboys any more. Thankfully, I never broke a carboy full of beer (broke a few empties though). Carrying around a 50+ lb. glass jug is just inherently dangerous. I'll continue to avoid it, if possible.
#17
Posted 05 October 2009 - 07:28 AM
Plastic conical, but the timing just happened to be right on that one. I found one available for a good price. Even if I hadn't bought the conical I was just going to use a 15 gallon plastic drum. Eventually, I'm going to move to Sanke fermenters. After about 2-4 weeks in primary, I move the beer to cornies.Then What do you ferment in?
#18
Posted 05 October 2009 - 07:35 AM
#19
Posted 05 October 2009 - 08:01 AM
thisI use milk crates for the carboys to move them around with a handtruck.I have....more than once.
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