Youngs Auto Siphon Short 5 Litre - Home brew Beer & Wine Making Syphon
1 Gallon 4.5L Siphon. Perfect for Demijohns and 10L buckets Place in container and give a couple of pumps. No sucking required. Sediment trap included. Not suitable for boiling liquids
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Customers find the product easy to use and a good choice. They say it works well, saves time, and makes bottling easier. However, some customers are unhappy with the air volume. Opinions vary on the build quality, ease of cleaning, size, and value for money.
Customers like the syphon. They say it works well and is easy to use. Some mention it sucks air through the plastic seal, but it works perfectly for gallon demijohns.
"worked great, but fell off the kitchen table onto laminate and shattered..." Read more
"...So to finish, it does work and it has the potential to make things a lot easier compared to syphoning using just a pipe and your lung power...." Read more
"...and lowered it in to the wort, and slowly worked the syphon slowly, it worked ok, but fiddly...." Read more
"...In use and once flowing pausing the flow is difficult and tends waste the brew as it escapes between bottles...." Read more
33 customers mention ‘Ease of use’30 positive3 negative
Customers find the product easy to use. It makes filling bottles faster and more hygienic. They say it saves time and prevents contamination when racking off. The product is seamless and takes only a few moments to fill each bottle.
"...It is so easy to use even one handed if balancing demijohns etc. The suction is great it works every time after a couple of pumps." Read more
"Extremely easy to use, quite solidly constructed...." Read more
"Love this. Makes siphoning my mead and cider so easy...." Read more
"...and it is a seamless operation -there is a bottom on the syphon so you can leave all the yeast..." Read more
Customers appreciate the product's quality and ease of use. They find it a good choice and a brilliant invention that saves them from sucking wine through. The product looks good but may not do the job properly.
"What a great piece of kit, I have the longer version for my beer making but found it a little unwieldly trying to use it in a gallon container so I..." Read more
"First of all, it works no problem at all, from the demi john its perfect...." Read more
"Good product, fast delivery. Saves a lot of hassle and is useful if you're a regular brewer" Read more
"A brilliant bit of kit. So easy to use. No need to suck the wine through. Easy to clean. No mess no loss of wine. Highly recommended" Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the kitchen product's build quality. Some find it well-made and durable, while others report issues like it coming apart on first use, liquid spilling out, or shattered after use.
"worked great, but fell off the kitchen table onto laminate and shattered..." Read more
"Extremely easy to use, quite solidly constructed...." Read more
"...and it is so much easier to pump with that as it is made from much higher quality material...." Read more
13 customers mention ‘Ease of cleaning’9 positive4 negative
Customers have different views on the cleaning process. Some find it simple to sterilize and clean, while others say it's difficult to clean properly and dry out.
"Love this. Makes siphoning my mead and cider so easy. Simple to clean just plunge in warm soapy water as usual and then repeat in sterilisation fluid..." Read more
"...I don't use the clip as it rests fine in the demi-johns -a synch to clean just stick it in a cleaned demijohn with water to rinse and then some..." Read more
"...It's tricky to clean properly and dry out. I wanted to like this but that's life." Read more
"...Can get air pulled past the seal. Can be disassembled to clean, but difficult to reassemble as the plastic seal is a bit of a spring fit in the..." Read more
Customers have different views on the size of the product. Some find it suitable for demijohns and works well for all sizes. Others feel it's too short or loose for standard demijohns, causing airflow issues.
"...Now use the small one for all syphoning as it works well for all sizes...." Read more
"It unavoidably draws in a ton of air, plus it's too small for a normal demijohn which is hard to tell from the page." Read more
"...syphon and was surprised at how efficiently it worked and, for its size, quite quickly too...." Read more
"...It's about an inch shorter than I would like for a gallon drmijohn...." Read more
13 customers mention ‘Value for money’7 positive6 negative
Customers have different views on the product's value for money. Some say it's good value and does the job, while others consider it overpriced.
Customers are unhappy with the air volume the syphon introduces. They say it pulls air past the seal, mixing it with the brew and ruining bottling. The plastic seal needs to be replaced with a rubber one to prevent this issue.
"It unavoidably draws in a ton of air, plus it's too small for a normal demijohn which is hard to tell from the page." Read more
"The syphon does work but it sucks lots of air passed the plastic seal introducing unwanted air in your wine . Needs to be a rubber seal ...." Read more
"...Simple to clean just plunge in warm soapy water as usual and then repeat in sterilisation fluid. Well made and good price." Read more
"Seal is plastic on plastic and doesn't work well. Can get air pulled past the seal...." Read more
What a great piece of kit, I have the longer version for my beer making but found it a little unwieldly trying to use it in a gallon container so I bought this shorter one. It is so easy to use even one handed if balancing demijohns etc. The suction is great it works every time after a couple of pumps.
Extremely easy to use, quite solidly constructed. The tubing needs to be secured into wherever the liquid is going to or it will move when you start syphoning. I'd definitely recommend doing some tests with water before, instead of wasting precious beer or wine, as I ended up getting some all over the floor! So for this reason I'd mark it down one start. If it could be provided with a clip to secure the tube in place, then it'd be perfect.
Love this. Makes siphoning my mead and cider so easy. Simple to clean just plunge in warm soapy water as usual and then repeat in sterilisation fluid. Well made and good price.
I bought this product about 4 years ago - I have been making cider for about 7 years - I have found it so much easier than the ordinary syphon - no more sucking - (so less risk of contaminating the brew) - I go from one demi-john to the next - shut the tap off with the liquid with a little bit of yeast on the first racking (check out the excellent book -Real Cidermaking - which recommends a little yeast is brought through) and it is a seamless operation -there is a bottom on the syphon so you can leave all the yeast behind if you want -just hold it slightly above the sediment- I don't use the clip as it rests fine in the demi-johns -a synch to clean just stick it in a cleaned demijohn with water to rinse and then some sterilising solution - after about 4 years of use I rate this as an essential piece of equipment
Omg! I wish I got one of these when I first started brewing. It makes syphoning so much easier, no sucking or filling the tube with sanitizer needed, just put this in your fermenter move the Syphon up and down a couple of times and Bob's your uncle.