Love, love, love your unboxing video We’ll go get the washer for cleaning the bottels which have been in storage for a number of years now. Excellent choice of music aswell Thanx a lot ! Fijne Feestdagen!
I have been using the fast racks for years. I never bought the pump stand for washing. I generally rinse them after drinking so they only need sanitizing for the next brew. I am curious, after all this time are you still using it? I thought as resourceful as I am, I could just use my Blichmann Riptide to pump to a stand of my own making. Cheers.
Hey. Apologies for the late reply. I still use it for sanitizing, with the non foamy StarSan. But both pumps have broken off, and instead of the hard connection between pump and stand, I now use short silicon hoses. You could easily rig something up yourself, or you could use this fastwasher as a good start to begin with. Just be prepared for the pumps to brake off.
@@denbryggandehollandaren The Riptide pump is pretty good. I just am not sure it moves enough fluid for a 12pack cleaning operation .It would be a great experiment. Thanks for your feedback.
A second remark I like to add: when using this washer for a quick rinse with sanitizer it works great, but when you have it running for a bit longer a lot of the bottles fill up with so much liquid that the spray doesn't reach the top (the bottom of the bottle) anymore.
@@PartDistribution But at soon as you pick up the tray with your bottles, all the CO2 runs out..... You could fill up the bottles with CO2 if you turn the whole thing upside down though.
@@denbryggandehollandaren nah, C02 stays in there for quite a while upside down. I did some testing with an O2 sensor from work years ago (I'm a test tech). I ended up deciding I didn't care enough to bother with purging. btw. I think there is maybe an airlock with the bottles shoulder holding it in, but I think it was like 20 min upside down it still had very low O2. Years ago though, so from memory. I figure the nozzle of this in the way should lengthen that time? Or just take the bottles out and put them on your filling station right away right side up if you want. Moving the bottle like that had very little effect. But again, i'm not convince I could tell the difference in taste between a beer that the bottle was purged and one that was not. At least a big enough difference. So I don't bother.
@@PartDistribution 20 minutes, really? Somehow I assumed it would drain out much faster, but yeah, maybe CO2 isn't that heavy. I feel a test with a hoppy beer coming up :) Thanks for your comments Rockerfeller, I'm learning every day.
Small instruction book in a mini zip lock bag. Screws arbitrarily thrown into the box to scatter when you open it. 80 Euros and you can't get a parts bag.
Right?! In the second box that came (I got a replacement because one pump just broke off), the screws were in a little bag as well, so maybe the first was a 'Monday-morning' box.
overtightened the pump, I just twisted mine until it stopped then turned it back to align it with the arrow, slightly loose is better than too tight. also you mention that it should have a switch, and I agree but I suppose for safety reasons they didn't install one. I just use a power strip with a switch, works great.
@@rustyl4090 Yes, I probably over-tightened it. The arrow/pump-direction totally confused me. If it wasn't for those directions, I would have stopped earlier.
I got to use mine two and a half times, just broke in the middle of washing. I'll probably buy another because they're so convenient but I'm far from impressed with the quality, the molding is pretty shoddy on mine.
@@marcussoininen2084 Yeah, they are very convenient, and I enjoy using it. A shame they brake so easily. With my second one, I didn't screw the pumps tight at all. Sort off as tight as you can with two fingers, and they have been running for quite some hours now. So forget about the arrow. I also noticed the molding is warped, I guess that is why they added the screw-diagram, hoping that would straighten it out. It doesn't. But does it really matter if the spray is a bit off-center? Good luck with the second one.
P.s. you re not the intern who designed this, right? If so I apologies ;) And yes, I see now there is a small tapering. Still it is very easy to push them in all the way, no matter which side you use.
Love, love, love your unboxing video
We’ll go get the washer for cleaning the bottels which have been in storage for a number of years now.
Excellent choice of music aswell
Thanx a lot !
Fijne Feestdagen!
I received a new one. I ignored the arrows completely when screwing in the pumps the second time. Works like a charm.
I have been using the fast racks for years. I never bought the pump stand for washing. I generally rinse them after drinking so they only need sanitizing for the next brew. I am curious, after all this time are you still using it? I thought as resourceful as I am, I could just use my Blichmann Riptide to pump to a stand of my own making. Cheers.
Hey. Apologies for the late reply. I still use it for sanitizing, with the non foamy StarSan. But both pumps have broken off, and instead of the hard connection between pump and stand, I now use short silicon hoses.
You could easily rig something up yourself, or you could use this fastwasher as a good start to begin with. Just be prepared for the pumps to brake off.
@@denbryggandehollandaren The Riptide pump is pretty good. I just am not sure it moves enough fluid for a 12pack cleaning operation .It would be a great experiment. Thanks for your feedback.
A second remark I like to add: when using this washer for a quick rinse with sanitizer it works great, but when you have it running for a bit longer a lot of the bottles fill up with so much liquid that the spray doesn't reach the top (the bottom of the bottle) anymore.
I think the C02 ports on the bottom are if you want to purge your bottles before removing to fill them with beer.
Like, turning the whole dripping thing upside down?
@@wilbertduyvesteyn3259 Or you could just hook the C02 hoses up to those two ports before you put it in the tub.
@@PartDistribution But at soon as you pick up the tray with your bottles, all the CO2 runs out..... You could fill up the bottles with CO2 if you turn the whole thing upside down though.
@@denbryggandehollandaren nah, C02 stays in there for quite a while upside down. I did some testing with an O2 sensor from work years ago (I'm a test tech). I ended up deciding I didn't care enough to bother with purging. btw. I think there is maybe an airlock with the bottles shoulder holding it in, but I think it was like 20 min upside down it still had very low O2. Years ago though, so from memory.
I figure the nozzle of this in the way should lengthen that time? Or just take the bottles out and put them on your filling station right away right side up if you want. Moving the bottle like that had very little effect. But again, i'm not convince I could tell the difference in taste between a beer that the bottle was purged and one that was not. At least a big enough difference. So I don't bother.
@@PartDistribution 20 minutes, really? Somehow I assumed it would drain out much faster, but yeah, maybe CO2 isn't that heavy. I feel a test with a hoppy beer coming up :)
Thanks for your comments Rockerfeller, I'm learning every day.
Small instruction book in a mini zip lock bag. Screws arbitrarily thrown into the box to scatter when you open it. 80 Euros and you can't get a parts bag.
Right?! In the second box that came (I got a replacement because one pump just broke off), the screws were in a little bag as well, so maybe the first was a 'Monday-morning' box.
A little update about this FastWaher: before I could even use it once, one of the pumps snapped off.
overtightened the pump, I just twisted mine until it stopped then turned it back to align it with the arrow, slightly loose is better than too tight. also you mention that it should have a switch, and I agree but I suppose for safety reasons they didn't install one. I just use a power strip with a switch, works great.
@@rustyl4090 Yes, I probably over-tightened it. The arrow/pump-direction totally confused me. If it wasn't for those directions, I would have stopped earlier.
I got to use mine two and a half times, just broke in the middle of washing. I'll probably buy another because they're so convenient but I'm far from impressed with the quality, the molding is pretty shoddy on mine.
@@marcussoininen2084 Yeah, they are very convenient, and I enjoy using it. A shame they brake so easily. With my second one, I didn't screw the pumps tight at all. Sort off as tight as you can with two fingers, and they have been running for quite some hours now. So forget about the arrow.
I also noticed the molding is warped, I guess that is why they added the screw-diagram, hoping that would straighten it out. It doesn't. But does it really matter if the spray is a bit off-center?
Good luck with the second one.
The Fastwasher 12 is for doing wine bottles, just so everyone knows. :)
the legs are tapered and only fit one way. just FYI, and yes, follow the instructions, that is why they are there.
P.s. you re not the intern who designed this, right? If so I apologies ;)
And yes, I see now there is a small tapering. Still it is very easy to push them in all the way, no matter which side you use.