Knocked the empty carboy over with the garden hose when disconnecting my wort chiller. The carboy lasted 3 years.
Fermenting in a kettle!
Silver lining: just ordered ordered a Speidel.
Glad you didn’t get hurt. I got some bad cuts from broken carboys a couple times. These are cheap and have plenty of headspace - I have quite a few :
Sorry to hear, and glad there were no casualties other than the carboy. Got me thinking; I’m setting up my new pump and plate chiller, tossing in a Hop Rocket as well, and I also use glass carboys.
Seems there will be a bunch of hoses laying about during the chilling process and this type of accident is bound to happen if the carboy is just sitting there empty - light enough to be knocked over easily.
Thinking I might put the empty carboy in a crate or other device to hold it securely and protect it from such a mishap.
See? Something good DID come from this. Thanks!
I’ve broken 3 so far. Hate glass.
Glad you didn’t get hurt.
Thanks for the support guys. Can’t wait to try my new Speidel. Probably should have just gone for a bucket, but, I am a sucker for the expensive option.
Sorry to hear about the breakage but cheers to your improvisation.
I hear you. Got a fleet of glass carboys to manage. I put the two or three waiting to be filled each in a blue cooler to keep them safe and upright. Once they’re filled with wort, any further chilling that is needed is done in cooler with an ice bath.
You’re smarter than I was. I had to break 3 of them before I got the message and switched to buckets.
Have fun the speidel. From what I have heard they are awesome.
I can’t believe I used to pick up full carboys and shake them. They were slippery and I was most likely buzzed to boot. Escaped without injury. Been using the same food-grade buckets for six years. Also without injury.
Yeah, I’ve got some glass carboys (carboiai?) but I only use them for sours at this point so no picking up or shaking for me.
I think carboys excel as solerae. Probably the only reason to risk using them. 
If you use those low-profile plant carts (IKEA has a sturdy circular SS one) you can shake & slosh the samichlaus out of it and then roll it to the destination for fermentation in a very safe fashion.
I’m still using carboys. I just make sure to be very careful when handling them. I don’t lift them when full unless I use a brew hauler and I make sure my hands and the carboy surface is dry when I pick it up to dump out yeast/trub. Use some finesse, guys!
Glad you weren’t near the carboy when it broke, alestateyall.
Seems like breaking glass carboys is very fashionable right now. The only glass I use are 5l wine jugs and even with a built in handle and the considerably lighter weight I am still extremely careful about avoiding knocking one off a counter or dropping it. Otherwise it’s all buckets and better bottles (only for sours).
Milk crates for my carboys.
Don’t steal milk crates, or kegs. 
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I guess I must be an exception. Many years of working in laboratories with nasty compounds in glass containers has made handling with care a main priority/survival instinct for me. It is ingrained in my work habits.
More than 24 years of fermenting in glass without breaking a carboy. They all reside in milk crates, and are moved about as little as possible. When they do move they are handled with care.
I’ve broken two in 23 years, the first about 21 years ago when I was draining it of water and it knocked against a brick wall. The second when I was carefully putting it into a small fridge and cracked it when it lightly bumped another carboy. The beer stayed inside. They can be very fragile.
A friend of mine nearly killed himself from blood loss once by having one break while he was holding it.
Ya know, I don’t trust those handles that clamp onto the neck, either. I’d rather have one hand under it and the other hand around the neck.
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Who said anything about stealing? Do you know that you can buy new milk crates. The wife got some nice ones on sale through Duluth Trading. She also organized a club buy to get free shipping for more than 10.