I had used a buddies older version and loved it. Ordered the newer version thinking it wouldn’t matter much. D’oh! The drain channel is not very deep and the drain is higher. I have ordered the old one and will post a side by side comparison.
The new version is not a bad cooler, it just does not work well with a bulkhead + bazooka tube setup. Nearly a gallon was left behind in the tun without tipping.
Any cooler with a drain will work great with Denny’s hose braid setup.
seems like the simple solution is to tip the cooler no? I mean if you can get the old version find but if you can’t I wouldn’t worry to much. I tip the cooler anyway.
I don’t mean to harp but why? mostly just curios now I must say.
Before I fill my mash tun with anything I put a little piece of wood underneath the non-drain end. Done. dead space = 0 (unless I get impatient and don’t wait for it to all drain out).
Mainly because I have my tun on an Ikea nightstand or two kegs while brewing . But truly, just because I don’t want to.
I used a fellow GBA’ers tun, loved it, and said to myself “I want that.” I went into building this tun with a specific expectation and it wasn’t met, so I am returning one for the other. If Walmart won’t take it back, I’ll live with it.
The newer version is a fine cooler, just not exactly what I wanted.
A dip tube will solve dead space problems. For the cheap and simple solution, just attach the braid to one end of a few inches of copper tubing and run the other end through a bung in the drain hole.
