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Forgive me if this has already been tried, I am a newbie and was reading a post about a carboy accident and had a hum., moment. What if a person made a strap of sorts (like a belt) that went around the carboy about 5" above the bottom (I am invisioning a rather large pipe clamp) and attached a handle similar to the ones I bought for my 6.5 carboys. I havent used glass carboy yet so i am not sure if this would be feasable. If it is a good idea all i want is credit.

popester wrote:Forgive me if this has already been tried, I am a newbie and was reading a post about a carboy accident and had a hum., moment. What if a person made a strap of sorts (like a belt) that went around the carboy about 5" above the bottom (I am invisioning a rather large pipe clamp) and attached a handle similar to the ones I bought for my 6.5 carboys. I havent used glass carboy yet so i am not sure if this would be feasable. If it is a good idea all i want is credit.

Like this?

A carboy can shatter for many reasons. If you accidently set it down too hard, temperature, too much glug when emptying it while cleaning can all cause it to shatter, sending you to the hospital and all your beer down the drain. I see no reason to use a carboy at all, and I challenge someone to come up with one.

I make these for every carboy I have. They cost me about $3.
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Travis

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Ain't that the cutest little thing, the only thing wrong is its empty.

Kevin

Hateku wrote: I see no reason to use a carboy at all, and I challenge someone to come up with one.

Puh-leez. Carboys are superior in many ways. You can see the fermentation ocurring without exposing the wort to contamination. You can see if there are any problems cropping up. Glass is less prone to bacteria-hiding scratches. Glass is impervious to oxygen. Glass is a better insulator. Carboys are easy to use in closed-system transfers (racking with CO2 pressure.)

So there's 6 reasons to use a carboy right off the top of my head.

Hateku wrote:A carboy can shatter for many reasons. If you accidently set it down too hard, temperature, too much glug when emptying it while cleaning can all cause it to shatter, sending you to the hospital and all your beer down the drain. I see no reason to use a carboy at all, and I challenge someone to come up with one.

Here's a good way to protect. move and store carboys:

That is a great idea! I think I have some old milk crates around my house. I will have to give that a try.