gwk453 wrote:Don't understand about the whining about Blichmann products. Are they worth waiting thru the backorder problem. Yes! I run a 20-20-30 TopTier System w/natural gas. The Tower of Power control module is installed on my March pump. I don't have or need the bells and whistle pump and flow stand or a module on my HLT. It is simple to eyeball the autosparge recirculation stream to know where you are as far as flow @ 10 minute intervals and readjust as necessary. It takes all the diddle dicking around to control mash temp away. It is a freaking breeze to do temp rest, mash temps, and mashouts. It is a fantastic way to mash while eating a pizza or playing in the BN chatroom. Blichmann equipment cleans up easily! Steal my car, take my cat, my nag, but don't even think about my TopTier setup!
Gary
I'm not whining at all. But I've had a ton of issues. On top of the few hundred dollars worth of stuff I already had from them, I've dropped $1400 on more stuff from them in the last few months. The only 2 things I've gotten that weren't damaged or had major factory flaws in them were the auto sparge & the burner. One kettle may have been damaged during shipping. The replacement they sent for that one had a bad seam & some manufacturing flaws all the way around the outside. My beergun showed up completely fucked, also from manufacturing. The list goes on. When I finally get a working product, they seem pretty ok, but their QC department is asleep. The only problem I've had with design is the false bottom. Over a dozen batches, I've made some improvements, but I'm still getting shit for efficiency compared to my self-built cooler. I haven't written them off, but they're not nearly as great as the advertising leads the BN listeners to believe.