Steel "kettle" fermenter experiences?

[Kharnynb]

Anyone have any experience with steel kettle style fermenters?
My buckets are getting old, so thinking of getting 2 steel fermenters, but don't have money for "fancy" ones.

thinking of this:
https://www.panimonurkka.fi/tuote/kattila-30l-rst/

 

[McKnuckle]

These seem fine, but a racking arm and spigot are essential in a fermenter upgrade, in my opinion. Otherwise you can't do any sort of oxygen-free (or close) transfer. You're still stuck with a siphon. If you can purchase and install the necessary bits, then I see no issue with this fermenter.

If this doesn't seem feasible, then just go with a nice Speidel if the pricing works for you.

 

[Kharnynb]

thanks for the ideas, sadly, oxigen free won't be anywhere near in my future. but a spigot/racking arm will be added later on.

 

[verboten]

That looks like my Chapman buckets, I have put a TC fitting on top for transfers.
It’s fine, if I were doing it again, I would get one without a valve port.

 

[Kharnynb]

That looks like my Chapman buckets, I have put a TC fitting on top for transfers.
It’s fine, if I were doing it again, I would get one without a valve port.

Thanks, pulled the trigger yesterday.
Will not install a valve until I switched from swamp cooler to a chamber at least.

 

[Staticsouls]

+1 on chapman buckets as being fairly priced. They are very easy to modify for any upgrades. Here are some minor evolutionary pics of one of my chappys.

 

[sicktght311]

Any standard brewbucket can be made to be oxygen free. SS Brewtech brewbuckets can hold 2-3psi, so just outfit the lid with a gas attachment, hook up a co2 tank with a low pressure regulator, push 2psi in, and transfer. Its how i cold crashed, and transferred, for quite some time before upgrading

 

[Staticsouls]

Ebay also has stainless fermenters you may wanna check out.

 

[Kharnynb]

Ebay also has stainless fermenters you may wanna check out.

Shipping to Finland makes most eBay buys a loss for me sadly for bigger equipment.

 

[Staticsouls]

I see