I am strongly considering getting a CF10. I currently have a more beer cooled fermenter, but being in Colorado, I hardly need the cooling, I need heating. (I brew and ferment in garage)
But something is baffling me. So many people are going through such great lengths to use this spike chilling coil with glycol, pumps, hoses, reservoirs, chillers and/or freezers for reservoirs.. it seems like a lot of work and $. Am I missing something when I think to myself, why not just throw this conical in an upright freezer with a temp controller on it?
I think I only saw one person post a pic showing it this way. This seems like a WAAAY better option. If my current more beer conical would fit in a freezer, I would keep it and do that, but it's 15 years old and much bigger than these newer designs. Not only width wise, but my conical has permanent leg extensions, so it's like 4.5' tall.
So to anyone with this conical in an upright freezer, is it this easy? Set your freezer to the temp you want and leave it alone? If I'm too cold, I'll put a ceramic bulb heater type thing (very inexpensive) in order to heat it up. When it comes time to cold crash, I'd imagine it could go quickly by using freezer temps.
It seems an upright freezer is not much of a bigger footprint than the conical itself, so no issue there. For mobility, I anticipate putting my upright freezer on wheels, so I can roll it to where I am brewing across the garage, fill the conical (already placed inside the freezer), then roll the whole unit back to it's spot and plug it in. Pressure transfer when done, then I can easily take the conical out to clean in the driveway.
Here is the only one I saw after a quick scroll through all the pages
Blazinlow86, how is this working for you?