New model with thermostat

by **Jimmy** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:57 am

I've just been over on the Home Distiller site, and there's a guy on there with a new model of EasyStill, featuring a thermostat. Anyone got one of these? It'd be good if someone could share some info about how it works. Cheers!

by **Jimmy** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:41 pm

[here's a copy of my reply on the HD forums, for those reading here]
Hi all, just to keep everyone updated about this - I have spoken to those in the know, and I can state that this is NOT made by the same manufacturer of the EasyStill and SmartStill. It's a similar looking thing, apparently made in China. As such, I can't say anything about how comparable it is with the others, but what I can say is that it's not a 'replacement model' or anything like that, it's a competitor (and from the sounds of things, without much in the way of instructions!).
Taking all that into account, I have no idea how well it will work - it may be 'vanilla' and need modifying in order to be any good for distilling, same as the original water distilling EasyStill and SmartStill would do (there are two versions on sale of each, one factory modified for alcohol and one intended for water). The main modifications are turning down the heater (covered by your temp dial I would assume), closing up a chlorine vent (don't know if yours has one) and improving the cooling (again, no idea if it would need this or not). Just because it's sold as working for alcohol, that doesn't mean it's specifically set up that way as it is - if not then it'll work, but not efficiently.

by **jtreg** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:17 pm

I have just ordered a Chinese cheapo 70GBP plus 15GBP postage - not sure if its any good I will post my results very soon I hope. I wonder if it will be any good? Plastic parts seem to be the thing to avoid but the pot and top is stainless and the sing looks like its silicone...

by **Easydrinker** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:04 pm

You got my attention with "the sing" being made of Silicone.
Did you mean seal or gasket?
I am interested to discover just what you get for the money.
Posting a link to the item might score a few Brownie points too.
But welcome to the forum,and I hope that you find this a good place to be.
Robert.

by **makum101** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:10 pm

Is this it?

http://www.webeatprices.com/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=22&osCsid=df7f125ed946171572c1e74066864535