26L Kegmenter, any good?

[Jack of all biers]

One point to make about that hop tube - their lids aren't secured, they simply push on and stay due to friction. When full of wet hops the tube will stay put and the lid will come off. Prepare to leave it in until you've drained the kegmenter and then you can get your arm in to pull it out.
Maybe a hop sock instead?

True that and, though I have one, I have never gotten round to using it. Just had a look and see your point. That's disappointing given the KK description on how to use it.

Hop sock? Plastic and heat? I think maybe with good cleaning and sanitation practices one of these around the top would stop it coming off. https://www.bunnings.com.au/kinetic-46-70mm-304-stainless-steel-hose-clamps_p4920196

Easier to sanitise would be to loop fishing line around the body of the hop tube (top and bottom using bowlines), then tie off the two loops to the fishing line coming out the lid. Where there's a will there is a way.

EDIT - I see that the polyester hops socks are rated to 110C. I wouldn't do it, but there you go. Wrong again.

 

[Lionman]

or drill a hole through the lid into the body and put a stainless screw in it?

 

[mtb]

or drill a hole through the lid into the body and put a stainless screw in it?

I'd personally be uncomfortable making holes in anything I then pressurise

 

[Tony121]

Think he meant the hop tube

 

[mtb]

Think he meant the hop tube

that makes sense..

 

[Lionman]

Yeah, i mean to hold the lid on the hop tube thingy.

 

[cliffo]

Needing some help guys.

I'm trying to find a fridge or freezer that can hold two of these bad boys with a spunding valve on the top.
I had decided to buy a new chest freezer and whilst both kegs would fit, once I add the spunding valve the height becomes the problem (at least in the two models I looked at today).
Does anyone have two (or more) of these kegs and able to advise what sort of fridge/freezer they're running?

 

[Grott]

You could run a hose with gas disconnect one end and spunding valve the other. (The valve doesn’t have to connect directly to the keg)

 

[cliffo]

You could run a hose with gas disconnect one end and spunding valve the other. (The valve doesn’t have to connect directly to the keg)

It's an option but I'm trying to avoid that as I've just bought the parts from the US that I need to put together a one "piece" spunding valve. x2 that wasn't a cheap exercise.