Yep my default FC is a fridge, but my glycol rig allows me to run multiple independent fermentations in a smaller space than having three or four fridges.
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Stoichiometrist
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I like the new website except it won’t recognize my password and I’m now locked out. And it’s Friday...
Grmblz
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You've obviously got too much time on your hands, waiting for the thing to load is doing my head in.
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ROFL, I can't remember who posted "out source to India and you get what you pay for" but it would appear they've gone from one Indian dev to another, and are paying even less.
Seriously if you are an online entity with no "store with a door" surely your main focus would be your web site? Dunno maybe I'm missing something?
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Screw this. I’m going to KK
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The one which is starting to bust my chops is trying to wait for everything I want to order to be in stock at the same time. The freight options are pretty expensive so trying to cut down on that is important, but geezlus waiting for three things to be available at once makes herding dyslexic cats through a pack of rabid dogs look like child's play. If only we could reserve an item until it comes into stock.
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Yeah I've given up on going this... I order what I can when I can get it and then just order the additional bits when they come back in stock.
Grmblz
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Yeh but as outback mentions it gets expensive, and their freight options are a bit weird on some items.
Is it really that hard to implement an ordering process whereby stuff is put aside for you as it comes in, and then sent out once the order is complete?
I understand they may be busy and understaffed, and doing the whole pre-order thing might be beyond them but it really looks as if they're taking one step forward then two steps back with their web development.
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As I said, I've merely given up on it.
I agree that pre-ordering would be a great feature to have.
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I have a suggestion for Kegland on this. My favourite brewery, Wildflower has introduced some flexible shipping options to help get them through Covid. Basically you can order bits and pieces as your go and use a coupon code BUNDLE, which makes the shipping free. They'll hold all the stuff until you have over the shipping threshold ($100 in their case) and then they'll ship it all at once. In Kegland's case there's no free shipping, but maybe a process like this would still work.
Same mate, I'm in Tas and it's really frustrating when you can't get that one push-in fitting or one particular hop to complete that order for the next brew. Actually, I don't even bother with ingredients anymore, just some equipment (as it's hard to get in Tas).. I get ingredients from my LHBS if they have them (limited) or from Beerco or similar..
At a guess , given they are on line only and in a covid booming area (home brew) they are busier than ever - maybe the Log on problem means less discounts (not that I ever get a code, but maybe others do). ;D
Should get my altrounder tomorrow.,,
Should get my altrounder tomorrow.,,
I doubt KL have ever offered a discount code - they do plenty of loss-leading though.At a guess , given they are on line only and in a covid booming area (home brew) they are busier than ever - maybe the Log on problem means less discounts (not that I ever get a code, but maybe others do). ;D
Should get my altrounder tomorrow.,,
Anyway, to continue the recent topic I too have asked before for a pre-ordering system, noting the repeated occasions where the email notification didn't arrive or was a day late and the fact that freight is very expensive for small shipments.
It is a royal pain in the ass to place so many orders waiting for stock to arrive, so I'm often paying a few extra dollars to source from ebay or my LHBS for individual items.
bbqzookeeper
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They did do the PBW Bulk discount code. Other than that, not heaps?
Coalminer
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Are the any other home brew sites that have that facility?
Grmblz
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See ^ #4033, so the answer is yes.
sixfignig
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Incomparable. One is a small, artisan craft brewery with very few product lines, and I'd imagine they're manually managing delayed/combined shipping.
Coalminer
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I didn't think we were talking about breweries.
If you are having an issue like this can you please call us and we will fix this up over the phone for you. We are still sorting out a few bugs with the new website so we apologise for this inconvenience.
We are using a local Australian company for the development called Digital Agency, eCommerce Web Design Melbourne, Sydney | Mitash
We have several members of his team working on the webiste now so we will have quite a few improvements by the end of the week.
If you get any really strange freight prices can you please email us and we will look into it. If we have an incorrect freight price we will get it fixed fairly quickly for you. I was under the impression that our freight prices were pretty sharp but if there is an issue with the freight calculator that you email us about we will get that sorted out ASAP.
i am looking at getting a mini keg, ive noticed that both the flow control Disconnect (in stock date??) and FC nukataps are out of stock.
Is there any preference or Pros/Cons for having Flow control happening at the disconnect rather than at the tap?
Is there any preference or Pros/Cons for having Flow control happening at the disconnect rather than at the tap?
Grmblz
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The question was "Are the any other home brew sites that have that facility?" and the answer is yes, no-one mentioned comparable.
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Well, they're not actually a home brew site. And to be fair they do have a very small product line to deal with, like sixfignig said. I don't expect KL to run off and implement everything we spurt out here, but thought it might be helpful if it's a workable system. Maybe not at their scale, though.
If you are putting the tap directly onto the keg there is really not much difference at all. The FC Nukataps are probably slightly more ergonomic to adjust with one hand in this application. With the FC ball lock disconnects it's a bit more difficult to adjust mid-pour.
Grmblz
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Fair call, I was really just pointing out that it is doable.
Thanks for your input on this subject guys. As a result of your input we have just finished the tooling for this part that is getting manufactured now and will be available in a few weeks time:
https://www.kegland.com.au/floating...304-stainless-for-fermzilla-or-kegmenter.html
We did try a few of the standard ones from China that you guys suggested but none of them were quite perfect so we made some new injection moulding tooling so we could make this product. We wanted to make it easy to adjust the position of the float. This makes it easier to adjust the desired dip tube intake height. So if you have a recipe that has a lot of floating junk at the top you can use the top loop and this means the pickup sits lower in the liquid.
We also made the barb suitable for the silicone dip tube or other common 5mm-6.5mm ID tubing used by home brewers.
We were really hoping we did not have to make more injection moulded tooling but the existing ones available were not quite perfect.
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