I posted this to the Kegland thread, which I now realise was the wrong place, hence the new thread.
I have a question relating to the Kegland Sodastream bottle adapter.
I bought one of these a couple of years back, and used it to refill bottles for neighbours and family. I used to get the odd failure - some bottles just wouldn't have a bar (see what I did there?) of it. Sometimes I'd just get a partial fill. But overall, I was getting a decent result. I followed the steps that Kee Doery laid out in his YouTube vid, and things mostly worked.
Lately, however, I just strike out every time. The bottles are nicely cold from my chest freezer, but that's not the issue. They just don't even get started. These are all the newer type of Sodastream recipient bottles, so I barely crack the donor to start. Still nothing. Open a little wider - nada. My donor bottle comes from Gas Guyz (6Kg) and is all but full. I used to use a Supagas cylinder. Still, the donor bottle works just fine for carbonating beer, so I can't see how that could be the problem; the problem seems to be more on the recipient side.
I even bought a new adapter in case there was something wrong there. Still nothing. Kee seemed to imply that the Kegland bottles are more permissive than the fiddly Sodastream type.. soI'm now considering buying 6 or so Kegland 60L bottles and splitting the cost with the neighbours, but I want to be sure before I commit that I won't have the same problems with those.
I'd be very thankful for any wise words from the group.
I have a question relating to the Kegland Sodastream bottle adapter.
I bought one of these a couple of years back, and used it to refill bottles for neighbours and family. I used to get the odd failure - some bottles just wouldn't have a bar (see what I did there?) of it. Sometimes I'd just get a partial fill. But overall, I was getting a decent result. I followed the steps that Kee Doery laid out in his YouTube vid, and things mostly worked.
Lately, however, I just strike out every time. The bottles are nicely cold from my chest freezer, but that's not the issue. They just don't even get started. These are all the newer type of Sodastream recipient bottles, so I barely crack the donor to start. Still nothing. Open a little wider - nada. My donor bottle comes from Gas Guyz (6Kg) and is all but full. I used to use a Supagas cylinder. Still, the donor bottle works just fine for carbonating beer, so I can't see how that could be the problem; the problem seems to be more on the recipient side.
I even bought a new adapter in case there was something wrong there. Still nothing. Kee seemed to imply that the Kegland bottles are more permissive than the fiddly Sodastream type.. soI'm now considering buying 6 or so Kegland 60L bottles and splitting the cost with the neighbours, but I want to be sure before I commit that I won't have the same problems with those.
I'd be very thankful for any wise words from the group.