Variable Capacity Plastic Tanks

[SleepyDave]

Anyone tried one of these yet? They look like an interesting alternative to stainless steel. Not sure if that's good or bad!

http://www.pressfruit.co.uk/plastic-...able-capacity/

[Cellar_Rat]

Good find. I use the floaty lids on SS tanks and they can be a proper PITA brill but still a PITA.

Going to give these guys a ring, the grade & weight of the plastic is everything here. I have been trying to get hold of Flex tanks - but I cannot get any sensible prices just telephone numbers, with the euro sign in front !!

I will report back.....Soon

[Cellar_Rat]

There's no one home :-)

[ukric]

How do those work then?

[Cellar_Rat]

The round lid floats and has a bicycle inner tube around the outside which you inflate to seal

[ToulouseLePlot]

I liked your idea of floating an inch of olive oil as a lid - is it a viable idea? Or would bugs be able to get through the oil, or even flies doing breast stroke?

[Cellar_Rat]

I liked your idea of floating an inch of olive oil as a lid - is it a viable idea? Or would bugs be able to get through the oil, or even flies doing breast stroke?

Yes. it is a very popular idea on the continent - it does seem to be very little uptake in the UK.
You do still need a dust cover lid. And you use a tap at the bottom of the tank (not a siphon tube through the oil)
Specialist 'wine oil' all for the purpose think it's about £6 a litre.

[Cellar_Rat]

Anyone tried one of these yet? They look like an interesting alternative to stainless steel. Not sure if that's good or bad!

http://www.pressfruit.co.uk/plastic-...able-capacity/

I have PM you

[Cellar_Rat]

I have PM you

The review is now an article.