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pumps in lidle

Started by newToBrew, March 18, 2013, 01:46:16 PM

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newToBrew

Drill powered Pumps in lidle 6.99 - picked one up today - haven't used it yet - just stumbled across it today
coz theres always something new to do

Hop Bomb

What plastic is it made of?
On tap: Flanders, Gose,
Fermenting: Oatmeal Brown, 200ish Fathoms,
Ageing: bretted 1890 export stout.
To brew:  2015 RIS, Kellerbier, Altbier.

Ciderhead

March 18, 2013, 02:07:02 PM #2 Last Edit: March 18, 2013, 02:09:47 PM by Ciderhead
They are advertising them on website for 5.99
its not food grade,  great for draining a flood in a cellar though ;)

newToBrew

could've been 5.99 tbh - I literally just spotted it while looking for something else - never even checked the plastic type  - was just duckin in and out - i'll take a look tomoro - havent got it to hand
guess i wont ne wirl pooling any time soon then  :(
coz theres always something new to do

Ciderhead

March 19, 2013, 12:19:01 AM #4 Last Edit: March 19, 2013, 12:21:03 AM by Ciderhead
Dont be sad :'( if it wasn't for your plug to their page I wouldn't be picking one of these up
http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/SID-56275D5B-40866A31/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_29611.htm
which are great for acting as overflows for my fermentors, also useful for storing my empties ;)
Not for food stuffs though!

Hop Bomb

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guess i wont ne whirl pooling any time soon thenĀ  :(

Get yourself a solar pump. It costs a bit more than 5.99 but its a deadly piece of kit. I use it for everything - moving water from my HLT to mash tun, whirlpooling, transferring to secondary & transferring to prime/bottling bucket.

http://solarproject.co.uk/
On tap: Flanders, Gose,
Fermenting: Oatmeal Brown, 200ish Fathoms,
Ageing: bretted 1890 export stout.
To brew:  2015 RIS, Kellerbier, Altbier.

newToBrew

QuoteGet yourself a solar pump
ah yeah - I've seen them before on other posts and heard about them alraight - ah I'm not at the stage yet wher eIa mseriousl;y considering this kind of thing - I literally was walking past those yolks in lidel and just snatched it up - teh definitive impulse buy - now I have buyers remorse !!!
coz theres always something new to do

Ciderhead

March 19, 2013, 10:37:36 AM #7 Last Edit: March 19, 2013, 10:50:09 AM by Ciderhead
QuoteI literally was walking past those yolks in lidel and just snatched it up - teh definitive impulse buy - now I have buyers remorse !!!

The demon middle aisle in Lidl, any man with an ounce of testosterone has been lured by the Lidl mermaids onto the rocks of the shiny cages. Its like a peep show, until you get outside and ask yourself, what was I thinking? ;D

I am banned from going there now as she is sick of the "but we really need it" story, only to find it under the sink in a week or gathering dust in the shed.

ok to make you feel better uses for your drill pump;
1) siphoning petrol
2) watering the garden from a water butt
3)...errh thats about it really!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvz3752M60s
btw you dont have a Mullet do you?

Anyone else?

Greg2013

Your only getting one of those tubs cause you saw one in my place copycat ;D
"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."  Gen. James 'Mad Dog' Mattis USMC(Ret.)

newToBrew

QuoteThe demon middle aisle in Lidl

yeah - I had to put a self imposed ban on the place - I now usuallu just get the offers emailed to me form both German Stores - that way - I have the excitment of thinkiing - "this is gonna change my Life when I get it "  for the twenty m inutes it takes to get to either shop - by which time I will have convinced myself other wise and turned around and gone home

this time I just happened to be physically in the building !!



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btw you dont have a Mullet do you?

.... not since I bought a whole "shave it yourself kit "  ...... in lidle !!!
coz theres always something new to do

Oh Crap

Quote from: newToBrew on March 18, 2013, 01:46:16 PM
Drill powered Pumps in lidle 6.99 - picked one up today - haven't used it yet - just stumbled across it today
I know this a really old thread BUT with the all this talk of charging for water I use one of these for driving water through my IC and back to a water butt.. Takes 15/20 mins on full speed and recirculates the water.... If that's any use to someone :)
Beer
1 is good, 2 is better, 3 is enough & 4 isn't half enough

ferg

used to use this for my immersion chiller, recirculate ice water for the 50c-25c bit... but I used it at the start of the chill once and connected up the wrong way, hot steam/air melted the inside of the pump!