COMINHKPR94446 copper wort chiller, 1/2" x 50'

I ordered this on a Monday night and it shipped directly from NY Brew Supply early the next morning and made it to Florida on Friday. Thank you for such quick service! Living in Florida, it's a challenge to cool your hot wort quickly. I purchased this as a pre-chiller to my Shirron plate chiller which works well, but the groundwater temps in Florida are warm year round. I did a test today and here are the results. The water temp straight out of my garden hose was 79 degrees after running for 10 minutes filling our pool. I submerged the Immersion Chiller in a 5 gallon vertical Rubbermaid cooler filled with icy water and tested again. The water temp had dropped to 67 degrees. I haven't cooled an actual batch yet, but have no doubt this is going to chill a hot wort in minutes. As a side note, the product is made well and very clean. Recommend!

I purchased the 50' x 1/2" NY Brew Supply Wort Chiller with garden hose connections. I have zero complaints after using this to brew a few times. This product has good construction and quality fittings (no leaks) and cools hot wort quickly. I appreciate that the separation between the coils is slightly adjustable and that the fittings are high enough and outside of the kettle that they are easy to connect and disconnect without risk of contamination.

The product is very reasonably priced and nicely made. It arrived undamaged, does not leak and works very well. A nice feature is that it's possible to slide one vertical leg of the tube with respect to other by loosening the two clamps holding them together. This helps with cleaning and provides better wort circulation. I would have given it 5 stars except for the packaging.The coil was shrink wrapped to prevent scratches, which was good. However it was shipped in an undersized box with little more than a piece of paper for impact protection. I was lucky it wasn't damaged during shipping. Several other reviewers weren't so lucky so beware !It's interesting to note in the instructions that come with the coil ; "Unpacking - Although this product was packaged with care , some deformation of the coils may occur during shipping. If this happens, the shape of the flexible coils can easily be restored (or even re-shaped to meet your needs.) Use caution when adjusting the coils to avoid kinking the copper tubing."Isn't this like saying " Your new car has arrived in the showroom. It might have got dinged up a bit on the transporter. Don't worry you can re-spray it. You might even prefer a different colour. Use caution to prevent the paint running".Why not just ship it in an appropriately sized box with some effective packaging ?

Now I live in New England and have pretty cold tap water, but this thing chilled my wort much faster than expected! This is a little bit of an investment for a beginner brewer but it makes brew day much more enjoyable.

Mounted it in an old charcoal grill to use as a wood fired pool heater and it works well.

How much of a difference does 3/8" to 1/2" make??? A LOT! Space the coils out with copper wire and 5 gallons of wort will go from boil to pitch temperature in about ten minutes... I had absolutely not issue with the packaging, the product was delivered on time and in great condition.I washed the product in warm water using a soft brush to get any factory oils or contaminates off.

I made one of these several years ago from surplus tubing I had. It was great until one winter when I left it in the shed and it froze and split to pieces. I had all of the fittings to make a new wort chiller but found I could buy this one cheaper than buying the tubing for a homemade chiller. The construction of this one is great, better than what I could do on my own. I just could not pass this up and I am extremely glad I did not.

Don't waste your money on this chiller. This is my second one and both leak at the fittings. If you don't tie a towel around it, water will spray in your wort. Total junk.