Buon Vino Mini Jet Filter Starter kit with Pre-Screen, 4 Sets of #2 Filters by Ubrewusa

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I'll admit I was skeptical when I ordered this: $189 for a wine filtration system, there must be something wrong. But there isn't anything wrong, nothing at all. It took all of five minutes to put it together. I followed the instructions for sanitizing the filter media then flushed it with a couple gallons of RO (reverse osmosis) water to make sure all the sanitizer was out of the media. I then ran 16 gallons of a blend of Aronia berry and Cabernet Sauvignon through it, taking it out of the racking port of one fermenter and putting it in another equal size fermenter. I only used the 8uM and 2uM filters. The result was perfection. Allowed the wine to sit for an hour because the process does put some micro-bubbles into the wine, but they float out very quickly. It's in bottles now. There was no appreciable loss of wine in the filter because after the input went "dry" I used some low pressure compressed air to assist the pump in getting nearly every drop of wine out of the filter media. A person could blow in the input hose and get the same result. I then flushed the system with three gallons of RO water and it's ready for another batch. Replacement filters are only $5 each, so using two filters at a time ($10) and it will easily filter at least 32 gallons (160 bottles) of wine so we're talking 6 cents per bottle-- that is dirt cheap!!! I'm going to buy a second one only so that I can filter and bottle both red and white wines the same day.

It works great. One thing to note: It isn't clear from instructions how to configure the two final-stage, 1 micron filters and I had them reversed. After contacting Fermtech support I learned that the caged filter should be the last filter, not the other way around.

Didn’t have any instructions with it. Not a big issue easy enough to assemble. Pump will turn on but nothing happens. Received four sets of filters and none of them are labeled as to their filtration level. For something that should be a pretty easy setup, sure is difficult just to get it to work as it should. ***Update*** I forgot to come back and update my review. This is an awesome product. You tubed how to get it started and since then I have never had an issue with it. Easy to set up and easy to clean and the double filter system has my beer turning out extremely clear and beautiful. This may be the best post fermentation product I have bought for my home brew besides the kegerator. Drink local friends.

I've used this machine a few times now. Setup is relatively straightforward, as is operation. I highly recommend watching the Northern Brewer instructional video, as it goes into better detail than either the manual or Buon Vino's video. I ordered mine from UBREWUSA here, and coming with the pre-filter and some #2 pads made this a great value over most stores and sellers. An additional hose to connect the pre-filter and the pump would have been nice, but I'm not going to quibble over a $.25 piece of plastic for the deal I got. Cleanup is a little more iffy than I would like. No instructions I've found give me a good idea of what I should do to keep the machine (and especially the pump) in good working order, but I don't seem to have broken it yet. If you know what you're doing (RTFM or watch some videos) and let your brew clear out some before using the filter, it'll help put a really nice polish on and let you avoid sulphites if that's important to you. ------------------------------------------------ Everything below this line is directed straight at the manufacturer, but it might be good to know for you, too. Buon Vino, if you decide to make a revision, there are two things you need to address. First, please put a GFCI plug on the power adapter. I'm using this in a kitchen, I've just gotten the whole thing wet, and there will be leaks by the nature of the process. Help me stay a little safer and just put a GFCI plug on here. Second, I need at least instructions on how to clean the pump, but better would be a way to disassemble the front so I can get into it and scrub. Right now I'm just running a few extra gallons of clean water through and hoping that's good enough.