Welcome back everybody today we're going
to have a review of the mega pot so if
you caught my preview of the mega pot
I've used it enough I think it's time to
do a full review of it so let's get into
it so just so you know I do have
obviously because you guys can see I did
get the mega pot 15 gallon with two
holes in it one of them is for the
thermometer and the other one is for the
ball valve so if we start with the
thermometer it's the thermometer then a
washer then the black oring then it on
the inside is the nut i have not had any
leaks coming out of there even the first
time what I did was I put it together
and then I put it in the bathtub filled
it with water let it sit for about a
half hour just to make sure I didn't
have any leaks so on the bottom we do
have the nipple and from the nipple we
do have a washer or i should say an
o-ring then on the inside we have
another oring and then the nut and again
same thing with this i have not had any
leak on it yet also and i don't know how
many of you have noticed this but on
some of the pots i have looked at the
handles bunrt or the o-rings burnt from
having the heat to high i have not had
that i probably brew 10-12 times on this
one and i have not had any issues with
leaks or stuff burning or melting so the
other thing i wanted to say was I wish
this thermometer was lower I wish it was
offset and down some more because in
doing a batch sparge or a fly sparge
depending on my water level this
thermometer sits at about 5 gallons so
if in the mash in I only need four and a
half then I cannot use this thermometer
as it
not get down into the water so I wish
they would offset it and put it down
lower so that way if you're only doing a
five gallon batch it would still read
because if you're doing a 10 gallon
batch you are fine but when you start
stepping down most of the time I think
almost every time this did not come into
play but what I did was I actually
filled it up past five gallons heated
all that up then by the markings on the
inside I went by that for my mash in and
my mash out but other than that I have
to say everything's been working well I
wish they would have an option for a
three piece ball valve instead of the
two piece with all the customization you
can do to this I can't believe they
don't have a three piece ball valve yes
I could have got all the parts by myself
and put it together to get what I wanted
but with the kit that they offer as of
right now you can only pick a two-piece
ball valve handles have been fine
they're still riveted on nothing's moved
so you can't go wrong with that there is
a little filler and I'll put up a
picture of it that does siphon or take
the water off the bottom that is nice
sometimes I do have a hard time getting
it out after i'm done to clean
everything out so but you have to have a
tight seal on that so that's okay it's
in it move I can move it up and down
sideways anyway I want it so that works
the etchings are still on there they
haven't came off or started wearing off
the only problem I have with them I wish
they were a different color may be black
or something says on a cool day when
your water is heating up and you have
the steam coming up they are kind of
hard to read depending on if you're
boiling the water for a batch sparge or
just heating up all that wort
you have to almost get in there and keep
moving back and forth until you can see
it so I wish they were black or a
different color because the shininess of
the inside does reflect and again like I
said with all that steam they are kind
of hard to read but other than that I
had any problems with it it's easy to
clean like I said that little tube
inside there I just take out and I can
scrub the bottom and everything comes
off then once i'm done i put it back in
there I don't actually know what's on
the inside of the nipple I don't know if
it's a row ring that's made of plastic
or rubber or something like that so
we'll have to see over time if that
little piece starts wearing that o-ring
out and if it does i'm guessing the only
way to replace it is to replace that
nipple but like i said i haven't had any
problems as of now so hopefully we don't
i do like the ball valve it is a locking
one sometimes it can be a pain because
once you get water in it and you want to
transfer hot water i should say it does
become kind of hot so you do have to
watch out for that because you do have
to lift a little lock up in order to
move the handle and that can become hot
most of the time i do it with some kind
of glove on because it gets hot i did
add the quick disconnect that also
becomes hot sometimes so again i do use
gloves to get that off and plug it in
but other than that i would say it's a
win it's well worth the money as far as
i know the temperature gauge does keep
accurate readings
I do have a gun thermometer that I use
and it is almost the same exact
temperature as this off maybe one or two
degrees sometimes but again with the gun
thermometer you're not really sure where
it's aiming or at what point on the
surface it is picking up that temp but
other than that it's good let me know
what you guys think if you guys have
used them like a if you watch the first
one this is my second one I have a 10
gallon mega pot but I do not have any of
the accessories in there but overall a
good one so that will wrap up this
review of the mega pot and until next
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