Hi

Has anybody in the UK had trouble with Hambleton Bard Beerspheres??

Last year, one of mine split and started leaking just where the shell
bends in on each side to form a concave "moulded in" handle - it
completely ruined the carpet in our spare room which didn't exactly
please the wife but more importantly, I lost around 2 gallons of a
superb brew!!!

Hambleton Bard replaced the shell (claiming I must have abused it as
they have never seen this happen before) but the replacement shell has
just done the very same thing i.e. split in exactly the same place
(Luckily I caught it just in time avoiding ruining the replacement
carpet - but more importantly I only lost a pint or two).

I intend sending the shell back with a complaint, as there would seem
to be a possible design fault - it looks to me as though being a
fairly sharp radius, this concave moulding is a weak point (2 out of
my 3 fairly new Beerspheres have now burst). However, before
returning it, I would be interested to hear if anybody else has ever
had this problem.

Also, as I have completely lost confidence in Beerspheres, can anyone
recommend an alternative (I don't want to go down the Cornelius keg
route)? Are King Kegs reliable and do they have any concave mouldings
in the shell similar to the HB beersphere, which may indicate a
potential future stress fracture point?

Regards

KGB

Hi

What is a Beersphere?

AusyG in South Africa

"KGB (KGB)" <FedUpWithSpam@NoEmailAddre.ss> wrote in message
news:4274f62b.24855595@nntp.dsl.pipex.com...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> Has anybody in the UK had trouble with Hambleton Bard Beerspheres??
>
> Last year, one of mine split and started leaking just where the shell
> bends in on each side to form a concave "moulded in" handle - it
> completely ruined the carpet in our spare room which didn't exactly
> please the wife but more importantly, I lost around 2 gallons of a
> superb brew!!!
>
> Hambleton Bard replaced the shell (claiming I must have abused it as
> they have never seen this happen before) but the replacement shell has
> just done the very same thing i.e. split in exactly the same place
> (Luckily I caught it just in time avoiding ruining the replacement
> carpet - but more importantly I only lost a pint or two).
>
> I intend sending the shell back with a complaint, as there would seem
> to be a possible design fault - it looks to me as though being a
> fairly sharp radius, this concave moulding is a weak point (2 out of
> my 3 fairly new Beerspheres have now burst). However, before
> returning it, I would be interested to hear if anybody else has ever
> had this problem.
>
> Also, as I have completely lost confidence in Beerspheres, can anyone
> recommend an alternative (I don't want to go down the Cornelius keg
> route)? Are King Kegs reliable and do they have any concave mouldings
> in the shell similar to the HB beersphere, which may indicate a
> potential future stress fracture point?
>
> Regards
>
> KGB
>[/color]

On Fri, 6 May 2005 20:12:18 +0200, "Austin Graves" <ausyg@pixie.co.za>
wrote:

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>
>What is a Beersphere?[/color]

Hi

See <http://www.hambletonbard.com/English/Homebrew_Facts/CO2.htm>

And linked pages on the "Hambleton bard" website.

Regards
KGB

On Sun, 01 May 2005 15:31:11 GMT, "KGB"
<FedUpWithSpam@NoEmailAddre.ss> (KGB) said in alt.beer.home-brewing:
[color=blue]
>Also, as I have completely lost confidence in Beerspheres, can anyone
>recommend an alternative (I don't want to go down the Cornelius keg
>route)?[/color]

Why not? I don't know what they charge for a Beersphere, but I've
only lost one Corny keg, and it was my own fault - ice can crush a
ship, so a SS keg can't stand up to it.