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**dangerdave** · 10-23-2011, 12:16 AM

I ordered and received my allinonewinepump just last week. It is, by far, the best peice of equipment in my Lab. Light and quiet. Easy to set up and use. All connectors and instructions included. For less than $200, this was a perfect labor saving device for a one-man operation like mine.

I have used the pump to both rack and bottle. Racking while degassing was the bomb. The first wine I racked with it was my Strawberry Skeeter Pee. Look at all the gas pulled out by racking under vacuum. No more stirring or hand pumping for me...

Bottling was a breeze! I sat on a stool and filled bottles at my leisure. It took alittle practice to get the level right, but once I got the hang of it, the bottling was over in a few minutes. And because it is a vacuum pump, I only had to clean a few pieces of tubing when I was done. Awesome!

I didn't take a picture of this, but last night I racked a 6 gallon carboy of Gwuerztraminer. I degassed using the pump only. I racked it under vacuum back and forth between two carboys, four times. After fining, it was clearer this morning than anything else I have on hand. Astounding! I think some of my cloudy wine issues have come from ineffectual degassing.

If the maintenance free oiless pump continues to work smoothly, I'll give this two thumbs up, and recommend it to anyone who runs a small single family wine making operation.

Thanks very much to our own vacuumpumpman!

Runningwolf · 10-23-2011, 01:32 AM

Dave thanks for the unbiased review. That is great news and a darn bit cheaper the my Enolmatic.

VWyatt · 10-25-2011, 10:34 PM

I ordered my allinonewinepump and so far i think it is the best piece of equipment in mywine room. Light and quiet. Easy to set up and use. All connectors and instructions included. It is definately the perfect labor saving device for my operation.

I have only used the pump to rack and degass so far but wow!!. Racking while degassing !! No more stirring or hand pumping for me thats for sure!!

Clean up is also a snap !! One big thumbs up from me

robie · 10-25-2011, 10:42 PM

When using it for bottling, how do you stop the flow of wine when the bottle is full - do you lift the bung from the filled bottle and break the vacuum?

**dangerdave** · 10-26-2011, 12:04 AM

That's how I do it, Robie. The tube that applies vacuum to the bung has a small whole in it (great idea Steve!). Leave the hole open and you fill slowly. Cover the hole and fill quickly. Once you get the hang of feathering the bung in the mouth (did I just say that?) of the bottle, you can further control the flow of wine, filling the bottle up to the perfect level.

Funny Wyatt! The one-armer man from Manitoba!

***vacuumpumpman*** · 10-26-2011, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by robie

When using it for bottling, how do you stop the flow of wine when the bottle is full - do you lift the bung from the filled bottle and break the vacuum?

There is a manual vacuum release valve - this valve is used to stop the transfer and bottling as well
check the video on the website- it may help

thanks for all the reviews
Steve

http://allinonewinepump.com/

**dangerdave** · 10-26-2011, 12:15 AM

Here's the Gwuerztraminer I was talking about. Now this is just my nineth batch of wine, but I have never seen the like. After fining and degassing with the new pump, this was just two days later. I couldn't believe it! I'm sure the good degassing helped, but there may have been perfect conditions otherwise as well. I hope all of my future batches clear this quickly.

**dangerdave** · 10-27-2011, 07:30 PM

Ok, after a phone conversation with Steve (vacuumpumpman), my bottling is twice as easy. I was doing it the hard way, because I know everything (not!) and don't need to read instructions (not!---that's a double negative). As it turns out, the vacuum release valve comes in real handly when bottling. When the carboy is placed below the level of the bottle being filled, and the vacuum release is depressed, gravity creates a syphon, pulling wine out of your (slightly) over filled bottle right down to the level of the adjustable fill tube. Perfect! This time, all of my bottles came out uniformly filled and my job was made even easier.

Here's the "Gee" (above) in it's bottles. Beautiful! We had a busy day in the Lab yesterday. I put up 75 bottles! Two kinds of Skeeter Pee included: Sweet Strawberry Tart and some very potent Apple/Cherry Jet Fuel. lol

robie · 10-27-2011, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dangerdave

I hope all of my future batches clear this quickly.

Ha! You should hope! Nah, each batch is different, so you never know what will happen. Except if you do it correctly and thoroughly every time, you will be assured of good final result, even if it takes several weeks more.

That wine really looks very bright and clean! Keep up the good work.

**dangerdave** · 10-28-2011, 01:05 PM

Yea, I know, robie. Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. Sitting next to the Gee is a carboy of Pinot Gris that has been clearing.....very....very....slowly over the past several months. I'm learning to be more patient. That's why I was so shocked about the Gee clearing like it did.