I racked two wines last night and am getting a little sick of cleaning the auto-siphon (I rinse, wash, rinse, and sanitize before using on another wine). It got me thinking about how nice it would be to have a pump, then I would only have a single hose to clean between rackings.
Here's the catch, my wine making is generally limited to after dinner hours and takes place in the basement directly underneath the bedroom where our 8 month son sleeps. Any loud noises are not tolerated (by him or my wife...). I got back into my wine/beer making hobby in a big way since all my wood working tools are too loud. I watched a you tube video showing someone using a vacuum pump to rack and it seemed really, really, loud. Not sure what the brand was though.
Real world users, is your vacuum pump loud during use? Any ideas on pumping w/ little to no noise? Or am I confined to siphons at this time?
Here's the catch, my wine making is generally limited to after dinner hours and takes place in the basement directly underneath the bedroom where our 8 month son sleeps. Any loud noises are not tolerated (by him or my wife...). I got back into my wine/beer making hobby in a big way since all my wood working tools are too loud. I watched a you tube video showing someone using a vacuum pump to rack and it seemed really, really, loud. Not sure what the brand was though.
Real world users, is your vacuum pump loud during use? Any ideas on pumping w/ little to no noise? Or am I confined to siphons at this time?