Stainless honey settling tank

[JamezF]

My Thorne plastic honey settling "tank" is reaching the end of its life. The material is starting to degrade (one of the handles came away in my hand when I was extracting a few weeks back) and given that at this point it really doesn't owe me anything, I think it's about time I replaced it with some nice shiny stainless.

Does anyone have an opinion on the Old Castle Farm (unheated) tanks? The sloping floor seems like it might be handy. But their comparative cheapness makes me wonder if they're made out of tinfoil or something similar. Are there others that are worth considering? Or are they all much of a muchness?

James

 

[ericbeaumont]

others that are worth considering?

The Thomas from Gwenyn Gruffyd is very well made, though it adds up once you buy the fine and ultra fine filters, the stand and the Thomas Perfection tap. Trust me, you will need that as the standard is nothing special and the weight of honey in the tank makes clean filling troublesome. I'm cursing it while I wait for the Perfections to return to stock at about the end of December.

The OCFH equivalent is down to the same price (£115) in the sale but no mention (that I can see) of filters to fit it. The other aspect to consider is spares and back-up: Thomas have a very good rep. in the industry.

 

[Garry R]

I use the below for final filtering. Out of the extractor the honey passes through a coarse stainless filter into a 30lb bucket then pass through the final filter. As a one man band I am not keen to lift anything much heavier than 30lbs so make sure that your 50kg settling tank is in the position where you finally want it for bottling etc.



https://www.temu.com/uk/-future-nyl...32176338800_a1wqv3slsi&_x_sessn_id=s93qcu4332


I made a piece of 5mm plastic sheet which fits on the top of the tank with a hole in it less than the diameter of the filter and away you go.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40072172...S9139kpY=|tkp:Bk9SR7r28NzpZA&var=673184683767


If the end of the cone is a bit long and sits in the honey when the tank is full a simple fix is to tie a knot in the tip to effectively shorten it. I find this works well for me and cheap as chips.

 

[JamezF]

Thanks for that. The strainers I'm not too worried about as I already have several sets (so I can swap them when one eventually gets blocked up).

I see Thorne do what might be a knock-off of the Perfection tap (as do OCFH; in fact it may be the same one).

James