Still Spirits Water Flow Regulator

I purchased the Still Spirits Water Flow Regulator after I bought the Turbo 500. When I was doing my initial research I felt I didn't need a water flow regulator because we are on well water. I was wrong. Just the small fluctuation from the accumulator would change the discharge temp by 20C. This required me to hover over the unit and constantly chase the water flow to maintain an optimal temp. After doing this three times I bought the water regulator. I hooked it up and adjusted the water flow to 350ml per minute as a starting point. I started the boiler and watched as the discharge came up to 60C. It required about 15 minutes of fine tuning to settle out but after that I never touched it. Since your looking at an 8 to 10 hour run, being able to walk away is a big benefit. It's not a "set and forget" item. You still have to monitor the process but while it's running you're not married to it for the duration of the run. I strongly recommend the Still Spirits Water Regulator to anyone using the Turbo 500. It will save your sanity and allow you to produce a more consistent product.

Like the title says, it's expensive for what it is- about $15 in parts that you can source and build yourself. But... it's already put together and I didn't have to chase down everything I needed to build something. Basically, I justified the expense as saving time. It worked well at stabilizing the water flow out of my sink though, so for that, it works great.

It's better than trying to control the flow coming directly from your tap but not as good as I had hoped. I wish the control valve could be more precise. The water pressure at my home is about 105 PSI and I couldn't get the various connections to stop dripping. Went to Loews and got a water pressure regulator that screws right only the garden hose or faucet. Typically they are used for connecting Drip Irrigation. No doubt it is intended to work with incoming pressure between 60-80 PSI so I expected it wouldn't be able to deliver 30 PSI to the SS Flow Regulator and I was right, it delivered 40 PSI. That was good enough to cure or at least significantly help the various drips so I'm happy. Until something better comes along I'd still recommend one of these to help provide the needed water flow.

not impressed kinda cheap/

This flow regulator was the perfect piece to complete a closed-loop cooling system. The regulator allowed for reduced oversight during processing. I just hope the pump holds out because after some hours of constant use it seemed loud. I will just have to see how long it lasts but it does everything I want it to do and I recommend this product.

It helps a little but not much. I run the t500 with well water which is a very big problem with it being so sensitive. I thought this would solve it. However it never shuts off and it leaks, and still took me an hour to adjust it right. Even after that the temp fluxuated constantly. No on or off switch either. It has to be unplugged to turn off. As expensive as this is i expected better. Ibadvise getting a fish tank pump and using a bucket of water. Thats what im going to try next. UPDATE: This completely quite working after only 7 uses. And now I come back and it's double the price. 100 dollars for something that is unreliable is unheard of.

No matter what I do, this leaks from the intake side. Great idea, but poor execution.

I ordered on from amazon but it never showed up, they returned my money with out a issue. My friend has one of these and brought it over after mine didnt show up and we used it to do a run. Worked exactly how it is supposed too. I just wish the price was close to 70-80 bucks which seems more realistic from what you get now that I have used one and seen one in person. I am thinking if 100 bucks is worth reordering it or not right now, I dont know.

Used this a few weeks ago, would highly recommend very easy to use, and set up works a treat.