Should you buy the Air Still Pro?

The Air Still Pro from Still Spirits is a great little boiler, but is it worth the high price?
In this video I compare the main features with the standard Air Still and the T500.

[@mohammedabushoog4898]

In regard of water, What is the still that works automatically and cool itself. Whether in pot or reflux mode. I’m really confused about this point

[@brewingadvice]

Hi @mohammedabushoog4898. Each still has different abilities and suits different people. The T500 Reflux column is the only one that needs constant cool/cold water to allow it to work in reflux mode. It is though not automatic, you need to make minor adjustments on the amount of water going to it. The Air Still can only run in pot mode, but does not need a water supply, that keeps the condenser cool by a big fan on the top of it. The Air Still Pro can do pot and reflux modes, and like the Air Still uses a big fan to keep the condensers cool, it does not need a water supply. Does that answer your question?

[@mohammedabushoog4898]

Your T500 looks different. You changed the boiler. What is this boiler and in regard of T500 stainless column or copper column. Which one do you recommend

[@brewingadvice]

The large 25 litre boiler isn't a T500. Sadly Still Spirits named them badly. So, Still Spirits released a 25 litre boiler which is called the 'T500' boiler. The condenser on the top is actually called the 'Turbo 500', but everybody just calls it the T500. So now you have people talking about their T500, but you are not sure if they are meaning a boiler, a condenser or both! In my video, the 25 litre boiler is made by a UK company called Love Brewing (under the brand 'Spirit Works'). Like the T500 boiler it has 2.2kw of heating power. What makes this model different though is that it has a temperature controller computer built into it, so you can set a temperature and it will get the contents to that temperature, and hold it there. This is very useful as you can brew your wash in the boiler. To answer your other question, which T500 column should you buy, Stainless or Copper, that is difficult to answer. Getting as much copper in the path of ethanol vapours is always a good thing. But it costs extra money to buy the copper version. Personally I would buy the stainless steel one, and use the money you saved to buy some Copper SPP and put that in as packing instead of some of the standard stainless steel packing that came with the T500. That will give you more copper and will also help give you ever so slightly higher ABV (so purer output).