Plaato keg

[Victor2112]

I've just had an email saying my two have been despatched. Has anyone got a plaato keg yet? First impressions?

 

[LeeH]

How are you getting on with yours?

 

[uDicko]

How are you getting on with yours?

@LeeH you got any yet?

 

[LeeH]

@LeeH you got any yet?

Set one up today.

 

[uDicko]

Ooo go on then? Worth it? Thoughts?

 

[LeeH]

Seems to work perfectly apart from no response from Plaato after requesting a token to register it with Brewfather which is disappointing.

Very accurate so far an the app notifications have been reliable.

 

[obscure]

I have to be honest until I saw this thread I had no idea what this was now on looking it up I am strangely tempted to buy one (despite the not insignificant price tag damm my need for shiny new brew gizmo).

Can it be calibrated for different keg sizes I.e. I use 9.5L corny kegs so if it’s only good for 19L kegs wouldn’t be much good for me.

 

[LeeH]

Yes, you tare it off, tell it how heavy your keg is and the maximum volume.

You can even weigh the full keg like I did and fine tune the offset until it reads what you need too.

I’m going to get another in a month or 2 if they ever reply to my request for a brewfather token.

 

[LeeH]

 

[obscure]

Yes, you tare it off, tell it how heavy your keg and the maximum volume.

You can even weigh the full keg like I did and fine tune the offset until it reads what you need too.

I’m going to get another in a month or 2 if they very reply to my request for a brewfather token.

Thanks Ihave to admit it looks like a really nice piece of kit (and would be nice to tell how much is left in my keg (although still a little hard to justify which proably means I will have it on my next order if only to get above the free delivery threshold on Malt Miller).

 

[crowcrow]

Man that looks great! I started off with a set of 'digital luggage scales', but use them so infrequently - I just slosh the keg around a bit, but this would be fun! Is it wired? Able to transmit out of a keezer?

 

[LeeH]

Thanks Ihave to admit it looks like a really nice piece of kit (and would be nice to tell how much is left in my keg (although still a little hard to justify which proably means I will have it on my next order if only to get above the free delivery threshold on Malt Miller).

It just bought a bag of citra.

 

[EveryoneKnowsADave]

Ooh, I'm smitten! Those do look nice and the keezer example set up on the site is just lovely

A bit out of my budget at £550 ish for 6

 

[F00b4r]

Be warned that if you have the taller thinner corny kegs, pretty much all new ones and a proportion of the old ones, then these are wider than the keg; not an issue with the kegs themselves but it means that you will likely not be able to fit a many kegs in your keeper/kegerator as you could before.

 

[EveryoneKnowsADave]

Be warned that if you have the taller thinner corny kegs, pretty much all new ones and a proportion of the old ones, then these are wider than the keg; not an issue with the kegs themselves but it means that you will likely not be able to fit a many kegs in your keeper/kegerator as you could before.

Good shout, cheers for that @F00b4r . I reckon I can get 6 kegs and a co2 in my keezer with a bit of maneuvering but I'm happily limiting it to 4 + co2 to save any hassle with lifting in and out and avoiding cables/pipes etc. Excellent point though, measure twice cut once kinda thing

 

[LeeH]

Ooh, I'm smitten! Those do look nice and the keezer example set up on the site is just lovely

A bit out of my budget at £550 ish for 6

Sure, but buy one and slowly build them up.

 

[grooves]

There are plenty of "homebrew" IoT examples on the web (for example IoT Home Beer Keg Scale) So if you are handy with a soldering iron you can roll your own for a tenth of the price.

I've already had some load cells delivered from China - now it's just finding the time to put one together.

 

[LeeH]

Start a tread of the build

 

[EveryoneKnowsADave]

Start a tread of the build

+1 for that idea

 

[gavp1979]

Looks very interesting @grooves