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[BarbarianBrewer]

My stepson bought me a FastRack washer for Christmas a few years ago. 24 bottles at once. Very quick job getting 72 bottles ready for a 5 gallon batch. I rinse all my bottles after emptying them and that makes prepping them for bottling a lot easier. I store them upside down so they’re dry, so a quick spritz with PB and a little brush, then a rinse with StarSan. Haven’t lost a bottle yet. The best part is having 2 racks. While one is drying, another is rinsing. I invert a box on the rack and Bob’s yer uncle, ready to fill. I did have a little issue with the wash station though. The male threaded nipple on the stations broke off both of them while in storage. I took them apart and threaded the holes and installed stainless elbows to replace them. There’s a LOT of screws in those things.

I bought one of those when they first came out. Hopefully they improved it since then because I could not get mine to stop leaking around the gasket between the upper and lower plates. They cautioned against overtightening the screws so I first had them on the loose end and then after each use I gradually tightened them until the plastic started cracking around the screws. I gave up on it when the part that screws into the pump broke off. The other thing I didn't like was the max water temp of 105°F. Not that I expected it to handle super hot water, but it should at least be able to handle something above bath water temp. I was able to repurpose the pump for my keg washer so that saved me some money on that project.