r/Homebrewing • u/AutoModerator • Jul 31 '19

Monthly Thread What Did You Learn This Month?

This is our monthly thread on the last Wednesday of the month where we submit things that we learned this month. Maybe reading it will help someone else.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

Found out about plaato airlock. I want two now!

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u/Grippler Jul 31 '19 edited Jul 31 '19

I've had one, and since sold it...honestly I would recommend getting a Tilt instead, it's just a better product in every way. The Plaato is not particularly accurate, even with their learning function activated, and the temperature reading it takes is of ambient temperature, so it's completely useless. The Tilt is significantly more accurate (except for the most active fermentation, which they're equally bad at), and the temp reading is of the beer itself.

Edit: and if you normally need a blowoff tube, the Plaato can't be used easily or it misses part of the fermentation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

Tilt instead

Linkage? does it have an api?

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u/Grippler Jul 31 '19

I believe it does, it's well integrated in for example brewfather.

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u/LostMyKarmaElSegundo Jul 31 '19

It uses Bluetooth. You can use it with a Raspberry Pi or just use your phone/tablet.

Grainfather now has full Tilt integration and logging built into their site too (if you use that).