Electric vacuum pumps worth it over hand pumps/brake bleeders?

[1ntense]

I won't be filtering more than 1ltr at a time, some brews will be as little as 100ml.

I like the looks of the electric filters but they're around 10 x the cost of a brake bleeder/hand pump, would you guys say its worth the cost for the electric pump like this one..?

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[kataklysum]

nope. hand pump is fine. to filter 250ml i maybe have to pump the pressure back up to around 12 psi maybe 4 or 5 times. takes like 5 seconds and then go back and sit on the couch...

 

[ronrr]

Hand pump is just fine unless you plan on doing a shit load really fast

 

[Milton]

How you doing with this?

 

[tommbstone]

harbor freight 99 bucks turn on walk away

 

[JimiThing]

hand pump has always worked fine for me. I really think if it just for ersonal or for you and friends there is no need to go the electric route.

 

[Trevdog]

harbor freight 99 bucks turn on walk away

The last time I brewed the hand vac wasn't working well at all and I ended up switching to syringe filters.

Is this what you're talking about?

http://www.harborfreight.com/25-cfm-vacuum-pump-98076.html

 

[tommbstone]

The last time I brewed the hand vac wasn't working well at all and I ended up switching to syringe filters.

Is this what you're talking about?

Electric Vacuum Pump - 2.5 CFM

yes

 

[tommbstone]

500 ml takes few hours with 2.5 cfm its cheap and it works not sure what flow rate your using since your link don't say much.