bought this poly sample taker for taking samples from barrels it works well and has no off flavors. good price shipped promptly. thanks!

I use this all the time. Works fine wish it would drip a bit less. Often use it for filling that single bottle now and then from a barrel .

The three pieces don't provide an airtight seal for optimal sample taking but they do make for easy cleaning and sanitizing. For a piece that is not used with great regularity I'll overlook slight flaws in performance for the convenience.

Works good for a year or two but it is a softer plastic and will wear over time. Easy to clean and sanitize but needs to be replaced every so often.

Being in 3 pieces makes it easy to sanitize. I love that!

Doesnt hold to well the 3 piece design is easy to clean though

This is exactly what it says it is and works well. Mine does leak a little bit even with a heavy thumb on the top hole but we are talking small dribbles. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to keep their fermentation sanitary while monitoring the progress.

Great 3-piece design for cleaning but takes 3-6 dips to get enough beer in the hydrometer. Now that I use a refractometer its not as much of an issue as one pull fills my sampling shot glass. Moral of the story get a refractometer ditch the hydrometer.

easy to use for gravity samples. Easy to store due to being a 3 piece design but it has the same drawbacks as all plastic. Once it scratches you're playing bacteria roulette. For the price not bad.

The 3 piece sample taker comes apart for easy cleaning and storage. Tom M

Breaks down for easy cleaning. Just make sure to give it a few seconds for the sample to fill the container before lifting it out of the fermenter works like a charm.

It's not easy to use. You have to use the best technique to get it working. When you have a low filling level in your carboy you have to apply some kind of low pressure to get it filled (some pipette or your mouth). Sometimes is way easier to lean your carboy and fill your test tube that way.

After 7-24 days in Secondary carboy uncertain about specific gravity? Perfect way to check to see if it is ready to bottle/keg. Breaks down into 3 pieces toss into Starsan solution re-assemble and air-dry then take the sample. Better results every time!

I use this when sampling mead in my carboys. Easy to clean and use. I have bought 2 of these and they work great.

At first it will dribble a bit but if you tilt it a bit it is not as bad....very easy to clean and sanitize. I did not want to deal with a glass one breaking into my beer and a stainless one is out of the budget for now so this fits the bill at this time.

I see other people having problems with this. Personally I can let this soak in star san disassembled then assemble it soak a little longer by pulling star san into it then drain. I then can fill a hydrometer flask with probably 4-5 partial fills of the thief in a 5 6 or 6.5 gallon carboy. I'm sure there is a better thief out there but the price is right for me.

Needed a theif to check gravities. It works for that