FastRack Ferrari Automatic Bottle Filler, Clear (IT-OS77-IHO2)

Caveat: First time wine maker and I don't have anything to compare this to except my manual siphoning experience when racking our wine. This device is extremely handy. It fills the bottle and automatically stops filling when it's "full". "Full" is set by the user. An adjustable collar allows you to change the fill level as desired - though I used the setting right out of the box and it was fine for 750ml bottles.Once the bottle is full the wine stops flowing - though that's temporary unless you push the side buttons, which cuts off the wine flow and maintains the siphon. If you forget to push those buttons, and you will at some point, the wine will continue to flow as you remove the filler from the neck of the bottle. No use crying over a little spilt wine though...just remember to push the buttons before removing it from the bottle.A handy design makes it easy to restart the wine flow into the next bottle. Just insert the filler into the neck and push down on the top till you hear the click. Simple as that.The top cap is threaded so that you can adjust the amount of the flow. Loosening it allows more air and more wine flow. Tightening it cuts down on the flow. I messed with this a few times, but again, the setting out of the box is fine.On 1 of every 24 bottles or so, the cap on top would suck air and begin to leak a bit of wine. I'm not sure why this happens, but it never lasted and only a few drops of wine leaked out.This is a standard siphoning device. That is, you'll have to get the source located above this in order to establish a siphon. I put my carboy on the counter and this on a stool at a lower level. Worked great.

It is a little tricky to use from the start. The overflow connector on the top of the filler needs to be screwed down tight or you will end up having a dripping mess. Also the overflow hose is only about a foot long, just buy a piece of hose at least 2 ft. long so you can reach over to your catch bottle.Once you get the hang of it you can fill bottles quickly and at a consistent level, so it is definitely worth getting .

If you have gallons of wine to bottle, this thing is GREAT!!! Easy to use, no real setup out of the package. Didn't have to adjust it to get a full 750ml bottle. The only thing you have to watch out for is filling the bottles too quickly. You'll get some gushing out of the vent hose has the air in the bottle is being displaced. Slow it down a bit and it works perfectly. Hooked the auto-siphon to it, started filling, ran thru 15 bottles in about 6-7 minutes with no spilling or effort.

I have been using one of these yearly for over 20 years and I'll bottle maybe 60 bottles in a session. It goes fast and is accurate and I like it. Makes the job go easy and is a must tool to have if your a wine maker.

Leaks like crazy. Don't buy it. Instructions are poor. In my first experience, I made the mistake of trying to fill the last half of a batch of red wine after I it was going well with a regular fill wand. I tried it with both types of cap, with and without spill hoses, but couldn't get it to work. Even spent a weekend on and off trying filling bottles with water and without the wine, and could not fill anything without an issue. I also agree with the comments from others warning against purchasing this Ferrari filler. The only thing that is automatic about these is how often you'll find yourself cleaning up after them.

This Ferrari Auto Bottler is a great idea but a few flaws keep it from being the perfect answer to manual bottling. It can be awkward to secure the unit in the top of the bottle since it can be top heavy (bottle can easily fall over when you begin filling). Also, it isn't easy to adjust where the wine stops at the bottle neck. That part of the unit seems to be fastened on quite snugly so you might wonder if it will break before you make the adjustment. Finally, when and if you want to increase the rate of flow you may over adjust and find that the wine will ooze out of the hole near the top that adjusts the rate of flow. Perhaps the manufacturer can expand on their instructions to address each of these challenges. However, once you get use to using the tool it works fairly well.Seller is very accommodating and when I received mine in the mail with a crack in the unit, they immediately shipped me a replacement, no questions asked! Thank you for that.

I lost a lot of liquid using this thing.It works. I can say that much. It just doesn't work well.No matter what adjustments I make to this bottle filler, I can't seem to stop it from foaming up at the top of the filler. It was also prone to spraying liquid out of the top of the filler, which was not fun to clean up.The included hose, intended to minimize the foaming, didn't do anything. The foam filled up the hose and the seal around the connector was so poor the foam and spray still came out from the top of the unit.It does automatically fill bottles, though. When it got full enough, the flow slowed and eventually stopped. So, it works. Just not well.

I use a hand pump and filter to bottle my wine. I constantly overfill and make messes. Saw this and put it to use right away. Don't know what the tiny hose on top is for, I removed it on accident and it works great without it. It not only allows me to fill without a mess but my bottles get filled to the same spot every time! Love it!