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nikki marshall
August 08, 2025
Excellent product!!! Fermentation game on!!!
These fermentation lids are literally awesome!!! Screw onto wide mouth lids with ease and are made of quality plastic, they are extremely durable and well made. Was unsurr about the pump but after watching my saurkraut, i see how incredibly useful the pump is to remove the excess gas by removing it. I can forsee they shall last a long time thru many many batches of fermentations. I Def recommend these to anyone looking for a quality product that surpassed my expectations. Thank you for an excellent product. Will most def purchase more. Haven't found any that I can just purchase without the pump....Def don't need an excess of pumps with every 4 lids bought. Just a thought!!!
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Perfect set for new fermenters
This is a perfect collection of pieces in order to make fermented pickles. Easy to use. The glass weights are smooth without imperfections and they fit perfectly in a wide mouth jar to keep your produce under the brine. I'd never fermented before but with this kit I felt confident. I knew there was an air lock protecting my food from air in the room. Since I've never fermented before that made me nervous. The pump was a fun little activity. Each night I'd pump it a little and watch all the bubbles rise to the top. I liked it so much my Sister-in-law now has this kit. We went to a farm, picked out our own head of cabbage and now we are making sauerkraut for our hubby's. I may even give kombucha a try next😁
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Sherman A. Stebbins
May 24, 2024
Works Great and Fantastic Support
I ordered a full kit and one of the glass weights had a problem. I emailed Fermentology and quickly got a response. They very quickly replaced the Kit, although I was just expecting the weight to be replaced, they replaced the whole thing.Then the use. While I was waiting for the weight. I tried out the rest and did two batches of Sauerkraut. One with the Mason tops Pickle pipe and one with Fermentology lid with pump. The one with the Mason tops Pickle pipe, I had to throw out due to mold. The Fermentology lid were it was pumped, once about every two days (from the CO2 build up), came out without a problem and a PH of 3.8.. The Pickle lid Never dropped below 4.5 PH.. I'm very happy with the Style of weight, lid and pump of the Fermentology's kit.
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Bernie
September 17, 2024
Not sure the pump actually does anything
This is a great concept... having a pump to remove trapped air but I'm not sure it actually does anything. The videos I've watched say to use the pump until you feel resistance. I don't feel any resistance and don't really see anything happening either. The lids seem to be a good quality and let gas out and the weights do a good job of keeping food submerged. Maybe I have a faulty pump. Who knows.**Update** The company reached out to me about the pump. They sent a replacement and I've just used it. Waaay better! Definitely had a suction this time and removed air from the jar. This is a very easy system to use and very happy with the customer service!
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Heeth lewotsky
October 03, 2024
Good quality; everything in package
No issues with any SEALS or the pump everything works as expected
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Great product
Easy to use and practical. Once I received this product, I washed the tops, the glass weights and the pump and was making sauerkraut in a few minutes. All I had to do was fill the jars with the cabbage insert the glass weight, pour in the brine mixture, screw on the gas releasing top and use the pump to suck out the extra air. In 5 days I had a delicious fermented delicacy.After the first batch was finished, I moved on to make some delicious pickles.
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Elizabeth Rosalen
November 24, 2024
Vacuum seal pump doesn’t work at all. No response from customer service.
I bought these mostly because I wanted the glass weights, but those don’t work especially well because they tend to just fall to the center and the food goes around the edges above it anyway. But also the vacuum pump thing I thought was a cool idea so I was excited to try that, but it doesn’t work at all. I even had a friend of mine try it and see if she could get it to work but she couldn’t get it to work either. We tried googling to see if we could find any instructional videos, but couldn’t find anything. I tried contacting the company, but I got no response. So I’ll be returning them. Too bad.
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