I'd been curious about this device for a while just because it looked cool so, when it went on sale I went ahead and got one. In brief, it's well constructed and cools the wort quickly, but it is much more work to get set up and then clean/put-away afterwards than just letting the wort cool naturally. So, if you're often in a hurry, go for it. It really does work as advertised. If, on the other hand, you have a half day of something else to do while your wort cools naturally, then you can save yourself some money and trouble by just letting nature take its course.

This chiller is very high quality. The welds look great. I have a Clawhammer system and the element is exposed on the bottom. I was using my Jaded immersion chiller but I didn't like it resting on the element. Plate chillers tend to clog and are a pain in the butt to clean so I started looking at counterflow chillers. The Northern Brewer chiller looked like the best bang for the buck so I took the plunge. I've used it a couple of times. It doesn't chill as fast as the Jaded, probably about 15 minutes to bring it down to pitch temp but man this thing is easy. I just set the pump and let it flow through the chiller while I have a cold one. No more swirling the wort around the immersion chiller. I'm glad I made this purchase.

Decent little wort chiller. Cools down 10 gallons pretty quickly and easy to clean.

Five Stars!

I've only used it once, but it cooled 5 gal. in less than 20 min, so it met my expectations