Any home brewers out there?

[Redhawk]

This may be a good place to ask this ... I've always used glass carboys but have noticed the heavy plastic are being sold in a lot of home brew shops. Anyone use them? And if you do is the any pro's and cons to consider?

[Joshua]

This may be a good place to ask this ... I've always used glass carboys but have noticed the heavy plastic are being sold in a lot of home brew shops. Anyone use them? And if you do is the any pro's and cons to consider?

Plastic is more porous than glass. We used iodine to sanitize and all our plastic (including clear plastics) would get tinged pink.

I'm not a fan of clear plastics for other reasons as well... mostly due to the fact that some "food grade" clear plastics have been found to leech chemicals, especially when heat is introduced.