Sugarmaker, I don't think you steped on anyone't toes (at least not mine). Sometimes my post read differently then I intend them to. I figure you can't go wrong as long as your boiling something.

Clan, I love your vacuum, I might switch. No checking the oil and a warranty, sign me up.

I finish with the evaporator. I draw off into a stainless steel pressurized water extinguisher that I cut the top off of, a cone filter will sit in it and fold over the top. This way it doen't go past syrup as it cools because it is sealed and nothing can fall into it as it sits there.