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This is a newer version of the milker we use. (Ours is borrowed from a neighbor, and thank goodness because this machine is expensive!) My husband uses it to milk multiple cows; he empties the milker into a five-gallon bucket between cows. Over time, the rubber rings need to be replaced — he orders parts from Hamby — but the milker itself is extremely good quality. Cleaning takes about 3-5 minutes.
This funnel holds one gallon of milk which allows one to pour in a bunch of milk at one time and then do something else for the 30 seconds it takes to filter through. This funnel comes with a ring for holding the filters (which are listed under Milking Supplies).
These are the milk filters that my husband uses to strain milk. They fit in the 4-quart funnel and are wedged in place with the metal ring that comes with the funnel. The filters pick up any stray bits of hair and dirt, keeping the milk wonderfully clean.
We get most of our glass gallon jars from here and there — thrift stores, repurposed honey jars, etc — but one of the problems with that is that the jar mouths are often different sizes. Which is a minor inconvenience, but still. One bonus with these jars is that the lids are plastic; most of our gallon jar lids are metal and they tend to rust on the inside.
I use half-gallon jars for our own drinking milk (they’re easier to pour from than the gallon jars), to age feta, for incubating yogurt, etc. I don’t like lids and rings for milk storage, though — too clunky — so use the lids for a canning project and use wide-mouth plastic screw-on lids instead.
These are my husband’s favorite wide-mouth lids because they don’t leak, they’re easy to clean, and they don’t have an additional part like a silicon ring, or an internal ring, which can make cleaning more difficult.