The Tygon tubing is being sold on the US plastics site.
I've used them to purchase no-chill plastic containers.
The price there is 90 cents/foot with a 50 feet minimum.
I have 4 taps with one of them being a sparkling water set up so I would use most of that 50 feet. If I had a high degree of confidence that the Tygon tubing worked, I could swallow the cost and throw away my kegconnection lines (even if I've only used them for two weeks).
I may email them to see what they say regarding the plastic taste of their beverage lines.
I've been using the Tygon lines for a while now, closing in on 8 months or so. No off tastes at all. Yeah it was $45 for the 50', but I didn't ruin any beer in the process, and I've only built the system once.
The one thing I've noticed is that the Tygon lines definitely have less friction - I have 10' on each tap and have had to fiddle a bit more with pressures to avoid problems dispensing. That is, even with 10', if you're using higher pressures for Belgians, you can have some of the same issues folks have with shorter lengths of the cheaper, non-lined stuff.
The Tygon tubing is being sold on the US plastics site.
I've used them to purchase no-chill plastic containers.
The price there is 90 cents/foot with a 50 feet minimum.
I have 4 taps with one of them being a sparkling water set up so I would use most of that 50 feet. If I had a high degree of confidence that the Tygon tubing worked, I could swallow the cost and throw away my kegconnection lines (even if I've only used them for two weeks).
I may email them to see what they say regarding the plastic taste of their beverage lines.
Tygon is available on the McMaster-Carr site, 10 ft. minimum. 3/16".
The cost is $1.21/ft under 50 ft and $1/ft for 50 ft and more. So it looks like US Plastics is cheaper (I haven't checked the shipping charge though).
Based on what Hotspur said about the lower friction, I'll need at least 50 ft. Probably 60 ft or more since I have 20 ft of the PVC tubing for the sparkling water set up and it comes gushing out.
I got the PET lined Bev-Seal tubing from BetterBottle.com (I think you have to ask for it). If I remember right it was fairly cheap, 25 cents a foot? The barrier tubing does have less friction.
I've also used polyethelyne tubing and I don't get any off tastes from that either.
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The cost is $1.21/ft under 50 ft and $1/ft for 50 ft and more. So it looks like US Plastics is cheaper (I haven't checked the shipping charge though).
Based on what Hotspur said about the lower friction, I'll need at least 50 ft. Probably 60 ft or more since I have 20 ft of the PVC tubing for the sparkling water set up and it comes gushing out.
It looks like US plastics will do 10 ft. minimum (if I read their site correctly), it's cheaper, and shipping was only $7 to me. YMMV.
I got the PET lined Bev-Seal tubing from BetterBottle.com (I think you have to ask for it). If I remember right it was fairly cheap, 25 cents a foot? The barrier tubing does have less friction.
Thanks for the link. But being their smallest is 1/4" with low resistance, it'd be good for long runs but not short.
I've been using the Tygon lines for a while now, closing in on 8 months or so. No off tastes at all. Yeah it was $45 for the 50', but I didn't ruin any beer in the process, and I've only built the system once.
The one thing I've noticed is that the Tygon lines definitely have less friction - I have 10' on each tap and have had to fiddle a bit more with pressures to avoid problems dispensing. That is, even with 10', if you're using higher pressures for Belgians, you can have some of the same issues folks have with shorter lengths of the cheaper, non-lined stuff.
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