So I'm finally ready to ditch the painful bottling exercise and move to kegging and I've been researching equipment, kegerators and mini-fridge conversions for a few days now. I like DIY as much as anybody but I'm wondering if I'm missing something with a big DIY costs savings in the mini-fridge conversation.
Let's say I were to buy a 2 faucet tower kit like this from Keg Connection, it's $260 with a 5lb CO2 tank.
http://www.kegconnection.com/2-faucet-tower-homebrew-kegerator-kit/
A Danby 4.4 CuFT fridge runs from say $160 to $200 if I wanted stainless.
http://www.costco.com/Danby-4.4CuFt-Spotless-Steel-Compact-Refrigerator.product.100126897.html
So that's $460, beverage factory has a two faucet stainless kegerator with a C02 tank for $540.
http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/kegerators/dualkegerator/Kegco_K199SS-2.html?CAWELAID=1372129915&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=320012430000210381&cadevice=c&gclid=CKHkqouT4coCFQcaaQodZj0Nng
Is the cost savings typically less than $100 or am I way off base here.
Let's say I were to buy a 2 faucet tower kit like this from Keg Connection, it's $260 with a 5lb CO2 tank.
http://www.kegconnection.com/2-faucet-tower-homebrew-kegerator-kit/
A Danby 4.4 CuFT fridge runs from say $160 to $200 if I wanted stainless.
http://www.costco.com/Danby-4.4CuFt-Spotless-Steel-Compact-Refrigerator.product.100126897.html
So that's $460, beverage factory has a two faucet stainless kegerator with a C02 tank for $540.
http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/kegerators/dualkegerator/Kegco_K199SS-2.html?CAWELAID=1372129915&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=320012430000210381&cadevice=c&gclid=CKHkqouT4coCFQcaaQodZj0Nng
Is the cost savings typically less than $100 or am I way off base here.