Buying Corny Kegs

Corny kegs have gotten more expensive. I was wondering what the best options were. My LHBS has ball locks for 70 bucks.

I notice pin locks were a bit cheeper. Is it worth buying pin locks and converting them to ball locks?

 

what i did was buy the pin locks and use the connectors that have the threads. that way its just a swivel nut to switch to a ball lock

 

That's what I did when I had a mixture

 

Buy from keggle brewing. Local to me and even great prices with shipping.

 

I've gotten a couple off of eBay for under forty a pop even after shipping. Also got lucky and a brewpub here had been using cornys but switched over to Sankey and were selling their cornys at a good price. Just have to keep scanning things like Craigslist and eBay and hunt for those deals. I got all of these kegs in the last 6 months.

 

We have a guy in ATL that organizes a group buy at $40 each a few times a year. Grade A kegs. Down side is only one pickup date/location. He orders extras in case people want more at pickup. Other than that, this forum has a classified section and Craigslist.org is all I would consider.

 

Forty - bucks seems to be about the average price for cornies eveywhere I've looked. LHBS, Craigslist etc..

 

I check Craigslist every day. I've bought pin locks for $25 each, ball locks for $30, $40 and 2 for $20 (insane deal that time). Other people sell them on there for quite a bit more.

I decided I would look every day and wait it out until I could get some good deals. It didn't take long.

 

Try calling local bars, pubs, resturants. I just picked up 12 for free last week from a local night club that have been sitting in the basement from the previous owners.

 

I bought a couple used kegs off Beverage Elements for $29 a peice. Excellent condition. Shipping was pretty decent. http://www.bvrgelements.com/product/5-Gallon-Keg-Single-Handle-Ball-Lock/

 

I did the same the price went up a little bit but still a good deal especially if you buy a few. With shipping the more you buy the cheaper it is per keg.

 

That's a great deal, Your happy with these?

This might be the way to go...