About to make a Keg Connection purchase ...

[ohill1981]

About to make my first keg purchase on keg connection.com . I was looking to start out with 2 kegs with the option to add on a third. I was going to purchase there 3 keg basic setup for ball lock kegs. Any words of advice? before taking the plundge?

 

[user 21663]

I bought my 2 keg setup from them and it's great. On thing I'd suggest is to get a bigger air distributor right away. I still have the 2 port from my setup, but now have 5 kegs. I'm so close to just buying a 6 port one, but wish I had done it sooner.

You'll start out with 2 kegs but it won't stop there...trust me.

 

[jaynik]

Yup. I bought a 2 keg setup a few months ago and just bought a 2 way manifold to accommodate a third.

 

[bob1852]

Yeah, get at least one extra keg and manifold set up.

I've a 4-tap kegerator, and wish I had a 5th distributor to carb a keg on on the tap line...

 

[gnef]

Kegs are awesome. Go for it.

The only advice: even though you are buying all of this equipment from a reputable seller, and most of it will be new, pressure check everything, and make sure none of the gas hardware leaks over a period of days. Never assume everything is perfect until you test it first.

 

[arturo7]

Thumbs up for KC.

 

[FromZwolle]

About to make my first keg purchase on keg connection.com . I was looking to start out with 2 kegs with the option to add on a third. I was going to purchase there 3 keg basic setup for ball lock kegs. Any words of advice? before taking the plundge?

no pin lock option? i've got two ball locks and four pin locks right now. i definitely prefer the pins. plus they seem to be universally cheaper.

 

[tesilential]

I bought my 2 keg setup from them and it's great. On thing I'd suggest is to get a bigger air distributor right away. I still have the 2 port from my setup, but now have 5 kegs. I'm so close to just buying a 6 port one, but wish I had done it sooner.

You'll start out with 2 kegs but it won't stop there...trust me.

Just get a couple gas line Y connectors (2 way splitter). You can run 2 kegs from one check valve with the splitter.

I have a 4 way manifold and single reg with two check valves. I can carb 1 keg on one valve and 4 on the other valve with manifold. If I could start over I would have gotten a dual body reg and just used Y connectors to increase keg capacity for $3.

My future plans are to get an add a body reg from keg connection and a Y splitter so I can serve 5 kegs at one pressure and 2 at another.

 

[subliminalurge]

I just recently made a purchase, too, and the big thing I found in my research was to go ahead and spring for the dual-body regulator right away. It's much cheaper to get it as part of your initial kit than to add it on later. Manifolds and splitters aren't too bad to add on down the road, so leave those out before you leave out the dual body option. (Of course, go ahead and get both if the money isn't a problem.) But you WILL want the ability to operate at two different pressures.

And since you're buying from KC, get the 10 lb co2 tank. They have it on sale right now for only $15 more than a 5 lb, and fills will cost you about the same. That's a lot of added convenience and savings over the long run for a small initial outlay. (Unless of course you have serious space constraints that necessitate the smaller tank.)

 

[stp]

I second the dual body regulator. Wish I would have got one when I purchased my setup. And I will recommend longer beer lines too. My kit from keg connection came with 5 foot lines and I wish I had at least 8. Not a huge deal replacing them but just one more thing I should have done at the start.