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You can do it cheaper but if you like kegging you'll eventually be spending more.
I started with 2 kegs I bought for $5 each, a $50 new 5# CO2 tank and regulator (19 90-something prices) and a one tap jockey box I made for less than $50. Total cost $110. I used that setup for at least 5 years until I bought my first used chest freezer which lasted maybe a year. Now I ONLY buy new freezers unless they are given to me for free.
Seven years ago I finally built a 4 tap keezer and spent probably $600 to $700 in total. But by that time I'd accumulated 9 corney kegs, a 20# CO2 tank, an Argon tank for wine and a lot of other kegging-related stuff.
My point is you can pay now or pay later but you're going to pay at some point.
I started with 2 kegs I bought for $5 each, a $50 new 5# CO2 tank and regulator (19 90-something prices) and a one tap jockey box I made for less than $50. Total cost $110. I used that setup for at least 5 years until I bought my first used chest freezer which lasted maybe a year. Now I ONLY buy new freezers unless they are given to me for free.
Seven years ago I finally built a 4 tap keezer and spent probably $600 to $700 in total. But by that time I'd accumulated 9 corney kegs, a 20# CO2 tank, an Argon tank for wine and a lot of other kegging-related stuff.
My point is you can pay now or pay later but you're going to pay at some point.