Plastic Gas Tube?

[ShutTheFermenter]

I just got a keg from Adventures In Home Brewing and am very happy with it! However it came with a plastic gas tube, I thought they were always stainless steel. Has anyone ever used a plastic one? Should I replace it with a metal one?

 

[Steveg229]

I have one that is plastic. Should be fine as it is never submerged in the beer.

 

[jekeane]

that is a much older style keg probably 25+ years old and those plastic gas tubes are skinnier than the stainless ones and are all but impossible to find. If it breaks eventually or just gets gross you can do a google search for the exact size and method to drill out the post to swap it with a stainless one.

I had a couple that the plastic started to get crack lines in which I was uncomfortable with from a sanitation aspect. I gave the kegs to a buddy and he eventually drilled them all out and swapped the tube.

 

[day_trippr]

I've had a couple of kegs with plastic gas dip tubes for years, no problems.
And replacements aren't hard to obtain (though not cheap)...

Cheers!

 

[paneubert]

I bought some plastic keg lids just for the novelty of it. I imagine a plastic dip tube is no more of an issue than a plastic lid.