Regulators run about $50 for a tap rite. MoreBeer sells a fermentap, their house brand, for $45. Gone are the days of the $30-35 regulator.
Just received my regulator in the mail. Tomorrow I am getting the co2 tank filled and this weekend will rack my saison to the keg and hopefully all will go well.
I imagine this kegging thing will turn into an obsession. As long as I don’t drink it all in a week and get fat, which may happen.
That is certainly a risk.
Reading this thread reminded me… so I just ordered two Perlick 630SS faucets. Hoping they are the schnizzel
Oh they are. I have 3 myself. Way superior.
Good to know. I almost got the ones with volume control but I’m a fan of least moving parts
Mine don’t have the volume control. Perlick says that theirs are machined really smooth for a good pour and that’s no joke. The crap chrome ones I was using poured rough and, of course, stuck if I didn’t pour every three days. I love the Perlick.
Sweet
The other aspect of an inexpensive regulator is quality. I recently had to replace my regulator because it was leaking. I bought a no-name one from the LHBS to save $20. It is now in the trash and I went back to the one I know works well: The Micro Matic Touch: The Best Quality Beverage Dispensing Systems
And it has been working well ever since.
I am going with flow control very soon. I hate when I bleed pressure from a keg to fill a growler and the lid looses it’s seat. It sucks most of all when the keg is getting low and I disturb all the gunk at the bottom trying to seat it again.
I bought a 2nd regulator on eBay years ago. It works just fine. Was probably $35 at the time, a little cheaper than the regulators at the LHBS. Maybe I got lucky.