re: Kegerator opinions and/or recommendations

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I was talking to an old friend the other day, and he told me that he has a kegerator and will never go back to bottles or cans. I’ve done some preliminary research, and they seem to be much more cost effective and not nearly the hassle that I always thought. Any thoughts on size, brand, or anything else you can think of would be appreciated.

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I’ve got one and it’s not worth it.

$2400 for the kegerator, $100 on a couple tap handles, $12 for CO2 refill and it does around 2 1/6th kegs. Ultra 1/6th from Hokus is around $80 not sure what they run at the grocery stores but I can get it for $50 at a bar.

I have two taps so I’ve also got $100 tied up in keg deposits. I want to say the 1/6th kegs holds around 40 16 oz beers and around 55 12 oz.

It may be worth it if you drink a lot of expensive craft beer but regular beer it’s not. My wife likes to have me fill both for parties and I usually buy a light beer and something from Rally Cap. Most of the time it goes too long so I end up wasting it.