KegcoHBK209S-1 Keg Dispenser, Stainless Steel

Overall, I am happy with the Kegerator, even though it is one of the cheaper on the market. Of course you get what you pay for. It holds temperature rather nicely, and the regulator holds the right pressure. The option for mounting the tank inside or out was nice, because I hate the idea of digging out my tank from behind three kegs to get it refilled. I instead mounted a secondary regulator inside, and kept the tank on the outside. This allows me to run a hose off the back for transferring beer between kegs and carbonating other kegs. The taps are merely ok. Basic taps that seal fine, but the action on them requires a touch more maintenance to remain sanitary than some of the more expensive taps out there.That said, among my gripes are the following:1) If you look at the picture, you see a shiny black strip on the top of the fridge- this looks just like the display on some fridges with digital temperature control. I mistakenly assumed that this had a digital temp control, and was sad to find out that it only has a dial on the back for setting your temp between "1 - 6". The shiny strip on top is vestigial- probably there for fancy models. Notice that 1 - 6 doesn't actually give you a temperature. Since temp control is vital for beer, I spent another $35 on a digital temperature controller. Still cheaper than a lot of kegerators out there, so not bad.2) Even though I bought the Home Brew version, my kegerator tap tower came with screw on compression fittings on the tap-hoses. I assume these were meant to be screwed on D-type couplers that come with the standard keg version. The unit also came with a bag of ball lock connectors that had barbed hose fittings and tube clamps, so I assumed I needed to cut off the screw on caps, and replace with the ball locks. This was a pain, because the hoses are a bit smaller than the barbs on the ball locks. It took some elbow grease to get them on, even after soaking in hot water.3) Notice the "Assumed" statements above. The instructions coming with this unit are inadequate. The videos online that I could find were for the D-Clamp standard keg style. I was able to piece together basic assembly from the manual and the videos, but there is still a gasket that came taped to the manual that I have no idea about, and as mentioned above, there is no discussion about hooking up the compression-fitting hoses from the factory to ball locks.As I said above, you get what you pay for- so I am not dinging the fridge for its analog temp control. However, it is bad form to ship a unit that needs conversion and to not include good instructions on said conversion. Having extra parts is pretty troubling as well. That costs them a star. On the up side, this unit is easily upgraded. I've already added a temp control and secondary regulator for the cost of around $180, allowing me to keep my beer at perfect temps and each keg carbonated as I want it, while having an additional hose for C02 transfers. When ready, I will probably replace the tap faucets for another $150. So all told, this will put me at around $1200 for a unit that has everything I want. That is probably a $200 - 300 discount over other 3 tap, digital units that generally only have a single regulator.

I ordered the three tap. It came with rudimentary instructions. I needed to call customer service for some clarification. They were very knowledgable and I got my answers on setup. Plugged it in and it started to cool. I got the analog control so I put a digital thermometer inside to monitor temperature. Put kegs in and monitored. Temp was not low enough even with the control turned to Max cool. Called customer service and they said to put a bottle of water and check the temp of the water as air temp typically runs higher. Didn't seem logical because the door was left closed and all should be the same temperature, right? Wrong, there was a difference and the water was colder. Maybe the digital control would have been a better option.The thing that you should know is the casters are not ball bearing. They don't roll very well with the kegerator full. The nut that the casters screw into are spot welded on top of the frame so the weight popped the nut off and now I had a three wheeler. They don't come with a capture nut or flats on the stud to make adjustments. These were totally under built and the nut not properly placed and welded. I bought some casters with capture nuts and flats on the stud to adjust height. I bought these on Amazon, 4 Pack of 2 Inch Stem Casters, Abuff M10 Heavy Duty Swivel Casters Loading 440 Lbs (2 with Brakes & 2 Without) . They are ball bearing and worked great. Using the capture nut I was able to secure the unwelded nut and properly level the cooler.

It drives me crazy when people review based on what they didn't buy.I bought this as a starter system and am very happy.It comes set up for Home Brew 5 gallon kegs. I bought additional commercial keg couplers and as pictured, am able to fit 3 commercial 5 gallons in with the CO2 tank mounted externally.I did buy nicer than Kegco commercial couplers since this is a common failure point, bought some used tap handles for my favorite flavors, and have been rolling happy since.Some advice:First, like all systems finding the right temperature settings takes days because the more you open the door when stressed the more you hurt yourself. Start midrange and have the patience to know that every setting takes a day to adjust.When you see the purchase price just go ahead and times it by 2 if you don't have commercial taps ang kegs ready to negate the deposits. That is not a negative statement, it is totally reasonable as a functional entry level to draft quality at home.