Is it just me.....or is there not a genuine alternative to Cornie's yet?
Every keg solution I see (and there's about 4-6 being talked about on the forum) has a flaw of some sort....and I look at my cornie's and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them.
I understand that in a few years things may be different and we need to look at alternatives for practical reasons as well as environmental, etc but I can't help but think people are piling cash into these big plastic bulbs, chinese kegs, etc and are going to regret it in a few years when they break or need replaced.
The plastic variants I simply don't think will last very long either through material degradation or damage through use. Yeh I know they're cheaper but they're not THAT cheaper to be replaced too often. The stainless variants almost all need safety devices removed to work properly which is absolute madness if you ask me. Lastly the single use plastic things.....well the less said about them the better.
Just my 2p's worth and only an opinion but I'm personally VERY sceptical about piling coin into pallets of stuff from Italy or whatever when Cornies have worked fine for 30 years and are completely serviceable.
If it was me I'd pick up 2-4 Cornies and make use of the wealth of info that exists about them and when a genuinely viable alternative solution becomes available, buy them and flog the cornies. If by then the arse has fallen out the cornie market and they're worth 20p or whatever then I'd keep them for ageing, bottling under pressure, etc.
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