SPT BD-0538 Mini Kegerator & Dispenser

Really didn't expect it to work as well as it did and it's not as loud as what some of the other people comments who have purchased one.

We got this to carbonate and refrigerate my one gallon batches of homebrew. I racked right from primary into the (NOT INCLUDED) one gallon mini keg. The set-up was incredibly easy. Before you load the CO2 cartridge, make sure the connections to the keg are tight and the top knob is turned OFF.Once the cartridge is loaded, I slowly turned the top knob on to about half, and wiggled the keg inside the refrigerator compartment without disconnecting the tubing to move the CO2 around. I let things s…ettle for about an hour then turned the knob to the closed position. Beer pours like a dream without too much pressure or over-carbonation.Only complaint is the connection from the front tubing to the center pin doesn't lock without quite a bit of pressure. Otherwise everything fits together great. I have carbed a dozen beers and I love this system!

Bought this for my bar, and not disappointed so far. I already put three kegs through it, and everything works as it should. Has no problem keeping temp, and it does come on and off so it’s not too loud.

Pours a perfect glass of beer!

Perfect size

We like the product. No problems at all. The only drawback is Heineken is the only beer in the mini keg.

EDIT: (two or so weeks later) Prepare more than one keg for this. A 1 gallon keg of beer didn't last me long at all! (Haha) I had a successful full gallon. I would not force carb anything in this, you will go through q few cartridges.One point, sometimes the cartridges are difficult to change, but take your time, throw a little keg lube on the connection and I will be great.Just got this in last night, used a little common sense with it. I cooled my Homebrew down, cooled the keg down, (threw it… in the fridge for 2-3 hours) and then added the 800mL of water. Turned on the unit, set my temp, and while i waited for the beer to cool and keg, that also was cooling.By the time it hit my temp, i pulled my beer and keg from the fridge, nice and chilly. Transferred, and plopped it in. Maybe 1 degree warmer, but, heck, i kept that temperature all night.My only issue was when i charged the line with CO2, i did hear a hissing sound, and felt where gas was escaping from the connection to the keg tube, when i pushed in the line, the leakage stopped. Added some keg lube, less of a hiss. Cranked the CO2 off, disassembled the gas tube, added an o-ring to where it connects to the keg stick, lubed it up, popped it in, tighter fit, but no leaking at all anymore. Charged it up, and will check on it tonight after work. Didn't see that in the instructions, but figured it might help others.My honest opinion, read the manual, front to back. Understand it. Its a rough read, the photos are very dark, like photo copied and grainy, but understand the unit first before attempting anything. Most if not all the problems others had were answered, or touched on. Some common sense helps a lot. (If i put a room temperature piece of metal in warm water, its going to take a LONG time to get that temperature down. Throw it in the fridge!)One star subtracted because of the manual, and the gas leak, but again common sense and figuring things out solved the issue! Lastly, not knowing how much CO2 is being introduced, just a "-" and "+" are a little wonky to me. Give me a small gauge?Overall, I would totally recommend this to anyone that does small batches, like myself (i like to experiment before i make a 5 gallon plunge) to keg. Do your research, understand what you are doing, this is a great device :)