Which cleaning kit do you recommend?

[jhon]

I need to purchase a cleaning kit here at Micro Matics. Which of the cleaning kits do you users recommend? Should I just get the 1 quart hand pump or is worth getting the pressurized can? Which is easiest or are they both easy?

Thanks, once again.

[Skinsfan1311]

I need to purchase a cleaning kit here at Micro Matics. Which of the cleaning kits do you users recommend? Should I just get the 1 quart hand pump or is worth getting the pressurized can? Which is easiest or are they both easy?

Thanks, once again.

They're both pretty easy to use, but I recommend the 1 quart hand pump because it's cheaper.

I have one with a hand-pump, that I bought from another site, and I paid around $48.00 for it. It's real easy to use.

I used to borrow one of those pressurized cans from a buddy of mine. It was ok, but it doesn't seem like it's worth the extra expense to me, plus I'd rather use the CO2 to dispense beer, not cleaning solution.

[jackstraw]

I prefer the pressurized kit. I used to use a cheap hand pump that came with my kegerator and it was just kind of messy. I would get drips where it connects to the shank, and it would get messy putting the beer line in a bucket, etc.

The pressurized kit taps just like a keg would. Stick a bucket under the faucet and you're good to go.

I guess it just comes down to personal preference.

[cubby_swans]

I need to purchase a cleaning kit here at Micro Matics. Which of the cleaning kits do you users recommend? Should I just get the 1 quart hand pump or is worth getting the pressurized can? Which is easiest or are they both easy?

Thanks, once again.

I own the hand pump cleaning system that I got from MicroMatic. It was on sale for $45 or something like that. It's very easy to use.

[bg44]

I've used the hand pump version as well and I think its very messy. If your going to clean your lines after each keg use then I would spend the extra money. In fact I'm going to upgrade soon.

[cubby_swans]

I've used the hand pump version as well and I think its very messy. If your going to clean your lines after each keg use then I would spend the extra money. In fact I'm going to upgrade soon.

If you don't spill, it's not messy. I don't find it difficult to clean my lines and not spill anything.

[Catfish]

I used the hand pump for the first time this week and it was pretty easy. Instead of fiddling around with cleaning at the kegerator I just removed the faucet entirely and cleaned it all in the kitchen sink instead of using a bucket.

[Skinsfan1311]

If you don't spill, it's not messy. I don't find it difficult to clean my lines and not spill anything.

Same here.

[OSJ]

fins a small keg and fill it with your cleaning solution. hook it up and clean away. thats how i clean lines now. i haev a few small 30L kegs and a few 50L kegs. it is as easy as taking out the circlip fromt he top of the keg.

[panthermark]

I'm going the corney route...

Which is nothing more than a bigger, cheaper, more complex, and more flexible version of the pressurized unit. Best used if you have two taps...

[lsb188]

Should I just get the 1 quart hand pump or is worth getting the pressurized can? Which is easiest or are they both easy?

No question for me - I love the pressurized MicroMatic unit. Just tap the container as if it were a keg, pressurize it, and away you go. This system permits the cleaning fluid to stay in the lines for the recommended 15 minutes, and it simply drains through the faucet. Leave a little in the container to use for your coupler and faucet afterwards. Well worth the extra money, and how much CO2 could you really use??

[Skinsfan1311]

I'm sure the OP bought one by now.

And...to keep it OT, I use the hand-pump.

[jays0n]

If you use cornys for your beer why not just use one to clean your lines? I have two and can just throw some solution in, pressurize and off you go. All I had to buy was the cleaner itself.

[cubby_swans]

If you use cornys for your beer why not just use one to clean your lines? I have two and can just throw some solution in, pressurize and off you go. All I had to buy was the cleaner itself.

Seems like a lot of co2, to fill up an entire corney, just to clean your lines. The air that goes through my hand pump is free.

[OSJ]

you won't use that much gas. keep in mind the tank has cleaner and air in it already. i use a regular keg, as i use it at work(pub)

[cubby_swans]

you won't use that much gas. keep in mind the tank has cleaner and air in it already. i use a regular keg, as i use it at work(pub)

but when you pressurize it, you're compressing the air already in it. And the volume of cleaner required for a single tap home system is only 1 quart, which is 1/20th of the volume of a corney. So you're still using up a significant amount of co2, IMO.

I could see it being quite useful/convenient if you had several lines to clean, and a lot of cleaner to push, but for a regular one tap home system with 5' of line, and a quart of cleaning solution, I see it as wasteful.

[jays0n]

My main point was that if you already use corny kegs or have any other type of keg that you can just use it and don't have to buy anything other than cleaner.

I don't leave the CO2 on long enough to fully pressurize the entire keg, just a few seconds is enough to push the relatively small volume of fluid needed to clean the line. I can't imagine that ends up being much CO2 in the end, that and it's only a 3 gallon corny, about the same size as the pressurized cleaning vessel from MM.

[squeakr]

Could always use a compressor to charge the corny and push the fluid. Don't need CO2 for cleaning, just CDA (Clean Dry Air) would do the trick for charging the system and would save your CO2. Problem solved.

[panthermark]

I have two 7 foot beer lines, which I way I have a corny for a my 2nd line.

It isn't like you need to get everything up the 15 psi. Just enough PSI

My plan was to ues my corny to clean my lines today because I wanted get over tomy local brewery to get my corny filled witih some stout (it is best to get your keg filled before Friday/Saturday evening). However, I could not use the corney to clean my lines because I was still waiting on some parts (everything will arrive before 7pm tonight). I ended up cleaning the lines by hand in the sink. The funny part is....it took so long to clean everything, I ended up drinking too much Scotch Ale and never made over to the brewery to get the stout.

[cubby_swans]

I have two 7 foot beer lines, which I way I have a corny for a my 2nd line.

It isn't like you need to get everything up the 15 psi. Just enough PSI

My plan was to ues my corny to clean my lines today because I wanted get over tomy local brewery to get my corny filled witih some stout (it is best to get your keg filled before Friday/Saturday evening). However, I could not use the corney to clean my lines because I was still waiting on some parts (everything will arrive before 7pm tonight). I ended up cleaning the lines by hand in the sink. The funny part is....it took so long to clean everything, I ended up drinking too much Scotch Ale and never made over to the brewery to get the stout.

Dammit you keep teasing me with Walter Payton's round table. I can NOT wait to visit by brother in Aurora, so I can get a corny filled there.

And that last bit does NOT sound like a funny part. Quite sad, in fact.

[panthermark]

Dammit you keep teasing me with Walter Payton's round table. I can NOT wait to visit by brother in Aurora, so I can get a corny filled there.

And that last bit does NOT sound like a funny part. Quite sad, in fact.

Sounds like the perfect time for a Thanksgiving visit to me...