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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not waste your time, money, or effort with this thing, January 28, 2008
1. The connector for the plastic bottle would not connect
properly which caused the bottle to leak within the
refrigeration chamber. This was not a big deal to me
as I planned on dispensing beer only. But.....
2. I was able to successfully connect a Coors Light mini-
keg without much trouble, but what was dispensed
was mostly foam: A 10" glass, for example, produced
8 inches of foam to 2 inches of beer. NOTHING, and
I do mean NOTHING could be done to rectify this
problem.
3. The Coors Light keg, and others like it, requires that
the air pressure hose be connected and the air
pressure switch enabled (which is how the beer is
able to be dispensed from a non-pressurized can,
but is also the reason for all of the foam). The
Heineken's can, with its more advanced design,
need not be connected to the air hose. You
simply place the keg within the unit and connect
it to the dispenser tubing using the handy-dandy
Heineken's keg adaptor generously supplied by
the manufacturer --- Simple, but the adaptor DOES
NOT WORK! The device cannot be pressed down
enough to point of penetrating and thus tapping
the Heineken keg!!
In its favor, the refrigeration portion of the unit
seems to function well. I believe that if whatever liquid
you put in it would chill just fine. And if you purchased
an empty mini-keg (or recycle an empty Coors Light
keg) then you could dispense any non-carbonated
liquid using this machine....BUT I BOUGHT IT TO
DISPENSE BEER AND IT DOESN'T WORK.
It was a good idea that, in my opinion, was rushed
to market without first working all of the `bugs' out
Caveat emptor, my friends. I bought mine from Costco,
so I have high hopes that returning this lousy machine
will not be a problem.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
All that glitters is not gold, January 11, 2008
My wife purchased for me this unit just this past Christmas (2007). I was quite excited to get my first keg in there and enjoying my own tap at home.
I started with a Coor's light 5.l keg, but was dissappointed to find out the shelf life for that type of tapped keg is only 24 hours. I also was dissappointed that no matter how hard I tried I could not get a decent glass of beer poured without approx. 3/4 of that foam. I have followed ALL of the instructions to a tee.
I thought, maybe if I go to the Heinekin brand where shelf life is not an issue and you don't need the built in air pressure device that would improve.
I am about 1/2 way into the Heinekin keg and I still get way too much foam.
I would suggest Icy Cold offer an explanation and hope that this would improve.
At this point if I could return the unit to Best Buy I would.
Buyer beware.
Jim Busby
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed so far, December 31, 2008
My wife bought this for me this Christmas and I was excited to try it out. She also purchased the Heineken 5L mini-keg which was chilled and had been sitting in our garage for about 24 hours.
I installed it per the instructions which wasn't too difficult at all. After the unit had reached the proper temperature (about 39 degrees), we poured a couple glasses. I was surprised, especially after reading reviews on this website, that we hardly got any foam at all in our beer. Actually, it wasn't enough at all. We had to keep the glass level to get any foam, as opposed to tilting it like the instructions say to do. Also, the beer seemed to taste a little flat. After a few days it was time to get another keg.
OK, the next keg (also Heineken) was purchased from our local beer store and I installed it when I got home. It was already chilled and it didn't suffer any movement on the way home. It was connected just like the previous keg, same steps as before. After a couple hours, and making sure the temperature was correct, I tried a glass from this new keg. To my amazement, nothing but foam. After it settled, there was about 1 inch of beer in a 6-8 inch high beer glass. I checked the installation and saw that there was a little curve (very slight) in the dispensing tube coming out from the keg, and straightened it out. I tried another glass and it was only slightly better, not much at all. Again, the beer tastes slightly flat, not like it would from a bottle or a draft from your favorite bar.
I'll be interested to see what keg #3 might hold in store. If not better, I think I'm going to see if we can return it and get something a little more reliable and predictable.
Something else....the Heineken 5L kegs seem to run about $21-23. My calculation shows that a 5L is equivalent to about 14 beers. A 12 pack costs around $15, so a 14 pack should be about $17.50 or so. Why the inflated cost for the keg? I suppose you're paying a lot for convenience, either that or the price of foam has gone up recently.
Cheers
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