Pluto | Beverage Gun | Hand Held Beer Faucet | Stainless | Black Nylon
Pluto | Beverage Gun | Hand Held Beer Faucet | Stainless | Black Nylon
SKU: D1262
$16.49
SKU: D1262
$16.49
I am dispnesing water and beverages not beer from pet bottles that I carbonate at 45 psi. I have about a 2 - 2 1/2 ft line. The control is good. The first blast is pretty powerful but does not blow out of the glass and then you can ease back on the trigger and pour a great glass of highly carbonated water or mixed drink. Does not drip more than a drop after releasing the trigger. Beats the hell out of a picnic tap and holds higher pressures. I will be trying them on kegs tomorrow and probably post again.
So much better than a picnic tap.
I love this tap! It works so much better than the old picnic taps for filling growlers and it's fun to use too.
The fitting is hard (impossible?) to get over EVA barrier hose so would prefer threaded fittings like on a ball lock QD flare.
I bought three of these when they had a sale on them. Two of them function flawlessly! One however has been an absolute nightmare. At times it won't shut off completly when you release the handle and beer shoots everywhere! Not every time mind you but you never know when it will happen. I have disassembled inspected and cleaned it several times and still cannot get it to work reliably. Just now getting around to writtting this review as it failed again this morning and just spent an hour cleaning up the mess!
I am dispnesing water and beverages not beer from pet bottles that I carbonate at 45 psi. I have about a 2 - 2 1/2 ft line. The control is good. The first blast is pretty powerful but does not blow out of the glass and then you can ease back on the trigger and pour a great glass of highly carbonated water or mixed drink. Does not drip more than a drop after releasing the trigger. Beats the hell out of a picnic tap and holds higher pressures. I will be trying them on kegs tomorrow and probably post again.
So much better than a picnic tap.
I love this tap! It works so much better than the old picnic taps for filling growlers and it's fun to use too.
The fitting is hard (impossible?) to get over EVA barrier hose so would prefer threaded fittings like on a ball lock QD flare.
I bought three of these when they had a sale on them. Two of them function flawlessly! One however has been an absolute nightmare. At times it won't shut off completly when you release the handle and beer shoots everywhere! Not every time mind you but you never know when it will happen. I have disassembled inspected and cleaned it several times and still cannot get it to work reliably. Just now getting around to writtting this review as it failed again this morning and just spent an hour cleaning up the mess!
Much better than a picnic tap and when paired with a flow control valve pours like a dream. No complaints.
Big upgrade from a picnic tap and love how it is compatible with duo tight fittings
Much better than the picnic I was using.
The Pluto gun is a great way to dispense your beer. You can turn your pressure up for a quick pour and it won’t produce foam. Easy to adjust durable and easier to hold on to than the picnic taps.
I think it is well worth the extra $10 versus the cheap $3 picnic tap option. Very easy to handle.
Holy smokes is this thing a good deal. Could it pour a bit faster? Sure*. Could it be a touch easier to clean? Probably. But it's a highly serviceable superstar of an option for dispensing beer and is practically free. I may consider an upgrade to the stainless version at some point but unless you're setting up a proper shank and tap I can't imagine a better option. Did I mention that it costs about as much as a 1930s coffee? *I have an inline flow regulator due to crazy short hose length (long story) so this may be a factor - though given the small pipe (?) diameter I can't imagine it goes toe to toe with like Perlick taps
This thing is cool! Takes a couple tries to get used to but not long at all. You can vary the flow rate to control foam as well. Definitely recommend and much nicer than the standard picnic taps. I will probably go all stainless for my next one.
I'm pleased because it Works and seems to be very durable...so far and it's been 3 weeks.
Well made. It's a good upgrade from picnic taps. Much easier for my guests to pour their own glass without too much foam. Also hangs on the top of the keg with less chance of accidental triggering.
works great. I will be ordering another one soon.
The beer comes out too fast and creates too much foam. When you release the trigger there is a quick burst of pressure that shoots beer out of a full glass.
I love this thing never wanted to fully convert my freezer to keezer and this is much better than a picnic tap very pleased with this
I would like to use of these to dispense carbonated water and beverages at 50-60 Psi. Does anyone know the pressure rating on these or has anyone used these for these type of high Psi beverages?
Well you can keep your keg at 50-60 psi but depending on the size of your line (length and diameter) the pressure at the tap is always less. There are online resources to help calculate the pressure at the tap given some measurements from your setup but in general you won’t be serving very close to 50 psi at all likely much less or else the carbonated water would spray everywhere when you go to pour a glass! This is a pretty sturdy product and should be able to handle what you’re after
I have never dispensed a carbonated beverage at pressures anywhere near 50-60 PSI but I have hooked up a Pluto Gun to a garden hose to blast mud off of my truck. My water pressure is 54 PSI and it worked great. If you dispense carbonated beverages at this pressure please make a youtube video.
What do the two knobs on the back do? Do you just keep them tightened or does it control the pour in some way?
The are just for assembly the handle pulls out an internal plunger you can control flow based on how you squeeze the handle.
How do you clean these? I love mine but it's leaking from the spout. I'm hoping a good cleaning will fix that. (I only use it for carbonated water.).
More beer doesn't want me adding links to other websites but go here https://community.diybeer .com/topic/15476-cleaning-pluto-beer-guns/ Soak pressurize your keg with hot cleaner/sanitizer run through gun let soak internally continue discharging release pressure disassemble soak/sanitize loose parts reassemble depending on which cleaner you used flush with clean water (distilled if you don't want water spots). See link above for details. This is something I do each keg change or 3 months which ever comes first. You can add an inline quick disconnector just below the handle to make this easier.
Unscrew the nut on the back side remove the handle then unscrew the nylon nut holding the components in. It all disassembles very easily just note the order in which you took it apart. Then soak it in some PBW OxyClean or something similar. Rinse it clean and reassemble. Sounds like you have some sugar build up where it seals off on the front end; no big deal.
I only use mine for carbonated water and I’ve gone through three of these in about 2 years. Once they start leaking they are shot and I couldn’t find a way to repair it so I buy a new one. They are great until they aren’t.
I have 2 of them and have had them for a couple of years. I usually just push cleaner/sanitizer through them when I'm cleaning the keg. I haven't had any issues with them.
Is the inside entirely stainless steel? Or does the beer come into contact with the plastic? The description only mentions the barb piston and spring but not the pipe the beer flows through.
Everything they don't describe as steel is plastic. I have two of them. I consider them an upgrade to a picnic tap. They are very handy for pressure fermented beers when you cold crash and want to have a taste before you connect to the kegerator faucet. Sometimes we drain a fermzilla with these and never get around to putting it on tap. When I purchased these there was no rebuild kit available so I didn't invest in the stainless model. I have plastic ball lock disconnects and plastic tubing anyway so no big deal for me.
The rod and spring are stainless the rest is plastic or rubber o rings for sealing. I’ve used them for over 3 years and no problems.
The beer definitely comes in contact with the "plastic"; only the barb piston and spring are stainless. The barrel or nozzle end is all plastic. That being said it's not actually "plastic" it's Nylon. Nylon is BPA free and honestly the beer is only contacting it for a second while it flows through. I have both this version and the 100% Stainless Steel one. The nylon one is lighter and warmer in hand; the stainless one is MUCH heavier and very cold in hand since it stays in the fridge. They're both great and I can't really recommend one over the other because I like them both.
There is a stainless tube inside the plastic "barrel". Not that I've taken mine apart to see the inner workings but it appears to not come on contact with the plastic housing. This thing is amazing. Mine lives on my Fermzilla and it has never leaked.
Yes there is contact with plastic but it has not made a difference with beer flavor.
The beer does come into contact with the plastic. You can disassemble for cleaning.
What size tubing should I use with this gun? Can I used item D1717A?
The tubing is 3/16" ID for both the beer gun and ball lock connector.
Yes you can use the D1717A EVA barrier tubing but you still should use a hose clamp and D1717A tubing is a little on the stiff side compared to PVC beer lines. It is also more restrictive than 3/16 so take that into account when you figure out how long you need to cut it.
That looks to be the correct tubing (with appropriate adapter). I hoped to use it but I think I received a down rev. version on the pluto gun that had barbs and not a smooth Duotight fitting so I ended up using 10ft of ultra barrier Silver tubing TUB400.