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Filling your keggar CO2 bottle

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Slobrew

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Where do you guys go to fill your CO2 bottle? I have the 5# bottle and have been going to a local "Fire Supplies Service" it costs me about $18 a refill, which I don't mind paying, but if I can find a cheaper place, then I'm all for it. The other problem I have is the guy that fills the cylinder is not always at the shop so sometimes I have to wait a couple of days. None of the homebrew shops in my area service tanks.
 
You could try a welding supplies company like Praxair.  They charge about the same but its a bottle exchange.
 
I exchange mine as well. Welding shops usually work. The local gas supplier is cheaper by a few bucks.
 
It sounds a little like you're being charged their minimum. I'd suggest another bottle or two so that you're filling more than one at a time. A 5# CO2 bottle doesn't go very far.
 
Try your local liquor stores.  Mine charges about a buck a pound to refill.
 
I pay about 25 bucks at Praxair in Des Moines for a 20 pounder. As the others have said, it is an exchange so you never have to wait.
 
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