I love the convenience of having beer ready 24 hours after racking from the fermenter! That said, it has the minor issue of coming as seen in the pictures.... coiled. The hose is very stiff, but can be straightened somewhat with some heat applied. It has a memory though, so I doubt the bend will ever come out. No worries though since it doesn't affect the function. The issue with the rigid hose comes when attempting to insert this into a keg. With a fair amount of force (~10 lbs or so) the lid can be inserted, but it's somewhat annoying. Not a dealbreaker considering the fact you get carbonated beer in 1 day vs 1 week. Also; as others have noted, the carbonating process is a bit hit-and-miss at first if you follow the instructions. Instead of ramping up like is suggested, I now hit it with 20 psi for an hour or two, then drop it to 12-14 for the rest of the day. After 24 hours I set it to whatever level I want in the finished beer. Works great!

I’ve used corn sugar and I’ve carbonated with Co2 from the top and both worked but took a a few weeks at best.I only used the new lid with the stone once so far and it only took three days.Going forward I’ll be using the carbonating lid and stone for speed and simplicity!TM

The black hose is extremely stiff making it a little difficult to get the lid on and off. Other than that it appears to be built well. Similar to the other carbonation lids I have ordered that have a more flexible hose.

Works well enough. Although I had to turn the pressure above 12 psi because it was taking to long. After a week of adjusting the pressure I finally got it where I wanted it. I do like to finer bubbles it produces in the beer compared to pressurizing the keg and shaking it. Next beer I carbonate I'll turn it up higher for the first 24 hours.

This product makes carbonating beer in a Corny keg easy and fast! There is some interference between the hose and the hatch when trying to close the cover, but it is manageable. Great product!

I've used my new Carbonating Keg Lid once so far. I'm thrilled. It used to take a week or more to fully carbonate my cornie of newly made home brew. Only two days this time. Fantastic!

Where has this been all my life!!!! This made carbonating my brews so easy it isn’t even funny!!! Absolutely love his!!!

This product works excellent for easy carbonation of homebrew kegs!

Using this in my kegerator exclusively for carbonated water. No leaks, and the tube is long enough for the aeration stone to sit at the bottom of the 10 gal keg.Whereas with the standard short gas inlet the water would take about 3 days to become pleasantly carbonated, now it seems to take about 36 hours.

Good product. Able to carb beer or soda or seltzer beer in 24hrs. The tube is a bit stiff. Cleaning is a pain. And tube location makes it difficult some times to get lid on. But, it does work. And I don't have to swap fitting on keg or pick up 4.5 gallons of beer and shake it. I set mine for about 18-20 psi for 24 hrs and I'm done. Might be a little over carbonated for some beer but I can deal with that over flat.

Works as expected. Beer is carbonated. Took a few days to get to carbonation level that didn’t make me think... “this tastes flat”.

great customer service

Tubing is too long even for 5 gallon corny kegs. Far too long for 3 gallon kegs. I had to trim it down so that it wasn't crimped due to having to loop back up. Also needed to use hot water to get the bend out of the tubing. Seems to do the job it was intended for. Would be better to have options for different tubing lengths to purchase so you can have it ready for your kegs right out of the box.

This carbonating lid works quite well. I've tried it on a Porter and an ale in the last week and both were ready to drink within 24 hours. It takes a little babysittingin the first few hours to raise the pressure slowly every hour but not a big deal. Definitely an upgrade.

This is an absolute must have IMO as a home brewer. Achieve ideal carbonation for your beer style easily and consistently.

seems expensive but ai see the value of keeping beer safe and quick carbonation

All in all this carbonating lid works well. I wish the tube was clear instead of black so I could see that's it's clean and dry for storage. Also wish the tube would screw off the lid like it screws apart from the aerator. For the price it shouldn't lack these features.

Works well, used 1 time so far.

Have been kegging my beer for 10 years and going between natural CO2 carbonation by waiting about 7 days to force carbonation by agitation. Neither method was totally satisfactory for initial beer draws. After using the carbonating keg lid, I have to ask myself why I didn't buy this before. Followed the included instructions and it worked like a champ. A relatively inexpensive and seemingly foolproof way to force carbonate my beer. Very happy with the way it works. The only minor complaint was having to work a little bit to get the plastic tube straight before inserting it into the keg.

Finally pulled the trigger on the carb lid after years of carbing my kegs by hooking the gas up to the "out" side of the keg and increasing the pressure to 30-40 psi for 24 hours. My old method worked fine, but the carbonation was never "just right" and it always took days, or even weeks at serving pressure to get the beer pouring like I wanted it. I have used the new carb lid to carbonate three kegs, and so far I am very happy with the results. Much better results that my previous method. Highly recommended.!

One if the best investments my wife and have made.Works like a dream, no more over carbed kegs!

This worked as expected and cut the time to full carbonation.

From one who was carbonating with reserved wort, this works so great that I will never go back to that again. Just one day, doesn't use a lot of co2, and you can control the carbonation level. Highly recommend.

Beer is well carbed and ready to drink in 24 hours

My only complaint is the hose is kinda stiff with a curve to it... had to work at it to get it straight enough, but once it is broken in, it is fine. The quality of weld and etc are all very good. Sometimes it takes longer than 24 hours to get a good carbonation, but it depends on the beer and it is very forgiving. You figure it out and make adjustments.

Did not really change the pour, in fact, its not as creamy as before. We tried adjusting PSI, no real difference.

I m pretty new to kegging but this seems to do a good job. After quick force carbing a batch I ended up over carbonating it and that was enough to make me want to buy this. Set the psi at the regular amount and just give it a couple days. Seems to work well so far.

Would give more stars but lid did not seal on my 5gal homebrew keg. Used hose on co2 inlet and worked.

Used it for nitro coffee and it did help getting the nitrogen to absorb better in solution.