by rwh » Thursday Feb 01, 2007 3:44 pm
Generally you can buy kegs reconditioned, or not reconditioned. Reconditioned pretty much means that the seals have been replaced, and it may have been given a clean if you're lucky. Then it's pressure tested to ensure that it pressurises OK.
Grain and grape just sells them on, and gives you a set of replacement seals, so it's then up to you to replace the seals yourself if you want, or just keep them as spares. They're all pressure tested though; so in theory they should work without the replacements. In practice, I've found one of mine holds pressure, the other loses it through the gas IN valve. So I'll be replacing the seals on that one.
w00t!