King Keg Barrel Upper or Lower Tap?

[Barley Rubble]

Is there any preference between either the upper tap or lower tap on the King Keg Pressure Barrels? Which one is best or are they basically as good as one another?

 

[cockerhoop]

Lower. But personally I prefer the cheaper smaller cap type of keg. I have both and they just seem to hold pressure better. With lower you don't need to faff with the float.

 

[Barley Rubble]

I thought that may be the case. Thanks for that.

 

[Buffers brewery]

Six of one and half dozen of the other IMO. I have both types. The lower tap version, the tap is very close to the supporting surface so has to “over hang” in order to dispense. The lower tap doesn’t come with a float so you don’t have the option of drawing off beer from the top. The upper tap has the float that sometimes can be problematic, especially if it leaks past the seal in the back of the tap and you get a lot of gas in your beer once the beer level is below the tap. I fitted Sparkler taps that gets around that problem.
I prefer the upper tap for ease of dispensing.

 

[Barley Rubble]

Thank you Buffers for your reply. I think I will probably go with the upper tap version.