Pressure barrels?

[Tommcd]

Hi everyone I was wondering the benefits of pressure barrels. I have been batch priming my cider a larger and looking at pressure barrels, would I need to prime still or is it the c02 canisters that give it the pressure. I've tried to Google this but it's just trying to make me buy the things. Any help would be appreciated

 

[Drunkula]

Any help would be appreciated

They're ****.

 

[LED_ZEP]

I like and use PB's but you may have gathered opinion is a little divided on here.
Both options are valid, priming or using CO2 (or a combination of both).

 

[terrym]

Wot I said last week...
"Before anyone buys a PB they should read through these
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/whats-your-view-on-plastic-pressure-barrels-pbs.88283/https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...s-or-bottles-for-your-home-brewed-beer.88284/Opinion is more or less divided on whether they are a wise investment, their main faults being they can leak under pressure, or need a lot of attention to make them work as they should. And the basic PBs seem to be less reliable than King Kegs but a that's probably because they cost less. But when they work properly they are really convenient."
So you decide. Stay with bottles. Or buy a PB and it might be fine, or it might be rubbish, or it might be rubbish but you can fix it provided you have a small engineering workshop at your disposal. Or spend more money on a Corny system which seem to be generally reliable from what members tell us. The choice is yours

 

[Tommcd]

Wot I said last week...
"Before anyone buys a PB they should read through these
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/whats-your-view-on-plastic-pressure-barrels-pbs.88283/https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...s-or-bottles-for-your-home-brewed-beer.88284/Opinion is more or less divided on whether they are a wise investment, their main faults being they can leak under pressure, or need a lot of attention to make them work as they should. And the basic PBs seem to be less reliable than King Kegs but a that's probably because they cost less. But when they work properly they are really convenient."
So you decide. Stay with bottles. Or buy a PB and it might be fine, or it might be rubbish, or it might be rubbish but you can fix it provided you have a small engineering workshop at your disposal. Or spend more money on a Corny system which seem to be generally reliable from what members tell us. The choice is yours

Thanks for your help I will have a look at your links when I get a few minutes.
Luckily I do have a engineering workshop where I work. But think I need to look into the corny system and the pricing ect may be best to go straight into that rather than waisting money on barrels.