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A 6-liter sealed keg in the fridge, or a 30-liter keg in a cooler cabinet

Philips PerfectDraft HD3720/25 vs Gastrobedarf Westerbarkey 30 L keg dispensing column with built-in cooler

Do you want convenience and a curated beer range, or open keg compatibility and real capacity?

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These solve the same basic problem — draft beer at home — with almost nothing else in common. One is a small appliance for a fridge shelf; the other is a standalone cooler cabinet with its own compressor and gas supply.

Philips PerfectDraft HD3720/25 beer dispenser with tap

Philips PerfectDraft HD3720/25

8.4/10

Wins 3 of 8

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Westerbarkey beer keg dispensing column with cooler cabinet

Gastrobedarf Westerbarkey 30 L keg dispensing column with built-in cooler

8.4/10

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Point by point

Compared on PerfectDraft HD3720/25 30 L keg dispensing column with built-in cooler
Keg format 6 L sealed PerfectDraft keg, proprietary Up to 30 L standard kegs, open compatibility
Beer selection Limited to Philips' own PerfectDraft catalog Any beer available in a compatible 30 L keg
Built-in cooling Fridge-sized unit, fits a standard fridge or counter 130 L compressor fridge, energy class E
Noise Not published 40 dB(A)
CO2 required Not applicable — sealed keg is pre-pressurised Yes — 500 g (17.6 oz) bottle included
Setup complexity Plug in, insert keg Full cabinet installation, coupler and CO2 setup
Price ≈ 180 € ≈ 697 €
Listed on amazon.com No No

A tick marks the better answer on that line only. Counting ticks does not decide the page — the two verdicts below do, because these products answer different questions.

The one for you, of the two

PerfectDraft HD3720/25

No amazon.com listing was found for this one. We hold references for other markets but none for the United States, so it may not be buyable here — which is the first thing to weigh against anything below.

Take the PerfectDraft for simplicity and a fridge-sized footprint — no CO2 to manage, no coupler to match, and the widest confirmed European availability of any dispenser researched for this site.

30 L keg dispensing column with built-in cooler

No amazon.com listing was found for this one. We hold references for other markets but none for the United States, so it may not be buyable here — which is the first thing to weigh against anything below.

Take the Westerbarkey kegerator if beer selection matters more than convenience — it opens up to any 30 L keg a local brewery fills, at several times the price and real installation effort.

What readers ask us

Can the Westerbarkey unit use PerfectDraft kegs, or vice versa?

No. These are entirely separate keg formats — PerfectDraft's 6 L sealed kegs only fit Philips' own dispensers, and the Westerbarkey cabinet is built for standard 20–30 L commercial kegs with its own coupler and CO2 supply. There's no cross-compatibility.

Which one is cheaper to run over time?

Neither listing publishes a direct cost-per-liter comparison. PerfectDraft's 6 L kegs are a known, fixed price per refill; a 30 L keg's cost depends entirely on the brewery or supplier, and the Westerbarkey system carries an added recurring CO2 cost the PerfectDraft system doesn't have.

The detail on each

  • Compact beer dispensers

    Philips PerfectDraft HD3720/25

    6 L sealed keg · PerfectDraft system · LED display

    A compact dispenser built around Philips' own 6-liter sealed keg system, with an LED display for temperature and remaining volume. The same ASIN is confirmed live with real stock on Amazon.de, .fr, .it and .es — the strongest cross-market match found in this family.

    Best for: A household that wants draft beer from a fridge-sized appliance without a CO2 cylinder or a commercial keg, and is comfortable with a closed keg catalog in exchange for that convenience.

    8.4/10

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  • Kegerators

    Gastrobedarf Westerbarkey 30 L keg dispensing column with built-in cooler

    Up to 30 L kegs · built-in cooler · type A coupler · CO2 included

    A full dispensing column built around a 130-liter compressor fridge, taking standard kegs up to 30 liters with a type A coupler and a 500 g (17.6 oz) CO2 bottle included. Confirmed listed on Amazon.de with real stock; not confirmed with a live price on .fr at the time of checking.

    Best for: Someone who wants a genuinely complete home-kegerator setup — cooler, column and CO2 — built around standard commercial kegs rather than a proprietary system.

    8.4/10

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Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.