Hambleton Bard S30 cylinders

[crowds]

I have a wilko's el cheapo pressure barrel with an escape valve but no S30 connector.
The lhbs sells replacement caps with the correct connectors so here's what I'm thinking.

While I plan to go down the cornie path that's gonna be a Christmas thing (should of seen the look on the GF's face when I told her what I wanted)
So for the time being ive been thinking about using the S30 system.
I was going to go bulbs to begin with but it would seem to be non cost effective and a google search shows Hambleton Bard to be just about on my doorstep !
So hopefully I can buy direct from them.

What id like some advice with is whether or not the barrel will be up to the job if I swap caps ?
Also can the Hambleton Bard bottles be used with cornie for when I do start getting the kit together ?

[smeggedup]

i'd be surprised if yo could swap the caps, but you should be able to swap the valves over in the caps, if not you could drill a 18mm hole in the cap and place a s30 valve in.
cornelius kegs can be used with s30's, the same as above you need to drill the hole in the metal lid, take a look here http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/cornelius.htm.
i've always found s30's to be hit and miss regarding pressure

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Of course you can swap the cap for one with an S30 valve fitted and the wilcos budget barrels are the same ones that everyone sells.

[crowds]

Thanks for the reply fellas. I might go for the s30 system for the plastic barrel and go straight to a proper co2 with regulators system for the cornelius kegs. I will be keeping the plastic in service so it wont be a complete waste to use 2 separate systems. Handy if I ever send the odd 40 pints to my dad