Well, I've only replaced mine once, and I would guess that that one was
about a year old. Then again, I don't know how much quality control they
put into a $1.50 piece of plastic, anyway. ;-)

"Dave M. Picklyk" empowered us with this mighty blow
against the Patriarchy:

Hmm thanx for letting me know about the check valve. How often do you
change them?

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"Dave M. Picklyk" empowered us with this mighty
blow against the Patriarchy:

Great idea with the juice bottle! I'm going to do that on the next
concoction. Currently I have a check-valve and the bottle is safely
below my tank a few feet so it can't tip into it Hopefully it
being lower doesn't affect the performance of the C02, I guess if
there is gas pressure and it only has one way to go so it doesn't
matter the position of the source.

I was having problems not getting enough CO2 into the tank, and found
that it was my check valve. I think that over time, they gum up or
whatever
and
start giving more resistance to CO2 flow, which can force a leak at
your CO2 bottle. Check valves are great to have but you may need to
replace them every now and then. Just an FYI.