I'm thinking about getting a keg system. There's a crapload of info and choices out there and quite frankly, I'm a little lost and could use some advice from those that have been there..

I do know that I want to run 2 kegs (1 beer, 1 soda) at the same time and will turn my garage fridge into a kegerator.

Any of you have suggestions of where I should purchase it and what system is the best (and cheapest.... I've been told I'm cheap).
Keep in mind that I'm not a hard core brewer (6-10 batches a year), I just want to get away from bottles..

Thanks,
Goat

What he said....Not to mention upgrade you gas mgt system and faucets.

Thanks for the tips.. I'm definately going full bore on the keg. I just bottled an entire batch of beer, cleaned up and what did I see on the stove?

Priming Sugar!!

Hope I didn't ruin my beer by dumping it all back in the bottling bucket.... Ugh.

Enough is enough..

Kegging saved brewing for me. I would have quite long ago if I had to bottle every batch. Bottling sucks big donkey balls.

My setup was pieced together over time. Bought a regulator and bottle, some hose and fittings, and a chest freezer with an add-on thermostat.

ball is more common, pin is cheaper. as long as you stick with one it doesn't matter. You can remove the locks on switch them from pin to ball and vice versa. the pin lock is fool proof in that the in/out cannot be screwed up, but the ball locks can be switched backwards if you cannot read or get too drunk

Keg Connection has been good to me in the past: http://stores.kegconnection.com/Categories.bok?category=*Homebrew+Kegerator+Kits%3ABall+Lock+Kits

You can call them up and tell them what you are trying to do and they'll set you up with everything you need. They'll also take their package deals and sub out whatever you need.

For running beer and soda at the same time, you need a "dual body" regulator - it's basically two regulators screwed together. You'll run beer at 10-15 psi and soda at 30-35 psi. To keep foam down, I would try to run at least 10 feet of beer hose for the beer and 30 feet of beer hose for the soda. It sounds like a lot of hose and is more than what the online calculators will tell you, but will make your life much easier.

HomeBrewTalk.com has a kegging forum and is a great resource. They don't blink at people posting "this is my first time kegging - what do I do?" threads. http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/

Oh, and buy Perlick faucets. They cost 2x as much, but they don't stick and your brew geek friends will say "ooooh" when they see them. You only live once.