It's so interesting, the poppets don't come out like normal ones with the springs (though I could probably force them out). I just bought new ones, entirely, so we'll see if those do the trick.
I have replaced the pressure regulator, checked the lines and the attachments for leaks. I still get some pressure in the keg but the beer is severely under-carbonated. This has happened on numerous beers.
I have tried setting to the correct carb pressure and leaving it for 2 weeks, force carbing via the shaking method and the 3-2-1 method where you set the carbonation at triple, drop it to double and then to serving carbonation over three days and I've had these issues with all of them.
I don't quickly run out of CO2 (which I figure I would if there was a leak and this happens on both of my kegs (which both have these types of posts).
My next step if the posts don't fix it will to be trying a diffusion stone but I feel like I shouldn't have to.
Agreed but the Revstar was super close, too!
... and also, I've got some cool new guitars to keep an eye out for.