Soda Stream

[slag]

Sodastream is not worth hassle/cost. See how long the fizz/taste lasts and you'll be dissapointed.

err, no. I made a bottle of it 4 days ago and drank most of it. I opened it last night after it sat on my night stand all that time and it still had the fizz in it.

 

[TROJAN4EVR]

err, no. I made a bottle of it 4 days ago and drank most of it. I opened it last night after it sat on my night stand all that time and it still had the fizz in it.

That very well might of been your experience,....but over the same time frame, a sodastream product will lose its fizz way faster than a commercially bottled product.

 

[Kaido]

That very well might of been your experience,....but over the same time frame, a sodastream product will lose its fizz way faster than a commercially bottled product.

I just give it a few extra squirts of fizz (like 5 instead of 3). Also, make sure you tighten the cap down good after pouring to keep it fizzy longer. I can't say how long-term it is because a bottle usually disappears within a week, but regular soda will go flat over time too, so meh.

I haven't really found it to be as useful as I thought it would be. I like the concept, but you can only carbonate water, so if you want carbonated juice, you have to dilute it with the fizzy water. And if you're going to do that, why not just buy a big bottle of plain seltzer water for a dollar?

I'm also not crazy about most of the flavors; I think if they had partnered with Pepsi or something to offer official flavors that you already know & love (like Sprite) as kind of a novelty device, it would have been a lot better, but I don't want to have to buy & store bulk commercial syrup just to go the DIY route.

 

[slag]

That very well might of been your experience,....but over the same time frame, a sodastream product will lose its fizz way faster than a commercially bottled product.

That very well might be true, but that's not what I'm saying. I'm posting a response to someone who said it loses its fizz quickly and by posting an experience of mine, I'm showing that, in my case, it did not. I'm not trying to draw a comparison to any commercially bottled product.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I know a few people in the office that have them. It's basically the soda version of the keurig....buy x-appliance to force you to buy y-supplies. It's a cool design idea, but the c02 costs are pretty high considering the size of the cartridges. I brew beer and usually buy c02 tanks for $20/refill. That's enough to carbonate many gallons of beer and run my kegerator. I typically refill every year or so....

http://www.target.com/p/sodastream-...sku=14218333&gclid=CI7Bi6Deo7wCFTJp7AodkhsAzQ
12L of flavoring = $5 = $25 for 60L worth....
That's 60L of carbonation = $15....so 30, 2L bottles are like $1-1.50 each....that's $30-45.

So you're in $25 + 15 = $40......and you supply the machine and water.

The only advantage to that system is that you can adjust the flavor and the shelf-life of the flavor is longer than a typical bottle that will eventually go flat. I doubt the product is better than what the CocaCola company can come up with.

Lately, I've been drinking more unsweet tea with no sweetener, so I can't relate to needing one of those things.

 

[WelshBloke]

Lol. Is it 1978 again?

You guys will be getting into toasty machines next.