B.Y.O. Bubbly
Date: July 2, 2009 | Category: Featured, Food & Drink, Kitchen, Lifestyle
You may not have considered yourself the D.I.Y. type - you don’t knit, sew, or collage, and you certainly haven’t ever tried to brew your own beer. But with the sodastream (a fantastic home carbonation system), you’ll be crafting your own sparkling water in no time!
From production, to bottling, to transportation (just think of the imported sparkling waters that fly hundreds of miles to reach us!), making your own carbonated beverage has huge environmental impacts. The average American consumes roughly 600 bottles of soda and sparkling water each year - just think of the bottles and cans you’d save!
The basic sodastream model starts at $90, with the sleek Penguin model priced at $200. Each comes with two carbonators that make about 60 to 130 liters (the equivalent to 180 or 330 cans of fizzy goodness), and when you run out, simply send the carbonator back to the company for a refill. Click here to watch the demo video - the entire process takes about 3 seconds and then voila! Fresh bubbly at your disposal. We’ll toast to that!
Comments
Cindy Bennett
Date: July 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
This seemed like such a great idea, I ran out and got one. The jury is still out, as you are supposed to push and release the button until you hear a loud buzz. I never heard a buzz, but felt like I was getting carpal tunnel with all the button pushing. Still not enough bubbles for me…
caitlin
Date: July 17th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Hi Cindy! Make sure that the carbonator in the back is twisted on tightly - I don’t always hear a loud buzz but we’ve had our’s in the office for a few months now and it works great. You can contact SodaStream at 1.800.763.2258 if you’re still having problems.
Nico
Date: October 18th, 2009 at 10:02 am
This is such a wonderful product. My family is delighted with it. We bought ours via http://makeyoursoda.com as they offer a $10 discount coupon
sid
Date: February 5th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I have been a sodastream user for a couple of years now and it took a couple of trys to get it right but after that its easy. You can add lemon, lime or other fruit flavors or buy from Sodastream. Great system.
Urban Sherp
Date: April 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Love love love my seltzer maker - no more lugging home liters of poland springs now that I’ve got my iSi - the old school seltzer maker straight out of an episode of Mad Men. I must say though, if you have many seltzer drinkers in your house you should opt for the soda stream, it’s quicker to refill because chargers last for multiple uses whereas the iSi is one and done. But the Nitrogen cartridges are refillable….
http://www.urbansherp.com/selz-it-up-with-isi
Stacy Kiyabu
Date: July 6th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Thanks for the nice information on the SodaStream. These are awesome machines I bought myself the SodaStream Penguin soda maker. I absolutely love this machine.
I shopped around until I came across a site that had a 10% off deal if you bought a kit. Good deal I think.
Here’s the site if any of you are interested:
Soda Water Maker
Lisa Lee
Date: July 6th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Another great place to find a SodaStream is at:
http://www.sodawatermaker.org
That’s where I got mine.
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