Does anyone have a Sodastream?

My friend uses it and loves his. He used it to curb his soda appetite because it provides that carbonation texture to whatever he's drinking.

I used to have one but we lost it when moving stuff out/back in during a kitchen remodel. I really liked it. I didn't care for the flavor packs it came with and would just buy lemons/limes to flavor the water. I would carbonate that shite so much you could hardly even take a sip before burping. I'm going to have to replace it now that this thread reminded me of it

Thanks, Rat. That is fantastic! I may have to go that route. I don't mind the upfront cost but from what I was looking at the refill cannisters for the sodastream on Amazon were not really cheaper than just buying sparkling water bottles.

I’ve had one for 3 years, only for water and I use it every day. Topo Chico quality at home and super convenient. (I wouldn’t want the DIY contraption)

We've had it for a while now, no flavorings just straight water.
Love it, we would go through cases of seltzer water.
Now I have five canisters and when four are empty, I order four from soda stream, they arrive and I put the four empties into the box and mail it back to them

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Sucker born every minute.

Probably a stupid question but where do you get the flavored syrups and such to make sodas and how do you do this with this set up?

You can get them at Amazon, Walmart, etc.. They also just came out with Pepsi. Flavorings are added after you carbonate the water.

Wife bought the more uppidy one with metal trim and glass bottles. Dont know what the deal is but its damn difficult to get it really carbed up now. I even tried taking it apart to replace the gasket that seals the bottle (side note, don't do that, they very much don't male them to be repaired. On the plus side they still sent me a warranty replacement even though all I had by then was a butchered and completely broken one). But yeah even with a whole new machine we still struggle to get it to carb up a lot for some reason.

I have one that I used to use a good bit. I bought the adapter on Amazon and got the paintball tanks filled at Dicks or Academy for cheap. I think it was like $3 to fill one rather than pay $15 for a Sodastream canister. This was back when I was still drinking alcohol and I could make my mixers stronger or weaker by how much of the syrup I used. I'd get the syrups at Bed Bath and Beyond with the multiple coupons they mail out. I think it was $8 for a syrup at the time, and it would make about 10-12 liters. You could also make it really carbonated. My wife was drinking Lacroix a good bit, and I bought some powdered lime and a cherry extract to make a cherry lime-aid for her. One packet of powder in her glass and top it with the carbonated cherry water.