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We use the one in the picture. We only use it to make sparkling water. It does the job and saves us buying lots of plastic bottles. They are often on a deal at Amazon if you keep your eyes open on the Deal of the Day section. We recycle and get new cylinders from Robert Dyas. Well worth it in my opinion, but I cannot comment on the syrups.
We use one for sparkling water (haven't tried any flavourings). I worked out that it would be cheaper than Tesco soda 1L bottles, but stopped caring about that aspect. Our tap water is better than most bottled water (which won't apply to everyone, so worth factoring in filtering costs). Mostly, it's nice just cutting down on the plastic recycling.
To really make it economically viable, you can, if you try hard, find a local supplier of food grade CO2 in bigger bottles, and get an adapter to refill your own sodastream cylinders, making it even more economical (and avoiding shipping the cylinders), but I haven't managed to find a local one that will sell me a CO2 bottle, not rent me one (which works out too expensive). I need to try pub suppliers instead of the welding gas and food industry suppliers that seem to be most of my search results.
To really make it economically viable, you can, if you try hard, find a local supplier of food grade CO2 in bigger bottles, and get an adapter to refill your own sodastream cylinders, making it even more economical (and avoiding shipping the cylinders), but I haven't managed to find a local one that will sell me a CO2 bottle, not rent me one (which works out too expensive). I need to try pub suppliers instead of the welding gas and food industry suppliers that seem to be most of my search results.
Had a couple.
Soft drinks don't taste like the real thing.
In the end only ever used it to turn Blue Nun into a "Champagne"
See Heston Blumenthol for this.
It is a dreadful white wine- but as a "Champagne" - it is decent.
But - given Prosecco etc etc - is only a couple of quid more - gave up on them..
Soft drinks don't taste like the real thing.
In the end only ever used it to turn Blue Nun into a "Champagne"
See Heston Blumenthol for this.
It is a dreadful white wine- but as a "Champagne" - it is decent.
But - given Prosecco etc etc - is only a couple of quid more - gave up on them..
I've had a cheapo Spirit for 18 months to cut down on the amount of plastic waste, especially during lockdown. It's not wildly cheaper but it comes with an extra helping of save-the-planet each time you press the button.
The canisters are expensive pretty much everywhere. For the least hassle factor, I buy four at a time from Sodastream then return the used ones in the same carton for a £10/cylinder refund.
The canisters are expensive pretty much everywhere. For the least hassle factor, I buy four at a time from Sodastream then return the used ones in the same carton for a £10/cylinder refund.
If you want flavours, as others have said, they're a bit rubbish.
Try these instead. https://mrfitzpatricks.com/
Try these instead. https://mrfitzpatricks.com/
Jenny Tailor said:
In the end only ever used it to turn Blue Nun into a "Champagne"
See Heston Blumenthol for this.
It is a dreadful white wine- but as a "Champagne" - it is decent.
That was when my Mrs bought one too See Heston Blumenthol for this.
It is a dreadful white wine- but as a "Champagne" - it is decent.
Don't use it that often, and as above I wouldn't bother with the cola syrups but there's some quite nice slightly flavoured sparkling water ones.
The Range used to do cylinders for them, not needed to replace ours for several years tough due to lack of use.
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