I have to admit I’ve never really seen anything like this home soda maker. Rather than simply buying soft drinks at the grocery, the machine carbonates water that you then add flavoring to to create your own soda.
To use the device, you just fill a 2-liter bottle with water, attach it to the the carbonator and then press the button repeatedly until the system makes a weird noise to alert you of acceptable carbonation levels. The systems use carbonator bottles that are good for about 110 liters each. And Soda Club offers 25 flavors that are comparable to the most popular soft drinks.
It’s apparently a lot cheaper in the long run and it consumes less space. The packages range from about $100 – $200, so it’s definitely an investment, but if your family sucks down a lot of Coke, then this might be a valid alternative to buying pallets of the stuff at Sam’s. Flavoring packets are all under $5 and they’re good for 12 liters each.
I’m not sure how useful something like this is. It seems to me debatable that homemade soda from a carbonator device would be better than manufactured stuff, but I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
They had the same thing 20-odd years ago in Australia called a SodaStream. didn’t look as flash as that one though!
best idea ever!!!
Rod, from a quick look at the website its from the same company that made the soda stream. We had them in Ireland 20 years ago when I was a kid, I remember the coke being very swet.
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I suppose in the long run it is cheaper than the brand name stuff, but I can get a 3-Liter Bottle of the store brand stuff for 89ยข at my local Fry’s (Kroger). Just with the falvor packs you are looking at $1.20 per two liter bottles.
Of course, with a machine like this you can make soda in pretty much any flavor you like.
Bacon soda? Marmite soda? The sky’s the limit.
Bacon and marmite soda! mmmmm (vomit)
If you naturally carbonate with champagne yeast instead of forced carbonation with CO2, it’s even cheaper and tastes tangier. The yeast is even good for you, lots of B-vitamins.
High fructose corn syrup based soda doesn’t trigger satiety, which is why you see kids slurping down 128-oz super-mega-monster-gulps and are still thirsty. Of course, they’ve also just consumed 7000 calories of sugar. Make your own with cane sugar, and you’re satisfied with just a small amount that tastes a lot better and only a fraction of the intake.
I make my own ginger beer and, even though the cost isn’t necessarily “cheaper” than the megalo-mart’s generic barcode-label brand in the 9 liter carboy, it tastes like GINGER instead of like petrochemical crap, is satisfying with one glass, and actually has some food value. For about 80 cents for a 2 liter bottle. Heck, most people have no actual idea what ginger really tastes like. It tastes nothing like Canada Dry or Schweppes.
Interesting. I’ll prolly just stick with Stella.
I also drink a huge amount of soda. I looked at the sodamaker but it was really expensive. I thought there has got to be a cheaper way. Finally I found plans to make a home made system that is WAY cheaper than the sodamaker — I can make seltzer for less than 2 cents a liter! Here is where I found the plans to build your own soda and seltzer system in about 10 minutes for less than $100 bucks.
http://www.makesodaandseltzer.com
It’s serving me well and I am making some delicious sodas! And I don’t end up using all that plastic, or even worse, shipping all that water!
I just got one of these and it is great. Perfect for when your kids want soda and you aren’t in the mood to run to the store.
i like to know the price of this machine and if possible to send it to beirut libanon thank you
Where would I buy a soda stream in Perth
Western Australia?