Comments on: Soda Club Home Carbonator

By: Peta Garman

Peta Garman — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:01:55 +0000

Where would I buy a soda stream in Perth
Western Australia?

By: berchini georges

berchini georges — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:30:20 +0000

i like to know the price of this machine and if possible to send it to beirut libanon thank you

By: Gina

Gina — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:15:13 +0000

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.

By: margie

margie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:28:52 +0000

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. 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!

By: Blake Robinson

Blake Robinson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:57:12 +0000

Interesting. I’ll prolly just stick with Stella.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:15:35 +0000

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.

By: Blake Robinson

Blake Robinson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:09:01 +0000

Bacon and marmite soda! mmmmm (vomit)

By: mathew

mathew — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:10:48 +0000

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.

By: ffextensionguru

ffextensionguru — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:56:21 +0000

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 89¢ at my local Fry’s (Kroger). Just with the falvor packs you are looking at $1.20 per two liter bottles.

By: AliceRouland

AliceRouland — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:52:39 +0000

Truly truly, good post! tThese are useful informations.Cheers.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:49:12 +0000

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.

By: Achinda99

Achinda99 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:34:45 +0000

best idea ever!!!

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:07:22 +0000

They had the same thing 20-odd years ago in Australia called a SodaStream. didn’t look as flash as that one though!