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Isn't Sodastream the top name in this market? What other name brands are there?

I can only answer some of your questions.


I have a soda stream and I have a huge "food grade" stainless steel tank too. You can buy adapters for it online that let you hook up the soda stream to a CO2 tank - whether it's a paintball tank, or from a store that sells "food grade" CO2 tanks. I think the adapter name is something like cga320. Some people claim that regular CO2 tanks may have some kind of oil or contaminants (maybe on the seals?), and supposedly you're good if you specifically buy a CO2 tank that is marketed as food grade.


When you need to get the tank refilled, you should take it to a fire safety place that tests and refills CO2 tanks. I think you're supposed to have them certified every five years in my state. It cost me somewhere between $110 and $140 for a 20 or so lb tank to be refilled and retested. For some people, this may be too expensive for their uses. I've used mine a lot personally. It would probably be much cheaper to just refill it if it doesn't have to be tested - if it's still within X amount of years of the last test.


I do not use flavorings because it makes my throat phlegmy and I just don't think they taste good. I just like plain carbonated water anyway. I think you can buy offbrand flavoring online, but I can't suggest any particular thing for that. Someone in this thread suggested crystal light, and I think that's a good suggestion. Just don't carbonate anything other than water in the soda stream, or you may have mold grow inside of it.


I found a general blog post that seems to have a similar setup to mine. The adapter I bought was somewhere between $20 and $32. It can be found probably still on either ebay or AliExpress. There are other adapters, but the cable adapter rather than the bit adapter is probably better and cheaper.


https://sodamakerclub.com/the-bes...odastream/


Try not to wash the bottles in the dishwasher. The lids may get stuck in the heating element and melt. I always hand washed mine, but a family member took it upon themselves to put it through anyway. I think eventually the lids become less good for holding in water. I bought my bottles in 2 packs on Amazon, but again, I don't like the flavorings personally so I wouldn't pay extra for it.


If you're set on doing refills without doing adapters, Bed Bath and Beyond used to be just OK for it. You can sometimes get coupons like 20% off that may work with it. It should be cheaper to go with a DIY solution though - if you plan on using it seriously a lot


edit: if I'm not mistaken, this is the manual model - not the electric one. I personally do about 6 or 7 one second or less button pushes with it. It's up to you to decide how long to carbonate it, and what tastes good to you.

By all means, feel free to do your own research and decide what is best for you. This is just what I and some others have done.

I still use my old soda steam 130l. I dont even think they make them any more. but its the same thing as the 60l. I do sometimes use the soda stream oil water enhancers. i think bubbly makes them too.
but i can almost fill them both up with one block of dry ice from the grocery store for about 10-15 bucks.
No rocket science there, its co2.... not sure if its unicorn safe, eco friendly and food safe. I just pop the top, and bust the dry ice into chunks, then throw it into the ninja, turns it into snow, then funnel it into the 130l bottle, get it about 70% full and put the cap back on. after the bottle gets back to normal temp, its ready to pump out more soda.