As an extreme soda drinker- I had my eye on this contraption for a long time. When given the chance to review it, I jumped on it. You can imagine the joy I had while tearing open the box. I had read a lot of great reviews on it and also a lot of negative ones (mostly pertaining to the refills of the Co2) and was excited to give it a try. I was shipped a variety of syrups and was a bit weary on how the Diet Cola was going to drink as I am a Diet Coke-o-holic.
I searched around in the box for the instructions and to my dismay, they were not in the box….Since I could NOT wait, I decided I dould figure it out myself. After all, it couldn’t be rocket science! I screwed in the canister of Co2 and then read the instructions on the bottle of syrup of how much to use. I put the water in the provided container and added the syrup. I found out later that I was supposed to screw the bottle up into the machine so that it could carbonate. Soda water sprayed everywhere!!! Finally, I went on YouTube and searched the Internet for instructions. My result was a great tasting Diet Cola. I was very surprised at how easy it was to make soda. The best thing about this machine in my opinion is the variety of syrups they sell.
As a mom, I can entertain my kids with lemonade on a warm summer day and a root beer float for dessert…..all without waste of buying 2 liter bottles and here in California, the added cost of CRV. I can switch up drinks and not worry about them going flat and losing carbonation.The containers are portable and BPA free. I feel safe toting the bottle around in my car on the hot summer days. I have seen refills of the syrup and flavorings at mass retailers such as Sears and Kohls and Bed, Bath and Beyond. You can usually find a coupon for the retailer and use it to bring down the cost a bit.
From Soda Stream:
With the SodaStream Jet Starter Kit, you’ve got everything you need to turn tap water into sparkling water in 30 seconds–saving you money as well as helping you stay environmentally friendly. This black/silver SodaStream Jet soda maker comes with two BPA-free plastic 1-liter bottles and one CO2 cylinder that will make up to 60 liters of sparkling water. With no batteries or electricity, you can use your soda maker in your kitchen, outdoors on your patio or deck, or on your boat or R.V.
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In addition to making fizzy water, SodaStream also offers more than 25 regular, diet, energy and caffeine-free flavors of syrup (sold separately). Each 500ml soda mix bottle makes the equivalent of 12 liters of soda (about 33 cans). And with over 25 flavors, the possibilities for creative beverages are limited only by your imagination. How about a Creamsicle (Orange and Cream Soda), or a Japanese Beetle (Ginger Ale and Lemon-Lime)? The regular soda mixes contain no high fructose corn syrup, while the diet soda mixes contain no aspartame.
- Provides an endless supply of sparkling water, freshly made from tap water in just a few seconds.
- No more need to buy, carry or store large quantities of heavy and bulky bottles.
- A wide variety of flavors are produced by SodaStream.
- The ability to make sparkling water as strong or as weak as one likes, makes the machine an ideal solution for the family’s entire sparkling beverage needs.
 The SodaStream Jet Starter Kit bundles the soda maker with one 60L carbonator and two BPA-free carbonating bottles. |
The Jet soda maker carbonates water in a BPA-free, reusable one-liter bottle in less than 30 seconds, without electricity or batteries, and with no clean-up. After loading the carbonator into the soda-maker, fill the bottle with regular tap or filtered water and place it in the soda maker. Just pump the button a few times to add the fizz and in seconds you will have a liter of fresh, tasty soda or sparkling water in a resealable bottle that stores compactly in your fridge.
SodaStream is an “Active Green” company, meaning that consumers actively minimize their CO2 footprint when using the SodaStream system. The more the system is used on a daily basis, the more CO2 footprint the user actively saves. This differs from “Passive Green” brands, which use green-friendly production processes, but their products are not inherently helping you save on your daily footprint.
