Tell me how you keep large bottles of fizzy soft drink fizzy!!

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Just that really.

I've bought all sorts of shit over the years.

Hand pump thing to put air back into the bottle - various types - doesn't work.

Bend over/squeeze bottle to change shape - doesn't work.

Has anyone found a solution (for under £20?!)

I only buy them when I know we will have lots of people round (parties basically!) - although even then I mainly buy cans to avoid plastic.
Then whatever is left can be drunk by the dc the next day.
I don’t buy fizzy for regular drinking day to day though, however in that case it would be probably drunk quickly and not left hanging around would it?!
How much is going flat?

Good question and one I have never solved. I only use fizzy drinks as a mixer e.g rum and coke so I always buy cans, more expensive but worth it imo.

Buy in a size you will drink. False economy to buy 2litres of tonic if you drink one g&t a week.

We got a soda stream this Xmas. You can fizzy as much or as little as you want.

I just do them back up as tight physically possible, so so tight that sometimes I struggle to open them. Does keep their bubbles in but not the best on your palms 😆

It's big 2 litre bottles of fizzy water. I don't like buying small ones, seems a waste of packaging!
I get small cans of tonic for g&t as suggested. But probably have one or two 250ml glasses of fizzy water and lime a night which means a 2 litre bottle lasts me the best part of a week, it's annoyingly flat by the end.

I'm obsessive about keeping the bubbles in the fizzy pop. I buy more smaller bottles or ideally cans.

Just drink them more quickly!

I've seen in bars abroad 2 litre bottles where they've got a screw cap with a long tube into the bottle and a trigger on the top that you squeeze and it seems to release the liquid without undoing the lid...can't seem to find anything like it online.

Think about it I've no idea how that would actually work.

It’s impossible. I only buy for parties or DDs sleepovers as I know it will all be drunk. For day to day we buy cans

There's a vacuum pump you can get. Sucks the air out to keep it pressurised. I've seen them for wine.

When pouring I always do it with air coming in as the liquid goes out so the bottle doesn't 'glug' and burst more bubbles. I also put it down gently for the same reason. Would that help? Good luck!

That's a Soda Siphon OP. You can get them on Amazon but probably not for £20.

If you mean a vacuum hand pump think, I've tried one, it was shit.

But it was only a cheap thing so really keen to hear if someone's found one that actually works!

Buy a sodastream type thing, and make your own sparkling water? Can’t be any worse for the environment than buying bottled water, and probably better if you constantly drink it as supermarkets and manufacturers wont need to transport bottled water all over the country :)

Would it be worth you getting a soda stream , I use mine a lot as I hate it when fizzy water goes flat too.

The initial cost is a bit steep but the cylinder refills are cheap and last ages .

Fizz keepers

Well this looks magical!

Ha ha @Tryingtokeepgoing great minds think alike and type at the same speed!

That won't work for carbonated drinks, it'll make them flat faster. The bottle needs to be pressurised to keep the carbon dioxide from leaving the liquid. The reason it works for wine (sort of) is that wine will oxidise when exposed to air.

I just drink it quickly and either tolerate it a bit flat on the second day or throw it away.

This will do the opposite to what you want! You don't want a vacuum, you want to increase the pressure. Similarly squashing the bottle will make things worse.

@Zoomface They're basically fancy looking soda streams that take up less kitchen space and look nicer. They still use little gas canisters for the fizz, but you can just stick tap water in them so probably cheaper long term.

They need to stand upright in the fridge, They will go flat lying down.

I don't, I only buy cans for that reason.

My Quooker tap does sparkling water, that might be worth looking at? Saves loads of transport and packaging