Sodastream for fizzy water?

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I am partial to fizzy water. I prefer wine (fizzy or otherwise) but sadly I can't drink that every night and a fizzy water softens the blow to some extent. The plastic bottles make me feel bad though and I've wondered if a sodastream might be a good option. Does anyone have one?? They were a bit of a thing in the 90's I recall.

My DP make soda water with one, it works fine.

You could go full-on retro and get a soda syphon? Less bulky.

Yes, we have one. Or rather had one. It died after a few years of very regular use. We have replaced it with another brand that still uses the sodastream canisters. I drink a lot of sparkling water and thing it's great.

Oooo - what brand did you get? Do you prefer it to your old sodastream?

It's a Philips. A bit neater looking than my old sodastream. There are a couple of posh brands now but they all do the same thing. Some look better on the kitchen counter than others.

I have some friends in Germany. It's very popular there for sparkling water.

I think it's this one

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We have one, use it every day.

Yes we use a soda stream to only make fizzy water, it’s brilliant and has lots of use.

We use ours all the time, I make my own syrups, plus but ones

I make a lovely virgin lime mojito

We've had one for a few years and use it every day. I love it and definitely eases the guilt over plastic waste!

"...a fizzy water softens the blow to some extent."

I find a soda and lime works brilliantly for that. A splash of lime cordial in the bottom and then fill up with soda water (if you want to make soda water at home, it's just fizzy water with a small amount of bicarb added)

We use ours all the time, you might get a Black Friday deal if you shop around at this time of year.

Yes, we use it loads. Still going strong after more than 5 years. The gas isn't cheap but it does reduce plastic.

We've had one for years and use it all the time. Lots of my friends have them. I will never buy bottled water unless I'm desperate

I have a Sodastream Art and I love it. I like the handle better than the push button, makes me feel more fancy 🤣. They look to be on offer on Amazon for Black Friday too.
I take the empty gas canister to The Range and you get money off the full one, it works out about £13 for each new canister, and I think they last ages.
They only came with big bottles though, I bought some of the smaller bottles for taking out and about with me, and I use them loads

I don't drink white wine but like you I love lime cordial ( Roses) and soda water. I use mine most days .

I've been thinking exactly the same but I must admit I'm a bit put off by how expensive it might be to get the gas canisters. I buy the big bottles of sparkling water for 80p a go but I really can't justify buying all those plastic bottles any more. It's just making me feel too guilty.

Those of you with a Sodastream or equivalent, how much would you say it works out at per litre (after you've bought the actual machine)?

I have one of these, its used everyday and it takes sodastream cartridges.

uk.aarke.com/products/carbonator-3-steel

Ours gets used every day , it's an Aarke which I bought in a sale and is for water only. Huge reduction in use of plastic but probably not much difference in cost to bought water. I don't suppose it makes much of a difference which one you buy as the water will be your local water. Our neighbour gets the canisters delivered from Lakeland I think , I swap them out at a local shop that I am trying to use .

I have one and use it several times a day just for fizzy water. Look into the cylinder subscription deal. They post them so it’s easier than taking them into a shop to exchange.

Try your local Polish shop for syrups.

I do about a litre of water a day. I paid for 12 months of cylinders up front for £120. One cylinder lasts about a month.
So about £10 a month for about 30 litres. However for me it’s not using the disposable bottles that is more important.

They are in every household in NZ!
We use ours everyday.
Gas canisters here are refillable at the local supermarket or via post with SS. They charge quite a bit for the canister and gas at first but then they do a bottle swap and it's about £12. That lasts ages. Maybe two months of twice daily fizzes?

We have the Aarke also. Had it about 5 years and wouldn’t be without it.
we just exchange canisters at our regular supermarket.
I don’t find the canisters expensive, they make around 60 litres of water. No plastic waste or carrying heavy water.

We just add a regular syrup or cordial like a lemon or raspberry, or elderflower if we want something not just water in summer

We have a different brand than Soda Stream and use ours every day. I do think they are slightly more expensive than buying bottled water but I don't have the plastic mountain for recycling.

I also found that the 2l bottles don't hold the fizz very well so I felt it was false economy as the fizzier brands are more expensive.