SodaStream Terra Sparkling Water Maker (Misty Blue) with CO2, DWS Bottle and Bubly Drop

Wow, I am beyond impressed! This thing is amazing. It is much simpler than I expected. I will admit, I dreaded the potential setup of a new device, but this was incredibly easy. It literally took less than 2 minutes. I was also impressed that it does not require any electricity...it is powered 100% by the conpressed gas cylinder that comes with it.The instructions are easy and the end result is tasty soda in whatever flavor you select. This will save me a ton of money on soda. I have a stomach condition so I have to drink a lot of ginger ale...this is a life saver and will pay for itself in about a week...after that, it saves you a ton of money. If you are checking out the Soda Stream devices and have any hesitation whatsoever, just buy it...you won't regret it!

I love this thing. It's easy to set up and easy to use. Being able to make your soda as fizzy as you want is the best thing. I use the 1L bottle it came with, as well as a couple of 0.5L bottles I bought later. And you end up saving a good chunk of money when compared to buying cans or bottles of soda at the store. I also like the fact that this unit requires no power, so there's not need to find an open outlet to plug it in. And the size is a plus as well, especially when your counter space is limited. It is quite tall though, so you have to keep that in mind when you consider buying it.A few recommendations, and these are just personal recommendations, from my own experience so far with this machine...- Use filtered and cold water. I keep a Brita pitcher of water in the fridge, which is perfect for this. The cold water seems to reduce the possibility of a little water spurting out while you're 'fizzing' it in the machine, and it also means that the resulting product is already cold, so there's no need to wait for it to get cold in the fridge after making it.- Rather than using one second holds of the fizzing 'button', as is recommended in the instructions, I find using shorter holds, but more of them to make up for it, works better, and also reduce the possibility of a little water spurting out when 'fizzing' it. Rather than holding it down for one second five times, I hold it down for a half second ten times.- I find that slowly pouring the flavoring in much better than dumping it in all at once, as doing the latter increases the risk of the soda overflowing the bottle and making a mess. I also use a small funnel to add the flavoring, though that's just a personal choice, not necessarily a recommendation.If you like soda, but you're getting sick of the ever increasing price of it at the store, as well as having a bunch of empty cans or bottles to return, recycle or toss out, this is a fantastic alternative, and the initial cost will be negated fairly quickly with what you save over buying it at the store.

I've wanted to stop drinking beer at home for quite some time but I've never really found the motivation to do so. I've had this just under two months now and I've been drinking between 3 and 5 Liters per day. if you push the button five times for about a half second each this far exceeds any level of carbonation in topo Chico. we also take a significant amount of vitamins in our house. I probably take close to 30 per day. swallowing pills becomes almost a chore when you're taking this many and some tend to get stuck in the throat. when I use this soda water for taking my pills I can throw a handful of between five and 10 in my mouth at a time and something happens with the carbonation tickling the back of the throat making it exceptionally easy to swallow pills in bulk. kind of a accidental nice side effect of the carbonated water. I have fairly sensitive taste buds and I did not notice even one remote flavor or water texture difference between standard reverse osmosis filtered water and Topo Chico. The way this thing is configured, it could not be a more simple device to use. The large mouth bottles that come with it necked effortlessly in less than 2 seconds and within 5 seconds you have fully carbonated water. it's almost ridiculous how easy it is. getting back to this helping me to stop drinking beer. I won't go into details but some people might say that I drank too much beer nightly in the home. I find that right around sunset is when my body usually tells me I've worked my butt off today and I deserve a beer. The craving is not quite overwhelming but it is quite substantial. in my mind I raced to find any excuse why I deserve to have a beer... so I try to quickly grab one of the prepared bottles out of the refrigerator and take a quick medium sized gulp. within seconds the craving for beer disappears. something tells me it is the heavy, hard-hitting carbonation that you can really put into this water that pinches the back of the throat satisfying that craving for that first drink of carbonated ice cold beer. My cravings are becoming less and less after almost 2 months of this pattern. in just under two months this SodaStream has prevented me from drinking over 245 beers according to my stop drinking app on my cell phone. from a health standpoint, obviously that is significant but from a financial standpoint as well of course.with drinking between 3 and 5 of these liters per day I do find myself going through the CO2 cartridges quite quickly. a simple YouTube search produced many different workarounds for that expense since CO2 tank swaps here in Houston Texas at any grocery store, Target or bed bath & beyond run $15 US. our grocery stores sell food grade dry ice at just$2 per pound. there's a very simple process where you purchase 1.5 lb of dry ice, put it inside too separate 1 gallon Ziploc bags and smash it really really well with a meat hammer. I use the flat side of my meat tenderizer hammer and it works exceptionally well. it turns it basically into powder. I removed the brass top of the CO2 tank using a crescent wrench when it was empty, insert a clean funnel and dump the dry ice powder down inside. I use a stainless steel tervis straw to help the dry ice go down into the funnel when it sometimes gets clogged up at the neck of the funnel a little bit. makes it very easy. I put the entire canister with funnel on top of a digital gram scale and zero it out before starting to fill. once it hits 14.5 oz or I believe the other weight and measure on the CO2 tank says 410 g of CO2 if I remember correctly. I overfill it by 2 g because by the time you grab for the brass threaded screw cap and get it on you will have lost about two grams of the dry ice which is CO2. I find that by buying 1.5 lb of dry ice usually I'm left with about 4 oz remaining after this operation is done. I'm waiting on my newest revision to this which will make the process much more easy though. I purchased an aluminum 20 lb CO2 tank off of Amazon delivered for about $210. then purchased a brass adapter that screws directly into the CO2 tank and then the unmolested SodaStream CO2 bottle will fit and screw directly into that fitting. this allows you to directly fill the SodaStream CO2 tank off of your larger 20 lb tank. do a lot of YouTube searches for this process cuz there's plenty available and you'll see how easy it is. obviously use caution because you are dealing with pressurized liquids and carbon dioxide which can be deadly in large quantities if it's in a confined area. I will be storing my 20 lb CO2 tank in my laundry room where we have redundant CO2 and explosive gas detectors already. in Houston we are able to fill the 20 lb tank at a place called airgas on Hempstead highway. I believe there are other air gas stores throughout the state and city. there is a nominal difference between food grade and industrial grade CO2. I will be purchasing food grade CO2 from airgas which I believe is only 0.5% more pure but I definitely don't want any unnecessary chemicals in my water... or in my tanks. they told me they are able to fill a 20 lb tank up to the 18 lb level and that would cost $47. that should produce very close to 20 SodaStream cartridges full of CO2 which will put it around $2.40 per fill I believe

I love making fresh soda with the SodaStream Terra—it's super easy to use! The flavor syrups are specifically for Pepsi products, so keep in mind that there are no Coke syrups available. The CO2 cartridges can be a bit pricey compared to buying bulk CO2, but when you compare the savings to buying name-brand 2-liter bottles, you will see big savings. Plus, it’s perfect for carbonating my favorite water flavorings too! If you're a fan of fizzy drinks and want to save money, this is definitely the way to go.