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  • The CO2 doesn't need to be refilled as much as he's saying, and you should only have one tank of CO2. The price is a cutback, they've proved it over time. I love this product. I have the newest one, and I use it a lot! It's saved me and my family about 5$ a week, which over time adds up. In you're terms, I would give it 4/5 'gears'. But as you said, if you don't drink lots of soda, this item isn't very beneficial for you. It's also VERY fun.

  • novelty at best. cost's too much and too much work.

    tl;dr

    nvlty@bst. ctm;tmw.

  • $1.20 per 2 Liter? You can get 2 Liters of Pepsi and Coke for as little as 70 cents when on sale. I just paid $1 per 2 Liter at Walgreens.... Spend more and do more work? No thanks.

  • @ryanmajor2

    I never see Coke or Pepsi that low, at least not in my town. The cheapest pop we have is .88 cents. I did the math, one of there bottles sodastream is $4.99 and it makes about 12 liters or 33 cans. Now .88 cents for 6 bottles which = to 12 liters is $5.28 so I think you do save some money so far.

  • @dontwastemoney Go to Walgreens right NOW its been in their store AD for 2 weeks now. 12-packs are 2.50 ea and 2 liters are 1.00 ea. Walgreens is a national company.

  • @ryanmajor2

    I don't shop at Walgreens unless I'm getting some meds. I go to Meijer's. It depends on how long the CO2 last, if it can make a whole sodastream bottle for $4.99 its worth it or more. If I know how long it last then I can really say if its good or not. But for me its cheaper when I did my math for myself.

  • I like the soda I dont like the proprietary threading on the co2 tank. Out of spite I'm going to get a universal adapter so I can refill the co2 anywhere.

  • There IS a value side to it. He says in the video that you can buy a liter of soda for 60 cents. Where in the heck can you buy a liter of Coke for 60 cents? The cost comes out to roughly 2 cents per ounce which is just about half the cost of Coke products (if you buy 12oz cans). So, even if you are comparing it to 2L bottles, it saves money.

  • @kshunsberger I am not familiar with the pricing of 1 liter bottles, but around here, Coke is roughly $1 per TWO liters one week per month, and sometimes goes as low as 88 center per 2 liters. With the sodastream, it costs 15 cents per can for the syrup, and 10 center per can to carbonate it (40 cents for a CO2 cartridge for 1 liter charge). That's 25 cents per can even if you use tap water and the same nasty re-used bottles.

  • If you read the ingredient list on the flavoring, you will notice the 'regular' flavorings have sucralose in them. That's what 'Splenda' is. So in fact, you think you're drinking regular soda when in reality you are drinking a partially diet drink. Not so good if you're allergic or just don't want to ingest artificial sweeteners. They make a point of advertising - NO Aspartame and NO High Fructose Cornsyrup. Sucralose is just as bad.

  • This is cool because its like the old days going to the pharmacy or the soda shop for a fizzy

  • Wow it looked like air not carbon

  • @Drjead11 Carbon Dioxide, not carbon. Carbon Dioxide is the gas CO2 which is 1 part carbon and 2 parts oxygen.

  • Instead of buying their overpriced, nasty syrups.. buy your favorite soda's in 2 liter bottles in large quantities when on sale. The problem there is that the soda will be flat before you consume it. SOLUTION, use the Sodastream to RECARBONATE your flat soda!  Take that old flat COKE and give it a second life for the cost of a CO2 cartridge.

  • @AxeNewkill OMG i love that idea.

  • @SuperNinja35 There is still a problem though...The cost of the Sodastream unit is about $80! EEK! Too much! The CO2 cartridges are about 40 cents each.. and only carbonate 1 liter.. so that is 80 cents to carbonate a 2 liter bottle! The price of a 1 liter non-sodastream charger is about $50. So, again.. the total costs and hassle are not worth making one's own soda. The Sodastream people seem to have set their price to match store prices. Nobody is saving money with it.

  • Good idea, but not practical. The price of the generic syrups alone puts the cost at about 15 cents per can. Even at that price, better soda can be purchased cheaper already in the can. Then there is the cost of the CO2 cartridges, and cleaning out the small 1 liter bottle over and over. Then, the time spent measuring and mixing. It's a gimmick. The company making it needs to slash the cost of the syrups to have any chance of marketing this. However, I will share a good idea for this next...

  • On the price issue...If you drink sparkling water like me it only costs $15 for the CO2 refill...$15 for 60L of sparkling water...great deal..you don't have to buy their syrups anyway...you can use any of the koolaid mixes instead.

  • @beanz991 I don't think sparkling water is the same as carbonated water. I THINK sparkling water is natural mineral water such as Perrier or Dasani, etc. that has a little natural carbonation - not the same thing as carbonated water. But, you make a good point about their syrups. Their syrups are VERY expensive. Another issue is.. do people realize that bottled spring water is more expensive than gasoline? CRAZY!

  • Cool

  • My brother is a soda hog. So if my family were to buy the Sodastream how much would you say would be in the bottle? Is it enough to satisfy atleast four people or just one? The bottle you used looked a little small compared to the average 2liter of soda.

  • @bhkh3433 Its a one liter.

  • High brand name 2lt Pops go on sale in my area as low as .99 cents a bottle. Other brandnames almost as good go on for .79 cents. If I am not saving money I would not really bother buying this product. Recyling is not so bad as I used the banked up recylcing money for a big spring purchase for something needed around my place...like a bbq or picnic table

  • I think the EPA is behind this piece of shit. I'll keep contributing to the landfills, thank you.

  • I like your videos, they are informative, and helpful. However, you say uhhh and ummm a lot, probably without realizing it. It's not as bad as some people do, but your work would benefit from consciously trying to refrain from it. Maybe a solid script for your vids would help. Not trying to be mean, just offering some constructive criticism.

  • HAHAHAHA no

  • im hoping we are not this obese

  • JUNK! More nonsense from the libtards that believe in the myth of global warming. I'll keep buying and dumping plastic bottles, thank you.

  • The thing is I've seen the commercials and unless somethings changed they never once mention that you need to keep purchasing CO2's in order to make the soda. In the commercial they make it look like the pump takes its air from the room and that is an added cost then never make mention of. My understanding is that the cartrage is custom to the device and so the only place you can get it is from them. I just don't trust a company that would leave out such a long term expense out.

  • @LightenUpMcGraw You always need CO2 when making soda... Even the fountains at stores and restaurants have huge CO2 tanks in the back. It's the only practical way to carbonate water.

  • @girochin007 - Right and they should mention in their infomercials that buying the CO's is part of the ongoing cost of making their product. 

  • Alternatively, I could just buy five two-liter bottles for $3 at most any store.

    It may be "fun and cool", but a mentos in a diet coke bottle is much more fun and cooler. And I can that five times for $3.

  • did u try making "flat" soda carbonated again does it work?

  • u didnt have to press it that many times in the beginning...

  • I would like to see a review from a group like yourself about the Vollara LaundryPure.

  • very informative thank you cant wait to get one!

  • how much do those C.O.T tank things cost?

  • i thought u only press the carbonater 3 times only not like 20 then press 3 pls some one answer dis thnx

  • @ryanhunter2222 you press it itll you hear the 3 llud obnoxcious buzzes

  • ti should get 6 out of 5

  • You want to tilt the bottle when u pour the syrup in the water

  • could blow some mad shit up with that soda bulb

  • 2 out of 5? you must be nuts, everyone should have one of these in their house. sodastream does not use any hfcs in their products, and the thing will eventually pay for its self in cost difference. those flavor containers will make 12 liters and cost as low as 5$. when your Co2 thing runs out, you just take it to the store and get a new one for 15$ for the trade in. I'd rate it 4/5 (due to lower caffeine content in cola flavor).

  • How big is the bottle you put the soda in?

  • @bobbyj604 he is useing 2liter bottle. i use a couple 1 liters and 500ml bottles for the go.

  • So much for the ol lemonade stand.

  • a same as mine

  • Rogixd what's the fun in that...

  • also, where can you get those tanks filled at?

  • Wow, I do wanna get this is it battery powered or no? Also when you drink it do you get that nice fizzy feeling that one would get when they first take a drink of a pop they just opened?

  • This is perfect for folks trying to lose weight...as long as you shift to using the Natural Essence Flavors to make your own Sparkling water. I explains this better on my blog

  • nigga want grape drink yall white men got that shit nigga

  • would this be good for someone who's trying to loose weight?

  • @AlienAcid1 Yes, definitely. There are 35 calories compared to 100 calories for a normal Coke etc.

  • Thumbs Up if you think drinking fresh cold water is healthier & more green than drink diabetic cocktails made by a sodastream machine.

  • well i added up if I were paying 50c a soda and the total amount of sodas i could have bought would have been 600 for all the supplies the maker and a selection of some flavorings.Like most stuff sold like this people aren't going to keep using it all the time like the new wave oven for example or stuff AS SEEN ON TV. Cool at first but ide rather stick to the name brand sodas i just have to pop a cap and have it perfectly mixed perfect carbonation and ice cold out of the fridge

  • i got it for christmas its epic

  • @moneyman24641 Yeah rootbeer is dope, how does the energy taste?

  • @hazardouzCup its just like redbull

  • i just got it for christmas how many uses does the co2 can have?

  • @BoomHeadShotFTW 10 liters i think

  • Your directions are much better than what this product comes with. So thank you

  • Its not a new thing? My grand momma had one back in 1970/1980 :o

  • not to mention you got to also buy their carbonators the ceapest i saw was 62 dollars or something so where is the saving not mention the machine which sells for $129.00 thats when u stop and think about it 6 sixpack from walmart will run you about 6.75 including taxes store brand of course so is the dollar you save on the soda flavor mix really worth it again 6 sixpack contains 36 cans and u get 33 cans from the flavor mix bottle infact you dont save you get more from the store

  • doesnt really save you money if fact you actually spend more on it. I drink cokes all the time first of all i went to check this out for myself over at their website site they claim that each soda flavor mix bottle makes up to 33 cans of coke and they sell each for 4.99 plus tax so thats like 5.50 including tax thats if they offer free shipping so where is the savings when i can go to the store like heb or walmart and buy a six pack for a dollar or a giant two litter store brand for $1.00

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  • if i get one of those for christmas tomorrow, im going to put eggnog in there.

  • fuck yes

  • MY ASS

  • Thumbs up if u just saw the sodastream commercial

  • @droidbeast haha its so true i did too

  • I'd end up not using water.. Maybe like.. Carbonated Orange juice or apple cider :o

  • CAN I CARBONATE ORANGE JUICE?

  • can you put the flavoring in the water before you put the co2 in it?

  • @ExtraWideSeal My guess would be you can but if you put the concentrate before the co2, you can get the nozzle dirty and would have to wipe it down alot. I thought the same thing because I would hate to mix the soda and it goes flat OR I was thinking if I had previously flat store bought soda and connecting it to this device to fill it with co2 again. XD

  • wats cool is the co2 everybody is fucked cuz i work at a paintball fiel and we got 3 tanks of co2 and i can re fill them up their haha fuckers....

  • @ynds12 don't think this has been said yet but...

    Haha fucker ! The tanks aren't refillable ! You can on the other hand retrofit it to use a 'standard' co2 tank. Which i might do, eventually...

  • They make a energy drink now, So say a red bull cost 2$ a can. You get 50 uses out of a bottle of concentrate energy which cost 6$. So it pays for itself if you drink a lot energy drinks like I do. You can get them for about $100 at best buy, plus none of the concentrates contain high fructose corn syrup or aspartame, which is cool in itself.

  • HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ultimateanime45 haha

    

  • does the cola actually taste like coke? if these arent like watery and gross, i really want this

  • I do see a monitary value here for someone like me who drinks 4-5 red bulls a day, every day. However, this is only a value if I can get red bull flavor that tastes like red bull.

  • @flaircat Tastes just like it.

  • in norway this is eco-friendly because 0,5 liters soda costs about 15 kr (3$) and a sodastream with extra parts costs 400 kr (80$) so .. yeah

  • The value proposition is unquantifiable in the sense that I don't have to lug home 2x 12-packs of seltzer water every time I go to the grocery store. Also, the reusable "green" nature of this product should count for something in your score... especially if you're called "greengear" eh?

  • You do realize they were back in the 70s yea?

  • that looks so nice to drink... ish

    :)

  • bubbles from finding nemo would love it

  • Much efficient way to drink soda. Despite the cost, you save a lot of money if you are a big soda drinker like me. Uses no electricity at all plus it contains about 8g of sugar so it's healthier than soda. Just those soda syrup bottles alone can make about 12L of soda and it's cheaper too.

  • can you put the concentrate in the bottle before it gets inflused with the co2? then you wouldn't have to shake it to mix it up and i think it would probably mix it better as well.

  • @IamNotaThreat it says specifically it's for water only and to add the flavor afterwards...don't know what happens if you don't listen...not going to risk it lo

  • its called get off your lazy ass and go to the store

  • @lionking4iscomingIV it's called saving money

  • @MW3snipe360 Saving money? What, do you buy a soda can every day?

  • @lionking4iscomingIV annnnnd... spend more money. YAY ! I R BURNZ GAS N BE DRINKIN POPZ WITH MUNNY !!!

  • got one of these today . loving it

  • pretty crappy double all kinds of flavors like marijuana orange brewed beer

    slimline

  • i like it :D

  • drink some juice instead. better for you..or water.

  • You're a dumbass...how can you say its a great product when you're giving it a 2 out of 5? go fuck yourself.

  • lol, more work for a lesser/same quality pop. I have a solution: just drink water. You will be much healthier.  If you can't drink water without flavor then there is something very wrong with you.

  • because he made sprite

  • How come its colorless ?

  • @sillylilsara08 I guess it's because he made something like sprite and sprite is colorless as well.

  • Doesn't taste great

  • Is there a "Samuel Adams" flavor...or "Heinekins"????

  • hit transcribe audio beta to read text go to 0:52 nice flavors!

  • I want to buy this product, but how can I find the flavors? Also, is this taste good or not?

  • @Sheqardi if you go to bed bath and beyond (if you have the store around u) they have flavors and the product and all.. i just bought it could of days ago and i like it its awesome!

  • @Evelina312 HAY, what did you mean when you tald me bath and beyond? Do you joke with me?

  • @Sheqardi no its a store called "bed bath & beyond"

  • @Evelina312 OH, I understand now , Thank you for your comment. I went to Beyond and I found it but it's too much, it is for $90

  • The price of regular soda has gone up since Mar 18, 2009.

    This product is not A LOT more viable as an alternative to save you money. =)

    I will likely be buying one.

  • ALL I WANNA DO IS SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Healthy choice. You control sugar. Diabetics use Stevia flavors (Amazon). Also, cuts down on plastic, carbon, etc.

  • not sure if anyone mentioned this, the ability to have any variety of soda at anytime is a big benefit to me. You never know what you might be in the mood for. When your in the mood for something your usually out of it at home. I can't stock my home with 6 different types of soda all the time. The energy drinks do save money which is not mentioned. I measure it at 1/3 the price of a redbull, and the energy drink is amazingly good.

  • this makes me want some soda....and its 7 in the morning 

  • i noticed the flavors did not include"mountain dew" this represents a problem you see

  • @mattthehatt99 it does its called mountain mist tho

  • For me the big thing was not having to lug bottles of carbonated water home from the store every week. With the Sodastream I drink about 2L a day and the only thing I really have to do is visit a local water shop for a CO2 refill once a month.

    But I guess gas these days is cheap so there's no value prop there ... :D

  • soda stream has been in the uk for 50 years

  • i got that soda stream and it.s great save.s money . and it.s easy two thumbs way up

  • or you could just buy a drink...

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  • I think you misspoke @ 0:44. It's a 1-liter bottle, not 2.

  • can you just buy carbonated water from the store like club soda and then buy the flavouring syrup or do you need the whole set up????????

  • what is your fav flavor and does the tonic taste like shwepps

  • this looks fun but going to buy more co2 can be a pain.

  • @0Phantomcrest0 Internet. They ship you a new one along with a prepaid return box for your old canister. $8 - $9 shipping though - most economical to order multiple refills if you have multiple canisters.

  • That should include a mentos kit.

  • @TowerJam lol theyd get sued by many! it looks like a great/awsome machine

  • lol why do you carry out the end of your words extra long??? :D

  • he seem pissed...=-=

  • I would rather just buy my mountain dew.... I don't care about being green... This is way too much work.

  • y would u pay over 150 for all of it wen u can pay 1 for a soda at the store???

  • @juggalettetillidie1 If you buy a soda a day, you've spent 365 dollars. If you buy this you pay 150 and then can spend the other 215 on booze or gas or computer games or whatever would make you happy.

  • @juggalettetillidie1 if you buy I bottle of pop for a dollar every day and there's 365 days a year thats 365.00 dollars a year when you can spend 120.00 dollars for machine and maybe 40 dollars for extra parts and only make one payment of 160.00 dollars for almost the entire year not to mention people throw away enough plastic soda bottles to wrap around the earth 3 times it's called thinking green......

  • @apriltheghost2009 you could just drink tap water

  • @frankensteinhernbat I dont drink anything but tap and I use tap water to make soda with my soda stream

  • @apriltheghost2009 Or you can buy store brand pop. and thinking green is retarded

  • @wangster76 well with three kids and a husband and an elderly mother and pets to take care of house payment two car payments cell phones cable internet and heat water gas electric I try to save as much money as possible....maybe someday when you grow up you'll learn about that stuff

  • @apriltheghost2009 Who said you have to take care of your mother because rest homes exist for a reason, also you dont need pets, and you dont need 3 kids because condoms exist, also you dont need cable because TV is shit. So maybe you should rethink your financial plans.

  • @wangster76 Wow. You're just a financial advisor, aren't you? How much would you charge me if I decide I want terrible advice from a forever alone introvert?

  • @AquaticImp I would say about 150$ per appointment.

  • @wangster76 what the crap is wrong with you? your mother takes care of you, feed you, clean your shit, and when you grow up you want to throw her to someone else to take care of her? another fact, people actually need pets in their lives for the proven fact that it extends your life. you need to rethink your life before you become a grumpy old man with no kids to take you to the funeral house...oh wait, am i too late?

  • @apriltheghost2009 if 365 soda bottles wrap around the earth 3 times, i've been buying the wrong type of soda.

  • @InternetLad I did'nt say 365 soda bottles wrap around the earth I said people throw away enough plastic bottles to wrap around the earth three times

  • @apriltheghost2009 Oh get over it bro ! we're doomed either way.

  • @apriltheghost2009

    Soda bottles are 100% recyclable and you need to throw away those bottle's to.

    Also, all soda from this thing are really disguising and the top of the bottle's are worthless because the water just runs out direct when you hold it upside down. Also the machine feels extremely cheap and worthless while using it. Coming from a guy who's mom got one yesterday. I hope she doesnt stop buying real soda because this one is disguising.

  • @vbgenechten Um... your cap and/or bottle are busted.  Warranty. Are you carbonating properly ? Most folks don't. If the liquid leak is due to bottle damage - it won't carbonate properly - obviously.

    Go to sams/costco and buy some name brand (ie coke) soda syrup - adds up to about $1/6pk. Assuming it's properly carbonated... you have, say, Coke. Simple as that.

    PS: what is it disguising as ? An arcade game ? ;)

  • You didn't touch on the health benefits of the soda base. All of them are comparatively healthier then the 'original' soda they are mimicking. I did also want to point out that in our family, we will save the initial investment of the machine and bottles within a few months since we generally buy cans and not bottles. But good review other than that, I'd rate it at a 4 honestly :)

  • does it taste like fountain soda ?

    thanks

  • If your family drinks a lot of soda, you will recoup the initial cost of the machine in a few months. We are making soda for about 25-30 cents per liter with this machine. The taste is lighter than name brand sodas, more like a store brand soda which is what we mainly drink. They use no corn syrup in their soda flavors.

  • it's ok :/ but the soda is kinda flat and tastes vary generic

  • @hockeytofu101 You're probably not fully carbonating. It doesn't say "hit the button 3 times" it says "hit the button till you hear 3 loud buzzes" - alot of folks miss it - the instructions are crappy.

  • Sound expensive bro...

  • bet you could rig up some kind of no2 gas

  • this product is sooo not worth it after 3 bottles of flat soda i finally got it to produce seltzer .... it made less than a gallon of seltze/soda and the carbonator was empty .. soo much for environmentally friendly... youl'd have to exchange carbonators at least once a month

  • dos it taste like the real thing

  • This should really be in HD

  • @MrStevensonJack ur the pethetic twat ur 16 and also have a girlfriend to do it for you but you enjoy fucking urself coz u get more fun out fucking urself look if u aint go anthing better todo then go fuck ur girlfriend then

  • @MrStevensonJack go fuck yourself im sure you have more pleasure from that then calling a 14 year old and idiot you perv

  • @MrStevensonJack you put WOULD sell them dick and IF THEY DIDNT WORK DICKHEADA listen yh okay all do they same but the 25 pound one is for poor people or people on a budget right i get it but DONT call me an idiot again coz i aint understand

  • @MrStevensonJack you just put If they didnt work properly sodastream would sell them exactly my point

  • @MrStevensonJack and some of the models dont even work properally so yh if u wan the best go with th 59 pound one

  • @MrStevensonJack that the new ones aint outdated and acuattly no the others have new features like the fizz has a gas monitor and u can choose how fizzy you want it and so forth so no not all of em do the same thing

  • i like ice cream

  • @MrStevensonJack yes maybe but thats a really old model the new models are now in

  • the worst product i have ever bought... it does not work and their cudtomer service is lip service a piece of junk

  • "your drinks will never go flat with this product!"

  • @MrStevensonJack Yeah aha, we just noticed and bought one :D

  • Friends?

  • Son you must be trolling!!! 2 outta 5!!! u got your head on straight son??

  • SODA STREAM i