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I hope the result is to broaden distribution of SodaStream refill canisters, and lower the price due to economies of scale. I'm not holding my breath though.

I've never tried soda flavor packets, but I enjoy carbonating fruit-infused water (watermelon and strawberry are great) and white wine (for cheap but surprisingly good "champagne"). Just be sure not to fill the liquid all the way to the line when using anything other than water!

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Get an adapter and a full sized CO2 canister and be done with the refills!

I've wondered about this. How much is a full-sized CO2 canister, and is it "food-grade" or whatever is required? I realize it might seem silly to ask since it's supposed to just be carbon dioxide, but my understanding is that some canisters (like helium) are not very pure.

Homebrew supplies can hook you up with a 5L tank and necessary gear.

They are readily used in brewing for carbonating and serving tap beer. I think they're okay, but if you're worried you can buy a brand new canister and only refill with food grade CO2. You can see this for a bit of information

https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/43655/is-there-s...

Honestly, I would use my SodaStream machine if the cartridges were not so prohibitively expensive in the UK - £15 per refilled cartridge via Argos (being one one the few remaining places where cartridges can even be had).

Feels like Pepsi could revolutionize the carbonated water market in the UK/US by having machines installed in supermarkets to allow filtered bottled water on demand at better prices. Also, feel good and environment factor would be top given no CO2 emissions from trucking tap water around after fizzing it up!

I just posted another comment on this but you can get adapters that let you hook up full sized CO2 tanks. A big one will last you for a year even if you drink tons of soda water

I looked briefly into this but would appreciate a recommendation since that particular market seem very DIY'ish at moment.

Interesting geographic pricing discrimination. They're like £6 to swap in Sweden. I used to do it at my local supermarket. Maybe because there are compatible third-party gas canisters on the market they have to compete with e.g. https://www.xn--ob-eka.se/hushall/koksmaskiner/kolsyremaskin...

The competition is no doubt the driver of reasonable'ish price in Sweden. Honestly feels odd how Sodastream is almost certainly pricing themselves out of the market (I personally know of several families who have abandoned their machines due to cost which can hardly be in Sodastream's favour, unless they are committing a wilful "slow exit" from UK market)

Putting milk in it is a right of passage.

Isn't warranty void when using it for anything other than water?

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