Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: SodaStreamBrand: SodaStream
Model: 1012112014
Color: Black/Silver
Product features:
- Enjoy freshly made, great tasting sparkling water/seltzer in less than 30 seconds with no mess
- Starter kit includes SodaStream Jet soda maker in black/silver, one carbonator (good for making up to 60L of soda), and one BPA-free plastic bottle
- Requires no electricity or batteries--great for using in RVs and boats
- Reusable carbonating bottles last for three years with hermetically sealed caps to keep drinks fresh and fizzy
- This item is not for sale in Catalina Island
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit
Customer Review: Totally satisfied with the machine-learn from me.
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife drinks several liters of seltzer a day. We buy the kind with all natural flavoring. You can imagine how many bottles we buy a week and have to carry out to the car and then into the house. Once they are empty I found myself filling a 40-gallon recycling bin with the bottles, every week! I searched Amazon knowing that there would be a soda maker for sale. The Sodastream brand had the best reviews. I also saw the machine for sale in a high-end shop in Roanoke, VA. When I returned home I immediately ordered a basic kit that included two seltzer bottles and the filling machine. I was not interested in their artificial flavorings. The machine is fairly well built but it is not commercial grade. You have to use common sense and handle it like it is made of plastic...which it is. The kit comes with two plastic bottles and a charged cylinder of CO2 gas. The bottles get filled with water and then screw into the filling machine. The bottles are made of sturdy plastic with a sealed cap to help retain the gas once you charge the bottle. The threads are custom-made for the machine. You can't use your regular soda bottles on the Sodastream. The CO2 cylinder is also fitted with a custom thread pattern exclusive to the Sodastream device. Here is where you should pay careful attention!
It works best to chill the bottles of water before you charge them with gas. Sometimes I even put them in the freezer for 30 min before charging. Cold water will hold more gas and you'll get a better seltzer. To charge the bottle just screw it into the machine and hold the charge button down. You'll see the bubbles rise in the bottle. The machine has a pressure system that buzzes when you have put enough in the bottle. Some people jump when the buzz sounds but you get used to it. I usually charge twice to get a full fizz. Once charged remove the bottle and put the cap on. At this point the seltzer is unflavored. Mix it into a glass of juice or whatever you want. I choose to refill the store-bought seltzer bottles. I use a funnel and SLOWLY pour in the seltzer so as NOT to drive off the fizz through agitation. Like pouring beer I guess. I then add natural fruit flavorings that can be found on Amazon. Right now I an using a concentrated raspberry juice and a powdered lemon-lime flavoring. I put these flavored bottles in the fridge and then refill the charging bottles because my wife will chug down the two I just made in no time! The machine works flawlessly. But wait. There is more.
Let me teach you about CO2 and refills. Many people ask about self-refilling of the gas cylinder. For most just follow the instructions for getting a refill through the mail or locally through a Sodrastream dealer. I, however, purchased a kit that allows me to refill my own Sodastream cylinders at home. Is this for you? Probably not if you have to ask. To do it I replaced the custom brass threads on the cylinder with a brass adapter that came with the self-fill kit.This removes the Sodrastream "anti-fill" booby trap. The tricky Sodastream booby trap just makes it slow to charge at home. This lit also allows me to screw the Sodastream bottle directly to a 10 or 20 pound bulk CO2 tank. I have these bottles already for paintball refills and also portable tire refilling. Simply attach the Sodastream cylinder to the larger cylinder. Then, turn the larger tank UPSIDE Down so LIQUID CO2 flows into the Sodastream cylinder. When I hear the "hiss" of the flow stop I flip the tank back over, close the vale, unscrew the Sodastream cylinder and I am good to go. If you don't understand what I am describing you probably don't want to get this involved with self-recharging. You can't over-fill the Sodastream cylinder with these little 10 and 20 pound gas cylinders. You don't need to weight them to see how much they are filled. And don't ever believe there is such a thing as human grade carbon dioxide. I work in a lab and have been working with gasses for over 20 years. In the old days people worried about cross-contamination because some gas cylinders were filled with a variety of gasses. Today that just won't happen. If you own the refill tank and always get it refilled it with carbon dioxide at the beer distributor or welding shop, it will always have CO2 in it. Obviously. Plus the valves on CO2 tanks pretty much exclude you from accidentally filling it with Saran gas or something like that. It costs me around $12.00 to get my refill tank charged. I can fill a LOT of Sodastream tanks with my refill tank. And I can do it whenever I want. But again,if you don't know how to handle gas, just go with the Sodastream system of refilling.
In conclusion I love the Sodastream system. I have used it for a number of months and have had NO problems. Go for it and you will not be disappointed.
Description of Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit
Now soda and seltzer lovers can enjoy a bevy of fizzy flavors at home while reducing their environmental impact. SodaStream, the world leader in make-your-own soda has introduced The Jet. This soda maker carbonates water in a BPA-free, reusable one-liter bottle in less than 30 seconds, without electricity or batteries, and with no clean-up. After loading the carbonator into the soda-maker, fill the bottle with regular tap or filtered water and place it in the soda maker. Just pump the button a few times to add the fizz and in seconds you will have a liter of fresh, tasty soda or sparkling water in a resealable bottle that stores compactly in your fridge. Each carbonator bottle has enough CO2 to carbonate up to 60 liters. Hermetically-sealed caps keep drinks fresh and fizzy much longer than store-bought bottles. With over 25 regular, diet, and caffeine free flavors of syrup (sold separately), there will be a flavor for everyone. With a SodaStream home soda maker, you?ll enjoy freshly made, great tasting seltzer and soda in just seconds and you?ll be helping our environment by drastically reducing waste from store-bought cans and bottles. With no batteries or electricity, you can use your soda maker in your kitchen, outdoors on your patio or deck, or on your boat or R.V. Simple sleek and easy to use, you?ll transform ordinary water into the freshest and best-tasting seltzer and soda anytime. The Jet starter kit includes: Soda Maker; 1 60L CO2 cylinder; and plastic carbonating bottle. When CO2 carbonator is empty please visit Sodastream.com to set up a cylinder exchange or view the closest cylinder exchange dealer.Bar Tools & Glasses
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