cantthinkofanything
01-20-2012, 03:10 PM
Got one for Christmas and thought I'd share my thoughts.
Pretty simple to use. It came with one CO2 tank and a mix of different flavors in small sample packs. For some reason, out of 12 packets, 8 of them were diet. The first one we tried was Dr. Pete. It tasted like shit. Something mildly Dr. Peppery about it but way to sweet. The next flavor we tried was Orange and it tasted like shit. Root Beer was below average. My daughter said the lemon/lime was OK. Anyway, my guess is that all the flavors will suck.
However, it does do a good job carbonating the water. It's easy to use and you can regulate how fizzy you want your drink to be. Instead of using the SodaStream flavors, we've been using Mio or squeezing a little friut juice into it. And personally, I like drinking plain soda water over ice.
We are still on our first cartridge of CO2. I wish I had kept track of how much water it's been able to carbonate but with the kids using it, it was impossible. When I get the next cartridge, I may try to keep better count to get an idea of what it costs to make a 12 oz soda. My guess is that using the Mio is much cheaper on a per oz. basis than buying their flavors. Not to mention it tastes better and is probably healthier (ignoring any cancer causing agents).
All in all, I think it'll probably save us in soda $ as well as provide a healthier alternative.
I give it thumbs up.
Pretty simple to use. It came with one CO2 tank and a mix of different flavors in small sample packs. For some reason, out of 12 packets, 8 of them were diet. The first one we tried was Dr. Pete. It tasted like shit. Something mildly Dr. Peppery about it but way to sweet. The next flavor we tried was Orange and it tasted like shit. Root Beer was below average. My daughter said the lemon/lime was OK. Anyway, my guess is that all the flavors will suck.
However, it does do a good job carbonating the water. It's easy to use and you can regulate how fizzy you want your drink to be. Instead of using the SodaStream flavors, we've been using Mio or squeezing a little friut juice into it. And personally, I like drinking plain soda water over ice.
We are still on our first cartridge of CO2. I wish I had kept track of how much water it's been able to carbonate but with the kids using it, it was impossible. When I get the next cartridge, I may try to keep better count to get an idea of what it costs to make a 12 oz soda. My guess is that using the Mio is much cheaper on a per oz. basis than buying their flavors. Not to mention it tastes better and is probably healthier (ignoring any cancer causing agents).
All in all, I think it'll probably save us in soda $ as well as provide a healthier alternative.
I give it thumbs up.