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Just found these for $39 at the Reject Shop in Blacktown and thought they're pretty cheap when lowest price I could see online was about $69
Not sure I'd specific to this one store, about 13 left at this store
I opened the box and they have included a letter stating there is an extra canister in case the original is empty and two canisters
I just looked inside mine and there is an extra cannister. I tried to upload the photo but ozbargain is not letting it come up
Anyone know if this model can be modded to take the giant co2 bottle ?
I think they all can, the hose just fits into the connector where the canister screws into. So if it uses standard Sodastream co2 canisters then it should work fine.
If you're after a freedomOne hose then the cheapest I've found is here
https://www.kegland.com.au/freedomone-sodastream-adapter-hos…
And their 9kg co2 bottles are the cheapest too.
Are these worth it? The last time I priced things up, it cost more to make sodastream than to purchase cheap ready made softdrink - is that still the case?
We had one at home as kids (in the 80s) and I like the idea of them, but costing more and the additional effort puts me off.
What do you use them for?
With the likes of Aldi flogging soft drink for as low as $0.69 per 1.25L bottle, crunching the numbers for me personally I would be far better off buying individual bottles at that price compared to making the drinks myself. Add to that the price fluctuations of refills, parts and components for maintenance, effort in rigging the system to make non-Sodastream supplied gas tanks compatible, plus the effort in cleaning bottles, returning and buying gas tanks, buying soft drink concentrates, and there's a lot of 'unseen' expenses that are involved.
Sodastream might appease to those easily pleased/interested by the novelty of making your own soft drinks, to children or to Greens-voters that are paranoid about what they eat and drink, but for those who are genuinely satisfied with Sodastream for its intended use chances are they'd be much better off sourcing manufactured soft drinks for less than a dollar a bottle.
It might be better economy for you to buy Aldi's soft drinks but how much rubbish are you creating with your one litre bottles?
At the end of the day I'll go with whatever is the cheapest option for me.
@KaptnKaos: i got one with a freedomOne hoae adaptor & 2.6kg co2 bottle. So it worked out under 10c/lt for "sparkling water" which the missus used to buy for $1/lt and fill half our recycling bin with.
I'm now addicted to the stuff, bought a spare 6kg bottle now it works out closer to 5c/lt. But it can't sit in the kitchen, but the garage is fine as the spare bottles are there anyway.
IIRC It used to be that the sodastream would be cheaper for soda water but more expensive for flavoured soft drink (compared to buying). The economics improved slightly when they moved from nominal 40L gas cylinders to 60L at the same price, not sure how things stand today.
And don't forget you can always get a paintball canister convertor for about $20 and save a fortune on refills. Also use cordial instead of syrups.
You can even hookup a keg cylinder - the economics are good but completely front ended and things like space limitations and 10 year bottle checks come into play.
Always yellow models on discount
What were they thinking when they were sitting in product design meeting?
the savings for people like me being colour blind :)
Lucky we're building a walk-in pantry eventually. The wife has been clear that it will stay in there.
Recently purchased. Personally I like soda water, was easier than lugging 10 bottles home from Aldi weekly & much better on the environment !
Can you refill the c02 at BOC for cheaper? Or even get a massive tank at bulk prices
You can get a paintball-canister-to-sodastream convertor for about $20 and refill them at normal places. The Sodastream ones are apparently "tamper proof" so they don't easily refill.
I chatted with a local paintball place and they were adamant that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES would they fill a customer's cylinders
You buy your own cylinder and have that filled. Then use an adapter to connect to machine, fire extinguisher places and home brew shops fill them as well, depends on the shop. The money in this is in selling the refills not the machine. It’s like printers.
@Stewardo: Yeah the refills turn out to be 1/6th the cost per kg compared with Sodastream. It's the $200+ cost of the cylinder that's the killer. That's a lotta bubbles before you break even compared with Sodastream
Just a warning. Many of these units have flat (empty) CO2 canisters out of the box, and some have poor gas sealing. Check at home after purchase.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/373861?page=1#comment-5912…