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Originally Posted by group911@aol.co
Bought an adapter years ago somewhere on the web to refill the Soda Stream bottles from a large CO2 bottle. Easy and since the growers started using a lot of CO2, the price of a large bottle is only $8 as compared to about $30 before they came along.
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Now THAT'S interesting new. The missus is interested in getting the CO2 cheaper to lower the price, but isn't interested in having the 6" wide 18" tall bottle on the counter. If I could have a tank in a closet or cabinet or something that can refill the 60L canisters, I think we'd have a winner.
The missus has been trying to get me to buy one of these for years. Back when she first mentioned it, they weren't as ubiquitous and what I found in online research was that if you ended up having to order the CO2, it could be expensive. If that's no longer an issue.
Much more expensive, and probably not something that we'll end up getting, but if your missus wants something more attractive laying around...
There's the Aarke which is, I think, a Swedish repackaging of a Sodastream that's mode from stainless steel.
And A kitchenaid version "powered by sodastream". This requires no electricity, but does have a built in pressure gauge.
Both have an MSRP of $199, so they are considerably more expensive than all of the sodastream versions including the electric automatic model.
There's also a Sodastream that's made for and sold exclusively by Williams Sonoma that's more attractive and uses the glass carafes that one of the other models use. It's also a lot more expensive than the regular models.
How hard is it to get a consistent level of carbonation?