Gone are the days of me running back to the store because I forgot to buy soda. Now I get to make it! Aside from the stove, I think the SodaStream is the most used thing in our kitchen. If you have been thinking about getting one, I am letting you know that I totally recommend it and think that it is a smart investment. Especially if you and your family drink a lot of soda. We actually don’t buy a lot of soda because I hate the expense and the room that it takes to store it. The SodaStream makes it more affordable for us. It also takes up about 1/8 of the space all the soda would if we were to have the same amount of soda on hand as we have mixes for.
One thing my husband uses the SodaStream for is making energy drinks. Since he works graveyards, he sometimes has a hard time staying awake. Since we don’t drink coffee, there wasn’t much else he could do besides munch on snacks. I made a 1 liter bottle of the SodaStream energy drink and sent it to work with him. He just took a sip every now and then and he said he didn’t even feel tired at all throughout the whole night. On the drive home he didn’t even feel sleepy. It works great. The SodaStream saves us a ton on money there, because one little can of energy drink is like $2-$4, and you can buy a whole bottle of mix for only about $7-$9. These bottles make about 12 liters, making it so that you are only paying $0.67 for a liter of energy drink! You can’t beat that.
We make it about every other day, just a 1 liter bottle, to share between the five of us (since little baby girl is too small to drink it) and it works out for us each to have a glass. It’s perfect. I love having the Root Beer flavor on hand because we love Root Beer Floats, and we use the sprite one to make Floats with sherbet.
My whole family agrees that it tastes just as good as the soda you buy at the stores. I personally think it tastes better. I love that I can make fruit flavored ones. My favorite is definitely the cranberry-raspberry. YUM!!! It is so good! I love sparkling fruit-flavored water drinks, and this is the best one I have ever tasted. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that I can just take cold tap water, fill the bottle, add some carbonation and mix and have a drink!
Using the SodaStream is very easy.
The first thing you do is fill up the bottle to the line. It is very well-marked and easy to read.
Then you twist the bottle onto the SodaStream machine.
Once the bottle is attached, you push the button on top four times (fairly good pushes. not too long, but not to short or you won’t have enough carbonation).
After the water is carbonated, you untwist it and hold the bottle at an angle while you pour in a cupful of the desired flavor.
Put the lid on the bottle and turn upside down then back up a couple of times to mix it (DO NOT SHAKE!) and it’s done. It takes all of about 2 minutes to do this.
My kids love to watch me make it because of all the bubbles that go into the water. It’s really cool. The major benefits of us having this in our home are (1) It takes us less space, (2) Its is less expensive, and (3) we get to choose what flavor we want and make enough that we will drink it without having leftovers to worry about keeping cool or storing. It is also nice knowing that my using our SodaStream we are able to keep that many more bottles out of landfills or spend resources recycling the empty bottles.
I love my SodaStream! I love it so much, I asked SodaStream to give one to you! Thanks to SodaStream, one lucky Utah Coupon Deals reader is going to win a SodaStream Fountain Jet Soda Lover’s Start-Up Kit valued at $99.95!
This comes with:
Fountain Jet – winner’s choice of color (black/silver, red/silver or white)
1 carbonating bottle, reusable for up to 3 years
Reusable carbonator to fizz up to 60L of soda
Variety 6-pack of popular sample-size flavors
3 full-sized flavors of the winner’s choice
Giveaway will run from March 26, 2012 to April 8, 2012. Open to the US. Must be 18 or older to enter. Winner will be chosen on April 9, 2012 using random.org and emailed from utahcoupondeals at gmail dot com. Good Luck!
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I was give a SodaStream to do this review, but all opinions are 100% my own!
Soda Stream is an “active green” product
i learned that they have a diet energy mixture
had over 50 favors
Over 50(!) flavors and all natural!
I learned that they have some made with cane sugar!!! so awesome!
That you can make it in 30 seconds and there are iver 50 flavors
I learned the they are very eco-friendly. Less waste of plastic bottles. The bottles the syrup comes in are recyclable.
I learned there are over 50 Flavors!
I learned that you can make it in 30 seconds and no they have energy drinks and flavoured water 🙂
That you can make it in 30 seconds! That’s awesome!
I learned that they have a lot of flavors similar to what I can find at the supermarket. The difference is that I will save so much money using the soda stream!
I learned there are over 50 flavors
I learned there are over 50 flavors!
I learned it’s easy to use
It takes 30 seconds! 🙂
I learned that there is alot more flavors than I thought lol…..
Turn tap water into sparkling water in under 30 seconds, with no clean-up.
I learned that it’s a misconception that bottled water is better than tap water. I never NEVER knew!!!
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I learned where to buy it near me.
I learned that regular flavors contain no high-fructose corn syrup, and diet flavors are sweetened with Splenda® brand sweetener, not aspartame. kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
The regular sodas are half sugar, half Splenda. The diet sodas are all Splenda. Just wanted to clear that up. 😉
that it is not really as bad as soda to drink. and that i would totaly love one of these
They’re sweetened with cane sugar.
x Hilary
Only some of the flavors are sweetened with cane sugar. Others are half regular sugar & half Splenda.
I learned that the reusable bottles have an expiration date on them, due to the continual use of carbonation they only last three years.
I learned it only takes 30 seconds to make.
I learned they have all natural flavors – that would make me feel a little bit better about drinking pop haha
Awesome giveaway!
I learned this product can make a soda of Around 35 cal verses the 100+that pre made sodas have. Plus ther are amazing flavors. Green tea pomegranate peach, hmmmm!
Best of luck to all.
2 Important factors for me
Phthalates and PCBs: SodaStream does not use any materials in the production process that can produce phthalates or PCBs.
Bisphenol-A (BPA): SodaStream does not use polycarbonate materials, and therefore our products are free of this chemical compound.
I didn’t know that the flavors were made with Cane sugar.
I learned that you can save money and help the Earth with this product.
It only takes 30 seconds to make!!!!!!!
I learned that it tast good its not as exspive as I thought. its green I learned that they are sold in stores near me. I also learned that you dont pay for the new bottle of c02 just the gas this is somthing i was worried about
I learned that it has fewer calories than other pops.
I learned that it’s an Active Green product. 🙂
I learned that there are 50 different flavors.I would love to win one of these. Not only would it benefit me and my kids but my mother since she is on a heart healthy diet and can only have caffine free sodas.
THEY HAVE OVER 50 FLAVOR!!!!! SAVES A LOT OF TRASH ON MOTHER EARTH, LESS CALORIES THEN REGULAR SODA AND I WANT ONE:)
I learned that diet flavors are sweetened with Splenda.
I learned it uses pure cane sugar!
I learned that SodaStream is an “Active Green” product.
I learned that this will help save money as it costs about .25 per can this way.
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It is a guilt free soda in which there is less sugar to drink than Coke.
there are A LOT of flavors and it’s cheap to make!!
It has saved the world from 1.6 million bottles (and counting!)!
its cost only twenty five cents per can
Most flavors are made with artificial sweeteners, so they ar lower calorie
I learned there are 21 Diet Flavors! How cool is that?
I learned they have more than 50 flavors and it’s cheap!
there are tons of flavors!!
wow i been wanting this for while i like t hat you can do your own soda or water with out problme
and then i could use it on the camper when we go on trip do not have to buy the soda
desi the blonde at msn dot com
It’s just 25 cents per liter of sparkling water. That’s amazing!
I learned that they have over 50 flavors
I love that there are no bottles/cans to carry, store at home or throw away!
I learned that this is much more economical than I would have guessed!
its healthier than store bought soda
It costs about .25 cents per can of soda! Awesome!!!
THey have flavors for tea!!
I learned that the bottles are reusable.
1 bottle of flavor = 33 cans of soda
they have over 50 flavors
I learned there are over 50 flavors.
I learned that by using the Soda Stream you are helping the enviroment by not throwing more plastic bottles into the landfills. 80% of all plastic bottles don’t get recycled. 🙁
i learned that it has less calories, sodium and sugar then coke and pepsi
i didnt know they had flavors for tea!!
I can’t believe all the soda flavors they have! I can’t wait to have the energy!
I learned that you can make 60 or 130 liters of soda or sparkling water per carbonator.
I learned that it is all natural and there are over 50 flavors to choose from
I learned that you can make more than soda. You can make sparkling water, energy drinks, and teas.
wow I learned that more than 80% of bottles in the US do not get recycled and end up in landfills.
I found out they have it at Target and Jcpenney’s
I learned that it averages out to about 25c per can!
I learned that there are over 50 flavors
That there are a lot of different flavors!!
I learned that they have energy drinks
I learned that there are over 50 flavors
I learned about all the different flavors & all the different places I can get supplies 🙂
It is sold at a cool store – Bed, Bath and Beyond.
I learned that there are over 30 flavors available, and all are much lower in calories than the regular version sold by national brands. Thanks for the giveaway. I’d love, love, love to win a SodaStream.
From tap to sparkling in less than 30 🙂
That there is over 50 flavors
I learned that each makes about 12 liters of soda.
I learner they are available at bed bath and beyond, also that they even ha e diet soda.
I learned that more than 80% of bottles in the US do not get recycled and end up in landfills.
I found out that each bottle of sodamix makes about 12 liters of soda.
That there is over 50 flavors, and that tap water is turned into sparkling water in 30 seconds
The thing I love the most, is no more schlepping bottles of soda any more!! Thank you for the chance!!!
I love the idea that it is so convenient, cheaper than buying and saves waste of bottles. My son and his family definitely need one of these
they have all natural flavors
I learned that there are so many different flavors!
I love that a liter of sparkling water or soda costs about .25 that is pretty good savings not to mention all of the plastic that is not being used!
Each bottle of sodamix makes about 12 liters of soda
I learned they have a diet energy drink.
so many different flavors even energy drinks
so many flavors to choose from even energy drinks
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The regular brand contain less sugar, calories, carbohydrates and sodium than national drink brands
I learned that it averages out to about 25c per can thats awesome
I learned you can make sparkling waters as well as sodas. Thanks for the chance I would love one of these!
They have a lot of flavors.
they have a flavor similar to my favorite mountain dew!
you can buy the syrups at kohls and bed bath and beyond
That they have lots of flavors, reusable containers and have diet!!
I learned that bottled water is a waste of money!
I learned that it makes flavored sparkling water, too! 🙂
They have over 50 flavors.
I learned that it averages out to cost about $0.25 per can of soda.
that u save money
I learned that it averages out to about 25c per can!
I learned that the United States is the world’s largest consumer of bottled water, purchasing 37 billion bottles in 2005. wow!!
I really want one of these for my husband. He likes making his own soda and this is preferable to using yeast!
I learned that Sodastream is an “Active” green product!
I learnt that there is 50 flavors
I learned the cola flavoring is only 34 calories 🙂
THERE ARE OVER 50 FLAVORS
The bottles are reusable!
I learned that it’s more economical than buying regular soda.
I learned they can reuse the bottles
I learned that they have new, all-natural soda! 😀
I learned that this product is environmentally friendly
It is an “active green” product and helps reduce the co2 footprint everytime it is used.
I learned that they use cane sugar in their sugared drinks.
i didnt know that 1 container makes 50 refills
and the best of all the cola is only 35 calories vs coca cola that is 110 every 12oz
I learned that the bottles are reusable
I learned 10 stores by me sell this
They have the flavors cherry cola & cranberry rasberry
! Yum!
I learned that consumers are reducing their CO2 footprint every time they make soda or sparkling water at home instead of buying it from the store with Soda Stream.
want one really bad
All SodaStream regular sodamix uses a mixture of Splenda® and sugar.
Thanks! I learned it turns tap water into sparkling water in under 30 seconds!
Thanks for the chance to win!
One SodaStream carbonator makes 60 or 110 liters, equivalent to 170 or 310 aluminum cans! When empty, the carbonator is refilled and reused, ready to make more fizzy and tasty soda whenever you want it