Ilene was the winner of a Soda-Club Seltzer Water Soda Maker in a Thursday Giveaway. We've been thinking about this machine as the weather warms and fizzy drinks sound more appealing. Here is Ilene's review!
This unusual appliance looks like a space pod landed in my kitchen.
After unwrapping, it was a bit of a difficult assembly managing the various parts and booklets. There's a CD video demonstration, but I haven't viewed this as the booklet was sufficient.
Getting started was a bit tricky (installing the carbonation unit was the trickiest). After I assembled the carbonator, bottle, I tapped the top button demanding soda, but no fizzies. What was wrong? It takes a strong push, not a ladylike tap, to get it going, and once I learned how to do it right I got soda. Lots of it.
After I read the initial post here a few months back, I have been OBSESSED with getting a soda maker. I have told friends about it (met sometimes with blank stares, sometimes with enthusiasm), and I hinted like crazy to my girlfriend that I would love to get one for my birthday.
She eventually got the hint.
It came yesterday, and I found the setup to be pretty easy once I read the instructions (and convinced myself that I would not, in fact, make the cartridge explode if I inserted it wrong). It's neat to bubblify the water, and the bottles are very sturdy.
As a confirmed seltzer lover, I will use this every day, and I just love it.
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Bubblify! Word of the day...
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I have one and i love it. I love making just a little when i need it i keep lemon lime for kids tummyaches. I like the grape flavor and am going to see if "real" diet coke syrup works as well as the kind they make. I give this 2 big thumbs up.
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Looks like fun
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We bought one of these after considering how much money we spend on seltzer, and how much of an impact we were having on the environment because of all the plastic bottles we were using. Cost-wise, it's definitely worth the initial layout of cash... one carbonator makes 100 liters of seltzer. We drink at least 5 liters a week in our house, so one carbonator comes out to 4 months of seltzer!
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