Soda Club



I used to drink large quantities of sugar or artificially sweetened soda. Lately I've switched to drinking primarily sparkling water with some soda thrown in for interest. But I'm always running out of sparkling water, and the local convenience stores don't carry it. I'm always pestering Daisycat to pick up more "fizzwattah" when she stops at the grocery store.

So this product caught my eye and quickly gained her approval for purchase. It arrived yesterday and I set it up today. It works like a charm, and makes the fizziest sparkling water I've ever drunk! But it is fully controllable how much fizz the final product has.

In addition to sparkling water there is a wide variety of soda flavors that can be added to the bottle after the sparkling water is produced. The kit came with an array of samples which I haven't tried yet.

In addition to the convenience factor, the cost of producing sparkling water on demand is about *half* of what it costs to buy it in two liter bottles of store-brand, if the machine and the bottles are considered a sunk cost. The only cost for ongoing use is the CO2 in bottles that are exchanged for new fresh ones via UPS. With the shipping cost added in it costs about 20 cents a liter. And the machine itself isn't outrageously priced either. I got the expanded starter kit which included the machine, three carbonator bottles of CO2, four one liter drink bottles, and a sample pack of soda flavors for about $160. That's enough to make 330 liters of sparkling water at an initial cost of just under 50 cents a liter. *Still* competitive with store bought!

I already make my own reverse osmosis filtered water under the sink, and I have that water supply hooked up to the chilled water dispenser on my fridge. So the process is a snap. Fill the bottle with water from the fridge, insert in the carbonator, **spooge** the CO2 in, and enjoy!

I think we'll be loving this!

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