Sodastream - best invention ever!

Oh, do you work for the company?

Awesome =] I was looking at that the other day in Comet thinking I wonder how good that is =]

Thanks for sharing. I'll wait till the price drops a bit more first tho

For a kick, I also keep the actual soda flavors around too. Once in a while I will make up some Dr Petes (their Dr Pepper). Its made with real cane sugar, and is 50 calories for 8 ounces.

I have a Sodastream that has been largely ignored for over a year now, and I had a few flavors including the Dr Pete. And ALL of the ones I tried, including Dr Pete, are made with sucralose (Splenda) and the root beer and cola have Ace K... In addition to sucrose.

Dr Pete used to be called Pete's Choice.

For a kick, I also keep the actual soda flavors around too. Once in a while I will make up some Dr Petes (their Dr Pepper). Its made with real cane sugar, and is 50 calories for 8 ounces.

I have a Sodastream that has been largely ignored for over a year now, and I had a few flavors including the Dr Pete. And ALL of the ones I tried, including Dr Pete, are made with sucralose (Splenda) and Ace K... In addition to sucrose.

Ah yes you are correct,

I was referring to the Natural Sodas:

Ingredients
http://www.sodastreamusa.com/Assets/Naturally_Sweetened_Cola_Label.jpg

Real sugar, no sucralose.

However I stick mostly to the flavor essences

http://www.sodastreamusa.com/Assets/flavorlabel_myWaterBerry.jpg

All natural on that one, but its just super light flavoring.

You quoted my incorrect post, actually. There's no Ace K in my Pete mix.

But I haven't found these natural ones yet - though I am in Canada, not the USA. And like I said, I don't really drink this stuff anymore. I think just having it there and available made me stop drinking nearly as much soda as I used to.

I tried the Orange MyWater and it's disgusting.

We love ours too - used it last night to force-carbonate some infused lemon basil water - great!

I love ours too. "Santa" actually brought it for my son about three years ago. The only thing on his Christmas list was his own soda machine...uh, I had NO idea how I was going to pull that off! This was before SodaStream started being sold in a lot of stores. So, I did some research and ordered it from their website.

Our whole family LOVES it. The Diet Dr. Pete's is a favorite of all of ours, and the kids love the Rootbeer.
We've served the soda to visitors who didn't know the difference between it and the name brands...

Just recently one of the nearby hardware store started selling exchange CO2 cartridges. Before that we were ordering them online. I periodically check the website for exchange locations.

Agree 100%. Love mine. No more waste of having to buy bottles of carbonated water or soda and junk up the landfill. I use the syrups they make or buy SF Torani syrups and make Italian sodas.

hmm this makes me want to get one. I admit I am addicted to diet soda and I'd love to surprise my husband when he gets back from his deployment by breaking the habit bc it really worries him, as he knows how bad it is for me.

Oh, do you work for the company?

No lol, just sharing what helps me drink more water...you know, food an nutrition and all that lol

You've done really, really great. Keep it up if it works for you. I'm looking into one of these myself, but for now using MIO. I drink diet Dr. Pepper after I've had all my water for the day. I'm trying to have more than the minimum and it works for me for now.

Awesome =] I was looking at that the other day in Comet thinking I wonder how good that is =]

Thanks for sharing. I'll wait till the price drops a bit more first tho

The only thing that is hard for me, is to get Co2 refills I have to visit bed bath and beyond lol. That store does NOT make one feel manly hahah

oooh they have refills at BB&B?! I couldn't find them anywhere! Thanks for that tip!

I found this: http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/is-carbonation-bad-for-you.aspx
I don't know if it's a reputable site or not, or reputable author. But any Google search really can probably answer whether the carbonation is bad for you or not. Sounds like a good way to get more water though if you're not a fan of plain water.

I bought a 2L Coke Zero the other day and realized I really miss soda. I didn't drink ANYTHING else until the soda was gone. Bad idea. But maybe if I can carbonate water and just add a touch of flavor, I could completely eliminate soda.
*Dang it, edit for typo!

I used to drink Coke Zero like a fiend. I also have the SodaStream and drink nothing but carbonated water anymore!

The verdict is still out on carbonation, and so far there's been no conclusive proof of any danger associated with drinking carbonated drinks. Some studies have been done saying it's bad, and others say it's not. It's a difficult thing to eliminate other variables, so who knows if we'll ever know.

Soda may be bad for your teeth (specifically the acids in it), but carbonated water is not.

Heck, drinking a lot of carbonated water is better than not drinking water (or drinking very little).

My only complaint about the SodaStream is that the machine itself isn't that expensive, but the CO2 refills cost a LOT*. Plus I got mine at Costco, so I have a bigger canister that no one has replacements for (but they will gladly take my big canister in exchange for a smaller one). My only choice is to replace through the mail/UPS/FedEx with SodaStream, which is MEGA expensive and means I am sans CO2 cartridge unless I pay (through the nose) for a backup. What we did is bought a proper converter to use a regular CO2 tank. It wasn't cheap and takes up a lot of space (we are still figuring out the logistics of it in our kitchen), but the refills on the CO2 tank are dirt cheap, plus the tank is huge!

*As someone wrote elsewhere about it, the SodaStream is like a cell phone in that the phones are really cheap, but they hook you in by making you regularly pay a lot of money for phone service.