Drinkmate OmniFizz Sparkling Water and Soda Maker, Carbonates Any Drink Without Diluting It, CO2 Cylinder Not Included (Classic White)

This thing is dead simple and works great. It requires no power source and has a pretty small footprint. I have never been much of a seltzer drinker, but now I pretty much exclusively drink highly carbonated, unflavored water.Funny thing is, I bought this for my significant other. She is a seltzer addict, and likes this just fine. She enjoys the serious concentration of bubbles you get with this. I did not expect to get in on the action, but here I am.I really have no issues with this, after a year. It makes really fizzy water, and the water stays fizzy for hours in the bottle with the cap closed. It takes seconds to make. Two two-second pushes of the button and you are good.Do yourself a favor, and buy a CO2 tank (like this - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IE1DJ2I) and get it refilled at a place that does home brewing, or a commercial beverage supplier. Look around online and see what's in your area, before buying a tank, of course, but if there is anything around, do it. You will save a lot of money versus doing the exchange on the little cartridge that comes with it. If you decided to go this route, the only other thing you need is an adapter (like this - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP96GL76) to go between the cartridge and tank. Look for videos on YouTube. It might seem scary, but it's really no big deal, in my experience. The tank has already paid for itself, no question. I fill it for $20.Drinkmate will only let you send back at least two empty cartridges. This comes with one, which would mean you have to buy a second to send back and get a $20 "coupon" to use on buying more cartridges, which start at $60 for two (before "coupon") plus shipping and tax. It's not hard to figure out that buying your own tank is the way to go, if you can swing it.You should probably also buy more beverage bottles, unless you live alone or only one person will use it. Keep in mind they expire, so don't buy them just to buy. The expiration maybe seems dumb, but I do suppose that constant pressurizing takes a toll on the plastic.

The Omnifizz worked as advertised. Setup is a breeze provided you thoroughly read the instructions. Many reviews disparage the low carbonation achieved by home seltzer devices compared to store bought.If you are using room temperature water, your fluid will not be as carbonated as it will at a colder temperature. This is because the solubility of the carbon dioxide (CO2) in water increases as the temperature decreases. In other words, the colder your water, the more CO2 it can absorb.Also, using less than the maximum fill level will allow more CO2 to interact with your fluid, assuming you shake it gently before releasing the pressure in the bottle. The longer you wait before releasing the pressure, the more CO2 it can absorb.

The media could not be loaded. I try to avoid drinks with added sweeteners. My go-to substitute was seltzer water with a splash of pure juice, but I didn't like the waste stream from buying it in cans & bottles at retail, the inconvenience of running out at random or the joy of finding someone's flat, barely consumed container sitting forgotten on some lonely bookshelf.The concept of a SodaStream intrigued me, but I was put off by the lock-in to a proprietary, fairly expensive ecosystem.Several years ago I bought a CO2 cylinder as part of a DIY project that didn't quite work. So I gave in to reality & sipped grocery store seltzer water for years.And then I found a hose with a standard cylinder adapter on one end & a SodaStream-compatible connector on the other:https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08LP9PL3QI saw my opportunity & seized it, but after looking at the various SodaStream models, I decided to buy this DrinkMate instead, mainly because it can carbonate a range of liquids, not just water. (The SodaStream circulates liquid through the device; the DrinkMate injects CO2 directly into the liquid.)The DrinkMate has the same connector as the SodaStream, so the adapter hose fits perfectly.I dragged my CO2 cylinder out of the closet under the stairs, bought the DrinkMate & hose (plus a few extra bottles) & have churned out at least two liters of seltzer water a day since then.I love my setup! My CO2 cylinder costs about $30 to fill & is still going strong after three months. I keep two or three bottles of juices in my refrigerator & now enjoy laughably inexpensive, healthy seltzer water whenever I want.Carbonating a bottle of water takes less than a minute. I screw the carbonating cap onto a bottle of cold water, slide the capped bottle into place, press the button on top of the DrinkMate several times until I hear gas get released, remove the bottle, shake it gently for a few seconds to dissolve the CO2 & flip up the little pressure relief cap. Ten seconds later, the water is fizzing its heart out.I like the system so well that I bought a standard DrinkMate canister of CO2 so I can have unlimited fizzy water when I'm away from home.I've already gifted this setup to a family member who is even crazier about sparkling water than I am.This is the way to go, folks.

Had it for weeks, use it 3+times per day mainly carbonating water then adding a squirt of liquid drink mix from the drink mix isle. Lemonade, fruit punch, grape, orange and mixed berry are my favorites.I also occasionally use the typical soda syrups, and I know that if I use drink mix powders instead, to add powder very slowly to carbonated water or else it'll bubble over quickly.I managed to buy 10 full carbonation canisters for $4.05 each at a store that sells overstocks. What can I say, I'm a bargain hunter. Very simple learning curve to using the DrinkMaster.Drinking carbonated water is better for you so say some doctors on the internet. I'm not going back to the high sugar sodas at fast food places. My bottles of choice is reusing 1 litre sports drink bottles and I discovered that if I carbonate a liter of water before bed, it's still carbonated sufficiently in the morning to add my squirt of liquid drink mix and go.I recommend this product over the competition for its extra utility value of being able to carbonate other drinks than just water.