You put the CO2 in this bad boy, you put the CO2 in the drink and bottoms up we save the planet! Why is big soda trying to ruin the planet??

    • macniel
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      331 month ago

      thats why my cartridges are aftermarket and not by “jews and arabs working in harmony” as sodastream on their product packaging suggests.

      • @SkyezOpen
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        71 month ago

        Ugh. Welp I already own two bottles (BB&B clearance), know where I can refill them instead of exchanging?

        • @EvilBit
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          81 month ago

          I’ve read about ballers who pop the top and drop the appropriate weight of dry ice in. There are tutorials out there but it’s scarier than I’m willing to take on.

          Don’t look at me though, I use Drinkmate.

          • @Sam_Bass
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            21 month ago

            Same. They even give you a return label to send them the empties for a 22% discount on refills

            • @voracitude
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              51 month ago

              Me too, but I got a sodamod for mine and refills are $5 at the local homebrew shop. Paintball places are cheap too, or some Dick’s Sporting Goods can do it.

        • macniel
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          41 month ago

          they wont be refilled, but perhaps there are stores with no name branded co2 cartridges?

          • @[email protected]
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            81 month ago

            There are offbrands like Indigo, but they can be refilled as well. Stores won’t do it, but you can buy a 5~10lbs tank from a beer supply store and fittings and adapters from eBay/Ali.

        • @voracitude
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          The stock ones can’t be refilled unfortunately. You need a special adapter and some modified airsoft tanks: https://www.sodamod.com/

          Our CO2 refills are $5 at the local homebrew shop now; worth it, IMO, but we drink a lot of carbonated water.

        • @Sam_Bass
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          Welding supply might do it. Call and ask

          • Rob T Firefly
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            41 month ago

            Provided you want to consider welding supplies to be food grade.

            • @Sam_Bass
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              21 month ago

              Yeah. The airgas I shop at has that for a premium over industrial

    • UnfortunateShort
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      101 month ago

      There are alternatives tho, no reason to support them

    • @Dasus
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      Idk about other countries but there’s like several generic supermarket alternatives to sodastream in all bigger shops here, and idk who the fuck would buy the overpriced sodastream brand co2 when most markets sell a generic brand bottle for half the price.

      So at least here it doesn’t have a majority of the market. Perhaps the largest share, but I don’t think the majority.