How does this actually work? What else is required to carbonate water?
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You need a keg connector that fits the soda bottle, a hose to a regulator, a regulator that brings the tank pressure down from 65 bar to 3 bar an finally a CO2 tank as used by brewing beer, welding, fish tanks, growing, or any process that requires an extra bit of CO2. The regulator is 'special' in that it has to fit a CO2 tank. (Each gas has its special fitting, e.g. an oxigen tank has a pin index fitting to prevent accidental swapping of gasses)
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This is a ball lock device that screws onto a standard threaded plastic bottle. You need a CO2 supply (tank and pressure regulator or other setup) and the appropriate connectors and hoses to attach to this and carbonate whatever liquid you put into it.
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This goes on a typical soda bottle. In order to add carbonation (CO2) you need the following:A tank filled with CO2. This is usually easily purchased locally from an industrial gas provider. For personal use a very small bottle is usually fine.. in the 5-10 pound range.A regulator that fits on the tank and takes the pressure down to 30-50psi. This is available online. This is also typically available at many of the above gas providers.A hose to go from the regulator with a connector that connects to this cap. This is typical hose used for soda fountains around the world. Also available online.The tank, regulator, and hose assembly is a very common set-up for soda fountains as well as home beer systems. This goes on a typical soda bottle. In order to add carbonation (CO2) you need the following:A tank filled with CO2. This is usually easily purchased locally from an industrial gas provider. For personal use a very small bottle is usually fine.. in the 5-10 pound range.A regulator that fits on the tank and takes the pressure down to 30-50psi. This is available online. This is also typically available at many of the above gas providers.A hose to go from the regulator with a connector that connects to this cap. This is typical hose used for soda fountains... » Read More This goes on a typical soda bottle. In order to add carbonation (CO2) you need the following:A tank filled with CO2. This is usually easily purchased locally from an industrial gas provider. For personal use a very small bottle is usually fine.. in the 5-10 pound range.A regulator that fits on the tank and takes the pressure down to 30-50psi. This is available online. This is also typically available at many of the above gas providers.A hose to go from the regulator with a connector that connects to this cap. This is typical hose used for soda fountains around the world. Also available online.The tank, regulator, and hose assembly is a very common set-up for soda fountains as well as home beer systems. « Show Less
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This goes on a typical soda bottle. In order to add carbonation (CO2) you need the following: A tank filled with CO2. This is usually easily purchased locally from an industrial gas provider. For personal use a very small bottle is usually fine.. in the 5-10 pound range. A regulator that fits on the tank and takes the pressure down to 30-50psi. This is available online. This is also typically available at many of the above gas providers. A hose to go from the regulator with a connector that connects to this cap. This is typical hose used for soda fountains around the world. Also available online. The tank, regulator, and hose assembly is a very common set-up for soda fountains as well as home beer systems.
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The carbonater is connected to a tube (I use a snap fitting available at local stores that deal with air hoses etc) which is than connected to a CO2 regulator which is connected to a C02 tank.You can get the tanks on line or various outlets that deal with beer taps or welding supplies. The carbonator is a screw cap that is screwed to the bottle of fluid that you want to carbonate. check u tube for carbonation etc. Open the the valve at the regulator adjust the pressure for the pressure you want and then snap fit the tube to the Carbonator and fill the bottle.
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Sorry to say I returned the unit and purchased something else. However most units can use tap water but the real issue is the component in the water minerals, calcium, lime etc. So u have to clean it every couple of days or the build up affects the operation
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If you use less water (say, half as much as normal), puncture the CO2 canister, then vigorously shake the bottle for ten seconds, finally let it stand for another ten seconds before depressurizing, you will get greater carbonation without risking damage to the product. That would be the equivalent of using twice as many CO2 canisters on a full bottle. Hope that helps!
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i just use soda stream flavors (you dont add the flavor(s) till after you carbonate the water).
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Because sodastream is a proprietary system you will have a hard time finding adapters for this tank. I suggest that you buy a regulator and setup a generic carbonation system and bypass the sodastream altogether. Do a google search for diy carbonation and there are some great instructions on how to do it.
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use purified water cheap enough at less then a dollar per gal, no buildup no powder all over everything standard tap water is so full of chemicals
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I have not made an attempt to do anything but water. I am very satisfied with flavoring the water as the instructions prescribed. The carbonation is excellent for adding whatever you prefer. You will probably have quite a mess with carbonating with juice.
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The instructions are completely lacking. mer's and T. M. Brendlinger's answers are correct. I was very confused about how much water to put in. I fill it to the top, then put the cylinder in and screw on the metal top. I'm still using cold water, straight from the refrigerator, into the chilled container and shaking it 25-30 times after releasing the C02 filter. Despite there being poor and lacking instructions I still think this is a great product and environmentally one of the most sound ways to enjoy fizzy water. I even transfer the fizzy water to another bottle with a cork stopper and then I always have 2 bottles of fizzy water in the frig ready to go. The instructions are completely lacking. mer's and T. M. Brendlinger's answers are correct. I was very confused about how much water to put in. I fill it to the top, then put the cylinder in and screw on the metal top. I'm still using cold water, straight from the refrigerator, into the chilled container and shaking it 25-30 times after releasing the C02 filter. Despite there being poor and lacking instructions I still think this is a great product and environmentally one of the most sound ways to enjoy fizzy water. I even transfer the fizzy water to another bottle with a cork stopper and... » Read More The instructions are completely lacking. mer's and T. M. Brendlinger's answers are correct. I was very confused about how much water to put in. I fill it to the top, then put the cylinder in and screw on the metal top. I'm still using cold water, straight from the refrigerator, into the chilled container and shaking it 25-30 times after releasing the C02 filter. Despite there being poor and lacking instructions I still think this is a great product and environmentally one of the most sound ways to enjoy fizzy water. I even transfer the fizzy water to another bottle with a cork stopper and then I always have 2 bottles of fizzy water in the frig ready to go. « Show Less
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Mine works fine, also. I only use distilled water because it is "highly recommended" in the manual.
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i use distilled water then run the water through a de-ionization process.... expedites the process and if you use a TDS meter during the process you can verify the "potency" of your CS and be uniform in its production.
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Tap water has worked just fine. Distilled water is not necessary at all. Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure. I haven't used my sodastream in over a year, greatly preferring my alternative set up. If I remember, there are two different sizes of sodastream canisters, the 60L and the 130L. While I cannot verify this, many users state that they do not get the advertized number of liters from the sodastream canisters. It might depend on how much you prefer to carbonate your water. I got my sodastream as a Christmas present in 2013; it came with a filled 130L canister. Unfortunately, no store in Tucson could refill the 130L despite Staples saying they could. After seeing the ridiculously expensive usage costs I immediately looked around for a better solution and found one many times less expensive to use, much more versatile, and one that uses a much cheaper, non-proprietary local CO2 canister (&lt;$20 for 5lbs of CO2 and a one time charge for the exchangeable canister.) The gift sodastream was purchased at Costco and could use either of the two proprietary canisters. If I remember correctly, sending the 130L to sodastream for refilling would cost in the vicinity of $50 including postage, and would require ecologically extravagant and wasteful shipping methods, and buying a spare canister was expensive even when not filled with CO2. Because the sodastream canisters are proprietary local CO2 venders cannot fill them; sodstream purposefully put an incompatible valve on their products. One of my hopes when I got the sodastream was that I would reduce my carbon footprint. The 5lb has carbonated over 200 liters and is still going despite the fact that I tend to use a lot of CO2 when I carbonate. The materials are all found locally, thereby reducing considerably my carbon footprint and I find that it is fun to experiment with carbonating things other than water. As you may know, using the sodastream on anything other than water will cause problems (exploding containers) and that even with water the recommended carbonation is not enough for many users, including me. Hope this helps and good luck. . .
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It doesn't take long because it is baking soda. Once you have your water balanced right once a week should work unless you're using the pool alot. If using alot then three times a week.
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The soda stream bottles do not work. They each have a proprietary system. These CO2 bottles can be refilled very inexpensively at Dicks Sporting goods. The Soda Stream can not. Big savings there. You can also buy additional bottles...when I purchased mine they were available at Amazon.
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It's actually in the manual , you need to keep the container full of water to prevent build up of minerals being left behind after the water evaporates
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Yes, you can add the Soda Stream flavors to the carbonated water. You can also carbonate wines and juices, which makes the SodaPlus superior to the other carbonation machines on the market.
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I could not get it to work. I returned it to Amazon. I use oxygen absorbers instead. Put one , 100 cc absorber in each quart jar and you will hear the pop. I learned this on dehydrate2store.com. I like this method a lot.