What does water taste like? Does it taste plastic-y?
639503
Never had an issue with it tasting like anything other than what I put in it. I have used it for water and Crystal Lite...
639504
Nope, tastes just fine. I am sure if you left it in there for several days at a time it might? But I never did so I am not sure about that.
639505
Mine did. It was gross. I couldn't use it. I had even tried washing it numerous times beforehand.
639506
No. If you get a weird taste, wash it out with vinegar and baking soda. Water taste fine, after this. I use a lot of Platypus bottles.
135404
No there is no weird metal or plastic smell or taste. I purchased it for my tea addicts and critics at work and we all love it. It boils the water to almost perfection according to what tea we are brewing. I really recommend it.
2282761
Yes, it does have plastic in contact with the water (not much, but some), plus the lid and spout filter parts. It's still enough plastic that I can taste and smell the chemicals which leech into the water. Disappointing, because I bought this kettle thinking it might be better than some of the others. As far as I can tell, there isn't a single plastic-free electric kettle on the market (in the US) right now.
1134920
Any answer would be sort of subjective because one person might be more sensitive to that plastic taste than another person, but I personally have never tasted any kind of plastic taste in the water when heated. There are instructions in the package on heating a potfull of water and dumping it before using any. That may be the reason.
837979
I don't think it tastes. I add it to water with crystal light and I cannot taste it.
548694
I would say its plastic or silicone, its a bendable straw which is nice because I put ice in mine and with a hard straw on the older models it was sometimes hard to screw the lid on if the ice froze together. I don't notice a strange taste.
303052
In my experience with it, not bad at all. The water goes through the filter anyway so it tastes fresh. The more it use it the more the filter will wear away though so make sure you keep up with changing the filter as necessary.
548690
The straw is plastic and in my experience didn't effect flavor. I don't have this bottle anymore though because the thread ring at the top cracked after several months and it leaked.
659055
I selected this model because it came with a glass bottle. My daughter has the penguin model which also has glass. My preference is always glass, so I'm not sure what the Sodastream in plastic bottles taste like.
1188029
The water taste clean and light. What I don't taste is chlorine. The water in my neighborhood is so bad there were many times it was brown with the smell and taste of chloride and fluoride. I don't taste, smell or see anything in my water now.
1318955
no not at all it's extremely clean and tastes far better than plastic. It just tastes, to me, like it does out of a glass.
562519
Good question. If you were to think, the interior of the plastic might affect the taste of water, it probably isn't the case. I just find water tasting how it is supposed to be.
1872169
I've had the unit for a while now--the plastic smell has gone away with use. We run it pretty much all the time--in the meantime, we would put the water through a Brita system to get rid of the smell/plastic taste. The reason why the glass bottle doesn't work is for some reason, I think the reservoir is what's also contributing to the smell. I tried the same thing and it still smelled and tasted like plastic...give it a few weeks of running it.
166262
No, it does not. It taste like grass, which doesn't bother me and I can drink just mixed in water. My friend has to mix it with some fruit to cut the grassy taste and make it sweet.
86307
i have been using mine for about 6 weeks. i only use gatorade made from home in it but have not noticed any plastic taste at all. it seems to be holding up to work well and is easy to run through the dishwasher.
1246877
It does have a slight taste, but nothing unpleasant. It's like Leslie said, when you walk on the beach... :D
1193747
There is no plastic taste now. However the machine stopped working after 3 months. The carafe lid was poorly made and held water inside. I would not buy this appliance knowing what I now know about it.