SodaStream - Fizzi Sparkling Water Maker Kit - Black

The product itself is great! It replaces one I had for over 10 years. The attached pictures is what I received it from Best Buy. The audacity to send something like this to a customer. Don't know what is inside because I sent back immediately. Wouldn't keep it if it was free. Thinking about it, I should have purchased from another company but I exchanged. Absolutely amazed and angry. Shame on you Best Buy!!!!

I have been considering purchasing a SodaStream for a while now. I finally decided to buy it and I have been really glad that I did. Since my purchase, I have been making several carbonated drinks. I have used several Bubbly flavors from SodaStream. The SodaStream energy drink is good. The Strawberry Lemonade and Dr. Pete are good too.

I had original black unit that had 3 lights on front face. You held front face down until all 3 lights came on. This unit has no lights on the front just a round gray button on the top with instructions: " push down firmly hold 2 seconds and release repeat: 3X - light fizz, 5X - strong fizz continue for extra fizz". Not sure if this unit uses more CO2 than my old unit. This unit does not leak, my old unit always did when making sparkling water. Will see how long it will last before it starts leaking. This unit is cheaper than the other models that have lights on it. Maybe that is why you pay more but this unit makes my sparkling water and family loves it! The white color matches my kitchen walls nicely!

I bought this for my best friend for his birthday. He loves seltzer water and this is a much more eco friendly, minimally strenuous, and super convenient. He said the cartridge exchange is the only tedious part as you kinda have to plan ahead to ensure the location actually has a replacement and you have time to do it. Otherwise a great product. I have to knock off one star however because as a first time user, he had difficulty with the instructions to make it as they were too vague. He ended up watching several you tube videos instead.

I have been using this on a daily ever sense the day I got it very well recommended.

I love this machine the co2 cartridge last for 9 months until I had to get a new one. Which you can do a trade in an end, bath, and beyond for half off.

I’m not a fan of drinking carbonated water, there’s a taste to all of them, but my boyfriend is, so I purchased this as a gift. I figured I could make sparkling lemonade or a ginger drink with it, and have been doing so. The fizzy isn’t as strong when doing so, as some carbonated drinks, but overall we like it. We’ve used it about once daily for the last 30 days and we still have carbon left. Be forewarned, the best way to get a carbon refill is on line. Finding them in store seems to be a bit difficult. They limit refill purchases to 2, and are about $20/$25 each after shipping.

My SodaStream has generally been great, and it has allowed me to significantly decrease my can and plastic bottle consumption. The mechanism on this particular unit has been a little troublesome, but I have another SodaStream and haven't had any issues. One complaint, I was shipped a black unit instead of white like I ordered, but it was in the height of the early COVID crisis so I decided not to bother exchanging.