SodaStream Review and Giveaway!
Do you love Soda? or Pop? or Coke? Do you want to make it yourself?
Well whatever you call it where you’re from (we call it “Soda” in Nebraska), fans of all types of sweet carbonated beverages can now make them at home in a fun and enjoyable way. SodaStream Home Soda Maker. With it, you can make soda, of all different types without using any batteries, power, or wasting thousands upon thousands of plastic bottles.
The average American drinks 55 gallons of soda each year. If you don’t recycle the plastic bottles (and most don’t) you’re committing that bottle to a 700-year life in a landfill. 700 years! You think someone might want that landfill space at some point? Using the sodastream, the plastic bottles are reusable and manage to keep your soda carbonated well for up to a week.
How does this magical amazing product work? It’s very simple. The main device is essentially a CO2 container that forces the gas into the ready to use liter bottle. Simply press the top button until you hear 3 or 4 buzzes (meaning the pressure in the bottle is at the appropriate level). Then unscrew it and add one of many soda and flavored water concentrates. The best part about the Soda Stream is that the flavors taste very good. I tried diet ginger ale, cola, orange, energy (red bull type), and root beer. They all tasted great and the best part is that you can tailor the amount of sweetness that you want in your drink. Then just throw it in the fridge and use it like any other liter bottle. After you’re done, wash it out with soap and water and reuse.
The CO2 containers are legal, registered containers that you can exchange with SodaStream when you’re done. So there again, the by-products of this process are reused.
The actual machine itself has a list price of $79.95. You can buy a start up kit tailored to your tastes at their website, but assuming your main drink is pop and you buy all items (gas and concentrate) in bulk, your variable cost per liter is roughly $0.67. The cost of a 2-liter at the store is roughly $1.58 for a premium brand. It’s important to note that no matter how much you drink using the sodastream you’ll never recoup your initial investment.
But, that’s not what this is really about. Sodastream is about high quality, innovation, and the fun times had making your own pop. The initial side benefit of saving numerous plastic bottles is a wonderful added benefit. This product is not for everyone but is great for people who like to make their own stuff or impress friends.
Now to the Good Stuff, Would you like to win one of these Awesome Machines? Well get this you can enter to win:
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my husband would love this!!
i have never seen one would love to try out !!!!!
i want to win
This would make a great Christmas gift!
i want to try it cause i like soda and it sounds interesting
Soda is a huge hit around our house so I know we’d help save the planet by tossing our cans out anymore!
I would love to win a soda stream! Not only does it look fun to use, but has no high frutose corn syrup!! What a great healthy option versus regular soda! My family needs to start having healthier options and this would be a great way to kick it off! Thank you for the opportunity!!!
I would love to try a sodastream but would probably give it as a gift!
I’ve never tried soda stream before and it seems really cool. I would love to win so I can try this and save money on soda.
i want to win because i really want to try this thing out
I love soda and if I can save money by making my own, it will be a great advantage to my wallet. If I could win this, however, it will be so an added fun to the family 🙂
I think my boys would love to make cola with their daddy!
I want to win because we drink a huge amount of soda in this house. It would be nice to make our own, and maybe cut down on the cost a bit. Plus I just think it would be fun to make our own soda.
My family love soda.
I would LOVE to win this because I try really hard to live as green as possible and I love drinking soda! I also have kids and grandkids that like it too so it would certainly save money and plastic bottles and the landfills too!
My husband drinks alot of soda and this would come in handy and just like to see if it works.
I love pop! Maybe if I win this my husband will get off my back about spending money on pop!
Thanks for the chance to win. I have a website buddy I would give this to if I won it!
This would be a great Christmas present! 🙂 Awesome Giveaway!
I would like to try this because we spend a lot on soda, I think this would save
Ive been wanting one
Really want to win this because I am a soda fanatic and wou lve to make my own soda.
I love sodas, but they are always too sweet, or use cane sugar or an artificial sweetener that makes me sick. I love that this lets you tailor the sweetness level to your tastes, and that I would know for sure that I can drink the sweetener used in it.
My oldest son drinks a lot of soda. Think this would be a nice gift for his apartment.
I would love to win b/c I LOVE soda and would love to save money while still getting to drink it 😀
Oh my goodness, I have been dying to have one of these! I bought one for my Dad for his 70th birthday and he loves it! Blew my stash of cash on him since he is the best Dad a girl could ask for!
I would love to win this! How fun would it be to make your own soda!?
I have been seeing these everywhere on different blogs and would love to have one. We all love soda and this would be something for everyone.
My husband drinks alot of pop and it is expensive. It would be great to win and be able to save money.
We love soda and drink it daily and I think it would be so much fun to be able to make our very own!
Having a big family this would really help for us. The biggest pop/soda drinker is my husband but we all drink a lot and when people come over i will always have soda/pop for them to drink : ) Thank you for a great giveaway and blog : )
I so want one of these machines!!!! I drink lots of water everyday and am always looking for ways to make it interesting yet not soda/sugar. This would be perfect!
Used to have one of these years ago before I came to the States and loved it, would certainly love to have another, my husband drinks lots of soda, I love it as well but one of the things I used to love most when I had the OLD one was carbonated water.
ive been looking at these and love the idea of making soda
I want to win because I think this would be really fun for my kids!
I would like to win because this thing looks frickin AWESOME!!!
Would love to try it. I dislike drinking water, so the only way I will drink it is if it’s carbonated….Thanks for the give-away!
my husband is a seltzer-aholic and would love this!
I love soda and it would be cool to make it and show the kids how to make it. They would love it!
I would like to win this for my husband for Christmas! 🙂
I have been wanting one of these for a couple years now!!! Would love to try the energy drinks!
I want to win the Soda Stream because my family drinks a ton of soda and sparkling water – and I want a more eco friendly way to have drinks.
I would love to win because I love soda and think that this would be a great way to cut down on both cost and excess.
Ahh! I’ve been hearing about this for so long, and would LOVE to win one!! :o)
My hysband has been asking for one of these for years.
This would be the PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT for my daughter!!
This would be a great addition to my household with my family of 4 it would be so much easier than running 10 miles out of the way to stock up on soda because that is the closest store and help save on our recyclables to help my children learn the responsibility of helping to save our Earth and environment!!
I would love to win because it would be so much cheaper to make our own soda! Thanks for the chance. bekki1820cb at gmail dot com
I want one so bad for my daughter & I for our movie & game nights…So we can make ice cream floats
here at our house we all drink so much coke diet pepsi and it would be nice to make our own drinks that would be less bottles we would send to the landfill !!!
We go through a lot of soda
I want to win this for a Christmas present for myself 😉 to try all te different options
Ohh just thinking of how much $$$ we’d save on soda 🙂
Good Luck All!
I wanna win so I can know what goes into my soda and it be a little healthier for my family. plus I think we will have fun with it
My son would love to “help” use this when we are in the kitchen together.
We spend way too much money on soda!! This would help us out a ton.
I’d love to win one of these because we drink a lot of soda, and I think this might ease up on the trips to the store for a coke :p
I want to win because I have 4 kids who think soda grows on tree’s lol.
I think this looks like so much fun!! I would love this for several reasons : be fun to make with kids or family, save money because we buys so much pop in this house, and it just looks really cool!!!
About a year ago, I saw this machine being demonstrated at a store locally. I was in awe! It was the coolest thing I had seen in a long time! Couple that with the fact that my husband has COPD and he can only drink ginger ale or he gets very sick, this would be a huge addition to our household! This would save me a ton of money! Thanks for the opportunity, and good luck everyone!!
I want to win because this looks like lots of fun and I could save some chaching 🙂
To save money and always have it on hand
My kids would LOVE this! 🙂
I have 5 kids, and I don’t let them drink sodas. If I could make my own – in a healthier way – I wouldn’t mind so much. That, and it would give them a nice treat from water & milk. 🙂
The hubby has been bugging me for one of these for Christmas!!!
I love soda but I would love a healthier way…making it myself I can leave out the HFCS!
With our family of 5, this would really help cut down on our soda expense…my hubby is a sodaholic!!
This would be such a great thing to have at home! It would save on all the pop my husband drinks!
This would be fabulous. I would be able.to make what I like and what they like. I would know what is.in it and that would make me feel great!
To save money and cut back on the cans we buy to help save the earth.
Would love to make my families own sodas to cut back on sugars/carbs found in store bought sodas! We have talked about buying one in the past!
to give as a gift!!!! I’ve got just the perfect recipient.
I want to win because SodaStream seems to offer a healthier option to traditional soda!
I want to win becauuse I love drinking soda & making my own soda sounds exciting (:
This is amazing! I would love to try this out!
I would love to surprise my hubbs with this for Christmas!!!
Wow thank you so much for the chance!!! I wonder if it tastes good!!!
I would like to win the soda stream because I would like to save money on soda! A local news station recently reviewed the soda stream and it looked easy to use. My family would enjoy having this product.
I would love to win so I can save some money!! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Oh I hope I win this! 🙂
I bought one for my mom, and she loves hers! Now, after trying it out with her, I want one of my own.
Fun gift
I saw these at bed bath and byond and thought they looked cool.
I would love to win this! Great cool gift for my honey!!!
I would love to win this soda machine because it would make the most awesome conversation piece in the first place, and second of all, a bag of crushed Sonic ice would make the perfect combination for a long, hot summer! 🙂
I would love to have this! I drink alot of soda and this would be great!! Thanks so much for doing this 😀
I would love to be able to make homemade soda! and my husbands favorite Eggcreams… has nothing to do with eggs. just a 1/2 c chocolate syrup and 1 and 1/2 c seltzer or club soda.
I would love to win! Looks like it would be a lot of fun making soda with my girls 🙂
We drink SO much pop around here that this would save us hundreds of dollars a MONTH! I’ve been looking for one of these everywhere, but they’re all so expensive! Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to win this because my kids would enjoy making their own cokes. Thanks for the entry!
i think my family would really enjoy this!
My husband wants one soooo much and i would love to give it to him! He would love me soooo much lol!
iam a popdrinkerandihave been wanting one these for awhile now
I have seen these and would love to win one! Thank you so much for the entry…
This would be a great prize
I want to win because we do drink alot of soda and this would be great to help cut cost on buying it at the store.
I am a hard core soda drinker. would love to win this. would be more affordable it seems.
My kids have been begging for one of these… was thinking about xmas gift, but winning this would be an early xmas gift for my family.
You have the BEST giveaways. 😀 THANK YOU!!!!
I would love a soda stream
I would love to win the Soda Stream because I have read all the awesome reviews of it. I actually looked at it at a store just because of your reviews, and decided 100.00 is way out of my budget right now!
Thanks for this opportunity!
I want to win because my husband wont buy me one 🙁
As much soda as we drink in our house, this would save us a TON of money! 🙂
Would love to try this and make my own soda, that way I know what’s in it
Id like to win because it looks like it would be delicious!
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I want to make my own soda for my family.
i would love to win get 50th birthday present i will be 50 on 11/11/11 and all i drink is soda water
I would love to try this because it has to be cheaper than going to wakmart to buy it pop! anything that will save my family money Im in.. and ive always wanted to make my own 🙂 i bet its super yummy!
This would make a great ‘family’ gift for Christmas! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Making your own Soda would be FUN~! 🙂
I would love to win this because it would save us money and would let my son get involved with his drinks and learning about recycling and whatnot! It’d be great for my hubby too who drinks mt dew nonstop!
Would love to win my family loves soda
I have been wanting one of these for so long! But with baby #2 due in less than 5 weeks – we haven’t had any extra money for “luxury items”, so it would be great to get to treat myself to something by winning it!
I would love to win and make my own soda for my family and friends.
My whole family are pop drinkers and I think it would be fun to make your own soda pop. I’m a big fan of gadgets and this one I think will be awesome!
I would like to winthis as a Christmas gift for someone very special
this would make a great christmas gift for my sister
I drink alot of pop and it gets expensive, would love one of these to make my own and save some money1