Has anyone tried a SodaStream?

[quakerboy]

12. We tried out a few flavorings

with fizzy water, as a prelude to buying the machine.

I found that their flavors were not pleasant. We ended up throwing several away. I also noticed that with the pouring and stirring necessary to mix the flavoring in, carbonation was lost to a distressing level. Since I do not care for unflavored fizzyness, I decided I was better off without paying for another device to find room for in my tiny tiny kitchen.

Also, when I crunched numbers, it did not look like it would save me significant money, since I don't buy soda except when it drops under a buck anyway. Between their carbonation cylinders and the cost of flavorings, it came out more expensive than me buying bottles from a store

I was skeptical of the instructions for aftermarket alterations for commercial gas cylinders. With confirmation that there is a workable solution, that issue at least seems surmountable.

Now they remade it with a way to carbonate a flavored liquid, I would reconsider.