Gaia Sparkling Water Maker Kit, Black

Can't believe I haven't reviewed this already. I got it with points from a credit card company just because I wanted to try it. It took me a few times to get it right because I didn't read the instructions, but it does come with them. Hubby finally taught me how, as did trial and error. Make sure the bottle is sealed when you turn it counter clockwise to attach to the machine before hitting the "fizz" carbonation button or it will spray/overflow. Now I wait till I hear the click and it won't turn anymore. The bottle gives you the info right on it for how high to fill with water (28 oz) and how much syrup to add. It carbonates well, but don't hold the button too long! We have been experimenting with less sparkle for various add-ins, and are now making fizzy water as well as soda drinks. The machine is versatile like that. You can do your drinks the way you like them, so I feel like we're saving a ton of money when you consider the sparkling water in the store is over $1 per. I can add any flavors I like. We've done Cherry Pepsi, and citrus orange, but yesterday I made lime and it was awesome too. Doesn't take long to make stuff, there's just a bit of noise and it's not intolerable. I like that the machine is letting you know it's working. It's smaller than our espresso maker, so pretty slender, and since it doesn't need a cord/electricity, you can put it anywhere, not just on the coffee station. I feel like it's a great value for the money, not just because I got it with points, but because it's been weeks now and I haven't had to buy any soda. AMAZING product for the price. There are only 2 of us here, and we make one or two bottles a day, and it's not run out yet. Not sure how it will be to replace the carbonation bottle, but wish I had a second fill bottle, so we could keep both soda flavor and sparkling water on hand at all times. A++ love it. Neutral color tones. Easy to keep clean.

If you don’t do this, you will have a mess and Water will be all over. I guess that is the chief complaint about this device. But you gotta be smarter than the device and actually turn it to where it is sealed before turning it on. one complain on this is that when you go to put pelletized dry ice in the bottle it has a slow leak. I guess that’s how they get you to buy more of them. You gotta love how people just spend more money on their products. I like this device, but I wish that it would take the blue canister instead of the pink one, the pink canister is designed to leak, causing you to buy another canister at $37 I don’t know about you but I go through a canister every two weeks. They should make restaurant ones for households just thought I know not many people would buy it, but I would depending on the fact if it might be

I bought this one for my workplace. Just your average sodastream unit. Works well enough. Hard to mess up such a simple device, just make sure the bottle is screwed in all the way.

Some re-Tard decided to change the old design from about 3 years ago to the following… 1. New bottles don’t fit old design so you have to spend about 2 hours with poor customer service to figure out if a refund or an exchange is possible. 2. Try to return new bottles or get a refund for old design. 3. Buy a new design 4. New design is 1 plastic bottle instead of 2 glass ones before 5. Have to carefully screw in the new plastic one so it doesn’t leak all over and it hovers about 3 inches from a solid base. And wow! Magic it sure fits the name Gaia. This is so much better than the design before where you just put a glass bottle in a metal shaker thing, push a button on top, which makes the gas drop straight into the bottle and boom! A whole bottle with gas and very little spill. Now tell me, which design is smarter? The one from 3 years ago to this fancy “Gaia” screw up top, which may or may not leak based on how neatly this plastic thing is screwed on? Who the F thought this was a good idea should get fired because it’s completely stupid.

I love the Sodastream Gaia. ✅ No cables ✅ Cannister of CO2 included (refillable) ✅ Fizzes water perfectly ✅ Has made me not buy Coke or other carbonated drinks ✅ Impresses guests, you can make them a cocktail or a mocktail by using some carbonated water and other mixes and/or alcohol of your choice ❌Cons: The Sodastream is great, no complaints so far. ❌ The Pepsi and 7Up favors are made in Israel and I do not support the country for political reasons against human rights in Gaza, so please check before you buy stuff.

i like my soda stream except for one thing. the water doesn't stay carbonated for mare than a few hours. drink goes flat in just a few hours and i cant recarbonate it because it has the flavoring in it and it can reach the nozzle. i even use the special bottles made for soda stream and they dont hold the carbonation. that is the only reason i changed my star rating from 5 to 4

Le doy 5 estrellas porque cumple perfectamente con lo que promete. La máquina tiene un diseño sobrio, compacto y limpio en color negro que no ocupa mucho espacio en la encimera. Lo que más me ha gustado es el sistema de inserción del cilindro de gas (Quick Connect), que es sumamente cómodo en comparación con los modelos antiguos de rosca. La gasificación es rápida y puedes controlar la cantidad de burbujas según las pulsaciones que le des; con 3 o 4 presiones cortas se consigue un agua con gas excelente y con un nivel de burbuja perfecto. La botella que incluye es resistente y el hecho de no tener que depender de electricidad para usarla es un gran punto a favor. Es una inversión totalmente recomendada si consumes agua con gas con frecuencia, ya que ahorras dinero y reduces drásticamente el uso de plástico de un solo uso. Muy satisfecho con la compra.

Love love love this! Too bad the canister only lasted me a 13 days, but I called soda stream and they are sending me another for free bc they said it wasn’t properly filled and should’ve lasted longer closer to 3-4 weeks on avg. so can’t wait to get more canisters. I had ai do some calculations to determine if buying pelligrino was more cost effective or if I was saving money with this. Ai determined I was saving like 200-400 a month with this machine and that machine paid for itself the first week. Yes you can make water taste like pelligrino I add a dried lemon slice and it’s the best thing ever!

Excelente sin quejas espero me dure el tanque lo suficiente

Works well.

I was tired of going to the dollar store four times a week for soda water, but I have precious little counter space for a big Soda Stream. Thankfully, this one is the narrowest one they sell, and fits between the microwave and the fridge. Easy peasy.

What an utterly and completely idiotic design. Before, the cannister screwed in, and the soda bottle was quick release. Now, the soda bottle screws in and the cannister quick releases??? Why? Why? Why? What absolute brick thought that up? You change the cannister maybe once a month, what the hell is the point of that being quick release? Every time you use the bottle it's wet, either from filling it up or from the condensation of the cold water, so you're fumbling with it trying to get it to screw and unscrew and it's a complete pain in the ass. And every single model is now like that!! What the hell for! Just to force us all to buy the new cannisters? Is that literally it? After one of the cheap crappy plastic pieces this thing is made of breaks I'm never buying a sodastream again. I'd rather go back to lugging home cases of club soda.

J'aime beaucoup mon sodastream merci amazon