SodaStream Aqua Fizz Sparkling Water Maker Bundle (Black), with Co2, Glass Carafes, & bubly drops Flavors

I was looking for something to break me from the bad carbonated drink habit I had. I can't speak for how healthy sparkling water is, but I do know it's better than soda. I really like to do just plain ice cold water with a hint of squeezed lemon or lime. Very satisfying when you're wore out from work or the gym.

When I first found out about these I realized flavored water is so cheap that it doesn’t save any money and it’s actually more work because you have to mail out the tanks to get replacements. First thoughts, Why bother?Here are 3 reasons why you should own this.1) reduce waste and your carbon footprint.2) reduce your exposure to harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals3) make your own mineral waters and save a ton of money1) flavored water sold in stores is made from polluted municipal water sources. They’re packed in cans and shipped many miles to local stores. Water is heavy and uses a lot of fuel to ship. I live in California where Nestle buys a lot of our water for their bottled products - and we are in a severe drought. I knowingly can’t support their business or any canned or bottled water company buying someone else’s municipal water supply.2) cans are lined with BPA which really is bad for our bodies and especially our reproductive systems. For women, these fake estrogens can increase problems with painful or missed cycles and contribute to weight gain. For men, these chemicals can increase weight gain, contribute to manboobs, and completely destroy androgen (testosterone, DHEA, etc) levels. For children? You can’t imagine how bad higher levels of exposure to these chemicals are for developing minds and bodies. Read Countdown by Shanna Swan or watch her interview with Joe Rogan. Physical deformities for boys that mean they will never have the ability to produce enough testosterone, early puberty for girls, and much worse. These chemicals come from many sources in our environment and while we can’t completely prevent exposure we can reduce exposure by staying away from unclean cosmetics (anything scented with perfume is suspect) microwaved plastics and the big one, CANS. This is alone made the purchase worth it to me.3) I drink RO water. It’s about as close to distilled as I can get without a big bulky machine. It’s pretty much devoid of minerals. When you drink mineral water, the minerals are dissolved in the water by the carbonation process which makes them easier to absorb than in food or pills. Our foods have about half the mineral content they had 50 years ago, Google soil depletion and you’ll see this isn’t made up. A bottle of Gerolsteiner (German bubble water) is $2.19 on sale and I could easily consume 2 per day. If you try to obtain electrolytes through supplements like LMNT or Liquid IV, you’ll pay about $1.50 per serving. Fortunately some hard working individuals have figured out how to make your own duplicate mineral waters with a sprinkle of common minerals you can buy a few pounds of for $15 here on amazon. You can easily find recipes for your favorite mineral waters or try making your own. A few pennies worth of minerals and co2 saves me dollars a da and helps me get added nutrients I’m not currently getting. If you have 3 people in your household that’s $6.57 a day if you all had one liter of mineral water or $2398 a year. You’ll easily recoup the cost of this machine, co2 and flavoring.

My wife loves here and the tanks last along time.

Haven't drank soda since childhood, this was a treat. I bought the Portland root beer syrup and was pleasantly surprised to have been reintroduced to the taste of soda. I like the fact that I am in control of the ingredients. How much is up to you. I'd like to try cream soda, but couldn't find the syrup on Amazon. I really like the Portland brand of soda syrup. The ingredients in the root beer syrup are: water, sarsaparilla root, star anise, clove, allspice, cane sugar, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla. Sure it's a lot of sugar but I don't eat a lot of sugary foods, soda is going to be a sometime treat. What I will be doing is experimenting with fruits and herbs to make my own flavors.

I have had the Aqua Fizz for 1 year and four months. It’s great for making club soda or flavored sodas! I was concerned about how the bottles would hold up. That concern was validated today. I prepared a bottle of club soda and while putting the machine away, heard the bottle start to hiss. When I undid the cap, I saw what is shown in my attached picture. I would chalk this up to wear and tear if it weren’t for the fact that I observed the exact same thing on another bottle yesterday. Two failures that close together seems less than coincidental. The bottles are not cheap and unfortunately unrepairable.