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Is it cheaper to make your own soda?
Photography: Matthew Korfhage
Bouillon your own water is practical, it saves space, and it is by far the most environmentally friendly option, compared to the stack of sparkling bottles in your refrigerator. But it’s probably no less expensive. Apart from the initial cost of the machine, you will have to continue to reconstruct the CO2 Bandices. These can range from $ 20 to $ 30 for a 60-liter cartridge, depending on the brand, which adds up, so you do not necessarily save money. Note that “60 liters” refers to the theoretical quantity of soda that you would do with each cartridge. If you are a zealous carbonator who likes her sparkling, it may look more like 30 liters.
Some brands also have recycling programs where you send your empty cartridge and have it replaced by a full thing so as not to simply throw the metal cans. These recycling programs were included in my tests.
Carbonators are relatively simple technology. Generally, gadgets just need a CO2 Source and means of pumping gas in a certain water. But different manufacturers have different capacities to infuse carbon dioxide in water and keep it there.
For coherence in the evaluation of the best soda manufacturers, me and the contributing to Andrew Watman’s re -won have tested each manufacturer with filtered water made with the Zero water filterAnd maintained at a refrigerator temperature, testing the petile not only at the time of carbonation, but also after two hours and the next day to see how the bubbles kept. For manufacturers who could carbonate more than water, I tested wine, juice and soda. And for filtration manufacturers, I have of course tested with non -filtered water and used chemical indicators to save filtration complaints.
I have evaluated each soda water manufacturer to facilitate the use, quality of the bubbles, duration of carbonation in the container provided, ease of exchange of CO2 Simple incorporal cartridges and active active ingredients: Did I love my soda manufacturer? We will spend so much time together: it’s a shame not to love it.
Also tested
Photography: Andrew Watman
Breville Infitz Fusion for $ 250:: Like the Omnifizz Drinkmate, the Breville Infizz Fusion allows you to infuse a little regardless of the liquid you want with carbon dioxide. It also has a much more durable construction than our first omnifizz choice, and the contributing revivor Andrew Watman noted the beautiful haptics on the carbonation button and attractive molded metal colors. But he also found the “fusion cap” of the device a little difficult to use, requiring a little finagle each time to break the bottle in the machine and obtain the cap correctly. These little frustrations kept the device out of our best choices.
Photography: Chris Haslam
SMEG SODA MAKER for $ 200: There is a lot to love in this manufacturer of Soda Smeg. In a world of Utlitaire or Plasticky carbonators, SMEG is the only soda manufacturer who was not called “Aarke” that could be called plausibly sexy and mat with an imperceptibly integrated intelligent control in its elegant form. The reservant contributing to the United Kingdom, Chris Haslam, loved (8/10, recommend wire), but there are some problems. It is the only soda manufacturer that I tested that does not come with a cartridge to trigger you, SMEG does not manage a cartridge exchange system in the United States (you will have to use Sodastream), the instructions are exasperating and sparse, and the adjustment of the Tritan bottle at the machine is a bit of Jeanky. If you are a pro for sodas making and cartridge exchange, and you want one that looks prettier on your counter, it could be for you. But it’s a funny starting point.
Photography: Andrew Watman
Aarke Carbonator III for $ 229:: The metallic and thin aarke is elegant – maybe even sexy – the critic contributing Andrew Watman. This is perhaps a sufficient reason to love it and invite it to live on your counter, and unlike many, it is a system in one blow. But the bubbles are thinner and lower than the other participants, observed Watman, and you have to turn the machine backwards to screw the cartridge. Well if you like delicate bubbles, however.
Photography: Aarke
Aarke Carbonator Pro for $ 350: The “pro” is a model for upgrading Carbonator 3, but with beautiful glass bottles instead of plastic. All this is quite pretty, but comes with a little price increase.
Photography: Matthew Korfhage
Drinkmate Sprizzer for $ 80: The portable version of the Omnifizz Drinkmate, in shape a bit like a nail pistol, offers several of the same wonderful sparkling capacities as Omnifizz, but in a smaller and more portable set. So what can’t love? It’s a bit of a jankier. The infuser Fizz mechanism clumsily clings forward and back, with great difficulty, making you feel in danger of breaking the plastic. And at one point, the carbonation trigger remained stuck in the “on” position and the carbonation rocket in the empty air until I remove the CO2 Tank. It was a mistake that I could not reproduce, but it made me a little suspicious.
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