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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Madame Cholet on June 20, 2012, 19:49

Title: are soda streems cost effective
Post by: Madame Cholet on June 20, 2012, 19:49

for making fizzy water. any one worked out the cost per litre how much do you have to drink until it pays for itself

Title: Re: are soda streems cost effective
Post by: cheshirecheese on June 21, 2012, 08:40

Now that the main supermarkets all do their basics/economy fizzy water for 17p per two litre bottle, I'm not sure a sodastream could compete.  The only benefit I could see is if you don't use a 2 litre bottle up quickly enough for it not to loose its fizz towards the end - obviously the sodastream bottles are much smaller so you can just make up the amount you want.  However, the way we go through fizzy water in this house, that's not a problem I have to contend with!!   ;)

Title: Re: are soda streems cost effective
Post by: Madame Cholet on June 21, 2012, 23:02

oh pays 99p for 4 ltrs at coop.

Title: Re: are soda streems cost effective
Post by: cheshirecheese on June 24, 2012, 08:04

Not sure in that case!  I usually get mine from Sainsbury's, Tesco or Asda - they all sell it for 17p  :)

Title: Re: are soda streems cost effective
Post by: arugula on June 24, 2012, 08:12

I think, it depends on how much you have to pay for the gas cylinders and how long they last. We got hold of an old-fashioned soda syphon a while back, the kind your parents used to have ;) and apart from the gas cylinders becoming increasingly difficult to source, the cost of them was becoming prohibitive.

We go through a lot too and I buy it in 6 packs of 500 ml, currently about £1.50 in T*sco and about £1.60 in C*-op (my only two choices of shop).

:)