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Could this also be a thread for alternatives?
For example, I picked up a thrift store sodastream a while back because it's seemingly almost the only working brand that just makes fizzy water fast, and certainly the only one with enough market penetration to be ending up in thrift stores. (I actually had a whole setup with a keg and a CO2 tank before but it sucked to use and the water wasn't that fizzy.)
I haven't been able to use it since it ran out of gas, because I refuse to buy a replacement canister from sodastream. Any knockoffs available? I remember not being able to find any. If I had like 4 of the canisters I'd just refill them myself using dry ice but its a pain to buy pelletized dry ice in that small of quantity to do just 1.
I cannot comprehend that you moved FROM the keg setup to a soda stream. Do you still have the keg/CO2 tank? You can get soda bottle adapters that will let you do a smaller quantity. You should be able to make 2L in under a minute if you shake violently.
You also can get bulk tank adapter hoses for the sodastream, if you really like that format.
Edit: I was being rude and it was uncalled for
lost the co2 tank in a move somehow. really dont know where it went, I was befuddled
the rest of it I eventually got rid of. even with the water chilled (which is pretty inconvenient compared to instant carbonation at any temp) I couldn't get strong carbonation even after shaking the thing for several mins which was a chore because it was a 1.75 gal mini keg. and nothing seemed to make it much better, lower temp or higher pressure or leaving it sit pressurized. Sodastream just worked, didnt require shaking or prechilling. If I hadnt lost the tank I would have eventually tried a different setup with a soapstone or whatever its called
no worries on the rudeness.
I'm suuuuuuper late to the party (is necrobumping a thing here? If so sorry!) but one tip for this setup is to not fill the bottles all the way. If you have a bit more headspace in the bottle, it's more effective to shake it and more CO2 dissolves in my experience.
Beyond that, having a high enough pressure for the part going into the bottle is important. I normally use 45 psi or so and that gets me the right kind of prickly water for my tastebuds.
I know you said you don't have it anymore, but just in case you wanna try again at any point in the future or just for people reading this, figured this might be useful.
I dont think necroposting is really a thing people care about here, no
idk what the issue was with my setup. water not cold enough perhaps, but it didnt seem to matter much when I did try it fully chilled... the keg had a fill line that I roughly observed. always was too much work for a substandard result.