Make Your Own Soda at Home

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The Soda Club is an $89 device that lets you make your own soda at home. No more carting cases or bottles of soda from the grocery store, no more cans to recycle, and a significant saving on every beverage you imbibe.

Watch the video to see how the Soda Club turns tap water into carbonated water and consider the savings involved. Factoring in the cost of the CO2 cartridge that creates the carbonation and the syrups you buy to make flavored sodas, each flavored home-made Soda Club drink costs about 25 cents. Compare that to the 45 cent average on store-bought sodas, and in 445 drinks, the Soda Club pays for itself. Plus it's a great choice for trying to be green: no manufacturing for the soda or using aluminum for cans or plastic for bottles, and no transportation costs to get the soda cans to the store.

I have this product in my house, and as a huge drinker of club soda, it is a dream. I never run out, my grocery bags are a lot lighter, and my grocery bills are a little lower.

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  • 7 Posted by mjpophal on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:23PM EDT Report Abuse

    I use it everyday, Sure saves a lot of money and not having to worry about recycling all those can.

  • 8 Posted by strawberry_sappington on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    Whatever happened to old fashioned water? There really is no point in making carbonated water, or making home made soda since it isn't good for you anyway. The syrups are nothing more than concentrated sugar. And people wonder why americans are overweight and obese. We have super size fries and carbonated drinks to blame for that. My family does not drink anything other than fruit juice and water and we certainly don't need to mix our juice with carbonated water in order for it to taste good and be nutritious. I am shocked to see that anypone on here would give this thing a thumbs up. I would be willing to bet that everyone interested in one is at least twenty pounds overweight. Please correct me if I am wrong. I think we should all consider going on a healthier diet that does not include processed sugar or carbonated beverages. I have seen so many people drinkong diet sodas since they think it is better for them. They have no clue that the artifcial sugar they use to make that stuff is worse for them than having the regular soda. Our friends and family members are dying at an alrming rate because of the stuff we put into our bodies. Think about this for a minute. Imagine it is the year 1808 instead of 2008. They didn't have microwaves and sodas, nor did they have all the artificial preservatives that we use in almost all boxed food. People back then grew thier own food and lived off the land. Now a days we have a fit if the walmart is closed for a few hours. We need to all have a reality check and see that we don't need some gimmick soda machine, what we really need is to learn how to survive on natural foods. The day is coming when we will need these skills, and we will not be ready because we are stubborn. Gas prices continue to soar, what do you think is going to happen to food prices and to the price of the syrup needed for this little machine? That's right the prices are going to go up dramatically because it is costing more for the trucks to deliver the items to the stores. We need to learn how to eat natural foods and how to find natural food for ourselves and stop depending on stupid stuff like this. One day we aren't even going to have the internet. What will you do then?????

  • 9 Posted by eugenia2314 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:56PM EDT Report Abuse

    where can i buy the soda, the technology and the syrups? it is very nice for the enviroments... no more recyling all the soda cans... i loved teh technology it totally rocks...

  • 10 Posted by trsdlkth on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    Soda water looks like it fizzles out and gets flat real quick... forget the "Green factor" Its not worth it.

  • 11 Posted by compltop on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:28PM EDT Report Abuse

    This is nothin new,Back in the late 70s my mom bought a similar device at the CNE for around $40.It was great,but the syrup was expensive.We did save money though taking the pop to baseball and football games.This one seems easier to use though.I just might pick up 1

  • 12 Posted by gooddayz39 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:11PM EDT Report Abuse

    Ahhh the world is coming to an end!!! but at least I will still be able to make my own soda :) Sweeeeet

  • 13 Posted by sewgreen on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:14PM EDT Report Abuse

    I live in rural area and own the soda maker. I have trouble finding the flavors with good expiration dates and CO2 when I need them.

  • 14 Posted by fuller.debboe@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:04PM EDT Report Abuse

    Schwans use to sell their soda machine about 20 years ago and I used it alot when our kids where little and wanted soda all the time. I would use the schwans syrup sometimes or I would use grape juice or other concentrated juices for our kids. They were happy they thought they were getting pop when actually they were getting carbonated juice.

  • 15 Posted by elorac358 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:53PM EDT Report Abuse

    what was the schwan's set up called??? I have 6 of the bottles in the original cardboard container...

  • 16 Posted by jthrush72 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:43PM EDT Report Abuse

    Sorry, but this reeks of one of those cool kitchen gadgets that take up space on the kitchen counter that seemed like a good idea at the time, but get thrown in a cabinet because it's just easier to buy the product already. Remember that bread maker? And 445 drinks to break even? Really... cost savings? At that rate, you're either drinking WAY too much soda and ought to start throwing money at a dentist or you've really got to get a better hobby. Try this to save money... buy two liter bottles on sale and the break even just shot to over 1200 drinks. You're welcome.

  • 17 Posted by mommy23beauties@att.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:25PM EDT Report Abuse

    ALL these negative people are ANNOYING and ANNOYING to read and a waste of my time! Do we really care where and when this was first bought sold or taste tested? No! This product is really neat. The green-factor is a huge plus, and the kids would get a kick out of making themselves something unique. I wonder if I could make something with Splenda or one of those alternate-sugar substitutes to make a diet alternative? I wish I could have seen that infomercial that piemuncherno1 saw... SOUNDS GREAT!

  • 18 Posted by mommy23beauties@att.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:25PM EDT Report Abuse

    ALL these negative people are ANNOYING and ANNOYING to read and a waste of my time! Do we really care where and when this was first bought sold or taste tested? No! This product is really neat. The green-factor is a huge plus, and the kids would get a kick out of making themselves something unique. I wonder if I could make something with Splenda or one of those alternate-sugar substitutes to make a diet alternative? I wish I could have seen that infomercial that piemuncherno1 saw... SOUNDS GREAT!

  • 19 Posted by stevieleavitt on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:43PM EDT Report Abuse

    Looks interesting, however I think they price comparisons mentioned in the video are wrong. I buy my soda in 12-packs for about $2.99 at the supermarket when they're NOT on sale for even less. So $2.99 divided by 12 cans equals 25 cents per can...not 45 cents as stated. If this has an average cost of a quarter a pop (pun intended), why would I want to deal with ordering syrups and Co2 cannisters, plus dealing with the cleanup when I could just open a regular can of a name brand soda for the exact same cost? Umm...no thanks. But that Becky sure is a serious cutie-pie! ;)

  • 21 Posted by sawtoothnational on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:06PM EDT Report Abuse

    The cusotmer service at Soda Club is the WORST! It took me months last summer to get someone on the phone willing to help me. There's a reason amazon doesn't carry this item anymore, they must have gotten too many complaints.

  • 22 Posted by peewacker2 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:05PM EDT Report Abuse

    We've had a similar machine (competing brand) for about 10-15 years. We never use the syrup...just use it for bubbly soda water. It's refreshing, tasty (it does NOT go flat quickly)and doesn't need the extra boost of the syrups. You also have the option of putting in just a little carbonation or abit more depending on your own tastes. We've saved a fortune over the years and our girls drink only this at home. They only have soft drinks if they go out as a "special treat". By the way, you don't even have to use the special syrups put out by the company. You can use homemade syrups or even natural apple juice mixed with the bubbly water is super!

  • 23 Posted by vinod_m_mathews on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:36PM EDT Report Abuse

    My dad had this in India, about 30 years back, he ran out of the soda cartdrige, it was all fun but expensive, I still prefer the one I get in Shop and Stop, works out cheaper then this one.

  • 24 Posted by mummy2055 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:30PM EDT Report Abuse

    Yeah But can you avoid all them nasty additives like high fructose corn syrup by using this?

  • 25 Posted by margiethinks on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:06PM EDT Report Abuse

    I also drink a huge amount of soda. I looked at the sodamaker but it was really expensive. I thought there has got to be a cheaper way. Finally I found plans to make a home made system that is WAY cheaper than the sodamaker -- I can make seltzer for less than 2 cents a liter! Here is where I found the plans to build your own soda and seltzer system in about 10 minutes for less than $100 bucks. www.makesodaandseltzer.com It's serving me well and I am making some delicious sodas! And I don't end up using all that plastic, or even worse, shipping all that water!

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