Never Pay to make Seltzer water again! (in the long run) Sodamod Sodastream
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2020
- In this video we explore the direct connect method of modifying your sodastream machine.
Adapter Hose:
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5 lb Co2 Tank:
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Step Bits:
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Wrench:
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SodaStream:
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Sodastream Bottles:
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This vid kinda reminds me of those tutorials back in the days when you'd actually learn useful things on youtube. Thank you.
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Good info but a couple of things.
Never put your ear against a high pressure system to check for leaks. Yiu could blow your ear drum out if there was a burst escaping. Use soapy water. You will see bubbles if there is a leak.
Please dont tighten the hose as hard as you can. You will crushed the seal and create leaks.
hahahahahahaha he?? what did you say ??
@@antonbende8210WHAT WAS THAT?! WHY IS THE GUY CRUSHING SEALS THEY ARE CUTE MAMMALS HAHA. THEY DONT CAUSE LEAKS.
Excellent! When they fill soda bottles at a Major brand soft drink maker, the water is chilled to 38 F, as that is the best temp to dissolve CO2 into the water.
Quick tip- Be sure to use the "spit test" to check for leaks! Maybe obvious to some, but put a bit of soapy water on the connections and let it sit for a bit. If you see bubbles starting form you know you have a leak and where it's located. Same way you check your bike inner tube, among other things, for slow leaks.
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Thanks for the useful information😊
Bullshit I just chugged a liter of dawn dish soap with water and still can't find the leak. Think it's lower GI.
What’s the bet in like a few months we get another update. “Okay guys this is we’re it’s at! Commercial C02 tanks up to 1000 lbs.”
Full professionally plumbed through to his kitchen from his garage.
“ I’m now getting 6 months out of this.”
All jokes aside love it, probably going to just stick to this method! Thank you!
I installed a commercial carbonator on a bar tap and bypass the whole sodastream thing completely! That IS NEXT LEVEL
@@waituntilthebeep should do a video on it!
@@waituntilthebeep I hope he does that! It would also end up cheaper, too.
You can find gas businesses who will fill your brand-new tank without having to trade it in for one of theirs. I live in a small city and I found a business, "Fire Ace", where they deal with gasses and fire extinguishers and they fill my 20 lb. tank for $31 + tax. They certify and properly label it as well. Their primary "food-grade" CO2 customers are the home beer brewers.
My local indoor grow supply store will exchange a 20lb food grade Co2 tank for $7.99 ;)
What a great video! I'm very slow so thank you for keeping it simple and not rushing through! I'm ready to start my never ending homemade sodas! Thank you!
it keeps getting better man. i love it
Awesome video, this idea popped into my head just today and you've already executed it! So sick
Thank you! I concur with your comment about paintball tanks having no, or negligible, food-grade concerns. I have gone through four 24oz paintball tanks (til they expired) and there was no noticeable bad taste, smell, or anything from the tanks, even when new (and my wife tends to notice everything of that sort). Anyway my tanks have expired again, so I am thinking of going with this larger 5lb tank now.
Nice set up! Thanks for taking the time to do this! Much appreciated.
Just a friendly note that if you are stressed about to high of pressure you can always use a co2 regulator that can slow down the pressure being released from the tank you would be able to purchase one from your local brewery store or commercial gas/welding store ie: in Australia go to BOC
Where can one obtain the spec on what is a safe pressure to regulate it to, in order to prevent Sodastream seal failure?
I'm answering my own question. It's from 55-60 lbs./inch.
This is great.. I’m buying this set up tomorrow
BEST VIDEO ON THIS SUBJECT REALLY APPRECIATE IT ❤
Great job explaining everything .Thank you!
Awesome video! Thanks so much for this great info. I’m going to do this and use those little bottles of Mio flavoring that you can get at most grocery stores. Liked/subbed.
Thank you! and yes those MIO things are awesome!
Alex...Super helpful. Check out Fizz Giz...superior to Soda Stream in many ways. But it also uses a paintball tank so your two videos helping me since, as you said, its next to impossible to refill SMALL paintball C02 tanks now and that will only get worse as paintball gun technology evolves. Fizz Giz uses a tank, small gun and hose, proprietary cap valves, ANY 1 liter soda bottles. Can carbonate fruit juices, flat growler beer, flat soda pop. With Soda Stream, last 1/3 of each bottle would go flat wasting gas. I love the Fizz Giz honestly. THANKS AGAIN! I'm definitely going to buy a 5 lb tank so I don't have to fill paintball tank with dry ice. Pretty sure Fizz Giz will connect directly to the CGA 320 on the 5 lb tank.
This is definitely the best method. So much better than trying to modify a paintball canister. And the good news is my local brewing supply company refilled my CO2 on the spot so I didn’t have to give away my brand new bottle.
Thanks @alex, another excellent video. One question, with this setup do you need to invert the large tank? I've read elsewhere that a syphon tank is required if you want to keep it upright but wondering if you can clarify. Thanks again for helping others.
No, a syphon tank is used to easily refill smaller bottles, since it outputs the liquid co2 from the bottom of the tank. For beer or beverages you want one that gives you the co2 gas from the top of the tank.
way to go man this made my search 100% easier!!! FYI I'm getting the sodastream penguin or aquafizz because they are the only ones that come with glass carafes
Let me know how it works with those!
This this end up working with the Aqua Fizz?
thank you so much, i was tired of changing my 3 sodastream bottles every month. This will last much longer for cheaper.
I've done this for years now, couple tips. I have bought mostly less expensive hoses over the years and they all so far have failed after a year or two. Shut the tank valve and drain the hose after use. Makes it kinda of a pain but worth it. However if the hoses keep failing, puts a dent into the actual savings. Also tried at one point to use a regulator, but did not carbonate as well. Full force (no regulator) works best and I have read is fine to do.
Amazing! The ultimate solution!
Very good tutorial, thanks!
Is there an adapter to make this system work with the new Quick Connect? Or do you think one will be available in the near future?
Great video, thank you! Sonhou think there’s a lot of waste when the big tank is running low? Or does it use most of it?
It will run down until there is no liquid left so virtually no waste. If you buy your own tank and have it filled at the local fire extinguisher place, there is absolutely zero waste.
15$ for a refill? that's insane! Over here in Germany you have to pay a deposit if you get a new 60L tank (I think i payed 25€ (30$) to always have a spare tank if one is empty). After that you can swap tanks in almost any grocery or drug store for 4-8€. Price differs if you get a original sodastream refill or get a third-party refill (same tank with new labeling). E.g. in my town the Stadtwerke (municipal utilities) sell filled tanks (in exchange for empty ones) for about 4.50€ (approx. 5.20$). When I'm in the US I always get San Pellegrino or Perrier.
I have a 10kg tank with a pressure hose like in the video. I pay 25€ to refill the bottle maybe once a year, so only 1€ for the volume of a small bottle, compared to your 5€. In our region swapping the sodastream co2 bottles also costs at least 6,99€.
Where do you get the tank?
have you look into drinkmate? the cap on the drinkmate bottle doesnt screw off when finish adding CO. the pro is that you can get a more fuzzy drink by moving the bottle to the freezer after fuzzing to deep saturate with the water (warning: don't keep it in the freezer for too long, it will explode). Also you could also fuzz your juices or soda and not have to worry because you can wash the cap afterward something you cant do with sodastream.
After each time you use the CO2 tank with the SodaStream machine, do you turn off the CO2 tank's valve or do you just leave it open??
this is awesome im totally doing this, thanks!
I'm looking at the adapter hoses for sale and wondering, what's the difference between hoses listed as (G1/2) and (W21.8-14)? Will either work with a CGA320 valve tank?
Have you had any experience with the taste changing after c02 sitting in the line between fills? I assume you're using it so often this is a not a problem for you but wondering your thoughts or experience on the issue. I have read it several times on reviews/forums.
When you press 'Fizz'... stop before the overfill squawk. Then Wait at least 30 seconds before doing another Fizz button. Then Wait another 30 seconds for the third Fizz. Wait 10 to 15 seconds and release the bottle.
This gives the CO2 time to dissolve into the water.
When press, press, press and Release in a few seconds... there is not sufficient time for the CO2 to dissolve in water.
Everyone who does the 'wait' between the three Fizz will use LESS CO2 and have Very Fizzy water, wine, tequila, vodka (anything other than water - only fill bottle to the 25 to 33% amount/volume of the SodaStream Bottle - do not fill to the WATER Line with wine or alcohols). :)
I purchased all of these parts, but the CO2 tank is not letting out any gas at all, with and without the hose attached. Any suggestions on opening it up?
if you can find a welder supply you can get a cheap tank too (and usually cheaper refills)
This is a great set up. My problem with the soda stream bottles and caps seal and threads, they are hard to clean. They get a black growth on them. Right now I use a electric tooth brush to clean them. Is there any better way to clean them?
Would also like to know, they spin when you try to clean them and they're really hard to pop out with a bread knife... the mold stays even if you soak it for days at a time. I think they do it on purpose, everything seems to be a money grab.
Thanks, well done video!
I'm using the hose system with 5 lb tank, after only a month the carbonation stopped. Disconnected the hose and weighted the tank, still have 4 lbs. Connected the hose and it's working again. Do you think there was a vapor lock?
In Sweden the soda stream bottles are about $2 to refill at the local market. And about $20 to buy new
Thank you from taking my "I want to do this, but it too expensive mind" to "I want to do this, and it's cheap mind"! Just one other equation to plug in, you said you use one tank per two months, so the question is how much do you drink? One bottle a day, week? 3 bottles?
You can remove the label on the soda stream dispenser. Looks nicer without it.
Let your soda stream bottle equalize pressure before unscrewing, about 30 seconds. You can hear the valve audibly click. Otherwise you let a burst of CO2 escape the bottles.
The quick release is at the wrong end. Put the quick release at the end that is to be opened when the source CO2 TANK needs refilling. The quick release needs to be at the larger CGA320 fitting and not at Sodastream.
Do you have a link to the parts needed to do that? Thanks for your help.
Newbie here...why does the quick release need to be at the tank end, rather than the soda stream? Safety, performance, both? Can we still use the same parts listed or does a different hose need to be purchased? Thanks in advance.
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Great video! ❤
Loved this video! I keep trying w/ the suggested parts, but just not carbonating. Keep troubleshooting and trying different adapters, hoping to figure out the issue. Had a neighbor w/ great tools cut the hole in the side and he installed a rubber grommet around the hole so it looks so swanky. Now if we could just get it to work LOL.
let me know if you have any questions! I'll try to help!
I recommend that the first 10 bottle that you fizz to be gentle on openning the valve of the co2 tank because there is a lot of pressure and dont push all the way the button on the Sodastream,at present im at the 10th week on 5 lbs tank and everything seem to be alright.Sheers
Or just buy a regulator for the tank instd so you dont have to worry so much about such things
Super helpful. Thanks dude. 🙂
I just ordered a Sodastream Fizzy and already thinking about ditching the expensive official co2 tank. Question, if you don't want to drill through the back shell and doesn't mind the unpleasant view, can't you just skip the drilling and left the back open with hose running through? Or there's some mechanism on the sodastream that prevent co2 release without the back shell in the place?
You can leave it off if you’d like
How long or how many bottles does the 5lb co2 tank last or make?
Will this work with Ellemate or other brands that are similar?
Loved this, thanks Alexander! One further iteration might be to drill the hole through the bottom of the Sodastream, beneath where the bottle would have been, and feed the pipe through a hole in your counter, then hide the tank in the cupboard below. Should look quite pro!
That's what I did. I got a 20-lb CO2 tank from a local supplier, bought a 5 foot long adapter line from eBay, and have it directly connected to my sodastream.
If you Soda Stream Fizzi model it already has opening below the CO2 bottle. No need to drill.
I did this on my SodaStream Fizzi One Touch and it leaks air where the air comes out to carbonate the water. It letting air out slowly nonstop, I think is the hose adapter so I ordered another to test.
Can i unconnect the easy connect attached to the soda stream? Or is it locked in
I actually use a 20 Lbs CO₂ tank. Price to fill it up is about the same as the propriety soda stream cylinder but it lasts me a year and I drink at least 2 bottles of seltzer a day.
Where do you fill the 20 lb tank
At a local fire extinguisher service location.
L. E. Whittaker Co Ltd In Saint John, New Brunswick
@@guyfisher2050 it's not food safe, it might contain petroleum based lubricants and gas impurities that are deemed 'not impeding normal operation.'
@@ginsederp no. it's just plain old CO₂ . the "food safe" ploy is soda stream's way of making you pay 10 times what you should be paying for CO₂
i wonder if this would work with the Twenty39 Qarbo - Sparkling Water Maker and Fruit Infuser - Premium Carbonation Machine which is a machine i am contemplating because i can add my flavoring directly to the container before the carbonation my other option is the sparkel system Spärkel Beverage System (Black) - Sparkling Water and Soda Maker - A New Way of Sparkling - Use Fresh & Natural Ingredients - No CO2 Tank Needed would you know?what would be your opinion if you don't mind my asking, thank you in advance
I currently use a 5 pound CO2 tank that I get filled at a local brewery. I’ve had issues recently where I’m only getting about 50% of my CO2 tanks use because the bubbles start to slow down and even if I push the button 20 times I’m not getting good carbonation have you ever had this happen? I haven’t bought a second 5 gallon tank and it did the same thing and I have tried different conversion kits off of Amazon in case the tube got a clog or something
Do you user regular old tap water? What if you have crappy water, do you filter it first? Like through a brita?
I use both tap water, and water from the filter system in my refrigerator's in-door water dispenser (use a carbon type water filter, like Brita). I personally don't taste a difference, but 1) I have good city water, and 2) I forgot my seltzer water with MiO or other generic sugar free water flavor liquids. (I also like to live dangerously and flavor my water before carbonation, which allows me to use flavor powders, too!)
The hose you linked to says that it should only be used with gas CO2 not liquid CO2 (liquid CO2 leaves a bad taste it says). Have you noticed that problem? The cylinder from the brewer supply house probably is filled with liquid CO2, right?
Did the sodastream threads that fit into the sodastream come with the adapter hose? If not which one did he use? Also, should the valve stay open when not in use or closed/opened each time?
Yes they do
Hi Alexander, I have the adaptor from soda mod that fits onto the back of my soda stream, I would refill the soda mod tanks from my 5 lb co2 tank, I find I have to fill up more than I want and think this system directly to the big tank would be better…. My question is where do you get the quick connect that attaches to the soda stream in the back, that would connect to the quick connect on the hose?? Currently I just have the adaptor from soda mod… does this make sense?
I am a novice in this area, but shouldn't you depressurize/bleed the hose when it isn't in use? Can it handle the constant pressure?
It can handle it. The valve and fittings are all built into the hose to withstand the constant pressure.
There have been complaints that the hose you recommended, and other similar ones on Amazon, leave a funny taste in the drink.
Any thoughts as to what causes this and a solution?
Please explain "a funny taste"...
where did you get the soda stream side of the system valve / quick connect?
How many psi do you get into the bottle with this?
Once this expensive sodastream canister is depleted, is the fitting removeable/reusable for future use on this system? Thank you for your skill in thinkin' outside the 'stream.' Brilliant . Keep it up! And going to go to mountains and get spring water, UNkoolaid fluoride/chloride water kinda defeats my purpose for utilizing this water.
No. Custom threads. I tried to reuse... but no
Hey Alexander -- quick question: I've seen over videos where they say the tank should be turned upside down when filling the Sodastream cannisters. Wondering if there's a reason you don't have to do that with your set-up (ie/ does your tank have a siphon tube)? Many thanks in advance.
I'm surprised no one has answered. If the tank is upside down (or as you questioned, if the tank is using a siphon tube), you get the liquid CO2 from the bottom of the tank. If you don't have it inverted upside down, you only draw off gaseous CO2. You get the same pressure either way, but if you only put in gas, you can only put in so much volume. If, however, you put liquid in your tank, that liquid will evaporate much more volume of gas than gas alone would over time. The act of turning liquid to gas takes a lot of heat, creating a chilling effect - this effect would freeze the water solid if introduced into the soda stream bottle, and would likely cause damage to the plastic of the soda machine because of the exchange cold (not because of pressure, but because the plastic wouldn't hold the liquid under pressure and it would quickly boil off into CO2 gas).
@Cean McCullough So if I have a tank with a siphon tube then I should see if I can have the tube removed to use the set up in this video.
@@vincentng1781 You could, yes...but maybe you can just invert your tank so that the liquid is at the top of the tank (with the top pointing down now) leaving the tube inside the tank out of the liquid pool.
I made one of these several years ago and it just works and it is so much cheaper if you drink a lot of soda. But, my girlfriend, who drinks it constantly, developed a stomach or bladder issue as a result ( I don't recall exactly which because it was too long ago now. ) So, it just sits now.
I love this video. Is there a way to do it and bypass the soda stream all together?
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Look up "commercial carbonator" on ebay.... I installed one on a bar tap. ZERO sodastream needed... 😁
I was thinking the same thing. Big CO2 tank to a regulator to a hose and then onto a PET bottle. Wouldn't that work?
How u mix the correct syrup, is it in the sodasteam machine
My brother and I have been experminting with flavors and sryups. What we ended up doing is making our own energy drinks carbonating G-Fuel and other stuff like Crystal lite.
Will this hose work on DrinkMate Sparkling Water and Soda Maker?
I am happy I found your video. On it
Could you do the same with a nitrogen tank?
Question : How do you know the pressure to be realized from the CO2 tank to the soda stream machine
It's from 55-60 lbs./inch.
Thanks for sharing, Alex. After viewing the older video where you refill the paintball tank I've decided this is better. I am still working on how to hide that huge, ugly cylinder, because in addition to function, both my wife and I think that aesthetics are important, especially with a pretty kitchen. Have you had to purge the CO2 from the line after using it? If the CO2 sits under pressure in that line, I've read reports of leaching and/or a "bad taste" in the carbonated drinks. Have you had any issues with that?
The bad taste comes from using co2 riser bottles that output liquid co2. It's dangerous to use these since the liquid doesn't have enough space to expand into gas form in the hose and the water bottle. They are purely for refilling smaller bottles like co2 paintball tanks, not for brewing/beer propulsion.
People complain about funky smell due to the gas staying in the rubber tube while not in use. I went with your idea from previous video by using paintball tank
I have been very happy with this method, but I understand if other people are having issues w/ amazon products
will this work with any other brand of soda making machine the 
Ellemate Iconic Soda Infuser Carbonation Maker Beverage Machine
by Ellemate possibly??
Does it work with Drinkmate too which uses the same size 60L tanks as Sodastream ? (Then you can put carbonation in all beverages, not just water).
Yes, if it uses the same Sodastream tanks, it will work.
Ideally youd wanna use a regulator with that tank; but it can work without one as shown. Just technically more of a safety risk without it; tho quite minor
That looks like the hose kit I purchased, with the external metal braid, but it worries me to have such a high pressure in a hose. I think it would be safer to have a regulator before the hose, but I've read that you still want more pressure than the typical 60psi of a beer regulator.
Can you carbonate any liquid using this process?
Thanx great video... now let's see if I can do that in Canada :)
Keep us posted.
How'd it go?
@@jaxom79 worked actually very well, I do feel that the big tankas more pressure and found that by opening and closing the tank and only after pushing the button I loos less gas
@@khalidjaii2 found all in Amazon ca… and gas at local beer shop.
thanks. does drinking carbonated water bad for your health?
Its not the water, its what you put in it. You have to drink A LOT of CO2 to be an issue. Your body can handle lots of it since you create it normally through breathing.
Great video! Do you even need to drill a hole in that black cover? can't you just remove it a connect directly?
You can totally just remove it
How much are you drinking a day for the canister to run out in 2 months. So your spending 50$ a month on carbonation? The 5lb Co2 is 100$
Help….. I bought the tank and hose in your link but no c02 will release from hose when I activate my system da stream. Gas flows freely from the tank and hose but will. It flow from the adapter. When comparing the adapter to the valve on my day da stream cartridge, I see the release pin on the adapter is a small round pin while the release pin on my side da stream cartridge valve is a wider round flat pin. It appears my soda stream machine cannot depress the small pin on the adapter valve. Is there a different adapter valve with the wide round flat pin ?
Have you considered using a 20lb. CO2 tank?
Will this setup work with the soda stream Genesis model JZ looking for black friday deal
Should work!
Do you keep the valve open at all times? Thank you!
It wudnt be bad if you did; as long as you have no leaks. The gas is kept at pressure in the hose with the quick release preventin it from goin anywhere until the sodastream is pressed.
If you have animals such as cats that walk on everything, you may want to keep it closed st all times to prevent a cat steppin on the button (tho likely the cat wudnt put enuf force on the button to do anything; just added safety)
Thanks for the information! Do I need a siphon tube for the co2 tank?
You do not!
Doe this method work with other companies like drink mate?
Great video! Question, does your 5lb tank have a dip tube? If not, would you need to turn the tank upside down to avoid leaving unpressurized liquid in the tank?
It does not, we only want to transfer gas, not liquid, into the sodastream.
@@courcreate If we were using the 5lb tank to refill a 60L Sodastream tank, then would we need to turn the tank upside-down? Another RUclipsr said to do this, so I am confused and want to get it right. Thanks.
How safe is keeping a 5lb co2 tank in your kitchen?
How does the carbonation compare to a bottle of coke? Would the pressure used by Sodastream to be much lower?
Much higher honestly. You can actually tailor how much carbonation you want and even overcarbonate beyond when it gives you the signal that its carbonated enuf.
If youve ever had bottled seltzer; its about 33-50% more bubbly than one of those imho. But again, you can tone that down if you want less. Or you can even carbonate existin carbonated drinks (doin such violates the warranty of sodastrem but so does attachin any CO2 tanks other than their standard issue ones) to make extra carbonated coke. (It only violates the warranty bcuz sodastream officially can only carbonate water, but it can indeed carbonate any liquid rly)
Thanks for sharing this informative tutorial! Just one question: two months? You must be guzzling the stuff like there's no tomorrow. 😋👍
Do you have examples of where you can refill that big tank?
Home brewing supply places should do it.
I might do this, but one $13 canister refill is equivalent to spending $30+ on Perrier when 24 packs are on sale at Costco. So....having said that, I love me a good hack and this is way easy.
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Where Can I buy the 10ft hose from the CO2 tank to sodastream machine?
hi Can Do this with nitrogen thank