Yes. Good video. But, seriously, get a siphon tube installed (or ask for one on your next exchange). Telling people to flip a CO2 tank upside down is just stupid. It’s almost as bad as telling them to check if their gun is loaded by pulling the trigger. Don’t pass out bad information. People come to videos like this to help figure out things they don’t understand, and you’re telling them an incredibly dangerous way to learn that thing.
@@intlgunmonkey2872 Very futile remark. I have been doing it the way he has described and easily refilling my SodaStream Co2 cylinders easily and comfortably and very cheaply w/o a problem for the past 5 months.
I have the same refill hose, and I had my CO2 supplier add a syphon tube to my Kegco 5# tank. The nice thing about using the long hose is that you can place the small CO2 tank on a scale after attaching the hose end fitting. Press TARE. Then fill the tank. You can monitor the filling progress instead of guessing. Possibly a little safer as it is harder to overfill, IMO. That minor extra loss of CO2 left in the hose is a small price FOR ME to pay for the added feeling of safety. ALSO, IMO, a 20# tank is somewhat awkward to handle, and my 5# tank capacity is a little small. Again, IMO, a 10# tank would be the "Goldielocks" of tanks. The last thing you would want is for your 20# tank to fall off the counter and break off the valve head. The tank immediately becomes a deadly rocket bomb that will blow through all of the walls of your house and several of your neighbors' houses, too. That's why tanks in commercial locations have to have their tanks chained to the wall studs. THANKS for this video!
The hard white plastic washer is usually made from teflon, and from what I understand, is supposed to be replaced each time you put a regulator or other attachment on a CO2 cylinder. I will admit to rarely changing them out, unless there is an obvious leak.
The 20lb can fill up the small about 22 times. A 20lb tank costs about $32 locally. You have to find your own local place to do this. Fine a food grade supplier and not a commercial CO2 place.
Also, if you freeze the cylinder in a chest freezer set to the coldest temperature, and then insulate it with something to help keep cold while filling, you will probably achieve a higher fill rate.
By weight, it appears sticking it in the freezer without insulating the bottle after already fills it up to maximum. Of course, the ambient was not that high at the making of this video.
You might want to build a wooden base to more securely hold that inverted tank. You really don't want that tank to hit the floor. You can also get a regulator and try the carbonation cap method, which I think does a slightly better job of carbonating than a SS (although with more effort).
I'd probably buy a siphon stick over a building a base after it runs out and modify it before refill. But then the frequency of refill is pretty low for me so I don't mind the current process.
@@BeatTheBushDIYI have a similar setup and started with a donor tank without a siphon tube. I recently had a syphon tube installed in the donor tank but am experiencing refills of only about 100 grams on each refill. When I was inverting the non-syphon tube tank, I was getting about 200 grams on each refill.
Yes but I was not able to charge no matter how slow I go without engaging the check valve. In the end, it is REQUIRE to freeze the bottle first to get it to work, don't skip that step. Also, the check valve is annoying in the bottle shown in this video but it's doable.
I think the small amount of C02 in that hose would be a negligible loss. How can I tell if my C02 tank has a siphon tube or not? Can one be added to avoid having to invert the tank? Great video instruction though, thanks.
Doing research on this it seems if you overfill liquid as the bottle warms to room temperature the pressure increases and that’s why you should measure the weight of the bottle after you fill. if it’s too heavy. You’re supposed to release some to bring weight down. At least that’s what I read. Is that correct?
You are absolutelly correct. After first freeze and refill weight the Soda ballon. If the calculated co2 weight is just a bit moore than weght of refilled, DO NOT FREEZE AND REFILL 2nd TIME!!! Mine warmed up and safety walve released all co2 with loud boom.
I just tried to use the Farwind connector to fill an empty sodastream canister with the older pin valve (which is supposed to be easier to fill than the newer type). I froze the sodastream canister for about 2 hours before attempting to fill it. I may have opened the valve of the 5lb co2 tank too quickly at first. There was a loud whining sound that eventually dissipated, followed by a very soft hissing. At around the 4 minute mark I disconnected the sodastream canister and attempted to use it in my Drinkmate Omnifizz but to no avail. When I tried to refill the sodastream again, there was no hissing. I tried to push on the pin of the sodastream valve to see if there was any gas inside, but i could not depress the pin at all, even with a screwdriver. I am refreezing the soda stream canister again to see if it helps but im not feeling optimistic. Any idea on what is going wrong? Thanks in advance. Cheers.
Good grief. Nevermind! It turns out I wasn't pressing the Omnifizz button all the way down to release the CO2! Of all the things that could go wrong, that didn't even cross my mind.😅
You should hear a tiny stream of liquid pass through. You can’t over fill it since the pressure in the two bottles equalizes. If you did it properly and using a bottle that doesn’t have a check valve, it will fill in 3 minutes or so. It will stop making noises.
Any way you slice it, this method must be better than what I first tried, which was to buy dry ice, slice it into pieces small enough to fit into the soda stream cylinder with the valve removed, and then replace the valve. Thanks for the informative video.
Use a scale, check weight before and after, make sure it doesn’t exceed cylinder tare weight plus allowed weight of CO2. It’s hard to exceed, since the stuff starts sublimating faster than in air due to the aluminum being a better conductor than the air. The smaller the chunks of dry ice, the faster it sublimates. Biggest danger might be asphyxiation if doing this indoors in a small room, rather than exploding. I do all things like this outdoors…
Would it be possible to refill a 20 lb tank with dry ice? I am in the initial stages of research but it seems like it maybe a bit difficult to find a cost efficient place to fill up the tank. Obviously there may be some safety concerns. Would the tank be able to withstand the pressure?
I just received your recommended YHXMARSCAN stubby adapter. Haven't tried it yet, but despite the Amazon page showing the O-rings in your video, my spare pack of O-rings were all the ones you liked that are in the adapter. Maybe they watched your video and fixed the product :).
What am I doing wrong? I bought a 20lb tank without the tubes so I'm turning upside down to get the fluid. The bottle will fill to a weight of 1050, but when go to use there are hardly any bubbles in liquid???
Ok maybe someone can help me. I have an older soda stream machine. I think its the fountain. Anyway a couple years ago i bought a huge co2 tank. Took it down and had ir filled only to get home and try to fill my bottles and nothing. It will not fill them no matter what i do. Ive tried to freeze thr tanks, go super slow etc ... I just hear a click and it wont fill anymore after like 2 seconds. I have the one witj the hose and guage. So then i thought ok i will just get the connection to go from my big tank right to thr machine. Again when i try to press thr button for fizz it feels like its super hard to press and i get nothing. What am i doing wrong? Ive tried to turn my big tank upside down as well. I dont remember if it has a siphon tube in it or not. Is there an easy way to tell? Any advice would be appreciated. I miss making my own carbonated water lol
Go slower. Once it clicks, the check value already engaged. If all else fails, get a small fill bottle with no check valve. Hard to press? Pressure might be too high, might want a pressure regulator or start with opening the bottle just a tiny bit and opening it more for more pressure.
@BeatTheBush Where locally do you recommend researching to find somewhere to fill the tanks? I've heard people of using refills from paintball or sports places, but I'm afraid those might have additives to help the guns run smoother. I am a huge fan of this video but someone who drinks a lot of seltzer
I refilled it with a food grade CO2 locally. I just googled it. It sells to restaurants called carbonic services in Santa Clara, CA. You'll have to find one locally and it might just not exists depending on where you live.
I bought a used empty 5lb CO2 tank in eBay and then exchanged it for a full one (with food grade CO2) at a store called Airgas. I believe they are a chain, so maybe there's one near you!
Airgas and Praxair/Linde are probably your best bet. As I believe they are nationwide and were the cheapest when I called around. I get my 20lb tank with a siphon tube exchanged with beverage gas for about 20 bucks at Linde(formerly praxair). Probably need to call ahead though, especially if you want a tank with a siphon tube as they will likely have to put in a special order.
but cant you open the sodastream bottle with a wrench and just dump some citric acid and baking soda and water inside so it makes CO2 by itself? that sounds like the cheapest way, just some baking soda and lemon salt from the supermarket.
Heya! So, as its been a few months, might anyone have a trick to refill the new style soda stream bottles with the auto-shut? I got a tiny bit in it keeps tripping out no matter how slow i go. (i also froze it)
@@lastanetaarion you just end up damaging the valve on your sodastream gas bottle if you fill it too fast. I did it to one of my bottles, filled it was too fast and then the sodastream pink bottle leaked out completely as the value must have been damaged from the pressure, im not sure if it's a safety feature of the newer bottles themselves that the value is designed to fail first when the bottle is over pressurised.
@@kloppskop4149 There is a burst disk on all sodastream bottles and another burst disk on the sodastream machine itself. Safety first. The bottle and the valve are probably just fine. The burst disk is a sacrificial component that protects the bottle and valve, you only have to replace the burst disk itself. On the bottles the burst disk is under the hexnut below the screwthread. The pressure rating is critical so only replace with burst disks made specifically for sodastream bottles.
Because you would then have to have this huge bottle in the kitchen. It's ok if you go through the bottles pretty quickly but it takes me months to use one.
Okay , so the issue is this c 02 is in gas form at room temperature. When you fill a co two tank it is PUMPED in and then the pressure as it is pumped in converts the gas form a co two into a liquid. Co2 is measured in a cylinder by weight. What you are doing is considered a cascade gravity feed. You are only getting about ....fuck all in the tank. It has to be pumped in by machine as tank is on a scale to bring it to weight.
Dude, you have no idea what you’re talking about. The CO2 in the donor tank is pressurized to the point that it is liquid (in the bottom, gas on top). If you open a path for the liquid CO2 to flow, it will go into the receiving tank as a liquid, therefore pressurized. It absolutely works. I’ve filled dozens of tanks this way, not counting the hundreds of paintball tanks I filled at a job 20 years ago. Also, don’t listen to this Jackwagon in the video. GET A SIPHON TUBE. If you’re turning a CO2 tank upside down to fill it, you’re just asking for a traumatic brain injury (best case scenario). It’ll cost an extra $5, and will save your friends and family from the embarrassment of explaining to the folks coming to pay their respects at your funeral that they’re there because you caved your skull in trying to save money filling your own soda tanks. Siphon tube and chain on tank= happy long life. Flipping tank upside down= you fail at life.
@@intlgunmonkey2872do you have to have a tank that already has a siphon tube? Or can you just bring the tank to the refill station and ask to swap for a tank with a siphon tube?
A siphon tube can be purchased and added to a tank, but that’s not necessary. If you use a commercial gas company (I use Airgas for co2 and my welding gases), they treat the tank like a commodity. You give them your tank and they give you a refilled one. If you buy a tank from them, they charge you exactly what they’ll give you in exchange when you bring it back for a refill. At my local Airgas, if you brought them a co2 tank without a siphon tube, and asked for a refill, it would be the same price for one with or without a tube- you just gotta tell them what you want. The ones they have tubes in have a red painted ring at the top for easy ID. Heck, you could probably take them a 20# acetylene tank (in usable condition) and ask for 20# of co2. They’d tank you acetylene tank, ask you if you wanted tubed or not on your co2, grab the appropriate tank out of the rack and charge you for the fill. Commercial gas suppliers really are the way to go… and cheaper since that’s where the specialty shops all get their gas.
@@delz3501 just found one locally here that does it for 27 bucks, compared to the other places in town that want 40. Had to do a lot of calling around to find it.
@BeatTheBushDIY nope, dry ice is cheap. Cut it with an ordinary knife and put small chunks with oven gloves. Easy, and u do not need high-pressure equipment
Yes, I was at a big box retailer and seen SodaStream made in Israel. So what I did was I turned the boxes to the back so the person seeing will hopefully boycott 😁🇵🇸
Such an excellent succinct and straight forward precise and simple to follow. No needless blah blah blah. Thank you so much
Thanks!
Yes. Good video.
But, seriously, get a siphon tube installed (or ask for one on your next exchange). Telling people to flip a CO2 tank upside down is just stupid. It’s almost as bad as telling them to check if their gun is loaded by pulling the trigger.
Don’t pass out bad information. People come to videos like this to help figure out things they don’t understand, and you’re telling them an incredibly dangerous way to learn that thing.
@@intlgunmonkey2872 Very futile remark. I have been doing it the way he has described and easily refilling my SodaStream Co2 cylinders easily and comfortably and very cheaply w/o a problem for the past 5 months.
Thank you, straight to the point, good explanation making it easy to follow, very much appreciated no 10 or 20 mins of unnecessary chat
I have the same refill hose, and I had my CO2 supplier add a syphon tube to my Kegco 5# tank. The nice thing about using the long hose is that you can place the small CO2 tank on a scale after attaching the hose end fitting. Press TARE. Then fill the tank. You can monitor the filling progress instead of guessing. Possibly a little safer as it is harder to overfill, IMO. That minor extra loss of CO2 left in the hose is a small price FOR ME to pay for the added feeling of safety. ALSO, IMO, a 20# tank is somewhat awkward to handle, and my 5# tank capacity is a little small. Again, IMO, a 10# tank would be the "Goldielocks" of tanks. The last thing you would want is for your 20# tank to fall off the counter and break off the valve head. The tank immediately becomes a deadly rocket bomb that will blow through all of the walls of your house and several of your neighbors' houses, too. That's why tanks in commercial locations have to have their tanks chained to the wall studs. THANKS for this video!
Very informative, I bought all the equipment, but didn't know what I was doing wrong. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
The hard white plastic washer is usually made from teflon, and from what I understand, is supposed to be replaced each time you put a regulator or other attachment on a CO2 cylinder. I will admit to rarely changing them out, unless there is an obvious leak.
Huh. I suppose I just reuse it as well.
Great video, Do you have specs on how many times you can fill up the small tanks and where do you fill up the large tank? And how much does that cost?
The 20lb can fill up the small about 22 times. A 20lb tank costs about $32 locally. You have to find your own local place to do this. Fine a food grade supplier and not a commercial CO2 place.
I just bought an adapter that goes from the 10lb tank to my Sodastream. I just keep my sodastream in the pantry.
How do you do that?
We did that and it blew the o ring inside the system immediately
Also, if you freeze the cylinder in a chest freezer set to the coldest temperature, and then insulate it with something to help keep cold while filling, you will probably achieve a higher fill rate.
By weight, it appears sticking it in the freezer without insulating the bottle after already fills it up to maximum. Of course, the ambient was not that high at the making of this video.
You might want to build a wooden base to more securely hold that inverted tank. You really don't want that tank to hit the floor. You can also get a regulator and try the carbonation cap method, which I think does a slightly better job of carbonating than a SS (although with more effort).
I'd probably buy a siphon stick over a building a base after it runs out and modify it before refill. But then the frequency of refill is pretty low for me so I don't mind the current process.
@@BeatTheBushDIY Oh, it still makes me nervous seeing it balance on that handle.
@@BeatTheBushDIYI have a similar setup and started with a donor tank without a siphon tube. I recently had a syphon tube installed in the donor tank but am experiencing refills of only about 100 grams on each refill. When I was inverting the non-syphon tube tank, I was getting about 200 grams on each refill.
Great video, saved a lot of time and money!
Glad it helped! Did you get one?
Hi! if my tank same as the on the right side at 2:54 minutes, can I charge it with the stubby device? TY for any advice!
Yes but I was not able to charge no matter how slow I go without engaging the check valve. In the end, it is REQUIRE to freeze the bottle first to get it to work, don't skip that step. Also, the check valve is annoying in the bottle shown in this video but it's doable.
@BeatTheBushDIY what's the check valve? is it on the small valve on the tank? sorry it's not clear. TY!
I think the small amount of C02 in that hose would be a negligible loss.
How can I tell if my C02 tank has a siphon tube or not? Can one be added to avoid having to invert the tank?
Great video instruction though, thanks.
If upright and filling, you hear liquid comes out then it has a siphon tube. Gas is hissing, Liquid is like a sloshing. Yes, you can add one.
Doing research on this it seems if you overfill liquid as the bottle warms to room temperature the pressure increases and that’s why you should measure the weight of the bottle after you fill. if it’s too heavy. You’re supposed to release some to bring weight down. At least that’s what I read. Is that correct?
You are absolutelly correct. After first freeze and refill weight the Soda ballon. If the calculated co2 weight is just a bit moore than weght of refilled, DO NOT FREEZE AND REFILL 2nd TIME!!! Mine warmed up and safety walve released all co2 with loud boom.
Excellent video man. I appreciate it.
I just tried to use the Farwind connector to fill an empty sodastream canister with the older pin valve (which is supposed to be easier to fill than the newer type). I froze the sodastream canister for about 2 hours before attempting to fill it. I may have opened the valve of the 5lb co2 tank too quickly at first. There was a loud whining sound that eventually dissipated, followed by a very soft hissing. At around the 4 minute mark I disconnected the sodastream canister and attempted to use it in my Drinkmate Omnifizz but to no avail. When I tried to refill the sodastream again, there was no hissing. I tried to push on the pin of the sodastream valve to see if there was any gas inside, but i could not depress the pin at all, even with a screwdriver. I am refreezing the soda stream canister again to see if it helps but im not feeling optimistic. Any idea on what is going wrong? Thanks in advance. Cheers.
Good grief. Nevermind! It turns out I wasn't pressing the Omnifizz button all the way down to release the CO2! Of all the things that could go wrong, that didn't even cross my mind.😅
Great you got it. Really frustrating to debug this. Freeze it overnight to fill it more.
After the filling commences, how long should it take to fill the bottle? And does it stop automatically or if I let it go will it eventually explode?
You should hear a tiny stream of liquid pass through. You can’t over fill it since the pressure in the two bottles equalizes. If you did it properly and using a bottle that doesn’t have a check valve, it will fill in 3 minutes or so. It will stop making noises.
Thanks you!!
My understanding is that you should *NEVER* turn a CO2 tank upside down. It could damage the regulator. Use a tank with a siphon instead.
Please explain how in a new comment.
And what about the pink version co2 Dillinger?
had same thoughts
Any way you slice it, this method must be better than what I first tried, which was to buy dry ice, slice it into pieces small enough to fit into the soda stream cylinder with the valve removed, and then replace the valve. Thanks for the informative video.
Dry ice is a bit dangerous since you could overfill easily and exceed maximum pressure after the ice melts inside.
Use a scale, check weight before and after, make sure it doesn’t exceed cylinder tare weight plus allowed weight of CO2. It’s hard to exceed, since the stuff starts sublimating faster than in air due to the aluminum being a better conductor than the air. The smaller the chunks of dry ice, the faster it sublimates. Biggest danger might be asphyxiation if doing this indoors in a small room, rather than exploding. I do all things like this outdoors…
You have any adapters or links for the Aarke system? Thanks
What is the bolt size for the exhaust nut on the CGA 320 adaptor?
Would it be possible to refill a 20 lb tank with dry ice? I am in the initial stages of research but it seems like it maybe a bit difficult to find a cost efficient place to fill up the tank. Obviously there may be some safety concerns. Would the tank be able to withstand the pressure?
It's possible but you can overfill the tank easily with dry ice and this could lead to safety concerns.
How do you know when it's done? Does it stop hissing?
Yes. Or if there is a check valve in newer type bottles, it could stop early and not fill.
I just received your recommended YHXMARSCAN stubby adapter. Haven't tried it yet, but despite the Amazon page showing the O-rings in your video, my spare pack of O-rings were all the ones you liked that are in the adapter. Maybe they watched your video and fixed the product :).
Good they changed it. They need to update the picture then.
What am I doing wrong?
I bought a 20lb tank without the tubes so I'm turning upside down to get the fluid.
The bottle will fill to a weight of 1050, but when go to use there are hardly any bubbles in liquid???
Did you freeze the bottle like I said in the video? Did you go slow enough? Maybe your bottle DOES have a tube so fill it right side up?
Very useful info...thank you!
Is there an adapter for the quick connect soda stream cylinders? Our bottles don’t have threads to screw in the adapter?
or Sodastream Terra/Duo/Art, use this: amzn.to/4dEGQKi
@@BeatTheBushDIY Nice i may give this a try for my quick connect bottles.
Ok maybe someone can help me. I have an older soda stream machine. I think its the fountain. Anyway a couple years ago i bought a huge co2 tank. Took it down and had ir filled only to get home and try to fill my bottles and nothing. It will not fill them no matter what i do. Ive tried to freeze thr tanks, go super slow etc ... I just hear a click and it wont fill anymore after like 2 seconds. I have the one witj the hose and guage. So then i thought ok i will just get the connection to go from my big tank right to thr machine. Again when i try to press thr button for fizz it feels like its super hard to press and i get nothing. What am i doing wrong? Ive tried to turn my big tank upside down as well. I dont remember if it has a siphon tube in it or not. Is there an easy way to tell? Any advice would be appreciated. I miss making my own carbonated water lol
Go slower. Once it clicks, the check value already engaged. If all else fails, get a small fill bottle with no check valve.
Hard to press? Pressure might be too high, might want a pressure regulator or start with opening the bottle just a tiny bit and opening it more for more pressure.
@BeatTheBush Where locally do you recommend researching to find somewhere to fill the tanks? I've heard people of using refills from paintball or sports places, but I'm afraid those might have additives to help the guns run smoother. I am a huge fan of this video but someone who drinks a lot of seltzer
I refilled it with a food grade CO2 locally. I just googled it. It sells to restaurants called carbonic services in Santa Clara, CA. You'll have to find one locally and it might just not exists depending on where you live.
I bought a used empty 5lb CO2 tank in eBay and then exchanged it for a full one (with food grade CO2) at a store called Airgas. I believe they are a chain, so maybe there's one near you!
I found our local coca cola plant will swap out empty tanks for full ones for the lowest price in town
Airgas and Praxair/Linde are probably your best bet. As I believe they are nationwide and were the cheapest when I called around. I get my 20lb tank with a siphon tube exchanged with beverage gas for about 20 bucks at Linde(formerly praxair).
Probably need to call ahead though, especially if you want a tank with a siphon tube as they will likely have to put in a special order.
I get my CO2 tank filled at Airgas, a local bottle gas supplier.
Very helpful, thanks.
but cant you open the sodastream bottle with a wrench and just dump some citric acid and baking soda and water inside so it makes CO2 by itself? that sounds like the cheapest way, just some baking soda and lemon salt from the supermarket.
Those chemical components would produce things other than CO2
Link doesn’t work to Amazon
I was unaware that co2 was in a liquid state when pressurized I thought it went to a solid state almost immediately making the tube useless.
Oh no... solid? I think you may have to pressurizing it way beyond the limits of the bottle to get to solid.
Heya! So, as its been a few months, might anyone have a trick to refill the new style soda stream bottles with the auto-shut? I got a tiny bit in it keeps tripping out no matter how slow i go. (i also froze it)
You might have better luck buying a new bottle without the check valve. Or you could try modifying the bottle itself but do that at your own risk.
I wouldn't use it without a gauge. High pressure is not something you want to overfill.
When you fill these, you end up with both cans with equal pressure. Perhaps there is a way to overfill it but I'm not sure how.
@@BeatTheBushDIY oh, ok, I thought the small one was less resistant to pressure 👍
@@lastanetaarion you just end up damaging the valve on your sodastream gas bottle if you fill it too fast. I did it to one of my bottles, filled it was too fast and then the sodastream pink bottle leaked out completely as the value must have been damaged from the pressure, im not sure if it's a safety feature of the newer bottles themselves that the value is designed to fail first when the bottle is over pressurised.
@@kloppskop4149 There is a burst disk on all sodastream bottles and another burst disk on the sodastream machine itself. Safety first. The bottle and the valve are probably just fine. The burst disk is a sacrificial component that protects the bottle and valve, you only have to replace the burst disk itself. On the bottles the burst disk is under the hexnut below the screwthread. The pressure rating is critical so only replace with burst disks made specifically for sodastream bottles.
@@nhand42 legend thanks for the reply, that makes a lot of sense. I ended up just swapping it out at the store. will fill slower next time.
You rock!
Attach the tank. Cut a slot in the back of my Sodastream, never looked back.
Yep. Like I said, if you do the cut, it takes a bit extra counter space and it's great for high usage.
Fine, thanks for asking, how’s it going with you?
No needless blah blah blah. LOL.CLASS A+
Why not just buy an adapter hose to the big tank? I'm thinking about a SodaStream, and there are a lot of videos where people hack their SS machine.
Because you would then have to have this huge bottle in the kitchen. It's ok if you go through the bottles pretty quickly but it takes me months to use one.
Awesome! 😎👍
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Okay , so the issue is this c 02 is in gas form at room temperature. When you fill a co two tank it is PUMPED in and then the pressure as it is pumped in converts the gas form a co two into a liquid. Co2 is measured in a cylinder by weight. What you are doing is considered a cascade gravity feed. You are only getting about ....fuck all in the tank. It has to be pumped in by machine as tank is on a scale to bring it to weight.
Dude, you have no idea what you’re talking about. The CO2 in the donor tank is pressurized to the point that it is liquid (in the bottom, gas on top). If you open a path for the liquid CO2 to flow, it will go into the receiving tank as a liquid, therefore pressurized.
It absolutely works. I’ve filled dozens of tanks this way, not counting the hundreds of paintball tanks I filled at a job 20 years ago.
Also, don’t listen to this Jackwagon in the video. GET A SIPHON TUBE. If you’re turning a CO2 tank upside down to fill it, you’re just asking for a traumatic brain injury (best case scenario). It’ll cost an extra $5, and will save your friends and family from the embarrassment of explaining to the folks coming to pay their respects at your funeral that they’re there because you caved your skull in trying to save money filling your own soda tanks.
Siphon tube and chain on tank= happy long life.
Flipping tank upside down= you fail at life.
@@intlgunmonkey2872do you have to have a tank that already has a siphon tube? Or can you just bring the tank to the refill station and ask to swap for a tank with a siphon tube?
A siphon tube can be purchased and added to a tank, but that’s not necessary. If you use a commercial gas company (I use Airgas for co2 and my welding gases), they treat the tank like a commodity. You give them your tank and they give you a refilled one. If you buy a tank from them, they charge you exactly what they’ll give you in exchange when you bring it back for a refill.
At my local Airgas, if you brought them a co2 tank without a siphon tube, and asked for a refill, it would be the same price for one with or without a tube- you just gotta tell them what you want. The ones they have tubes in have a red painted ring at the top for easy ID.
Heck, you could probably take them a 20# acetylene tank (in usable condition) and ask for 20# of co2. They’d tank you acetylene tank, ask you if you wanted tubed or not on your co2, grab the appropriate tank out of the rack and charge you for the fill.
Commercial gas suppliers really are the way to go… and cheaper since that’s where the specialty shops all get their gas.
@@intlgunmonkey2872 awesome info. Thank you for that!! Will look into getting a setup this week.
No idea where you guys are getting 20lbs for 30 bucks. That's what it costs me here for 5lbs...
I can get this locally at a food grade CO2 place. You'll have to shop around and your options might be limited depending on where you are.
The spot I go to charges almost the same price for 5 pounds and 20 pounds
I just paid 25 tax included from welding place. It is food grade
@@delz3501 just found one locally here that does it for 27 bucks, compared to the other places in town that want 40.
Had to do a lot of calling around to find it.
Dry ice way is much simoler ;)
I argue it’s more difficult since you’re handling very cold dry ice.
@BeatTheBushDIY nope, dry ice is cheap. Cut it with an ordinary knife and put small chunks with oven gloves. Easy, and u do not need high-pressure equipment
SodaStream is manufactured in Israel, in a factory constructed on occupied land.
Shame!!
Piss off
Yes, I was at a big box retailer and seen SodaStream made in Israel. So what I did was I turned the boxes to the back so the person seeing will hopefully boycott 😁🇵🇸
God save Israel!
Its just SPARKLING WATER NOT POLITICS
Siphon is pronounced "Sy-fun" not "Sy-foon"
great technique to help my boycott!🍉
I love mine. It allows me to generously spray all the CO2 to give it extra fizz.
Boycott?
You don’t think the genocidal anti-Semitic Hamas terrorists make Soda Stream, do you?
Syphoon tube???? Couldn't watch after that.
I had to look that up. I speak multiple
languages and English is not my first. Cy-phun pronunciation going forward.
He’s a pedantic jerk. Disregard and great video.