Owning a SodaStream is awesome, especially if you’re a seltzer lover (and I am.) Shelling out for those proprietary tanks and refiles though, knowing that cheaper CO2 is widely available, isn’t. Luckily, it’s not difficult to hack your SodaStream and save a ton of money.


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Here’s how this works:

So we’re at a total investment of about $66-$119, but here’s the kicker: this will, once charged, last way longer than your traditional SodaStream canisters, and over time, you’ll make the money back in terms of saved trips to buy the smaller, proprietary ones.

This tweak isn’t exactly uncommon. Lots of SodaStream owners have converted their models to accept standard CO2 tanks and lines that they can easily—and affordably—have refilled whenever they want, at a fraction of the price of the proprietary ones. For example, SodaStream refills are usually around $20-$30, and fresh, filled tanks are more than that, while you’re looking at $20 to fill even a 10lb tank, and it lasts three or four times as long as the Sodastream model.


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