SodaStream Review & Giveaway

UPDATE:  This contest is now closed.  The winner has been notified, via Twitter.

After many emails from readers, I began to speak with the great people at SodaStream, and they kindly provided me with a machine and some mixes to try out for myself, and give my honest opinion of what I thought about this machine.   I've watched the commercials, but they are in fact commercials, and meant to "sell" a product.  Make your own soda, just as tasty as the ones you buy in the grocery store?  Really?

Fast forward to the day it arrived at my front door.  I have to say, I was very much like a kid on Christmas morning.  I couldn't wait to try it out.  Skeptical to say the least. I was ready to put it to the test, and find something, anything of substance that I didn't like, that I could post about.  However, as much as I was skeptical, my husband was a hundred times more skeptical.  "No way." this was his phrase for the next 15 minutes.  As we looked through all the sample mixes that came, my husband wanted to first try the root beer.  He said "If they can produce a good tasting root beer, than it's got an A in my book."

I put the CO2 machine in back, which took all of a minute and a half, and filled the reusable bottle with water, then screwed it onto the machine, again maybe taking 2 minutes.  I pressed the button three times just like it said, and yes, it does make quite a load noise as it fills the water with carbonation on the third press, as you'll see in the video, and the only one it really bothers is the dog, as he starts to bark at the machine ( except in the video, oddly enough, however, you can hear him whine.) 

Next we unscrewed the bottle from the machine, filled a capful of root beer syrup, and slowly pour it into the carbonated bottle of water.  I cannot stress the importance of the word slowly here.  I will say, we used quite a few paper towels the first several times we made soda.  As with any new machine you're not used to, it does take a bit of a learning curve here as to pouring at just the right speed, as to not have it foam so quickly that it comes overflowing out of the bottle.  (My daughters are much better than I am at the pouring, as you'll see.)

Next we covered the bottle, and slowly tipped it upside down, and back right side up, opened it up, and poured ourselves a small glass. 

Tasty.  Now root beer is supposed to be a little sweet, and it wasn't quite as sweet as we thought it should be, so I added another 1/8 of a cap to it, and tipped it once more.  Poured another small little glass, and... BAM.  I couldn't believe it.  Taste?  Incredible! 








Since the making of this video, we have tried the Pink Grapefruit flavored, which, I am not a fan of Grapefruit, but this was extremely good!  After receiving this machine, we have not purchased  bottle of Soda.  (Unless, as my daughter stated, it was Pepsi, for her.)  In fact, I went online to purchase a few more bottles of syrup the other day.)  Seeing as we have run out of several bottles, since someone is always making soda.  So it looks like I may have to add these mixes to our stockpile sheet.

With over 50 different flavors, there is something to make just about anyone happy.  ( Now if they could only make one that would compare to Pepsi, everyone in my household would be happy!) 

Good news for you!  Want to try it yourself?  Here's your chance to win one and see for yourself just how easy, and great tasting this really is. 

What you'll get:

The Fountain Jet Soda Lover's Start-Up Kit 

Which includes the following:

~ Fountain Jet – winner’s choice of color (black/silver, red/silver or white)

~ 1 carbonating bottle, reusable for up to 3 years

~  Reusable carbonator to fizz up to 60L of soda

~ Variety 6-pack of popular sample-size flavors

~ 3 full-sized flavors of the winner’s choice

Valued at $99.95

Here's how to enter:

Mandatory Entry:

~ Head over to the SodaStream Website and Let me know what color machine (from the choices above, and what 3 flavors you'd like most.

Optional Entries:

~ Follow me on Twitter, and come back letting me know you followed. (1 entry)

~ Tweet this: @BrandysBargains is holding a SodaStream Giveaway! Enter today at  http://bit.ly/yR2qHc (1 entry each day this is tweeted, & be sure to come back & let me know you tweeted!)

~ "Like" The Brandy's Big Bargains Facebook Page, and come back letting me know you did. (1 entry)

~ Post this Giveaway on your Facebook wall, and come back letting me know you did (1 entry)

~ Subscribe to the Brandy's Big Bargains daily email newsletter, and come back letting me know you did. (1 entry) ** Just make sure you "confirm" your subscription, as only active subscriptions will be entered. You may have to check your spam folder for an email from feedburner.

This giveaway will run through 8 pm February 6th, 2012

Good Luck!!