soda stream

anyone see the soda stream shows with shaun? i thought i'd transported back to the 80s lol everyone had one when i was growing up all my friends and family my parents never got round to one for our house which is good cos if i remember they didn't taste very nice especially the cola was like rola cola as peter kay would say they prob taste better now but am not tempted just nice to have a bit of a flashback lol

They're a bit of fun...but another five minute wonder! It's all exciting at first trying it all out, then you're left with a number of sticky bottles of concentrate of the ones you're not so keen on. Then you scour the high street for the replacement cartridges/drinks concentrates....eventually find someone who sells them, spend a small fortune...use it again for a week or so...then think sod it, and throw it out with your next clear out!

ooh I remember my auntie and uncle had one in the seventies and uncle made me one when we went to visit, I thought they were really posh then :grin:

Not been the same since Schweppes sold that side of the buisness off.

Supermarkets don't stock them and you have to buy direct.

I think I saw them demonstrated in Asda not long ago.

It was like an 80's flashback, we never had one we were too poor, now I don't want one lol! I can't see them becoming the big thing again, there was always a big fuss getting gas bottles! There cola did taste like rola cola and I suspect their non sugar range will be just as bad!

I bought one in '81 and used it for diet drinks. I loved it! It worked out a lot cheaper than buying the cans and I used it loads till it gave up the ghost. I wouldn't buy one now though. As Merry says it would entail too much hassle geting all the stuff. I'm slim-lining gadgetwise anyway. The less carp in my kitchen, the better!

I thought that even Shaun was struggling to talk about fizzy drinks for a whole hour. Plus, £65 [inc P&P] is a lot to pay for a plastic contraption that essentially gets oxygen out of a canister.