Soda Stream Drinks Maker Review

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Soda Stream Drinks Maker
2.9 stars
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AbigailG's Review of Soda Stream Drinks Maker

3rd May 2009

Overall Rating

0 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Special Features
    Not supplied
  • Durability
    2.5 stars
  • Service & Support
    0 stars
  • Owned Product For:
    6 - 12 months
  • Ease of Use
    3 stars
  • Style
    2.5 stars
Good Points

Makes good, plain soda water


Bad Points

Impossible to get refills at a reasonable price,


General Comments

I bought the 3 carbonator package from SodaStream as a Christmas '08 present for my husband, Peter. Big problem getting the 60L carbonator re-filled!! We are very unhappy with the product because when we bought it we purposely bought the 3rd extra cartridge so that we would not have to go without soda water while getting 2 carbonators re-filled. Now they will only accept a refill order of at least 3 carbonators????? Now they expect me to buy yet another one??? Now they insist on 3 minimum being sent in??? This is very bad business. Further, I called in to their phone number about a week ago and was told that for sure Kohl's had exchange carbonators and I just drove 20 miles out to Kohl's to find out that it was not true. So I checked on line on the SodaStream site and today they claim that Williams Sonoma has exchanges. I just spoke to Williams Sonoma in Emeryville, CA and they said that it would be at least 30 days until they MIGHT have exchange carbonators!!!! They said that SodaStream does not keep up with their orders at all! They said that customers are waiting and are very mad.
Also, when at Kohl's today, I saw that the whole new set-up was much cheaper than the one that I bought from SodaStream last winter by about 35%!!!!
It cost's a fortune to ship to SodaStream.
The amount of Co2 required should cost very little at a normal refill station.
We did research and found that the cylanders are fitted with European heads so that they cannot be refilled at camping, scuba, etc stores for a fair price for the gas. We did see that some people are making new heads for the cylandars so that they can be refilled for a fraction of the price that Soda Stream is charging.

Abigail

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