Sodastream

Lucked out and got an old style can when i traded in my new style one in Harvey Norman, now have 2 old ones so once AJ Edge get their valves in stock ill be set finally

Great, quick way to get refills with Argos closed - www.mccauley.ie
Good, quick, service too.

ec_pc wrote: »

Very interesting thread, I have a Sodastream for fizzy water that we bought last year and now I have 4 cylinders as Argos can't do the Sodastream cylinder exchange due to some import issue from UK to the entire island of Ireland. I contacted Sodastream UK and the only option is to by another sodastream canister at €30 plus.

So, I have seen a lot of useful information on this thread but it's hard to follow at times.

Can anyone be so kind as to give me a list of items I would need in order to refill my own cylinders? I assume I need connectors, pipes, pressure gauges and a source of food safe Co2. Based in Kildare if it makes any difference.

If I was in your shoes with 4 Sodastream cylinders, and especially if getting refills meant a bit of time in the car, I'd probably invest in this bundle of 10kg cylinder and adapter - https://www.co2-adapter.de/produkt/co2-steigrohr-bundle-11-sodastream/ as it's twice the size of the 5kg cylinders you can get from AJ Edge so a refill would last twice as long.

The extra cost would be paid back in time and petrol saved traipsing to Bray (or wherever) for more frequent refills.

wassie wrote: »

Unfortunately that bundle is only available in Germany.

Ah apologies, I put it into a cart last week with Dublin as the delivery address and it quoted me a delivery price etc so I assumed it would follow through for anyone wanting to buy one here.

VinLieger wrote: »

...I have this one which is a bit bigger has a gauge and allows for vertical positioning of the sodastream can

https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/sodastream-cylinder-refill-adapter-p520.html

Im interested in this adapter also. Did you purchase it this year (i.e. Post-Brexit) - asking as Im trying to work out what the final cost would be in terms of VAT and admin charges potentially?

Thanks

so this time I have taken a punt on this fella - will report back

Adapter

Just read through this entire thread and there is some great advice. Kudos in particular to 54and56 to ...Ghost... for your instructive posts.

Now just awaiting for AJ Edge to get restocked!

The lads at AJs have new valves in stock and even had a couple of bottles made up ready to go for 50 quid. Reminder for anyone looking to purchase same make sure you can pay in cash. My regulator & replacement valve also arrived by mail from CO2 supermarket - no issue with customs even with a declared value of ~£60 (Thanks @VinLieger) so all set to go.

wassie wrote: »

The lads at AJs have new valves in stock and even had a couple of bottles made up ready to go for 50 quid. Reminder for anyone looking to purchase same make sure you can pay in cash. My regulator & replacement valve also arrived by mail from CO2 supermarket - no issue with customs even with a declared value of ~£60 (Thanks @VinLieger) so all set to go.

Don't forget to get the AJ Cylinder up to room temp for a few hours and place the sodastream canister in the freezer for a few hours before starting the fill as differential in temp creates the maximum vacuum (or some other chemistry / physics stuff my son tried and failed to explain to me) thus enabling the max fill up of the sodastream canister.

Also,

Wear gloves or use a tea towel unless you want blisters from holding a frozen sodastream canister and if you have a digital scales weigh the empty sodastream canister (should be circa 795g empty) and again after filling so you know how much CO2 you've been able to transfer. 1,250g is the max "full weight" I've been able to fill mine to meaning I got 455g of CO2 into the canister but that gradually reduces as the pressure from the AJ donation cylinder declines as it empties.

At max 450g per fill you should get 11 full refills out of the 5kg CO2 in the AJ Edge cylinder or 12/13 if the last 2-3 fills are less than full transfers.

crazyderk wrote: »

Picked up a cylinder from AJ today. I got the wrong impression from this thread that they would include the adaptor that goes from the cylinder to the soda stream bottle and that's what they were waiting on but it must of been the adaptor thats connect to the actual bottle instead of say the hose that you aim to put out a fire.
The guy recommended an adaptor from lew tech called "W21.8" So off I go to find a "W21.8" adaptor

There ya go.

RobAMerc wrote: »

If you are willing to wait, mine should be arriving shortly and I can confirm its compatible both ends - my last one didnt

Yes, I'll hang on. The bottle from AJ is huge & I saw a video where you tip the AJ bottle upside down to refill the soda stream bottle. If that's the case I could see using this valve as being quite awkward.

Did anyone get to confirm if Harvey Norman are doing canister exchanges / refills?

crazyderk wrote: »

Yes, I'll hang on. The bottle from AJ is huge & I saw a video where you tip the AJ bottle upside down to refill the soda stream bottle. If that's the case I could see using this valve as being quote awkward.

When I got mine I asked if it had a dip tube and they said it did. If it was one of the ones that was pre-made then it will most likely will be fine.

Anyone thinking of purchasing should remember to ask this.

wassie wrote: »

When I got mine I asked if it had a dip tube and they said it did. If it was one of the ones that was pre-made then it will most likely will be fine.

Anyone thinking of purchasing should remember to ask this.

Got mine earlier and was only in the car on the way home when i realised i never asked about it being dipped. Wll be trying a fill later so will find out, if not im making a journey back to bray tomorrow.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

And are they are definitely doing exchanges, not charging the full price for a new canister?

Yep they are deffinitely doing trade ins, i did one in carrickmines 2 weeks ago

Just filled my spare and all went great got 418g into it which im pretty happy with, just 1 more refill to go and ill be saving myself a lot of money