Soda Stream fizzy drinks maker - Half price at Argos

Carriannelouise

Hi got my soda stream for my birthday last week since been searching for syrups, extra bottles and cylinders best offers i have found
ASDA
£2 most flavors
7 flavor diet sample pack on a roll back to £2.50 from £4.99 (handy to try new flavors beware tho the none sugar free ones are still £4.99)
TESCO
ok not syrups but they work well...
cola bottle flavor squash 89p good for kiddies as sugar free
vimto cordial 1.29 BOGOF sugar free and cherry available
Sherbert lemon squash 89p (tastes a bit like bitter lemon) also SF
bottle green morello cherry cordial £2.20 tastes nice quite tart more for grown ups than kiddies
tesco own brand lime cordial double conc about £2 for loads very nice
bottle green elderflower cordial £2.99 i was addicted to the ready made bottle green fizzies this works out loads cheaper as one bottle of cordial makes about 7l depending on how strong you want it.
SODA STREAM WEBSITE
expensive on delivery but free over £59
Any 8 flavors £20
my water 3 pack £4.99 (makes 60l of fizzy flavored water)
deals on extra bottles i got some 500ml bottles half price when i bought a pack of 1l bottles
They do cylinder exchange by post and you get a 7 flavor sample pack free with it or buy two cylinders (exchange or spare and get any two 500ml flavors half price) they also offer cylinder exchange for the old school soda stream machine...
they have the royal passion fruit flavor yum
The benefit of ordering from here is they do have all available flavors and the 500ml carbonating bottles i couldnt find these anywhere else when i recieved my delivery they had poped in a little sample pack of three flavors for free aswell.
LAKELAND
2 x 1l carbonating bottles £4.99 not sure about postage
They also offer cylinder exchange cheaper than anywhere else i have found at about £8.50
HOME BARGAINS
I thought they would be a bargain price and there was so SEL took a pack of 3 sample flavors to the till (cream soda, dandilion & burdock and cherry) expecting 99p or so went through at £2.99!! i told em to put em back they would only make 3 liters and were short dated! (these were the ones that came free from soda stream website)

HTH someone
carrianne x

TeegansNan

Carriannelouise wrote: »

Hi got my soda stream for my birthday last week since been searching for syrups, extra bottles and cylinders best offers i have found
ASDA
£2 most flavors
7 flavor diet sample pack on a roll back to £2.50 from £4.99 (handy to try new flavors beware tho the none sugar free ones are still £4.99)
TESCO
ok not syrups but they work well...
cola bottle flavor squash 89p good for kiddies as sugar free
vimto cordial 1.29 BOGOF sugar free and cherry available
Sherbert lemon squash 89p (tastes a bit like bitter lemon) also SF
bottle green morello cherry cordial £2.20 tastes nice quite tart more for grown ups than kiddies
tesco own brand lime cordial double conc about £2 for loads very nice
bottle green elderflower cordial £2.99 i was addicted to the ready made bottle green fizzies this works out loads cheaper as one bottle of cordial makes about 7l depending on how strong you want it.
SODA STREAM WEBSITE
expensive on delivery but free over £59
Any 8 flavors £20
my water 3 pack £4.99 (makes 60l of fizzy flavored water)
deals on extra bottles i got some 500ml bottles half price when i bought a pack of 1l bottles
They do cylinder exchange by post and you get a 7 flavor sample pack free with it or buy two cylinders (exchange or spare and get any two 500ml flavors half price) they also offer cylinder exchange for the old school soda stream machine...
they have the royal passion fruit flavor yum
The benefit of ordering from here is they do have all available flavors and the 500ml carbonating bottles i couldnt find these anywhere else when i recieved my delivery they had poped in a little sample pack of three flavors for free aswell.
LAKELAND
2 x 1l carbonating bottles £4.99 not sure about postage
They also offer cylinder exchange cheaper than anywhere else i have found at about £8.50
HOME BARGAINS
I thought they would be a bargain price and there was so SEL took a pack of 3 sample flavors to the till (cream soda, dandilion & burdock and cherry) expecting 99p or so went through at £2.99!! i told em to put em back they would only make 3 liters and were short dated! (these were the ones that came free from soda stream website)

HTH someone
carrianne x

ARGOS have syrups available including Coke zero for £2.99 with free delivery HTH:rotfl:

fleur365

I ordered loads from sodastream last week and my order came in 2 days which was great . I got some of the bottles on offer (half price 500ml when purchasing a 1L) and loads of the normal flavours and the my water pack, they also sent a free sample pack of 3 flavours so very happy with their service, impressed x

Carriannelouise

fleur365 wrote: »

I ordered loads from sodastream last week and my order came in 2 days which was great . I got some of the bottles on offer (half price 500ml when purchasing a 1L) and loads of the normal flavours and the my water pack, they also sent a free sample pack of 3 flavours so very happy with their service, impressed x

mine came the next day i was debating ordering or not and decided to go for it dispite the delivery charge. glad i did the mywater stuff is nice and the passion fruit flavor is really nice. i found i ddnt need as much syrup as the bottle said either it says on the invoice that the royal passionfruit flavor is fruit punch syrup (uk version) so maybe it will still be available next year as a different name. the smaller bottles are great to take out and about with fizzy or plain water too theyre nice and strong
x

StumpyPumpy

TeegansNan wrote: »

ARGOS have syrups available including Coke zero for £2.99 with free delivery HTH

I know I'm being picky, but to save confusion, Soda Stream do not do branded syrups any more, I believe they stopped when Cadbury's sold the company in the 90's. It may taste as good as, or even better than Coke Zero™, but it is not Coke Zero™ , it is "Zero cola". So if you are one of those people that absolutely must have the right brand. This is not for you.

MorrisonsEmployee

Not amazing but don't forget the 3% cashback that Quidco offer when stocking up on the SodaStream site!

TeegansNan

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

I know I'm being picky, but to save confusion, Soda Stream do not do branded syrups any more, I believe they stopped when Cadbury's sold the company in the 90's. It may taste as good as, or even better than Coke Zero™, but it is not Coke Zero™ , it is "Zero cola". So if you are one of those people that absolutely must have the right brand. This is not for you.

So it is . . .


I hope I didn't mislead people - didn't mean to . . ..

mandycr

Doc_N wrote: »

Depends very much on your own water supply. Carbonated water varies only according to the water used to make it, and how much C02 is added to it.

The only difference you'll notice, though, probably is the price - it will cost a lot more to make than the cheap large supermarket bottles.

making your own at home with the soda stream works out 60 litres = 10 quid cost of a refill not sure how much a bottle costs at the shops as i dont buy it but i really dont think there would be that much of price difference surely?? and as op says much easier that lugging big bottles home

i make my own fizzy water when i am hungover tastes great

Twisted_Angel_2

I think my calculations are right (maths isnt my strongest subject :cool:) but some peeps asked how much it works out for a litre.

I gas canister = 60 litres = £10

5 bottles of syrup = 60 litres = 12.50 (based on syrup costing £2.50 bottle from Argos - i know you can get it cheaper at Asda for £2 bottle but my local doesnt have any in stock).

So it works out 37 1/2p a litre.

or 33.3p a litre if you get the £2 syrup bottles.

I think !

Doc_N

Doc_N wrote: »

Depends very much on your own water supply. Carbonated water varies only according to the water used to make it, and how much C02 is added to it.

The only difference you'll notice, though, probably is the price - it will cost a lot more to make than the cheap large supermarket bottles.

mandycr wrote: »

making your own at home with the soda stream works out 60 litres = 10 quid cost of a refill not sure how much a bottle costs at the shops as i dont buy it but i really dont think there would be that much of price difference surely?? and as op says much easier that lugging big bottles home

i make my own fizzy water when i am hungover tastes great

Sodastream sparkling water works out, on these figures, at 16.6p for 1 litre.

Tesco sparkling water is much the same price (17p) for twice that at 2 litres.

Even ignoring the extra cost of buying the Sodastream itself, it does seem a pretty pointless exercise to buy something that will enable you to make fizzy water at twice the price you can already buy it for ready made!