Sodastream Review and Giveaway

I've been seeing the Sodastream soda maker around for the last couple of months and I was debating whether or not I wanted to get one. I wasn't sure it was really possible to make soda at home that would taste like the name brands that my family and I are used to.  So when I had the opportunity to review the Sodastream, I jumped at the chance.   The experience I've had is not disappointing. 

First of all, I was amazed at the generousity of this company. They sent me one of every flavor to try as well as the soda maker itself.  My kids were so excited. I had to let them each pick out a flavor to make. They decided on orange soda and root beer for our first test drive.  When we got started, I thought it would be more complicated than it was. But its actually so easy my children have already mastered it and can do it themselves.  You just insert the carbon cannister, screw in the bottle of water, hit the button a few times. and you have carbonated water. Then you add the soda flavoring of your choice and shake. That's it.

So, its easy, but how does it taste? It tastes just as good as any soda I've ever bought off the shelves. And considering one cannister of carbon makes 60 liters of soda, the amount of money you can save makes it well worth a few extra steps each night.  My kids love making the soda so much, I don't think they will every want to switch back.  Plus, my chef husband is already trying to think of ways to make his own unique syrups to try out.  Not that we need to with the amazing selection offered at Soda Stream.

How would you like to have a soda maker of your own? Soda Stream has been nice enough to offer another Soda Stream to one of the readers.  To enter, please visit the Soda Stream website and let me know what two flavors you would want to make first. For additional entries you can do any of the following, but you must complete the initial entry first. Any entries that do you follow these guidelines will be deleted.

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This giveaway will end at midnight on 2/2/10 and is open to the US only. The winner will be chosen via a random number generator. Thanks again to Soda Stream for offering this great prize!





***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. I did receive a sample of the product to try in order to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and were not influenced in any way. ***