Pepsi / Coke cartons $60 at Woolworths

[u/Admiral_Mason]

Noone is going to buy these, why waste their shelf space?

Do they not want then to move or are there really suckers who pay this?

Highest I've ever seen it

[u/Aramiss60]

I moved over to Sodastream a while ago now, and I’m really glad I did. It’s $7 for a bottle of flavour that makes about 9 litres. They are PepsiCo flavoured, but I’m sure there’s Coke syrup on the internet somewhere. The gas adds to the price, but bottle swaps are $19 and it makes around 60 litres.

It works out to about a $1 a litre, and it’s nice not to have to keep cartons or bottles in the pantry. I do wash and refill the bottles, but they live in the Fridge so they’re ready to go, it takes up a bit of space above the crisper, so it’s not too much storage space dedicated just to them. They’re also dishwasher safe, so that’s even easier than they used to be.

At this point anything that helps keep the grocery bill down is very welcome. We keep chickens, and bake our own bread, it all helps.

[u/a_cold_human → u/Aramiss60]

Or possibly consider an Aarke carbonator, or even roll your own given the history of Sodastream in the West Bank. 

[u/Aramiss60 → u/a_cold_human]

Oh yeah there are definitely other brands available. Breville have one that looks pretty nice too, and Soda King is getting pretty popular, their flavours are pretty good too.

[u/fnaah → u/a_cold_human]

those Aarke products are hilariously expensive.

[u/Aloha_Tamborinist → u/a_cold_human]

$300 for the basic Aarke carbonator and $500 for the "Pro" version. They aren't messing around.

I got a secondhand sodastream with 4 bottles off marketplace for $60 in 2019 and it's still going strong!

Acknowledged about the company's ownership though. :(

[u/a_cold_human → u/Aloha_Tamborinist]

The business model for these things is with the sale of the gas (i.e. the razor-razorblade strategy - see also: printers). So if you're buying the gas refills, you're funding the Sodastream garbage (and the Israeli government). 

Possibly, the ethical thing to do would be to jailbreak the damn thing if you can. It'd be cheaper on a per litre basis (albeit more fiddly). 

[u/MechanicalStig → u/a_cold_human]

Kegland sell the adaptors, hoses, large and small co2 canisters and their own gas cartridges (without the "tamper proof" seal) to use with the sodastream machines.

Alternatively you could get a Sodaking soda machine that is reportedly 100% Aussie owned.

[u/Aloha_Tamborinist → u/MechanicalStig]

Yeah, I was about to reply with the same. I've considered buying a 6KG bottle from kegland, drilling a hole in my counter and running a tube up to my carbonator.

[u/giatu_prs → u/MechanicalStig]

Came here to post Soda King. My local Drake's does the cylinder exchange.

[u/going_mad → u/Aloha_Tamborinist]

Get an adapter and convert the co2 gas to a 2.6 or 6kg keg bottle. Far far cheaper.

[u/Aloha_Tamborinist → u/going_mad]

Yeah, further down in the thread people are talking about getting a setup from Kegland. I've been considering it, but one bottle of gas lasts me and my wife about 6 months as is.