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Of all the reviews, this was one of them.
Tell my wife I said hello
It tastes nothing like OK Soda
For those who are younger than 40 or not from one of the few test market cities - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Soda
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Accurate.
It's good. Not the greatest thing ever but it's better than drinking soda.
What is it ?
It's a brand of flavored sparkling water.
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Itβs good if you donβt like strong carbonation βflavorβ I just drink store brand carbonated water because itβs cheaper and I like the carbonation
Spindrift ruined it for me.
Spindrift is top tier. Best Sparkling water on the market
It tastes like ass, but over time you grow to enjoy the taste of ass, and eventually you prefer the taste of ass .
It's good, but I prefer my filtered water from the fridge
My wife loves it and I hate it for the exact same reasons.
Basically flavorless ass.
Would rather drink warm water from the tap in a small town with shitty water
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I love it, and for anyone else who does, I have a suggestion.
Get a SodaStream (or whatever your carbonator-of-choice is) and a cheap adapter to run it from a standard CO2 tank. Not only do you save money on CO2 refills, but you save money on buying cans of seltzer, too. The concentrated flavor additives are only a few dollars at the grocery store.
I think my SodaStream was something like $100. The adapter and hoses were $50-ish. The flavor syrup costs around $5 for enough to make gallons. Every few months or more, I might pay $50 or so to refill a 20lb CO2 tank. It's already paid for itself, and it's incredibly convenient.
You can skip the soda stream and use a cheap carbonator cap on standard plastic bottles and a ball lock connector on your gas line if you're willing to shake the bottle manually.
I've taken this setup a couple levels up over the last 5 years.
First level: kegerator and switch out the bottle for a keg, bonus points for using a diffusion stone in the keg to speed the absorption of CO2.
Second level: plumb the water line and use a continuous carbonator lid on the keg. Your gas pressure will need to be 10-15 psi (.7-1 bar) lower than the water pressure. Even a small 2.5gal (9.5L) keg makes for nearly infinite cold fizzy water at reasonable consumption rates.
Happy to make a parts list if anyone is interested.
I'm on this journey myself; lay out that parts list, my man
The list is going to be mostly USA specific ~~(I'll come back with links)~~, but many of the fittings are from Kegland (Australia), so we get a blend of "freedom" units and metric
We'll start with level 1:
Tools: Depending on what exactly your goals are, you'll need
- a tubing cutter
- a faucet wrench
- a crescent wrench (for attaching the regulator nut. 1^1/8^in nuts on the regulators in my possession)
- a cheap water pressure gauge (you can check on your hose bib outside).
I'll be specifying push-in fittings because they're so much nicer to use.
Kegerator: obviously not a hard requirement. You can build a "keezer" out of a chest freezer, or bore a hole in your fridge for the faucet, or even use a picnic tap on a keg in the fridge (but you'll also have to get your gas line in the fridge which means also putting the tank in there, or boring a hole for the line anyway)
CO2 tank: These come in 5, 10, and 20lb sizes commonly available at welding shops, and are almost universally swapped out instead of refilled (so don't get attached). Check your prices for a new tank on the internet before you go to the welding shop to buy one. They will likely overcharge you for the first tank (by a hundred dollars), but they'll like it if you bring them a shiny new one and might give you a discount. My 10lb tank lasts us about 6 months and I have a backup 5lb tank.
CO2 regulator: If you're planning on beer taps too, go for a dual regulator right away and save yourself the hassle (serving beer is low pressure vs high pressure for water). Try to find one with a threaded output ("flare") instead of a barbed output (or bonus points for having a push-in fitting already).
Keg: I use 2.5 or 5 gallon ball-lock cornelius (corny/soda) kegs
Gas and beer/water tubing: I use evabarrier only. All the fittings will be 8mm push-in (typically "duotight") so get a length of 8mm x 4mm for liquid, and 8mm x 5mm for gas. These are the conventions for beer, and I just followed them for water.
Fittings:
- 1x of the 1/4" x 8mm push-in fittings for the CO2 regulator
- 1x Gas ball lock (typically gray), 1x Liquid Ball lock (typically black). I'd go for a "flow control" liquid ball-lock fitting. They are just enough different to be incompatible, so make sure to get 1 of each.
- 1x 8mm x 6.5mm push-in reducer (for the tap faucet shank)
- 1 6.5mm (3/16") compatible faucet shank
- 1 beer faucet
- 1 novelty tap handle
- I always recommend a check valve on the CO2 line, but it isn't a hard requirement (until we plumb the water line in level 2).
- Optional: keg lid with diffusion stone (or buy the stone and attach it to your gas post to save a little, but you'll need matching hose and clamps.
Level 2: This assumes you have completed level 1 Additional tools: none!
I'm going to assume you have a standard angle stop (like your toilet) for your water line. And I'm going to assume your plumber was nice enough to attach a 3/8" (9.5mm) push-in fitting.
Tubing:
- 9.5mm evabarrier to connect to the output that we'll step down to our "standard" beer dispensing 8mm. I have about 4 inches of it before reducing
Fittings:
- 1x 9.5mm to 8mm push-in reducer
- 2x 8mm check valves for your gas and water lines (don't be backing up the system on either side!)
- 1x [liquid ball lock ](Liquid Ball lock)
- 1x inline push-in regulator if you don't know your water pressure and/or need to reduce it
- 1x continuous carbonator keg lid (you can move your diffusion stone to this cap)
Thanks for the info, I especially like the cheeky note about the novelty tap handle! I'm going to save this into my second brain for 2025 doings
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Soda stream is on the BDS list. Buy second hand at best.
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it gets my clothes clean, that's all I'm asking
I used to drink a fair amount of pop. I mean, not excessive amounts, but more than I do now. In all my years on earth, I've absolutely never ever able to enjoy diet soft drinks. The aftertaste is just absolutely disgusting and the entire flavor of the drink is ruined.
I actually like artificial sweetener in my coffee because coffee already has a very bitter and strong aftertaste. So artificial sweeteners are not as noticeable. But with soft drinks it just completely takes over and makes everything absolutely disgusting.
I didn't like sparkling water at first, but over the years I've come to really enjoy it and I drink it far more than I do soft drinks. I'd pick a sparkling water over a diet soft drink 1000000%.
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Make your own. Here, I got this from another lemming
a real CO2 cylinder with a CGA 320 valve (the 10lb size is plenty) a CGA-320 CO2 regulator some 1/4" ID reinforced PVC tubing a carbonation cap + 1/4" barb ball lock disconnect
Lime La Croix got me off soda. Just a heads up - carbonation is slightly acidic. Throw in natural flavor like lemon or lime, and youve got even more acidity. Just saying, don't do what I did and drink 2-3 per day without a meal. I've had to get 5 fillings in the past year. Not attributing it directly to my La Croix habit (I also only brushed in the morning and never flossed, not anymore!) - but I did find some stuff online that hinted the acidity of these drinks can run your teeth down. Maybe not that much, but it sure doesn't help.
Same with acid reflux. Have to dial it back when i start noticing its acting up again. Delicious, and a hell of a lot better than soda, but moderation for sure
Throw 2 or 3 naproxen in with that and you'll wake up in the night extremely unhappy.
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Once I got stoned and had a sip. It was quite the experience.
Like others, I used to hate it and drank a lot of soda. Now, I've dropped soda and love lacroix as an alternative. Although, there are better brands (Waterloo).
Pretty much what all carbonated water tastes like to me. Gag inducing seltzer
It knows what taste is.
I prefer Bubly and Waterloo. They're more flavorful, while still being sweetener-free.
The only brand that my wife and I have found consistently better than these 2 is Good & Gather from Target. Slightly cheaper and some great flavors!
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Disgusting.
Yummy. Good soda substitute. Different flavors appeal to different people so if you donβt like one, try another.
Other brands are hit or miss as many of their flavorings taste βfakeβ.
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