Any body out in forum land have any experience in making Do It Yourself carbonated drinks at home?
Lately, with the cost of even the cheaper Seltzer water like Canada Dry & sodas like RC hitting $1.25+ and the name brands @ $1.50+ at Walmart for 2 litter bottles, I think it may be time that home carbonation would be much more cost effective for me in the long run. I understand that once you get past the initial set up costs of approx. $170.... it only costs about 4-cents to make a 2 liter bottle of Seltzer.
Co2 tank refills run around $15 for a 5 pound cylinder. I prefer iced seltzer water with a little lemon juice added instead of regular tap water or tea...and I could realistically recoup my costs in little over a year. It would sure be a lot more healthy than the diet sodas with Nutra Sweet or Splenda. And, I like the idea of being able to make the Seltzer carbonated to my own taste.. with a little more fizz. Seltzer water is my addiction kind off like smoking is for others.... in a yrs time I'd probably spend enough on over the counter bottles to pay for having this set-up at home. $1.25 x 3- 2 liter bottles a week= $3.75 [plus taxes] x's 52 weeks= $195+ taxes! Then it would only be costing me approx. 4-cents a bottle going into future years.
If you know of any companies in the OKC or preferably the Lawton area that sells this kind of equipment, I'd appreciate the info. I'm looking for a five Pound Co2 tank, regulator, ball-lock keg coupler and the Carbonator bottle cap. I can get the hose & clamps locally. I haven't checked with my local welding gas supplier yet.. he may have the tanks.. but right now I want to do some price checking before I buy.
Walmart sells a soda system that costs approx. $170 for the start-up pack. But when you figure in the cost of the 14 oz replacement Co2 cylinders @ $15 each.. you end up paying about as much as you would if buying soda off the shelf. And the cylinders can't be self refilled due to the proprietary cap which can only be filled by the company. You can however get various soda syrups pretty cheap.. and just mix it with your own water at home.. then shoot the gas to it.
Here is a link to one recent article on the DYI topic.-
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-06/how-make-your-own-home-carbonation-system
Thanks for your input!
Lately, with the cost of even the cheaper Seltzer water like Canada Dry & sodas like RC hitting $1.25+ and the name brands @ $1.50+ at Walmart for 2 litter bottles, I think it may be time that home carbonation would be much more cost effective for me in the long run. I understand that once you get past the initial set up costs of approx. $170.... it only costs about 4-cents to make a 2 liter bottle of Seltzer.
Co2 tank refills run around $15 for a 5 pound cylinder. I prefer iced seltzer water with a little lemon juice added instead of regular tap water or tea...and I could realistically recoup my costs in little over a year. It would sure be a lot more healthy than the diet sodas with Nutra Sweet or Splenda. And, I like the idea of being able to make the Seltzer carbonated to my own taste.. with a little more fizz. Seltzer water is my addiction kind off like smoking is for others.... in a yrs time I'd probably spend enough on over the counter bottles to pay for having this set-up at home. $1.25 x 3- 2 liter bottles a week= $3.75 [plus taxes] x's 52 weeks= $195+ taxes! Then it would only be costing me approx. 4-cents a bottle going into future years.
If you know of any companies in the OKC or preferably the Lawton area that sells this kind of equipment, I'd appreciate the info. I'm looking for a five Pound Co2 tank, regulator, ball-lock keg coupler and the Carbonator bottle cap. I can get the hose & clamps locally. I haven't checked with my local welding gas supplier yet.. he may have the tanks.. but right now I want to do some price checking before I buy.
Walmart sells a soda system that costs approx. $170 for the start-up pack. But when you figure in the cost of the 14 oz replacement Co2 cylinders @ $15 each.. you end up paying about as much as you would if buying soda off the shelf. And the cylinders can't be self refilled due to the proprietary cap which can only be filled by the company. You can however get various soda syrups pretty cheap.. and just mix it with your own water at home.. then shoot the gas to it.
Here is a link to one recent article on the DYI topic.-
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-06/how-make-your-own-home-carbonation-system
Thanks for your input!
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