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The best investment was a connection hose for the sodastream that lets me use industrial co2 tanks. That 13kg tank has lasted me 1.5 years already and is so muc

The best investment was a connection hose for the sodastream that lets me use industrial co2 tanks. That 13kg tank has lasted me 1.5 years already and is so much cheaper and hassle free-er than the tiny things that cost 20 euros a pop at the supermarket.

zebnyc 4y ago
Mind sharing the parts involved and how to put this together? Wife drinks a lot of sodastream. Thanks
- voisin 4y ago
  I’d be interested to know where you get the industrial tank too. I read it needs to be food grade. I wonder why no one has made an open source Soda stream that connects to the big tanks right out of the box in a thoughtful way. Or better yet, a system for refilling the sodastream tanks from a large canister so that the sodastream can still sit easily in your counter.
  - mikebowman 4y ago
    Not OP, but in my experience you can pretty much always buy food-grade CO2 tanks from homebrewing shops. They usually do refills and exchanges too, as well as selling all the hosing and gaskets and clamps and whatnot you'd need.
- pcurve 4y ago
  Just make sure you're getting Co2 can from beverage suppliers (and not industrial places) You can get Co2 tank and parts from beer supply company. https://www.morebeer.com/category/co2-tanks-regulators-parts.html https://www.morebeer.com/category/co2-tanks-regulators-parts... plenty YT videos on how to put them together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cb43p5dJBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cb43p5dJBE
candiodari 4y ago
I'd never risk that. The pressure that builds up in such a tank, and what happens if you were to somehow dent the tank should scare the crap out of you.
- jnsaff2 4y ago
  Have you handled any of the industrial tanks? They are absolutely massive. The tank that holds 13kg itself weighs about 30kg. So the amount of force to 'dent' that amount of steel would need to be ridiculous. The weakest part is (by design) the valve. Technically I rent the bottle and buy the gas. Each refill is an exchange of the bottle after which the bottle gets pressure tested, etc.
dmak 4y ago
I would love to see that setup! Can you share it please? I may want to do that as well
jnsaff2 4y ago
I got an adapter hose from co2 supermarket [0] that fits my local standards. I also added a standard regulator to my setup because I trust it more than the sodastream, tho the pressure rating of the sodastream should be enough. Then I got a tank of food-grade co2 from my local supplier. I guess welding grade co2 would be good enough as well, but as the price difference was non-existent it was a no-brainer. When you get a regulator, make sure you get the highest flow-rate you can find as some of them will be problematic to get enough pressure for your beverage. Mine does not go nowhere as high as the regular sodastream bottles directly, but the result is that it takes me an extra 10 seconds per bottle to get the same result. [0] - https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/adapters-for-co2-regulators-gc1.html https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/adapters-for-co2-regulators...

zebnyc 4y ago

Mind sharing the parts involved and how to put this together? Wife drinks a lot of sodastream. Thanks

voisin 4y ago
I’d be interested to know where you get the industrial tank too. I read it needs to be food grade. I wonder why no one has made an open source Soda stream that connects to the big tanks right out of the box in a thoughtful way. Or better yet, a system for refilling the sodastream tanks from a large canister so that the sodastream can still sit easily in your counter.
- mikebowman 4y ago
  Not OP, but in my experience you can pretty much always buy food-grade CO2 tanks from homebrewing shops. They usually do refills and exchanges too, as well as selling all the hosing and gaskets and clamps and whatnot you'd need.
pcurve 4y ago
Just make sure you're getting Co2 can from beverage suppliers (and not industrial places) You can get Co2 tank and parts from beer supply company. https://www.morebeer.com/category/co2-tanks-regulators-parts.html https://www.morebeer.com/category/co2-tanks-regulators-parts... plenty YT videos on how to put them together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cb43p5dJBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cb43p5dJBE

candiodari 4y ago

I'd never risk that. The pressure that builds up in such a tank, and what happens if you were to somehow dent the tank should scare the crap out of you.

jnsaff2 4y ago
Have you handled any of the industrial tanks? They are absolutely massive. The tank that holds 13kg itself weighs about 30kg. So the amount of force to 'dent' that amount of steel would need to be ridiculous. The weakest part is (by design) the valve. Technically I rent the bottle and buy the gas. Each refill is an exchange of the bottle after which the bottle gets pressure tested, etc.

dmak 4y ago

I would love to see that setup! Can you share it please? I may want to do that as well

jnsaff2 4y ago

I got an adapter hose from co2 supermarket [0] that fits my local standards. I also added a standard regulator to my setup because I trust it more than the sodastream, tho the pressure rating of the sodastream should be enough. Then I got a tank of food-grade co2 from my local supplier. I guess welding grade co2 would be good enough as well, but as the price difference was non-existent it was a no-brainer. When you get a regulator, make sure you get the highest flow-rate you can find as some of them will be problematic to get enough pressure for your beverage. Mine does not go nowhere as high as the regular sodastream bottles directly, but the result is that it takes me an extra 10 seconds per bottle to get the same result. [0] - https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/adapters-for-co2-regulators-gc1.html https://www.co2supermarket.co.uk/adapters-for-co2-regulators...