Tessa the Duchess Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I am thinking of buying one of these, or hopefully getting one from Freecycle, so I can stop buying 2ltr plastic bottles of fizzy water. I read some reviews of them and apparently it is really hard to buy replacement cartridges. Does anybody use a Soda Stream, find the cartridges easy to get, or does anybody have any recommendations of other soda water makers? Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi Tessa. We used to have a soda stream and really loved it. We got replacement cartridges from boots and tescos. However, this all abruptly stopped and no-where stocks the cartridges. It worked out very expensive including postage to source them directly, but this was the only option. We buy big 2 litre bottles of fizzy water now, as it was just too expensive/ too much hasstle to sort out the refils. I hope that this has changed and that you get some more positive feedback, as my experience is from a few years ago - I shall be watching this thread with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi Tessa. We used to have a soda stream and really loved it. We got replacement cartridges from boots and tescos. However, this all abruptly stopped and no-where stocks the cartridges. It worked out very expensive including postage to source them directly, but this was the only option. Thanks lil chickadee. The reviews I read said exactly the same as you, Tesco, Boots and Sainsbury's all stopped selling them. Hmmmm wonder if it is a conspiracy to make us buy expensive bottled water? I looked on E.bay and you can buy them there but unless you buy 360 at a time they are really expensive and postage is horrific Oh well maybe someone will come along with some good news. Tessa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 We used to have one but as has been said it came to an abrupt end when we could no longer get replacement cartriges. It was a real shame as I also enjoyed a big glass of fizzy water. Hope your search is a lucky one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEB Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hello Tessa, I owned one of these until recently. (I'm not a very good advert for it, as I sold it at a boot sale cos I never used it). I bought the flavours and the gas canisters all at sainsburys so have they only stopped selling them very recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hello Tessa, I bought the flavours and the gas canisters all at sainsburys so have they only stopped selling them very recently? One of the reviewers said that a month or so ago Soda Streams were being sold in Sainsburys as a 'manager's special' but they had stopped selling the cartridges, which makes no sense at all. They are in the current Argos Cat. but no cartridges to go with them Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Has anyone tried eBay or Amazon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 The school I work at has one, maybe I should ask where they get cartridges...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...