sodastream Crystal Sparkling Water Maker, Plastic, Black, 44.5 x 12 x 24 cm

The media could not be loaded. Managed to break my original V1.0 (6ft drop onto solid floor, do maybe not its fault)Was trying to work out whether it was work paying nearly double for the v2.0 version and decided it wasn't - so free upgrade a bit of a bonus.Plenty of other reviews covering what the device is like - makes glass carafes of nicely fizzy water, carafes maybe are a bit small, works better if you chill the water first, don't open it immediately, if you want to make sparkling water nothing better out there etc.Usage is you fill the carafe with water and drop it in the bottom section and then push that section back until the carafe is vertical. Then push down the counter-balanced top until your carafe is enclosed. Pull across the lever in the middle to lock the two parts around the bottle. Press button on top until the machine makes the ever-amusing fart-sound. Leave for a bit to let the CO2 dissolve. Swivel lever back and top rises and bottle tilts forward towards you. Cap it and fridge it.Thought it might be useful to cover the differences between the v1 and v2, as the internet didn't seem to know when I googled.Both of them enclose the carafe in a metal vessel when it's being charged. This is pretty sensible as you're pressurising a glass vessel and should anything go bang, you definitely want it to be contained.V1 had an internal metal vessel with both the top and the bottom encased in silver plastic (i.e. when it's closed everything you see is plastic).V2 simply has a metal base (metal cup at the bottom), but the top is still plastic, this time grey rather than silver (easiest way to tell the two models apart). It does look a little nicer to me - metal looks like metal, plastic looks like plastic.V2 has an insert in the bottom of the lower half to hold the carafe parallel to it. Not quite sure what the point is, but maybe if bottle wasn't straight and you slammed down the top, this might explain the reviews complaining of damage on plastic bit that goes down into the water - it doesn't have much clearance on the neck.Other improvement is on the locking mechanism between the two bits of the metal enclosure. V1 seemed to be cast metal, V2 is machined aluminium. V1 'grated' a little bit as you locked it, V2 is as smooth as butter.Anyway. My Conclusion.If you want a machine to make sparkling water, this is the machine to buy (and please remember I've now bought it twice)I paid £87 on prime for this, and got the v2, whilst a confirmed v2 was £150. Now this Amazon item has gone up to £95 whilst sodastream have dropped the confirmed v2 on their site to £120+£4 postage.I'd probably still take a punt buying this.

Since I wanted to stop the usage of plastic bottles so I ordered this model since it is the only one from this company with glass bottle.Negative first: I wished the bottle would be a bit bigger. I bought a second one as well to have more sparkling water at once. Unfortunately UK tap water has quite a high chlorine amount which I can't stand so I have to leave the bottles open over night (chlorine evaporates) and then I can fizz it the next morning. I think that will become a bit more tricky in the summer...The most positive thing about the soda streamer (apart from saving on loads of plastic bottles) is that you can decide yourself how fizzy you like your water. We prefer it less fizzy than you can buy in the shops.I had the feeling that the first CO2 cylinder didn't last as long as I would have wished, but we use it quite a lot to be honest. I still will keep an eye on it...Over all definitely a recommendation to buy!

I bought this version as I didn't want the cheaper mostly plastic versions that are also available. I liked the look of the glass carafe rather than the cheaper plastic bottles.One thing that needs mentioning is that you can't really store this and use it under low kitchen cabinets as when you open the section that houses the carafe it extends vertically by quite a way. I have just placed it on top of the fridge freezer. I'm disappointed by the size of the carafe, it's only about 600 mL which is only two glasses from each carafe, not large enough in my opinion.There are quite a few flavours to choose from but I think it's sadly lacking in the sugarfree department, and the blend of flavours is quite bland. The exception I've found is the sugarfree lemonade which is quite palatable, I even find the natural flavours quite oddly flavoured and the syrup is actually quite thick.Whilst I used this quite a bit for a few weeks after I bought it, in the last couple of months I've hardly use it at all and I haven't actually used the entire first cylinder kind of gas yet.In terms of design SodaStream is certainly different from SodaStream of the 70s though I still think it's tainted with part of the 70s image certainly in terms of the flavours available.

I LOVE this, just use it for sparking waterCouldn’t bring myself to buy plastic bottles of water at supermarket so bought one of these as a couple of friends have them for sparking water & what a game changerWater is fantastic, I love that I can choose how fizzy I want itLove the glass bottles this one comes with (bought a couple of spare ones too)Can not recommend enough

Probably the first Amazon review I've ever bothered to write, but this machine is FANTASTIC!!!!! Honestly, every household should have one, for the environment, for no cal/no additive alternative to bought fizzy drinks, & it makes great sparkling water.! The best thing about it though, is that it is such a pleasure to use - takes literally seconds to make a bottle. It's just such a cool product. Well worth every penny. Friends laughed when I said I was getting a Sodastream to make fizzy water - it's such a retro 1970's thing that most of us had as children & it did look a bit cheap & tacky back in the day (in fact, we weren't allowed one due to maternal snobbery!). This, though, is a real class act.

Whenever my son used to ask for a Sodastream I would say, "I have never heard anyone say they have a soda stream and that the use it all the time". I was skeptical but I wanted to cut back on my plastic so I got it. Needless to say, we use it almost every day. Easy to use, brilliant purchase.