We got a SodaStream soda maker several months ago and while I’ve enjoyed using it, I’ve wondered about SodaStream’s claims that it saves you money.
Does it? Probably not, or at least not for a long time.
Let’s assume you buy soda in the most economical way, in 2-liter bottles. You’ll probably pay about $1.50/2 liters. Assuming you buy CO2 refills at $15 and not $30 for a new CO2 bottle and you drink half a liter of soda a day, it will take you 2,376 days or 6.5 years to make back your investment in the SodaStream maker. Wow!
In fact, if you spent less than $1.33/2 liter on soda before, you’ll never make your money back.
However, there are other ways to decrease your cost per liter:
- Buy a SodaMod, which allows you to attach a paintball CO2 tank which is much more cheaply filled than what SodaStream charges. A similar product is the FreedomOne-PBI.
- Make your own syrup.
- Since Bed, Bath and Beyond sells SodaStream supplies, take advantage of all those coupons they send you and buy syrup and CO2 there.
- Buy one of the cheaper SodaStream models.
You can run your own calculations by making a copy of the Google Spreadsheet I used.
There’s one good reason NOT TO BUY any SodaStream products – they are made in an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank,on stolen Palestinian land, and hence are an “obstacle to peace” say Hillary Clinton and President Obama.
Soda’s not so good for your health either – so drink water or tea and you’ll be much better off in the long run.
The same Obama & Clinton caught lying about Benghazi? You liberals….
Nice. I use a SodaStream purely for fizzy water. At a liter a day, that gets me to break-even point in about three months.
Better still: not contributing to schlepping cases of Pellegrino from northern Italy to northern California gives me a feeling of moral self-satisfaction that is priceless.
I did the math on the energy drink and I have same money and save so much more on buying the redbull drink at $85 for the amouth of one $9.99 of energy drink sodastream, try doing the math and telling me wrong. this save me money in no time at all.
There seems to be an error in your spread sheet in cell C9 (Payoff Point).
It doesn’t include the amout of soda used per day (cell C6).
With out this it assumes 1 liter per day based on cell D8 (saving per liter)
So the Payoff point using 0.5 liter per day should be 2376.2 days or 6.51 years.
Or for those dringing 2 liter per day it would be 594.1 days or 1.63 years.
Note those who invest in a SodaMod adapter and a 20 oz paintball CO2 bottle.
These two items can be found on ebay or amazon. The lowest price I found was
about $30 for the Sodamod and $20 for a 20 oz paint ball co2 bottle.
The refills drop to about $3.00 and fill about 80 liters or ~ $.04 per liter.
This would net you about $.30 per liter savings but because of the higher cost.
The Payoff point would be about 505.6 days or 1.39 years assuming 1 liter per day.
This all assumes that you are only using SodaStream flavors and not making any
of your own or only making sparkling water.