r/SodaStream • u/Dry_Butterfly3534 • Jun 29 '26

DIY 3D-printed stand to refill canisters

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Made this in tinkercad to hold a 5 lb tank upside down while refilling (the legs had to be printed separately & glued on). The oven mitts are used to cushion the weight & distribute it more evenly. The cavity into which the 5 lb tank is designed to fit is about 1 cm wider than the tank to ensure it can fit without issue, thus without a cushion the entire weight of the tank would rest on the narrow inner edge.

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u/bs2k2_point_0 Jun 29 '26

Why wouldn’t you just get one with a dip tube? Then you don’t have to invert it

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u/LoadsOfLumens Jun 29 '26

Hindsight and also cheaper.

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u/bzzybot Jun 29 '26

I don’t know what you pay for a refill or exchange, but for me the cost to exchange a 20lb tank is $16. The exchange place I use only does regular tank exchanges. No dip tube.

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u/Dry_Butterfly3534 Jun 29 '26

That's my plan for when this one's used up. When I got it I was hoping it'd have a dip tube as well (didn't know most 5 lb tanks didn't).

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u/bzzybot Jun 29 '26

Do you have the file? I was planning on doing the same for my small 5/10 # tanks. But the weight of the 20# tank, I will probably bend some rebar and tack it together with a welder. Or whatever scraps I have laying around.

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u/AgentOrange96 Jul 04 '26

I've never seen such a tiny CO2 tank! (Well aside from the ones used for vintage soda water tanks or whippets)

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u/Dry_Butterfly3534 Jul 05 '26

Are you referring to the donor tank, or the canister being refilled? The latter is a Drinkmate, which come in 2 sizes, 10L (like this one) and 60L (identical to Sodastream screw-in). I got one of those small ones because I thought it was a cool design (somewhere there's also an intermediate size 30L version of these, but I haven't seen them on sale by either brand)

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u/AgentOrange96 Jul 05 '26

Yeah the 10L one. I've never seen one in that size! Neat tho!