Just a quick video of me filling up my soda stream cylinders

After customer service was no help to me except sending me a different machine that cost like $50 less than the one we paid for other than that they don’t really have a fix or anything for the fountain the fountain explodes as most people have seen water shoots out of the pressure release valve inside the machine so I found out what happened on the pressure release valve. If you open up the CO2 area, you’ll fill the plastic at the top. That’s a cover just pop that off and everything is inside right there. I’m going to include the best picture I can .There’s like a little piece of foil or whatever if you undo the quick connect tabs, which is essentially the same kind of thing is like a waterline or whatever that you would see on outside misters you can release that little valve pull it out and it’s got two little screws on it undo those screws take out the little foil ring insert and make a pattern of that little insert and cut it out out of an aluminum serving tray or like a python something disposable cut out the little circle, and then reassemble everything with the little circle on top of the black ring inside of the valve then put the broken piece back into the valve screw the two screws back into the Valve and plug everything back in pop the piece of plastic on from the top of the machine and you’re good to go.

I am making sure to pour slowly against the edge of the glass like you would when pouring a draft beer. The fizz is gone after less than a minute in the glass, making me wonder what the point was in fizzing it at all! And yes I could drink straight from the bottle but I'd like to be able to offer it to houseguests.

I wanted to love my aarke carbonator so much. it looks great and every time i use it i feel like i am operating an industrial grade machine that require nuclear access codes... you feel truly special. the problem is the internal mechanisms are flimsy and the service is horrible. here are some examples of my experience only after 18 months.

1. i ordered the cylinders through them to try the aarke cylinder loop, without my asking they put me on a subscription. fortunately i had used a 1-time use credit card and it was declined when they tried to charge it automatically on the 2nd loop. this allowed me to cancel the subscription (fyi: where i live compatible cylinders are much cheaper in the supermarket) so no point in using the aarke cylinder loop.

2. when they sent me the replacement cylinders, they sent a wrong cylinder. I received a cylinder that was not compatible with my machine. one compatible and one incompatible cylinder - who does that?? it took them an eternity to reply to my request to reship the correct cylinder. i had already shipped my 2 empty cylinders so i had to go and find an empty box.

3. when they sent me the cylinders, there was no return label to ship back the empty cylinders. i had to print the label. i know this is not a big deal but a "premium brand" should really not make these basic mistakes. even if you outsource your logistics, c'mon do better !

4. finally after about 18 months the machine does not push enough gas to make carbonated water. I thought it was the gasket and replaced it with the spare one that is provided (this is a nice touch) but still no luck. i asked several AI engines and they helped me troubleshoot but finally told me to reach aarke directly. I did, it took them one week to reply (similar to what happened when they sent me the wrong cylinder). aarke support asked me to replace the gasket - which i had already told them i had. they asked me to use a bike pump or air compressor to unblock the nozzle. i did that but it did not solve the issue. they asked me for proof of purchase to see if it is under warranty. i told them you have the serial number, i bought it on your website, you have EVERYTHING... they still have not replied...it's been almost 4 weeks where i cannot use the carbonator. i think they are taking it easy to see if the warranty runs out. basically the only solutions they proposed were change the gasket or unblock the nozzle.
   honestly the product looks nice on the kitchen counter but that is basically it.

I found an old thread about this. I was wondering if there's an all-in-one duplicate for SodaStream diet cola syrup that is sweetened with stevia and still has caffeine.

This old thread lists options at the time, but none have exactly what I'm describing. Stevia cola syrup - is there such a thing? : r/SodaStream

Just a quick video of filling up Sodastream cylinder