Aarke Carbonator Pro, Sparkling Water Maker with Glass Bottle, Steel Finish + Aarke Flavour Drops (Golden Mango & Pink Grapefruit)

Well made and look nice. Easy to use and bought it because it's with glass bottle. However the bottle is small and you can get two glasses of soda.Also, ridiculously expensive for what it is.

I really enjoyed this till it broke was very astetic and fun to use, lasted just over a month when there was a small defect in the locking mechanism. Got a refund from Amazon but when I went to reorder it was £50 more expensive so now I'm out of pocket due to a manufacturer defect.

Had a sodastream for a while until the seal went and fizzing water either meant using loads of gas or water everywhere which drove me nuts. This is expensive, but it feels engineered well and hopefully made to last (early days), so hoping this will be money well spent. I like the glass bottles better than the plastic ones which discolour after a while, plus more environmentally friendly. Gas bottles are easy to exchange (we use Argos and have never had a problem) and the product is easy to use. I did make a mistake the first few times I used it, in that I didn’t read the instructions. I read a few comments here that theirs leaked and/or the locking mechanism stopped working, but, if you push the handle down slowly after you’ve fizzed your water to allow the pressure to dissipate, then pushing the lever down the rest of the way allows it to unlock revealing your freshly fizzed water like a scene from Indiana Jones (nice touch 👍).Like I said, we’ve only had it a couple of weeks and only fizzed a few bottles so far, but if you follow the instructions it’s spot on.

This was great for a few weeks and then one day it kind of exploded inside the pod bit and from then on, it woukln't make a seal with the bottle and jusy ejected high pressure gas everywhere. Aarke and Amazon were great about it and a refund was no proble, I would like another one but I am a bit hesitant after this experience and reading the reviews online. £249 to make water fizzy? It really needs to work great as well as look great.

I was super surprised when receiving the item, it looked way to use and actually the closing mechanism when the glass bottle is in is super hard. It feels like you are going to break it and in fact it took my husband to do it first because i could not do it.Frankly i do not recommended this model with this closing mechanism.

Pros- We love this, looks amazing, easy to use and especially like the glass bottles. Saved load on plastic recycling.Cons- initial outlay is expensive. Soda stream is cheaper and the bottles hold slight more volume but we use this daily for our tonic.Updated review- fault occurred at 7 months with the lid not engaging to facilitate carbonation. Will update you later how Aarke handle this.

Bought for my son as a Birthday gift - he loves it and the water it produces is really good. He much appreciated the additional glass bottle - great for keeping in fridge whilst the carbonate one good for work and gym

Looks really good, easy to use, but its already leaking after a few months so unable to use it anymore.