Drinkmate OmniFizz Sparkling Water and Soda Maker, Carbonates Any Drink, PARTY PACK - Includes two 60L CO2 Cylinders, three Carbonation Bottles, and two Fizz Infusers (Matte Black)

I’d been thinking about getting a home soda machine for awhile. When the price of 12 packs of Diet Coke hit $10 I decided to pull the trigger. I’m so glad I did.I picked the DrinkMate from the other available home soda machines because it’s the only one that fizzes almost any liquid, so long as there’s no pulp. The others only fizz water. I haven’t tried anything besides water, but I like having that option.This simple little machine is a wonder. No electricity required, its powered solely by the carbonated bottle, which screws into the unit with an easy twist. 4 quick pushes of the button and a little syrup and I have 32 oz of Diet Pepsi. And it takes up very little countertop space. Mine is squeezed between the microwave and toaster.Which brings me to my lone quibble, although it’s not DrinkMate’s fault. The only name brand soda syrup available on the market are a few Pepsi brand flavors. They’re all the real deal and taste good. But I’m a Coca Cola guy and I miss that flavor. There are numerous generic options available however and I plan on trying those out.As far as the economics of making your own soda at home, it’s a no brainer. A four pack of Pepsi syrup is about $15 and each bottle replaces two 12 packs. DrinkMate offers coupons on their website for CO2 refills to offset the cost, and the bottles last a long time. Also, you’re not locked in to using DrinkMate brand bottles. You can replace them with lower cost alternatives. If you drink a lot of soda like me, then this DrinkMate pays for itself in about a year.

This thing is great! The ability to mix flavors ahead of time and carbonate almost anything really sold us. Easy to use, great value for what you get. We use ours regularly.

I bought the Drinkmate Omnifizz to use on a boat to allow us to have fizzy drinks anytime and to limit can and plastic bottle waste. The Drinkmate Omnifizz worked amazingly well. There is a learning curve on how long to press the button to add gas but this is not unique to this product. The Drinkmate Omnifizz takes up minimal counter space. It is sturdy. Ours fell over a few times while underway due to not storing it away and it works fine. We enjoyed being able to make fizzy water or drinks anytime we wanted. So refreshing after a day in the salt water. Fizzy Gatorade was tasty! Highly recommend if you like fizzy drinks and are tired of the can/bottle waste.

I love this thing! Carbonates almost anything and does a great job at it. I mostly use it for water. Cold water is best. Easy to clean, small kitchen counter footprint, no electricity or batteries needed.

Just received it yesterday so this is my preliminary review. So far after making two 1 liter bottle of seltzer and one 1/4 liter of Chardonnay the OmniFizz made great tasting seltzer using nothing more than NYC water from the tap. I quickly learned that you can make the seltzer so that it has a lot of bubbles or not so many, depending on how long and how many times you push down on the infuser button. This is a plus as sometimes you might want lighter carbonation. It made a nicely carbonated/sparking Chardonnay but it would probably taste better using a drier white wine. According to the instructions you can carbonate just about any liquid, but be forewarned, any wine or anything sugary/ or made with syrup will necessitate you washing out the infuser after each use. Not necessary with just plain seltzer. The infuser seems to be the most fragile part so you should give it a bit of extra care when removing it and connecting it back to the OmniFizz. Putting in the CO2 canister was easy enough, but there's a small black plastic protector on the machine which has to be removed for fist use by just pulling it out and removing it so the canister can be screwed in. If you will make just a few liters a month or even half liters then maybe go for the smaller CO2 cannister. But really getting the larger one that makes around 60 liters makes more sense to me. I also recommend getting a couple of 1 liter bottles which are sturdier than any plastic soda bottle, so you can always have one cold in the fridge to make another bottle. Like any commercial soda this works best with already cold water/liquids. Also if you plan on carbonating wine or a small drink It would be best to buy a couple of the half liter bottles, also great quality. Overall the build quality on this seems to be good and the initial setup requires you to read the instructions but is easy to follow and took about 20 minutes before I was able to use it for the first time. They give some drink recipes in the instructions, some alcoholic some not, including how to make a carbonated Crystal Light diet lemonade or diet iced tea. I bought this mainly to make seltzer and it seems that, not including the cost of the machine or extra bottles, it costs about half as much as buying retail seltzer and no having to buy cases at a time to keep a supply in the house. I'm happy with this so far. Oh and according to the website, the Omnifizz is compatible with the Soda Stream brand of CO2 canisters. I just checked and those are cheaper than the Omni but they also don't seem to be able to make other infused drinks like the Omni, they just make seltzer.

Great way to save money and make your own flavored seltzer or fizzy cocktails. Our first CO2 cylinder lasted almost two months.