Looking for an EU alternative to soda stream. What would you recommend me?

Thank you in advance (^_^)

EDIT : Thank you for all the recommendation and good advices. I will sort them thought before buying.
Thank you again!

  • rbn@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    3 days ago

    Do you mean the glass bottles or the CO2 cartridges? I think the latter are more or used by all brands of these sparkling water machines in Germany. Seems to be like an industry standard to me.

    • IngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      3 days ago

      The CO2 cartridges specifically.

      There are adapters that can be used to refill them with co2 bottles purchased from a local supplier though. IMHO a 1 time purchase from a US company that then liberates you from them via enabling local production of your stuff is acceptable, for some it may not be.

      • rbn@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        3 days ago

        What makes you think that all these CO2 cartridges sold and used in Europe are manufactured by a single company in the US? I couldn’t find a source on who actually builds them, but found the confirmation that the fitting is a EU-wide norm across all brands selling these 425g CO2 cartridges. The norm is ISO 10297. I don’t see why there would be only one company producing these things. And if so, I’d rather expect it in some low cost country rather then the US?

        Edit: I found these on AliExpress: https://german.alibaba.com/product-detail/0-6L-Sodastream-CO2-Cylinder-Refillable-1600975277101.html

        Shanghai Eternal Faith Industry Co., Ltd.

        So at least there seems to be not just one manufacturer for these.