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DIY Seltzer Water

012609seltzer.jpgOur boyfriend's mother, a seltzer water addict, recently did something about all those plastic bottles: she got herself an old school seltzer bottle.

 
 

We prefer carbonated to flat water, but since we live in the city and don't drive, having to carry home the heavy bottles is deterrent enough.

So when we spotted her contraption, which takes refillable CO2 cartridges and glass bottles, we couldn't help but start thinking of the cost-savings, the benefits of no more plastic bottles, and not having to lug home any heavy jugs.

These are just a sampling of the cool, retro ones available at Praire Moon.

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I'm not really sure how economical this is - $60 for the bottle, then $50 for 10 CO2 chargers, plus shipping for the chargers if you can't find them at a local store. Soda water costs $.79/1 liter at my bodega and we return the bottles to get recycled and get the deposit back. This site has a better option http://www.sodaclubusa.com/default.htm.

posted by FromTheSea on January 26th 2009 at 11:19am
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Actually, the seltzer chargers are $50 for 100 chargers--the 10 pack is ten packs of 10 chargers. So it's 50 cents per liter, roughly. Ordering a 10 pack of chargers cuts down the shipping cost, and where I live, we get no deposit back for plastic bottles. The added bonus is that we always have seltzer on hand without having to run to the store or remember to add it to the grocery list.

posted by Bobbini on January 26th 2009 at 12:13pm
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This idea is intriguing to me. I love bubbly water but steer away from it because of the bottle that is not re-used, it is only recycled. I'll get a bottle of bubbly as an extreme treat even though I would drink it all the time if my conscious was cool with it. Definitely something I'll look into.

posted by kmarie on January 26th 2009 at 12:44pm
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I have the SodaClub machine and it is very simple to use, very economical, and allows for bottles of seltzer to be easily stored and served without hassle. We haven't bought any seltzer or soda since.

posted by aftermath on January 26th 2009 at 11:18pm
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We'd been feeling kinda smug about our chain-mail girded seltzer bottle. Then we met our friends' SodaClub machine. Not so stylin', maybe, nor as deadly in a food fight, but you can fill multiple bottles at once!

posted by CaitMcQ on January 26th 2009 at 11:29pm
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"our boyfriend's mother......" What? Why the use of the first person plural?

We have a hard time reading your most interesting site because the strange use of the first person plural puts us off. We wonder: is there a better way?

posted by dawnie on January 27th 2009 at 9:33am
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The editorial "we" makes sense when it can sensibly be replaced by "We here at Apartment Therapy...."

"We here at AT love this cute little table" makes sense. "We here at AT went to our boyfriend's house" does not.

posted by Cheryl on January 28th 2009 at 3:21pm
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@ dawnie: I was imagining there was a shared boyfriend. ;)

posted by Kalinda on January 29th 2009 at 4:14pm
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