Soda stream adapter for refills from larger CO2 bottle

[Daveykyevad]

Hi all,

Long time lurker first time poster...

I've been searching the forum, but I couldn't find any information regarding this.

Has anyone had any experience with an adapter for refilling soda stream bottles from larger CO2 bottles sold from CO2-adapter.de?

Their videos look too easy:


I've only just started kegging using ikegger 5 L kegs and a 19 L Corny keg and am looking to minimize gas costs. 16 g bulbs and soda stream bought refills are quite expensive.

My current setup only allows for a 5 L keg in my kitchen fridge and I expect that I will continue to use soda stream cylinders for a while at least.

I have no experience with the larger CO2 cylinders and imagine there might be safety issues and connectivity that you guys might have insight into.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[FarsideOfCrazy]

There's a few things wrong with that. Firstly the cylinder needs to be weighed while filling, over filling can result in the cylinder bursting. Secondly you need a c02 cylinder that draws the liquid from the bottom, or you need to invert the cylinder.

Yes they make it looks easy, but that isn't safe.

 

[DU99]

also chilling the refill unit helps

 

[brewgasm]

Do you serve from the fridge or do take the keg out of the fridge? My portable setup uses a cute little 1.1kg mkol cylinder which you might be able to stand in a fridge door. You can also look at the the single use cylinders. I think that they are something like 1 or 1.5kg and use a tiny duel guage reg and would definitely fit in the fridge door