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Tom's Guide
17-07-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
You don't need a SodaStream — this new $54 gadget attaches to your water bottle, and can make fizzy drinks on the go
Soda makers are incredibly popular right now. If you love a bubbly beverage, no doubt you'll have heard of the SodaStream that turns your boring, still drink into a fizzy concoction. And competitors like Smeg, Breville, and Ninja have entered the market hoping to spritz up your life, too. There are certainly a lot of perks to buying a carbonator – like the money you'll save and the chance to make your own recipes from cocktails to tropical refreshments. But, there's also some not so great parts about owning a soda maker, such as the precious countertop space they can take up and, ultimately, the cost of them when you first invest (and additional costs for cylinders and flavors). I just learned about the Aerflo For, a first-of-its-kind smart gadget that promises to solve all your soda water dreams by fizzing directly when attached to a Hydro Flask, with a simple spritz and shake. Plus, it's incredibly affordable. I'm amazed that nobody created it sooner! The Aerflo For Hydro Flask works with the Standard Mouth bottles in 18, 21 or 24oz. Using refillable capsules, each one makes four bottles worth of sparkling water and all you have to do is fill, spritz and shake. This reduces the need for a countertop carbonator altogether. Aerflo has created the For to go with your Hydro Flask bottle, working on the assumption you may already have one. But, if you don't, it's a great investment for drinks on-the-go. This refillable bottle keeps your cold drinks cold for 24 hours and your hot drinks hot for up to 12. It's dishwasher safe, durable and there's none of that "does this sort of taste like a bottle?" taste. For just $54 at Aerflo, you can buy the carbonation cap that'll fit nicely onto your Hydro Flask (Standard Mouth 18, 21 and 24oz) and transform it from a reusable bottle to a portable sparkling water maker. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. The Aerflo For is designed specifically for use with a Hydro Flask bottle, which means if you've already been saving money with your bottle and tackling single-use waste while you're at it, you can now turn that day-to-day water bottle into one that can make sparkling water, too. John Thorp, Founder and CEO says: "With Aerflo For, we're putting better bubbles into the bottle you already carry, cutting waste and complexity out of the process. It's a completely new way to think about carbonation; portable, sustainable, and designed for real life". As a sustainable option, there are also plans to make more adaptations for well-known bottle brands like Yeti and Swell with Areflo saying they're "on the way", but not just yet. What's so great about the sparkling water gadget as opposed to a carbonator? Well, you don't need any electricity, you're not making any waste with the need for new bottles, its powered by Aerflo's refillable CO2 capsules (as opposed to large CO2 canisters which are hard to recycle). And, best of all, this smarter option is also super affordable. A SodaStream starter kit will cost you about $89.99, and the Ninja Thirsti is $149.99 – and that's without the additional costs of canisters and flavorings. And one of the greatest sustainable perks is the use of refillable CO2 capsules. Simply return the used capsules via USPS with the included prepaid return box, and they'll get cleaned, refilled and recirculated. Though it'll cost you $23.50 for a 12-pack. While Aerflo has its own Aerflo System, a portable water maker for $74 there was always a bigger goal in mind. Ultimately, Thorp says: "When we started this company, we often said the world doesn't need another bottle company. We made our own for strategic reasons, but this was the vision from day one. People love the bottle they own, and we're finding ways to make it even better". If you don't have a Hydro Flask (Standard Mouth), there is the added expense, but Aerflo is hoping you already do!
Forbes
22-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Is Using Tech To Make Your Own Sparkling Water Worthwhile?
This portable system makes instant sparkling water Americans apparently love effervescence. According to Google's Gemini, the global sparkling water market was valued at about $42.62 billion last year. And it's projected to grow significantly, with estimates maxing it out at $108 billion by 2032. That's a lot of burps. So it shouldn't shock you that companies are flocking to get in on a piece of and Kirkland flavored sparkling water are mainstays in our home. The labeling implies there's no sugar – just essentially water and CO2. So it's way better for you than carbonated soda. And to me, it's so much tastier than plain drinking water, with all the used to have a Sodastream unit, in which we made our own seltzer water by carbonating ordinary tap water and adding flavor syrup. Somewhere along the way, it broke or stopped working. So we just went back to buying cans of the good stuff. Of course, this habit can get a little pricey. But more than anything, I really just don't like carrying the heavy cases of it in from the car, once we get home from I heard about Aerflo, which brings portability to the category. It's a single drinking water bottle in which the top holds a refillable CO2 canister -- making it a portable, zero-waste carbonation system. It's kind of an online sensation, I noticed, with reviewers posting how-to videos and hundreds of people joining in on the for $74, the system includes the portable carbonator, a reusable bottle, and a set of refillable CO₂ capsules that each make up to four bottles of sparkling water. It's compact enough to fit in your front-seat cup holder; is free of PFAS, BPA and microplastics; and is backed by a circular exchange model. Just drop used capsules in the mail using the prepaid return box, and Aerflo refills and recirculates them from its New Jersey facility. The company claims it's ideal for those who care about sustainability, simplicity and well-made gear. And it of course eliminates the need for counter-top appliances that carbonate two weeks, I've been trying Aerflo – along with friends and family. It's easy to use: You place the small CO2 canister in the lid, fill the water bottle, tighten the lid, press the lid in the marked spot three times or so, shake the container, and then repeat the last two steps three times. When the water has carbonated enough, it lets out a noise of air escaping. Then you remove the lid and drink. The entire process takes maybe 30 my brief experience, it works fine but the water does not get as carbonated as a can of Lacroix – no matter how much I've tried carbonating and even over-carbonating. Yet it generates a pleasing amount of bubbles that does the job. The company asks you not add syrup or flavoring, but you can just pour the water into a separate glass with syrup if you want. I added a lime wedge to the Aerflo bottle, and that worked fine. Also, I was only able to get two glasses of carbonation out of any canister – even once I started pressing the lid the minimum amount of times per glass. So I'm not sure how much savings it's truly offering over just buying cans of sparkling water. But it's definitely better for the environment than throwing out can after an industry clearly growing exponentially, it's good that there are options. I expect there will be more products like this emerging as time goes on. And that makes me feel bubbly.
