Thank you for making this video. Note that CGA320 refers to the valve on the CO2 tank. It is the standard fitting for CO2 gas cylinders having the CGA 320 male thread (0.825 inch at 14 threads per inch). All newer paintball and all industrial CO2 gas cylinders are CGA 320. Also for those that are not having luck transferring CO2, ensure you freeze the cylinder before refilling and ensure your CO2 tank has a siphon tube to flow liquid CO2 into the cylinder. If your CO2 Tank does not have a siphon tube you can turn the bottle upside down to flow liquid CO2 down into the empty cylinder.
@@MiniProBrobrits have the BS 341 (also known as w21.8-14) valve size so you will need to buy the valve in that size too (or perhaps find an adaptor if one exists)
One thing from filling scuba tanks for several years, I'd point the tank vertically not horizontally, if possible, where if the thumb screw or tank fails while pressurizing, the tank will hit the floor and not shoot across the room. I understand compressed air is a higher pressure, but pressure is pressure. Great video, now Im gonna save some money!!
The "straw" in the larger tank goes down to the bottom of the main CO2 20lb tank to pick up liquid C02 I believe? I know it feeds from the bottom on this particular tank anyway and assume it is feeding liquid into the tank and not just gas? Therefore I don't think I can get away with going vertical on the receiving tank although with over 350 dives under my belt also :) I do get what you are saying for sure. I have had this little tank blow off of the end of a device in this same family type and YES, it did head across the room and hit my washing machine LOL. The way this one is designed though is that it is only forcing air in through the small exhaust pin hole on the side of the brass neck on the receiving tank so there is no real threat of a "rocketing" bottle out of this configuration best I can tell. If anything...the main vertical 20lb bottle would be the one to be blowing gas out if the small bottle got loose somehow (best I can figure from my advanced rocket training ...uuum...nowhere but just joking anyway ;). When my small bottle launched last time it was really just a bit of a "lob" across 6 feet or so...not a rocketing across the room FWIW. It may have hurt if it hit me in the sack or fell on my bare toe but it wasn't too dramatic FWIW. Thanks for watching!!!
@eponymousIme late reply but I'm certain they were suggesting the small tank to be vertical with the bottom of the small tank facing the ground. While I understand that technique with some of these types of devices, this one receives its fill up from the outer diameter of the small tanks neck through the tiny exhaust hole instead of pressing the big pain in the middle of that top. Therefore if there was a blowout of any sort it would happen out of the side and would not forcefully push the small tank out in any direction. However, I have previously had the style of adapter that fits over the top of the small canister and it did in fact fail one time shooting my small tank across the laundry room at a reasonably low velocity but it did hit the washing machine. If I had taken the bullet in the chest it would not have done any damage and would have not heard very much at all but would have shocked the crap out of me. If I was looking at it facing the tank it probably would have given me a black eye. Just trying to elaborate on the OTHER version of this valve. This one does not have that issue
It fills from the side so it won't shoot off but also the gold connection area is not long enough so the big can and small can won't fit side by side in parallel because the gold connection pipe is not long enough.
Possibly misspoke during the video. I like putting out videos on products that really work well for me or on products that are just flat garbage to warn people. However I don't really like going back into my own videos and listening to what I actually said lol. To elaborate, airgas Texas at two separate locations confirmed and specifically stated that all of their 20 lb CO2 tanks that they fill will always be filled with food grade CO2 versus welding grade. Restaurants would definitely be delivered food grade CO2 of course as you stated but I think they fill these smaller ones only with food grade to prevent possible screw-ups by consumers who are doing home brewing and other DIY at home beverage dispensing. When I take my welding tank in to have it filled with CO2 they do ask me which grade I would like it filled with fwiw. Thanks for watching and your input!
Our local airgas only does exchanges, which i didn't want to do since my tank is new with a siphon tube. Was lucky enough to find a local Fire Protection shop to do it with food grade for $23 (20lb). Can't beat it.
thanks for the upload. i think you are the foremost expert on the web on this from what i could find. i was worried about creating a dangerous projectile in my effort to save money.
Food grade silicone grease would be a better choice of lubricant for the 'O' ring seals than using olive oil. Just a thin smear of silicone grease is all that is required.
Thanks for the video. I am looking into a soda stream or drink mate set up. I am spending too much on seltzer. I think I'd make a rack that supports the CO2 cylinder so it's not hanging all that weight out there on the valve body and adapters. That seems like a recipe for failure down the road.
Thanks! For me, the domestic standard is Hungary (Linde gas) and the connection is W21.8-14. Therefore, different connections can be chosen due to differences in the country and region. Someone else wrote it correctly, thanks to him. The pressure gauge does not show the actual filled content. It can also show the appropriate pressure in the gas state. It can be deceiving. The transfer must be in a liquid state. There are large bottles that have a "dipstick" siphon construction, the result is actual liquid transfer, the bottle stands on its feet. There is a bottle from which you can only get liquid upside down. May vary by manufacturer. Yes, the weight measurement also gives results about the transferred quantity. The difference between the industrial and food sectors should also be taken into account, even though both use the same gas, cleanliness is a priority for us humans. And watch out for heat dissipation, danger of freezing!
@WolfsblutHUN I was just in Budapest a couple months ago. Wow! the country and city has grown so much since I was last there for the Boznia issue back in 1997! Yes, my tank has the lipstick to the bottom but some do not requiring them to be inverted. You are also correct that the gauge is of very little use except to let you know when your tank is getting a little bit lower so that you will probably soon start getting shorter and shorter fills on your small tanks
@dw5772 when the supply tank starts to get low on gas, below a certain PSI the fillups started to be less and less. I was having a hard time getting more than 900grams in each. I just turned the tank back in to get it refilled yesterday at Airgas Texas so I'm hoping and I'm pretty certain that was the issue with short fills. I want to do another video with the fresh tank and count how many fills I get out of a 20 lb CO2 tank
I just used this to fill a tank up and that screw is just a pressure release valve mine doesn't even go in far enough to affect inserting the bottle. but I left the bottle as a backup and the gas seemed to have seeped out over time and now it 100% empty. I am going to try it again to see if this was a fluke.
@@dsvw7474 purchase the aluminum tank on Amazon. When you bring it in to get refilled make sure you tell them you want your original tank back. Otherwise they might try to just swap you out with someone else's steal piece of garbage old tank
I bought me a 20lb tank but can't get my Sodastream ones to fill. They said they put a dip tube in it, but I freeze my tanks and do everything I am suppose to do before refilling but I only get a little over 100 grams into them. Do you think they may have lied to me about the dip tube?
Boyle’s Law. When the canister is cold, the pressure inside the tank is lower than if it was room-temperature; when filling the canister, you’ll get more gas flowing in.
Thank you for the compliment I appreciate that! Please be sure to subscribe if you have not already. I'm three subscribers away from getting to 500 and then I really want to up my video editing on my channel lol. The reason you freeze the bottle is because it allows more of the compressed CO2 gas from the donor tank to The smaller container. It makes a massive difference
Fantastic tutorial and I always wondered how that one worked. A few questions; How many bottles havecyou filled with one 20 lb tank. Have any parts broke yet or orings wear out. Wonder how long those rings will last and if they are a common item to find.
All in all I have filled at least 25 of these canisters if I had to guess right now off of the exact same CO2 tank fill from when I purchased it and originally filled it. However this particular refill device I would say I have about 15 refills under my belt on with the same o-rings using the olive oil lubrication technique and a gentle insertion and extraction. On my first refill adapter I did rip through the o-rings pretty quickly because I was not lubricating them and I was not being gentle either. This device is different than my first device though and I like this design much much better. It seems like it will work for a long time using this olive oil lubrication technique. I remember doing the initial calculation of how many complete refills I should get off of a 20 lb tank. I broke it down to around $2.25 per refill at that time but I cannot remember exactly what the number was to be honest. I'm sure that will get you the answer to what you are wondering or at least very close to the ballpark. It is also my understanding that the companies that refill the 20 lb canisters can only fill them up to 80% capacity when they fill them up. I'm not sure if I am off on that or not but that is what I think I remember understanding.
Are you freezing your canister? If not put it in the freezer overnight first. Also, verify that your main CO2 supply tank has the type of straw that feeds from the bottom of your tank. Distributor cell these large CO2 tanks in two different versions basically. One of them has a straw inside that pulls the liquid CO2 from the bottom and the other one has no straw. If yours has no straw then you must turn your tank upside down in order for it to dispense liquid CO2. There are other TH-cam videos on that procedure as well
Thank you for this. I am not sure what happened to mine though. It worked for one full 20 lb tank. When I had the CO2 tank refilled, I could not fill the canisters any longer. Do you have any idea what I need to do? Thanks.
When you had your canister refilled at the gas supply, did you receive your original personal tank back or just a refilled one that was previously owned by someone else? The type of tank that you need must have a straw internally that siphons from the bottom of the tank. There are two versions of these tanks (or maybe more). If you do not have your original tank after the refill it's possible that you received one in exchange that does not have the straw that feeds off the bottom. If that is the case then you would need to invert your tank completely upside down to do this refill process. There are other videos on TH-cam that show this process with inverting the tank that you may want to look into to try. It certainly will not hurt to try it that way to rule that out.
You need a tank with a dip tube installed. They exchanged your good tank with one that doesn’t have one. Turn the tank upside down when refilling your smaller bottles. When you exchange this one, ask for one with a dip tube.
I just got mine and I see there are 2 black rubber rings included. Are those spares or do I have to insert them first ? I can’t really tell if there are some already inside but it does leak a little while filling.
If you have two o-rings currently inside the device the other ones are just spares. Lubricating these primary ones with the olive oil will definitely extend the life. I have filled no less than 25 of these canisters so far using that technique and I have never changed the o-rings out yet
Enjoyed your video, so much so I have become a subscriber. Question, how long have your washers lasted? Some people who have the soda stream adaptor have a yellow washer in the adapter and it appears these yellow washers break or blow out. By putting olive oil on your black washers it appears that your washers last longer. I would like your thoughts on this matter. In any event you have convinced me that buying an adapter is absolutely essential if you want to take full advantage of a great product- the soda stream system.
Glad I saw your question. I still don't have a good routine of looking at my questions on my TH-cam channel. I Go through a canister of CO2 about every two and a half weeks at least so I would say that I have refilled no less than 15 or 20 of these canisters are ready and there's no sign of fatigue on the o-rings. I really do feel that being extremely gentle with the insertion and using the olive oil technique on the o-rings should preserve these reasonably indefinitely. But I do know what you mean as far as them getting torn up. I had a previous unit that I did not use the olive oil technique on and they got tore up after only two or three uses. That being said, since there's no caution in the owner's manual I also would not hesitate to simply reorder a replacement unit off of Amazon, take the o-rings out of it and return it to the manufacturer with the broken o-rings if that was to happen... If they do not make o-ring or parts available for this unit. I don't have much of a conscience for stuff like that if people sell stuff like this without replacement parts. That's just me and it might not be a solution for everyone though
I have never noticed that it does not last as long And it really does not make any sense that that would be the case. If you have the same amount of weight as the original canister then it should give you exactly the same amount of CO2 delivered into your beverages if all the other conditions remain the same. It is imperative that you freeze the bottle for at least overnight before doing this to get the most into the cylinder
It's hard to say but you definitely must freeze the bottle if you are not doing that. If you are not freezing the bottle you will never achieve the desired fill level
You think it's easier to take the top off of your tank, smash up and funnel dry ice... Not to mention go to the store every time you want to fill a tank to buy dry ice? I could literally fill 50 of these in 1 hour. Tell me you could do that with dry ice lol. Yeah, I've done dry ice and I have a video to prove it
You have to open the large tank valve very slowly, there is a check value in the pink the bottles the prevents refills - the check value is initiated when too much pressure tries to enter at once, doing a slow fill at the start will prevent this@@pepelepew2690
NO. The pink tank absolutly does NOT need to be empty. Since this video I have stopped draining my tanks completely. I just shove them in the freezer over night, connect them, turn the valve on the main tank open and when it stops hissing I remove it and weigh it to make sure I get at least 1000 grams to 1250'ish max. I'm not worried about having a few grams too much gas in there personally but if you want to be safer about it shoot for whatever you find the weight of a new canister to be or use my video for that since I weighed one out in the vid brand new :) Thanks for watching. You MUST freeze your pink bottle before trying this.
@32ricke may have it correct on their reply to you. Give us an update and let us know here if slowing down the transfer worked. Also...as others have mentioned, you need to have the type of C02 main tank that has the straw down to the bottom of the tank...OR...you will need to turn your main tank upside down to get the liquid CO2 out into your small tank.
I can't answer the question unfortunately because I don't know which adapter you're using. One thing is absolutely sure, you definitely need to freeze the canister before you fill it. If you do not you will get very little compared to if you freeze it
@@kc6071 I really don't know if there is an answer to that. Most compressed air tanks have an inspection date or an inspection expiration date. I haven't actually taken note if these do or not but that's a very good question and I need to look at that on them.
I just had my 20 pound tank filled. He gave me a tip, said when you freeze your small tank to just put a little bit in there and then refreeze it again and you can get more in your tank. It takes some of the air bubbles down I guess.
@ghq113 if you're talking about the original SodaStream and not a SodaStream Tera there is a different device that will work for yours but this Amazon attachment and video is specifically for the Sodastream Terra model
Thank you for making this video. Note that CGA320 refers to the valve on the CO2 tank. It is the standard fitting for CO2 gas cylinders having the CGA 320 male thread (0.825 inch at 14 threads per inch). All newer paintball and all industrial CO2 gas cylinders are CGA 320. Also for those that are not having luck transferring CO2, ensure you freeze the cylinder before refilling and ensure your CO2 tank has a siphon tube to flow liquid CO2 into the cylinder. If your CO2 Tank does not have a siphon tube you can turn the bottle upside down to flow liquid CO2 down into the empty cylinder.
Great info!
Would this be the same for British standard gas cylinders by chance?
How can you tell if your bottle has a siphon tube?
@@kchaney56 mine has a label stating "siphon tube" it should be marked.
@@MiniProBrobrits have the BS 341 (also known as w21.8-14) valve size so you will need to buy the valve in that size too (or perhaps find an adaptor if one exists)
One thing from filling scuba tanks for several years, I'd point the tank vertically not horizontally, if possible, where if the thumb screw or tank fails while pressurizing, the tank will hit the floor and not shoot across the room. I understand compressed air is a higher pressure, but pressure is pressure. Great video, now Im gonna save some money!!
>> I'd point the tank vertically not horizontally, if possible,
The "straw" in the larger tank goes down to the bottom of the main CO2 20lb tank to pick up liquid C02 I believe? I know it feeds from the bottom on this particular tank anyway and assume it is feeding liquid into the tank and not just gas? Therefore I don't think I can get away with going vertical on the receiving tank although with over 350 dives under my belt also :) I do get what you are saying for sure. I have had this little tank blow off of the end of a device in this same family type and YES, it did head across the room and hit my washing machine LOL. The way this one is designed though is that it is only forcing air in through the small exhaust pin hole on the side of the brass neck on the receiving tank so there is no real threat of a "rocketing" bottle out of this configuration best I can tell. If anything...the main vertical 20lb bottle would be the one to be blowing gas out if the small bottle got loose somehow (best I can figure from my advanced rocket training ...uuum...nowhere but just joking anyway ;). When my small bottle launched last time it was really just a bit of a "lob" across 6 feet or so...not a rocketing across the room FWIW. It may have hurt if it hit me in the sack or fell on my bare toe but it wasn't too dramatic FWIW. Thanks for watching!!!
@eponymousIme late reply but I'm certain they were suggesting the small tank to be vertical with the bottom of the small tank facing the ground. While I understand that technique with some of these types of devices, this one receives its fill up from the outer diameter of the small tanks neck through the tiny exhaust hole instead of pressing the big pain in the middle of that top. Therefore if there was a blowout of any sort it would happen out of the side and would not forcefully push the small tank out in any direction. However, I have previously had the style of adapter that fits over the top of the small canister and it did in fact fail one time shooting my small tank across the laundry room at a reasonably low velocity but it did hit the washing machine. If I had taken the bullet in the chest it would not have done any damage and would have not heard very much at all but would have shocked the crap out of me. If I was looking at it facing the tank it probably would have given me a black eye. Just trying to elaborate on the OTHER version of this valve. This one does not have that issue
It fills from the side so it won't shoot off but also the gold connection area is not long enough so the big can and small can won't fit side by side in parallel because the gold connection pipe is not long enough.
Possibly misspoke during the video. I like putting out videos on products that really work well for me or on products that are just flat garbage to warn people. However I don't really like going back into my own videos and listening to what I actually said lol. To elaborate, airgas Texas at two separate locations confirmed and specifically stated that all of their 20 lb CO2 tanks that they fill will always be filled with food grade CO2 versus welding grade. Restaurants would definitely be delivered food grade CO2 of course as you stated but I think they fill these smaller ones only with food grade to prevent possible screw-ups by consumers who are doing home brewing and other DIY at home beverage dispensing. When I take my welding tank in to have it filled with CO2 they do ask me which grade I would like it filled with fwiw. Thanks for watching and your input!
Our local airgas only does exchanges, which i didn't want to do since my tank is new with a siphon tube. Was lucky enough to find a local Fire Protection shop to do it with food grade for $23 (20lb). Can't beat it.
thanks for the upload. i think you are the foremost expert on the web on this from what i could find. i was worried about creating a dangerous projectile in my effort to save money.
LOL, foremost expert maybe a little overstatement 🤣. Foremost cheap guy trying to save money on CO2 refills... Definitely agreed 🤣
Food grade silicone grease would be a better choice of lubricant for the 'O' ring seals than using olive oil. Just a thin smear of silicone grease is all that is required.
@@howardosborne8647 or just use what you have that works flawlessly for over 75 fills now?
Thanks for the video. I am looking into a soda stream or drink mate set up. I am spending too much on seltzer. I think I'd make a rack that supports the CO2 cylinder so it's not hanging all that weight out there on the valve body and adapters. That seems like a recipe for failure down the road.
Thanks!
For me, the domestic standard is Hungary (Linde gas) and the connection is W21.8-14. Therefore, different connections can be chosen due to differences in the country and region.
Someone else wrote it correctly, thanks to him.
The pressure gauge does not show the actual filled content. It can also show the appropriate pressure in the gas state. It can be deceiving. The transfer must be in a liquid state. There are large bottles that have a "dipstick" siphon construction, the result is actual liquid transfer, the bottle stands on its feet. There is a bottle from which you can only get liquid upside down. May vary by manufacturer. Yes, the weight measurement also gives results about the transferred quantity. The difference between the industrial and food sectors should also be taken into account, even though both use the same gas, cleanliness is a priority for us humans. And watch out for heat dissipation, danger of freezing!
@WolfsblutHUN I was just in Budapest a couple months ago. Wow! the country and city has grown so much since I was last there for the Boznia issue back in 1997! Yes, my tank has the lipstick to the bottom but some do not requiring them to be inverted. You are also correct that the gauge is of very little use except to let you know when your tank is getting a little bit lower so that you will probably soon start getting shorter and shorter fills on your small tanks
Can you tell me where you get more of the black O Rings?
Does your tank has a siphon tube? Since i hear people say you have to put the tank upside down so you get liquid instead of gas not sure why though
Great vid. Do you leave the adapter on the
CO2 tank when not using or take it off when done?
@@dw5772 I turn my tank off and leave the thing connected
@dw5772 when the supply tank starts to get low on gas, below a certain PSI the fillups started to be less and less. I was having a hard time getting more than 900grams in each. I just turned the tank back in to get it refilled yesterday at Airgas Texas so I'm hoping and I'm pretty certain that was the issue with short fills. I want to do another video with the fresh tank and count how many fills I get out of a 20 lb CO2 tank
I just used this to fill a tank up and that screw is just a pressure release valve mine doesn't even go in far enough to affect inserting the bottle. but I left the bottle as a backup and the gas seemed to have seeped out over time and now it 100% empty. I am going to try it again to see if this was a fluke.
Was yours the exact same type purchase through Amazon originating in China?
good video this adapter makes refilling simple
Yes it does!
Where did you purchase the 20lb. tank? I am looking for one that will work with your adapter. Thanks!
@@dsvw7474 purchase the aluminum tank on Amazon. When you bring it in to get refilled make sure you tell them you want your original tank back. Otherwise they might try to just swap you out with someone else's steal piece of garbage old tank
I bought me a 20lb tank but can't get my Sodastream ones to fill. They said they put a dip tube in it, but I freeze my tanks and do everything I am suppose to do before refilling but I only get a little over 100 grams into them. Do you think they may have lied to me about the dip tube?
Hard to say. Try cracking the valve super slowly to fill. There is an issue where if you open them too quickly a safety valve may be closing
You can test. Just put the tank upside down when you refill. It's like using a dipstick
I noticed on the gauge it says Use No Oil. Also you used oil on the o-rings will this corrode and decay the o-rings.
No, olive oil will absolutely not degrade the o-ring. Petroleum oil of course wood and would be disgusting in this environment and unhealthy
great video. how is the adaptor holding up? also, why do you freeze the bottle, prior to filling? many thanks
Boyle’s Law. When the canister is cold, the pressure inside the tank is lower than if it was room-temperature; when filling the canister, you’ll get more gas flowing in.
Thank you for the compliment I appreciate that! Please be sure to subscribe if you have not already. I'm three subscribers away from getting to 500 and then I really want to up my video editing on my channel lol. The reason you freeze the bottle is because it allows more of the compressed CO2 gas from the donor tank to
The smaller container. It makes a massive difference
Hello, would you mind to share the link of the product on Amazon? Thx
Fantastic tutorial and I always wondered how that one worked. A few questions;
How many bottles havecyou filled with one 20 lb tank.
Have any parts broke yet or orings wear out. Wonder how long those rings will last and if they are a common item to find.
All in all I have filled at least 25 of these canisters if I had to guess right now off of the exact same CO2 tank fill from when I purchased it and originally filled it. However this particular refill device I would say I have about 15 refills under my belt on with the same o-rings using the olive oil lubrication technique and a gentle insertion and extraction. On my first refill adapter I did rip through the o-rings pretty quickly because I was not lubricating them and I was not being gentle either. This device is different than my first device though and I like this design much much better. It seems like it will work for a long time using this olive oil lubrication technique. I remember doing the initial calculation of how many complete refills I should get off of a 20 lb tank. I broke it down to around $2.25 per refill at that time but I cannot remember exactly what the number was to be honest. I'm sure that will get you the answer to what you are wondering or at least very close to the ballpark. It is also my understanding that the companies that refill the 20 lb canisters can only fill them up to 80% capacity when they fill them up. I'm not sure if I am off on that or not but that is what I think I remember understanding.
Thank you so much for your reply, very much appreciated.
I got this same attachment but I can only get about 100g to go into any canisters. Any idea why??
Are you freezing your canister? If not put it in the freezer overnight first. Also, verify that your main CO2 supply tank has the type of straw that feeds from the bottom of your tank. Distributor cell these large CO2 tanks in two different versions basically. One of them has a straw inside that pulls the liquid CO2 from the bottom and the other one has no straw. If yours has no straw then you must turn your tank upside down in order for it to dispense liquid CO2. There are other TH-cam videos on that procedure as well
Thank you for this. I am not sure what happened to mine though. It worked for one full 20 lb tank. When I had the CO2 tank refilled, I could not fill the canisters any longer. Do you have any idea what I need to do? Thanks.
When you had your canister refilled at the gas supply, did you receive your original personal tank back or just a refilled one that was previously owned by someone else? The type of tank that you need must have a straw internally that siphons from the bottom of the tank. There are two versions of these tanks (or maybe more). If you do not have your original tank after the refill it's possible that you received one in exchange that does not have the straw that feeds off the bottom. If that is the case then you would need to invert your tank completely upside down to do this refill process. There are other videos on TH-cam that show this process with inverting the tank that you may want to look into to try. It certainly will not hurt to try it that way to rule that out.
@@AndTodaysProjectIs a refill
@@AndTodaysProjectIs it was a different tank that they gave me back
You need a tank with a dip tube installed. They exchanged your good tank with one that doesn’t have one. Turn the tank upside down when refilling your smaller bottles. When you exchange this one, ask for one with a dip tube.
I just got mine and I see there are 2 black rubber rings included. Are those spares or do I have to insert them first ? I can’t really tell if there are some already inside but it does leak a little while filling.
If you have two o-rings currently inside the device the other ones are just spares. Lubricating these primary ones with the olive oil will definitely extend the life. I have filled no less than 25 of these canisters so far using that technique and I have never changed the o-rings out yet
Enjoyed your video, so much so I have become a subscriber. Question, how long have your washers lasted? Some people who have the soda stream adaptor have a yellow washer in the adapter and it appears these yellow washers break or blow out. By putting olive oil on your black washers it appears that your washers last longer. I would like your thoughts on this matter. In any event you have convinced me that buying an adapter is absolutely essential if you want to take full advantage of a great product- the soda stream system.
Glad I saw your question. I still don't have a good routine of looking at my questions on my TH-cam channel. I Go through a canister of CO2 about every two and a half weeks at least so I would say that I have refilled no less than 15 or 20 of these canisters are ready and there's no sign of fatigue on the o-rings. I really do feel that being extremely gentle with the insertion and using the olive oil technique on the o-rings should preserve these reasonably indefinitely. But I do know what you mean as far as them getting torn up. I had a previous unit that I did not use the olive oil technique on and they got tore up after only two or three uses. That being said, since there's no caution in the owner's manual I also would not hesitate to simply reorder a replacement unit off of Amazon, take the o-rings out of it and return it to the manufacturer with the broken o-rings if that was to happen... If they do not make o-ring or parts available for this unit. I don't have much of a conscience for stuff like that if people sell stuff like this without replacement parts. That's just me and it might not be a solution for everyone though
did exactly as shown in the video but mine refills only up to 176 grams. What could i have done wrong?
When u refill have u noticed that the tank doesn't last long compared to a new one?
I have never noticed that it does not last as long And it really does not make any sense that that would be the case. If you have the same amount of weight as the original canister then it should give you exactly the same amount of CO2 delivered into your beverages if all the other conditions remain the same. It is imperative that you freeze the bottle for at least overnight before doing this to get the most into the cylinder
It's hard to say but you definitely must freeze the bottle if you are not doing that. If you are not freezing the bottle you will never achieve the desired fill level
Thank you, sir
doing God's work, sir
Love that comment!
seems easier to use dry ice to fill. we do it all the time. It costs us about $11 to fill 4 bottles
You think it's easier to take the top off of your tank, smash up and funnel dry ice... Not to mention go to the store every time you want to fill a tank to buy dry ice? I could literally fill 50 of these in 1 hour. Tell me you could do that with dry ice lol. Yeah, I've done dry ice and I have a video to prove it
Does the pink cylinder have to be 100% empty for the refill to work? I tried refill a cylinder that is not empty and nothing happened.
Correction, I emptied the pink bottle but it still won't refill, what am I doing wrong? Your video made it look easy.
You have to open the large tank valve very slowly, there is a check value in the pink the bottles the prevents refills - the check value is initiated when too much pressure tries to enter at once, doing a slow fill at the start will prevent this@@pepelepew2690
NO. The pink tank absolutly does NOT need to be empty. Since this video I have stopped draining my tanks completely. I just shove them in the freezer over night, connect them, turn the valve on the main tank open and when it stops hissing I remove it and weigh it to make sure I get at least 1000 grams to 1250'ish max. I'm not worried about having a few grams too much gas in there personally but if you want to be safer about it shoot for whatever you find the weight of a new canister to be or use my video for that since I weighed one out in the vid brand new :) Thanks for watching. You MUST freeze your pink bottle before trying this.
@32ricke may have it correct on their reply to you. Give us an update and let us know here if slowing down the transfer worked. Also...as others have mentioned, you need to have the type of C02 main tank that has the straw down to the bottom of the tank...OR...you will need to turn your main tank upside down to get the liquid CO2 out into your small tank.
I had a tank with siphon tube (straw), nothing worked. Ended up wasting money and gave the tank back.
We use a different adapter. We refill the co2 tanks but they don't seem to last long. Am I doing something wrong?
I can't answer the question unfortunately because I don't know which adapter you're using. One thing is absolutely sure, you definitely need to freeze the canister before you fill it. If you do not you will get very little compared to if you freeze it
@@AndTodaysProjectIs do u think there is a limit on how many times u can refill a canister
@@kc6071 I really don't know if there is an answer to that. Most compressed air tanks have an inspection date or an inspection expiration date. I haven't actually taken note if these do or not but that's a very good question and I need to look at that on them.
I just had my 20 pound tank filled. He gave me a tip, said when you freeze your small tank to just put a little bit in there and then refreeze it again and you can get more in your tank. It takes some of the air bubbles down I guess.
Does this work for sodastream ??
@ghq113 if you're talking about the original SodaStream and not a SodaStream Tera there is a different device that will work for yours but this Amazon attachment and video is specifically for the Sodastream Terra model
Great video. Would you mind adding the amazon link to your video description? Thanks!
Done deal and thanks for watching and commenting!
Excellent. Thank you, and Happy New Year! @@AndTodaysProjectIs
Open that valve all the way out of the gate. You won’t ever get it full of you don’t. Gas can’t pass that valve barely turned on.
It works every time the way I do it but thanks for watching