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  • @mikeread4329
    @mikeread4329 9 років тому +990

    When he described the product as being "one of those things your dad brings home" it was scary how accurate it was

    • @TheSquash3
      @TheSquash3 8 років тому +62

      Yeah he was entirely accurate on my part. My dad brought it home, we actually liked it though, we used it for a couple of months, but it got to expensive and now it collects dust.

    • @gui18bif
      @gui18bif 4 роки тому +19

      Dads bringing home stuff. Thats the fun part of the day.

    • @karvast5726
      @karvast5726 4 роки тому +18

      @Koholos Co2 from welding tanks has a little bit of oil in it not exactly ideal for drinks

    • @bentramer682
      @bentramer682 4 роки тому +6

      My dad did a similar thing with a liquor tap, he put some whiskey in it, we tested it out with a few sips and I think he gave it away.

    • @Danny3601000
      @Danny3601000 4 роки тому +8

      At least you have a dad

  • @Thysillia
    @Thysillia 8 років тому +654

    My dad DID buy a sodastream but he actually never stopped using it.
    He is the only one that does use it though.
    I'm not sure if its cause he likes it or if he's just using it out of spite now.

    • @JugaJuga14
      @JugaJuga14 8 років тому +160

      More like using it out of sprite. Heh.

    • @tomkenning5482
      @tomkenning5482 5 років тому +32

      @Bobo He's windows 98, he isn't very good

    • @PositronVI
      @PositronVI 5 років тому +15

      @Windows 98 neither are your insults

    • @M50A1
      @M50A1 5 років тому +7

      @Windows 98 You may of been important for computers in your heyday, but the future is now, old man

    • @CommissarMitch
      @CommissarMitch 5 років тому +3

      Good on him

  • @YogSothoth24601
    @YogSothoth24601 8 років тому +1164

    THE GOOSE HAS BLESSED US WITH HER PRESENCE

  • @speedbird227
    @speedbird227 8 років тому +1888

    If I owned a supermarket I would use the Lemon Lime from this as a knock off of Sprite and call it Shite.

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 8 років тому +9

      😀

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 8 років тому +48

      You could start your own Pound shop!

    • @yobelkcip
      @yobelkcip 8 років тому +78

      Or you could call it Spirte, since you misspelled Sprite.

    • @speedbird227
      @speedbird227 8 років тому +23

      Jehn Lennin's sanctum / yobelkcip Well shit, I didn't notice that.

    • @jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245
      @jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245 8 років тому +18

      Or Spite....

  • @Sirdiggar
    @Sirdiggar 8 років тому +246

    Had one years ago, gas bottles didn't last long and they were expensive to replace.
    I usually just go to Sainsburys now, they sell 2 litre bottles of carbonated spring water for 20p! yes 20 pence. I get 5-6 bottles of those and store them. Make my own Pink Lemonade from a punnet of raspberries, lemon and orange, all boiled with sugar on the hob. This in turn makes a lovely syrup which you add to the carbonated water and voila! a healthier (compared to the likes of coca cola etc) fizzy drink.

    • @Bmoney902
      @Bmoney902 8 років тому +9

      ooh that sounds lovely, I want to try this at some point

    • @Sirdiggar
      @Sirdiggar 8 років тому +13

      ***** It is amazing, this is the recipe I use: www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/11288/pink-lemonade

    • @Bmoney902
      @Bmoney902 8 років тому +1

      +Sirdiggar Thank you!

    • @Torchyc
      @Torchyc 8 років тому +2

      it's 17p at tesco

    • @ethantaylor5425
      @ethantaylor5425 8 років тому +4

      17p? that's nothing here in the USA Costco pays YOU to take them haha

  • @awakenedape1052
    @awakenedape1052 8 років тому +305

    I've unsuccessfully watched this video 3 times. Once, my iPad died, and twice, I've fallen asleep, because it was very early in the morning. I'm determined to finish it this time.

  • @MrOnionterror
    @MrOnionterror 9 років тому +464

    The bottles look like they should have fabric softener in.

  • @Jivetalkin13
    @Jivetalkin13 8 років тому +298

    So I looked up that witches brew and while I didn't find the product, I did find a recipe for a pitcher of the stuff.
    4 cups of sodastream grape Kool-aid.
    1 cup of lemon lime soda.
    1/2 cup of apple cider (you can replace it with apple juice)
    Refrigerate until cool.
    Top it with mini marshmallows.

    • @nutlet1
      @nutlet1 7 років тому +7

      thank you

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 7 років тому +10

      I wanna soda Kool-Aid.

    • @lostboi210
      @lostboi210 5 років тому +4

      Ima try this recipe!

    • @Levleup
      @Levleup 3 роки тому

      @@lostboi210
      How was it?

    • @masonasaro2118
      @masonasaro2118 3 роки тому +2

      just remember to never drink it in the worst dc universe (the teen titans go one). because everything in that universe is part of some kind of bizarre conspiracy of some kind.

  • @nicktripod8124
    @nicktripod8124 9 років тому +2343

    What if Ashens is just a pair of floating arms.

    • @bakubit
      @bakubit 9 років тому +152

      I like to imagine him as arms and a face stuck to a wall in the middle of a hallway which just so happens to have a couch sitting on the other side.

    • @Draco_-mk5zv
      @Draco_-mk5zv 9 років тому +56

      Hes like casandra from dr who with arms

    • @esscate
      @esscate 9 років тому +68

      Yeah, post this on the one video where he actually kind of show his face.

    • @skelltan852
      @skelltan852 9 років тому +7

      +Nick Tripod Avdol.jpg

    • @milkmann-on1dq
      @milkmann-on1dq 9 років тому +12

      I would love to see the movie with him as just a pair of arms

  • @Busterbalz
    @Busterbalz 2 роки тому +44

    WOW these have come a long way. I bought one a month ago, and it's way improved, everyone in the house uses it. The bottles are dishwasher safe now, and they have officially licensed soda syrups from Pepsi and bubly. They do still lose carbonation kinda fast though.

    • @louiseogden1296
      @louiseogden1296 Рік тому

      Have Pepsi Max syrup myself, just waiting until I have a spare moment after Christmas to try it out.

  • @arneldeleon3060
    @arneldeleon3060 8 років тому +1900

    i'd pay for this guy to insult me

    • @Nippledozer
      @Nippledozer 8 років тому +3

      Lmaoo

    • @nuck-
      @nuck- 8 років тому +90

      You would not survive his wit.

    • @kashinimeyo
      @kashinimeyo 8 років тому +5

      in a classy way- yes

    • @nothank3517
      @nothank3517 8 років тому

      lol

    • @Jason0binladen
      @Jason0binladen 8 років тому +12

      what is this? the beer and board games channel now?

  • @RyanSR71
    @RyanSR71 7 років тому +45

    "If you die, can I have your channel?"
    "No."
    "Oh."

  • @zacharywolf5666
    @zacharywolf5666 8 років тому +265

    meanwhile at the local plumbing station
    "why did the pipe burst"
    "oh its cause somebody pored a few thousand kiloliters of really cheap soft drink down the drain"

  • @LEHLucas
    @LEHLucas 2 роки тому +71

    this needs to be revisited since there’s now licensed drink versions

    • @Will-22
      @Will-22 2 роки тому +5

      I work in a argos and I can confirm they are still selling, people still trade in there old empty c02 for new ones

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack Рік тому

      It'd a total ripoff over $100 for the machine and like $80 for each canister. Then $20 for the syrup. @@Will-22

    • @louiseogden1296
      @louiseogden1296 Рік тому

      The canisters only cost £20 over here. We must have a CO2 reservoir somewhere that makes it cheaper.

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack Рік тому

      I wonder if they are importing the CO2 canisters/supply from Europe if that's the case and the markup is from import tariffs. I'll have to look next time I see them. @@louiseogden1296

    • @redavatar
      @redavatar Рік тому

      @@MrWolfSnack I just bought a new machine heavily discounted. €50 for machine (including a bottle & canister, €12 for a canister (60L) and €4 for Pepsi Max, 7 Up & Ice Tea a piece. I stocked up for about 300L in total after I sampled it first.
      At this discount it's definitely worth it. Pepsi has gone up a LOT since COVID - by 50% easily. I now pay €2.2 for a bottle of 1.5L or €1.5 per liter. Same for 7 Up.
      €12 for 60L means €0.3 for 1.5L. The syrup is €4 for 9 liters (but I find that it tastes just as good with a little less syrup so I should be able to get to 10-11) so let's say 50 cents per liter of 75 cents for 1.5L.
      Basically, I pay €1.05 for something that tastes VERY close to real Pepsi Max with these benefits:
      - less plastic waste & no lugging heavy packs of soda from stores
      - I can add fizz if it goes flat (half my bottles go flat when there's only a third or less left so I have to poor it out)
      - I can make as much as I need - if someone wants a glass or two, I fill the bottle only halfway.
      - I don't need a ton of space in my fridge - I keep a few chilled bottles of water & can add what I want when needed.
      When NOT discounted it's about 30-50% more expensive which is still cheaper than the store but but not by that much. I've bought enough to last me 6 months (the syrup doesn't use up a lot of space after all) and after that I'll have earned back the cost of everything really. Saving € a liter times 300 ...

  • @NotSoLogical
    @NotSoLogical 9 років тому +322

    I wonder if you could make REALLY fluffy pancakes by carbonating pancake mix in this.

  • @Awesomeman204
    @Awesomeman204 8 років тому +731

    Its 2am and im sitting in the dark watching 2 grown british people drink cheap carbonated drinks
    what am i doing with my life

  • @ViperStarFilms
    @ViperStarFilms 9 років тому +793

    Dr Pete splattered all over my face ;)

    • @ViperStarFilms
      @ViperStarFilms 9 років тому +3

      Motaki Gonavakin True

    • @ViperStarFilms
      @ViperStarFilms 9 років тому +5

      Marco Mods Is he a farmer too?

    • @ViperStarFilms
      @ViperStarFilms 9 років тому

      ANON Hacks ah yes

    • @motakigonavakin3083
      @motakigonavakin3083 9 років тому +1

      Would that make him farmer john, they don't plump till you choke them down?

    • @SoundOfFreedom32
      @SoundOfFreedom32 9 років тому +1

      +ViperStarFilms wow are u a black guy?????? amazing!!!!!!! GUYS THERE IS A BLACK GUY OVER HERE, GIVE HIM YOUR SUPPORT!

  • @SamManSam
    @SamManSam 11 років тому +18

    That delivery man knocked on your door with some ferocity... I genuinely feared for your lives...

  • @JonathonL3
    @JonathonL3 8 років тому +1426

    Why does Dr. Pete come in a bottle?
    Because his wife died.

    • @trpl7
      @trpl7 8 років тому +43

      [breth]

    • @robzee2598
      @robzee2598 8 років тому +120

      I just got this, I have no faith in humanity anymore

    • @Kurrai6095
      @Kurrai6095 8 років тому +19

      I need help getting this joke.

    • @morgan200three
      @morgan200three 8 років тому +54

      +Tjnesryan he means Cum in a bottle

    • @GokutheBlack
      @GokutheBlack 8 років тому +6

      +The Realm Of The Epic Gnomes
      o

  • @Megapowertooldragon
    @Megapowertooldragon 4 роки тому +102

    "Who remembers the Corona man? Nobody." Well....

  • @MrGeorgeFlorcus
    @MrGeorgeFlorcus 10 років тому +8

    lol I loved Ashens talking about how you'd buy one of these, use it once, declare you'll never need to buy expensive real soft drinks again, and then within a week it disappears onto a shelf, because that it EXACTLY what happened to me! My parents bought something like this and exactly that thing happened!

  • @kermit30au
    @kermit30au 8 років тому +28

    Had one of these in the 80s when I lived in a Australian outback mining town and was cheaper and handy to have at home. But then branded fizzy drinks got extremely cheap making sodastream expensive. I purchased one in 2003 for nostalgia only for them to change the gas bottles design 3 weeks after purchase. I got a few remaining old bottles to finish off my syrups then chucked it in the rubbish. Never felt so ripped off from that. My most favorite flavor was Portello.

  • @000lobo9
    @000lobo9 10 років тому +58

    I love that Ashens has the fucking goose in his kitchen.

    • @bsgtrekfan88
      @bsgtrekfan88 2 роки тому +1

      I'm looking at Lando on the left there! ;)

  • @apoch003
    @apoch003 5 років тому +116

    No. NO NO NO NONO NOOOO! It says it right on the tin! Fizz FIRST, THEN add the flavour! (he screams six years later)...

    • @heiltotheking
      @heiltotheking 4 роки тому +21

      yeah. i imagine it's so the sodastream nozzle doesn't clog up from all the sugar. I watched in terror as he added the flavoring into the bottle.

    • @theblackwidower
      @theblackwidower 4 роки тому +16

      I think it's because the fizziness reacts more violently to the syrupy water than the plain water. But the nozzle getting clogged would be another reason.

    • @Sadreath
      @Sadreath 4 роки тому +15

      @@theblackwidower Nah. It is so sugar does not get into the nozzle since that first of all can clog it up and much worse acts as a breeding ground for bacteria so unless you clean it very well all the time you will spray condensed bacteria into your water in no time.
      Video is just some more or less funny attempt at shitting on a product without understanding it in the slightest so yeah

    • @paulheap1982
      @paulheap1982 4 роки тому +3

      @@Sadreath and this is more or less a a condescending suite comment.

    • @ultra-vivi
      @ultra-vivi 4 роки тому +11

      @@Sadreath my man out here simpin for sodastream

  • @CatsAreRubbish
    @CatsAreRubbish 11 років тому +22

    Dear Dr. A... two things:
    1. It would've been interesting to see how sodastreaming other beverages would've turned out - like tea, coffee, wine, fresh OJ, Frijj milkshake, soup, gravy, etc...
    2. When I was about 8 or 9 (so 1985-ish) I bought a can of drink that was called something like "Chocolade". Yup, a chocolate flavoured fizzy drink (in the UK btw). It was vile! Like someone had chewed up some generic milk chocolate and spat it into a can of lemonade. Unsurprisingly I never saw it again but also I've never been able to find any reference of it on t'interweb. Maybe you can? Or maybe you don't give a toss? Just thought I'd mention it.

  • @scottishguy1326
    @scottishguy1326 5 років тому +56

    I think someone should put tomato soup in a soda stream

    • @TheHutchy01
      @TheHutchy01 3 роки тому +6

      Somewhere Big Clive had an idea.

  • @EvaAdorable
    @EvaAdorable 4 роки тому +6

    My husband thought this was a great idea, too. It's been in our cupboard for about 5 years now! A very accurate description!

  • @pawsdfgg9238
    @pawsdfgg9238 6 років тому +61

    The red light switch looks interested, the other ain't having it.

    • @und4287
      @und4287 4 роки тому

      It's probably for the water heater.

    • @necieau2700
      @necieau2700 4 роки тому

      The white switch looks unimpressed. And mutated.

    • @alexander_c._whitehead
      @alexander_c._whitehead 4 роки тому +1

      It's to turn the stove off

  • @_Spearkiller_
    @_Spearkiller_ 8 років тому +249

    0:57 - 1:14 is exactly what happened at my house.

    • @colemanstraight5766
      @colemanstraight5766 8 років тому +1

      I was going to comment this as well

    • @woop6727
      @woop6727 8 років тому +4

      That is also what happened to me. Except that water spewed everywhere. I haven't seen the machine since.

    • @goofygoober4901
      @goofygoober4901 8 років тому

      oh my god same here

    • @pizzarayy
      @pizzarayy 8 років тому +4

      That happened in my house when we got those homemade funnel cakes.

    • @drwhoeffect
      @drwhoeffect 7 років тому +2

      *raises hand* Same here.

  • @JoshLeo13
    @JoshLeo13 7 років тому +280

    Dr. Pete, full name: *Dr. Peter Phile*

    • @GaleGummola
      @GaleGummola 6 років тому +8

      Peter File xD

    • @sammmyboy99
      @sammmyboy99 6 років тому +18

      Who's a paedophile?

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry 5 років тому

      Sam
      Peter

    • @memememegaming
      @memememegaming 5 років тому +13

      @@sammmyboy99 No Moss, his name is Peter File.

    • @sammmyboy99
      @sammmyboy99 5 років тому +6

      memememe “His name is Paedophile?”

  • @pedanticcreeper7822
    @pedanticcreeper7822 11 років тому +12

    In 2011 around Christmas time, there was an advert for the SodaStream, filmed on a home camera where some 20 year-old guy in a Christmas sweater and Santa hat was given a present with a SodaStream inside. He started crying. Pretty much sums up this machine...

    • @youtube.commentator
      @youtube.commentator 5 місяців тому

      Mate, you nailed it. I don't know why it took 11 years to let you know

  • @blakeashbourne5857
    @blakeashbourne5857 8 років тому +70

    "mmmmm, Petey"
    Ashens, 2013.

  • @Thanos6
    @Thanos6 11 років тому +22

    The funny thing is, I thought this was a NEW thing and was surprised that it was so old.

    • @lunavixen015
      @lunavixen015 11 років тому +3

      My parents had one when they were young.

  • @IVR02
    @IVR02 9 років тому +37

    Why didn't you offer THE GOOSE a nice glass? He's just sitting back there, looking thirsty!

  • @gernst5345
    @gernst5345 10 років тому +35

    THE GOOSE. THE GOOSE. THE GOOSE.

    • @Fahrenheart
      @Fahrenheart 10 років тому +3

      I LIKE IT LA DEE DA DEE DUM DUM

    • @JayeLeahBabezx
      @JayeLeahBabezx 10 років тому +2

      PokeBallZSack That was absolutely glorious. I applaud you.

    •  10 років тому

      The GROOSE is loose.

  • @OptimusSledge
    @OptimusSledge 3 роки тому +35

    "Who remembers the Corona man?!" has aged like a fine milk.

    • @holdtightadele8017
      @holdtightadele8017 2 роки тому +1

      The word Corona literally has several meanings that aren’t a virus.

    • @favoritemustard3542
      @favoritemustard3542 2 роки тому +6

      Really, YT? The 2 replies this got are too scary for me to read? wth...

  • @thekingsman9773
    @thekingsman9773 9 років тому +47

    Ryan is so lucky to have Stu as an uncle

    • @georgiajohnson682
      @georgiajohnson682 3 роки тому

      They are not related

    • @joemontgomery6658
      @joemontgomery6658 2 роки тому +5

      @@georgiajohnson682 they are lol

    • @hexoslaya3696
      @hexoslaya3696 2 роки тому +5

      @@georgiajohnson682 Ryan is Stuart’s sister’s son. They literally reference it in this video.

    • @heyoitskram5748
      @heyoitskram5748 Рік тому +1

      That’s not Ryan though, that’s cousin Dan

  • @TNTLuver9
    @TNTLuver9 8 років тому +77

    "Ugh, this is even worse than th e soda my sister buys."
    "Oi, that's my mum."
    say what-

    • @cuirassier4296
      @cuirassier4296 8 років тому +6

      I was reading this comment when Stuart said that

    • @gmansplit
      @gmansplit 8 років тому +34

      It's entirely possible that Ryan is Stuart's nephew.

    • @kittypine42
      @kittypine42 8 років тому +2

      Alius Gigabyte me too wth

    • @fiercestpond4722
      @fiercestpond4722 7 років тому +4

      TNTlover9 I believe he is.

    • @MeowingCookie_
      @MeowingCookie_ 7 років тому +22

      gmansplit He is. He's also cousin Dan in Barshens, chef control in the best thing about Christmas video and the child in one of his old q and a videos

  • @invghost
    @invghost 7 років тому +31

    "Unless you like getting Dr Pete splattered all over your face"
    OOH, do we go to the same doctors Ashens?

  • @jackhenderson1039
    @jackhenderson1039 8 років тому +41

    I want someone to take a shot of the Dr.Pepper concentrate.

    • @godfreylam447
      @godfreylam447 5 років тому +9

      A Piece Of Bread ive done it as a dare, it tastes like diabetes

  • @rodentoftheastrowaste1414
    @rodentoftheastrowaste1414 4 роки тому +4

    16:27 "Who remember the Corona Man ? Nobody...." Lovely bit of prescience by Stuart here.

  • @xvalley8512
    @xvalley8512 10 років тому +38

    Ryan is extremely lucky to have Stuart as his uncle.

    • @DerptheCreeper
      @DerptheCreeper 10 років тому +1

      I don't think ashens is his uncle

    • @xvalley8512
      @xvalley8512 10 років тому +16

      Well, Stuart made that comment about his sister buying cheap fizzy drinks and Ryan said: "Hey, that's my mum you're talking about," so I assumed Ryan is his nephew. Also, Stuart referred to him as 'my nephew Ryan' on another video.

    • @DerptheCreeper
      @DerptheCreeper 10 років тому +11

      Oh

    • @laur3nbee
      @laur3nbee 10 років тому

      Who is Ryan?

    • @xvalley8512
      @xvalley8512 10 років тому +2

      laurenisahippogriff The other person in this video.

  • @mikel802
    @mikel802 4 роки тому +93

    coming from the far future, "who remembers the corona man" has a completely different context lol.

    • @AlfaGiuliaQV
      @AlfaGiuliaQV 4 роки тому +12

      Little did ashens know that far in the future, literally every person on the planet will remember the "corona man"

    • @TheAuron32
      @TheAuron32 4 роки тому +4

      that stupid twat, that ate a bat.

    • @the_pigs_have_rebelled
      @the_pigs_have_rebelled 4 роки тому +3

      I was thinking that, came straight to the comments after he said it.

    • @ellamcgrady8856
      @ellamcgrady8856 4 роки тому +2

      literally

    • @lucasduque8289
      @lucasduque8289 4 роки тому +3

      What do you mean? I'm from the past and I don't understand.

  • @icebergpreservation5164
    @icebergpreservation5164 4 роки тому +8

    16:25 "who remembers the corona man" nobody, but 2020 sure does have a corona that nobody will forget

  • @stevethemastersword
    @stevethemastersword 9 років тому +368

    i wonder if you could use this to re-fizz normal soda

    • @stevethemastersword
      @stevethemastersword 9 років тому +10

      *****
      as well as i think it does? i said "I wonder" not, "im 16900% positive"

    • @stevethemastersword
      @stevethemastersword 9 років тому +4

      *****
      ok, but why? if its flat shouldn't it just work like any other liquid?

    • @LeafShade
      @LeafShade 9 років тому +21

      Kaptain Kappa It's NOT supposed to have the flavour in the drink while being carbonated.
      They did it wrong.
      It will be quite messy if you use flat softdrink.

    • @stevethemastersword
      @stevethemastersword 9 років тому +7

      Leaf Shade that doesn't answer my question, why is it messy? it wasn't messy for them and according to you they did it "wrong" so what makes flat soda different from flat soda stream soda?

    • @LeafShade
      @LeafShade 9 років тому +11

      Kaptain Kappa They waited off camera.
      And with actual soft drink, basically it fizzes it up and shakes it up at the same time, resulting in a mess.
      In my experience that is the case, it will erupt and leak out of the machine.
      As for the exact reasoning why it behaves more volatile? I am not sure.

  • @DeviantDespot
    @DeviantDespot 8 років тому +186

    I use soda stream to carbonate vodka. Works pretty well.

    • @cuirassier4296
      @cuirassier4296 8 років тому +75

      I use it to carbonate water it's great

    • @frazerbrennan9245
      @frazerbrennan9245 7 років тому +4

      Are you joking?

    • @Soooperspeed
      @Soooperspeed 6 років тому +12

      i used to to carbonate milk .. and pineapple juice amongst others

    • @Joseph11OG
      @Joseph11OG 5 років тому +7

      @@Soooperspeed mmmm soda milk.

    • @Sube-Tube
      @Sube-Tube 5 років тому +4

      I was hoping I was gonna find someone like you

  • @juanpostel3463
    @juanpostel3463 10 років тому +100

    Breaking News: English man tries to kill nephew by giving him shitty sodastream tar

    • @frednorris503
      @frednorris503 10 років тому +6

      How come all these random dudes are Ashens' "nephews"? Is Dan his nephew too? What aren't you telling us, Uncle Stu?

    • @juanpostel3463
      @juanpostel3463 10 років тому

      Lol

    • @mikelikegaming
      @mikelikegaming 10 років тому +3

      Fred Norris I have 12 aunts and 7 uncles, if his family is anything like mine he could very well have a ton of nephews.

    • @frednorris503
      @frednorris503 10 років тому

      Are all different nationalities too? Not racist, just asking.

    • @AlienWithABox
      @AlienWithABox 9 років тому +10

      +Fred Norris
      Ryan *is* actually his nephew, though. There was a moment near the middle of the video were Ashen's commented on his sister's choice in diet coke and Ryan replied with "Hey! That's my mum!"

  • @RDalton93
    @RDalton93 8 років тому +22

    Wait soda streams were created in the 70s? Huh ?... I always thought they were made in the new millennium this thing was ahead of its time.

    • @subliminal6529
      @subliminal6529 8 років тому +1

      Me too.

    • @robertmartindale563
      @robertmartindale563 5 років тому +1

      Reintroduced in the early 2000s, my mum has to original 70s ones so with glass bottles that don't expire after three years.

  • @GamingMill
    @GamingMill 11 років тому +92

    Unless you want blow up your Soda Stream, do NOT try and make fizzy milk. I did once at my dad's - he went mental 'cause he'd only had it a day. I never did tell him it was because of my experiment...I spent a good couple of hours cleaning up and supergluing that bastard together again so as to destroy all the evidence of my exploits.

    • @techpicks
      @techpicks 11 років тому +3

      I know that for some liquids, if you just fill it half way it won't explode and leave a rather nasty mess. Did you fill it to the top?

    • @GamingMill
      @GamingMill 11 років тому +34

      To the top.

    • @FoundationsofPause
      @FoundationsofPause 10 років тому +2

      You are only suppose to carbonate the water, you add the mix afterward. Guy in video did it wrong as well. Hard to read 3 steps of instructions even if you're a popular youtuber I suppose.

    • @RhiannonKrausz
      @RhiannonKrausz 10 років тому +6

      ...... Why ... would you want to make fizzy milk ?

    • @GamingMill
      @GamingMill 10 років тому +62

      Because it's more exciting than flat milk.

  • @BierBart12
    @BierBart12 9 років тому +97

    Wait, what, this stuff is from the 70's/80's..?
    There's been some minor hype about them being "new" by some stores here in germany...

    • @legofanguyvid
      @legofanguyvid 9 років тому +4

      +Bier “Bierbart12” Bart yeah, its also been branded as new over here in the us quite recently. (or Im just really sheltered)

    • @olgar1041
      @olgar1041 9 років тому +2

      Same here in Canada...

    • @IVR02
      @IVR02 9 років тому +8

      Same here in 'Murica.

    • @omegafoxie7707
      @omegafoxie7707 9 років тому

      +Bier „Bierbart12“ Bart I know right!

    • @SisSasSus
      @SisSasSus 9 років тому +6

      +Bier ”Bierbart12” Bart Can confirm, there was a massive campaign for these here in Finland just a few years ago. I thought that these things were actually a new innovation made just a year or so before landing in Finland.

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify 11 років тому +261

    I did the math on these when they first came out... its as expensive as any normal brand softdrink with maybe a .05 cent savings per oz. Its mostly in the $15 C02 can... I played painball years ago and they give you like $.50 of C02 in their canister. It was the greatest marketing idea ever though. its new age revolutionary branding "Large" looking amount of servings, and promise to bring cheap drink options to you, everyone bought it. my walmart was sold out for 3 months! these guys made bank off a well laid scam

    • @TheWiiZone
      @TheWiiZone 10 років тому +34

      To be honest it depends on where you live. For example, I live in Finland, where you can drink tap water, so only the syrup and the co2 will cost you. Half a liter of regular soda costs about 2 euros here, which is around $2.75. Making half a liter of Sodastream soda costs you about 0.40 euros, which is just $0.55, so it is way cheaper.

    • @maksuree
      @maksuree 10 років тому +41

      Rapsutin
      it still boggles me that there are first world countries, in this era, where fucking water has to be bought from a store.

    • @drakesaysgaming1911
      @drakesaysgaming1911 10 років тому +15

      maksuree It doesn't have to be, it's just that most of them think that tap water has horrid germs or something. I've drunken it all my life and i seem to be fine.
      Though depending on how you look at it, that makes bottled water even more pathetic...

    • @OskarasNauseda
      @OskarasNauseda 10 років тому

      we dont pay for co2 and soda stream works well and you dont use oficial flavorings

    • @tungstenivoxide2407
      @tungstenivoxide2407 10 років тому +3

      DrakeSays Gaming
      Bottled water is just bottled tap water from your local water system and a 500% markup. (Maybe some filtration and a few minerals but they spend almost nothing on that.)

  • @taidgheshea9625
    @taidgheshea9625 7 років тому +36

    for those wondering, burdock is also known as doc leaves, the ones people say help nettle stings but dont.

    • @glumpy6079
      @glumpy6079 5 років тому +2

      Yes tis true.

    • @johnorbea3257
      @johnorbea3257 2 роки тому +6

      Nope, different things. Dock is any one of the plants in the genus Rumex; burdock is genus Arctium.
      This is why I have no friends.

  • @CharlesEBright
    @CharlesEBright 10 років тому +11

    The goose looks worried by this machine.

  • @ethanladue2745
    @ethanladue2745 8 років тому +21

    In the United States this thing was all the hype just a couple of years ago.

  • @kevinbell9255
    @kevinbell9255 4 роки тому +48

    "Who remembers the corona man?" The year is now 2020, and the world is now suffering for not heeding the words of the wise prophet Ashens.

    • @burnzy2639
      @burnzy2639 3 роки тому +3

      The year is now 2021. The world is still suffering. Never fail to heed the warnings of Ashens...

    • @bitterlemonboy
      @bitterlemonboy 3 роки тому +1

      @@burnzy2639 The year is now 2022. Nothings changed.

  • @Itmemattk
    @Itmemattk 7 років тому +91

    Ryan sounds a lot like Cousin Dan. What an excellent coincidence!

    • @AndRewUK24
      @AndRewUK24 7 років тому +2

      Ryan AKA Cousin Dan same man.

    • @Fred51701
      @Fred51701 7 років тому +24

      Andrew Whitney that was the joke you silly sausage

    • @kezzer7499
      @kezzer7499 6 років тому +3

      Matthew Kempf I think you mean coinciDANce

    • @heyoitskram5748
      @heyoitskram5748 4 роки тому +2

      I heard that after this he got involved in crime as a getaway driver for a heist for a legendary arcade game

  • @GameShowGumbo
    @GameShowGumbo 10 років тому +6

    I actually got a Sodastream for Christmas and I am actually enjoying this. We actually prepped it the way you did in the video and how the instructions told us to do it and the taste is night and day. Putting the flavor in before carbonating the water kills the flavor...and if you don't wait, it will cause a great volcanic effect. Following the instructions and it actually tastes quite nice.
    I still enjoy the video and the rest of your videos, Ashens. I'm tempted to try some of the other flavors out there.

  • @cassette_tape
    @cassette_tape 11 років тому +22

    I'm watching two guys drink crappy sodas. What am I doing with my life?

  • @enzyme20056
    @enzyme20056 10 років тому +38

    Your supposed to put the bubbles in the water before adding the syrup. And you can add more gas, I usually add way more than three short bursts. You keep adding gas until it makes a distinctive noise, that sounds like a fart.

  • @xxrescuerabbitxxgames6094
    @xxrescuerabbitxxgames6094 5 років тому +2

    As the years go by and I revisit old videos it’s so nice to see a return of "The Goose".
    Truly a legend among legends.

  • @ColetheAero
    @ColetheAero 10 років тому +5

    It would be funny that if at the pause at 12:27. . .
    Ashens just dropped the glass on the floor, and then we hear a loud thud of a body hit the floor also.
    and then Ryan is just standing there muttering:
    "Stuart ?. . . .Stuart ?. . . .Stuart ?!!!!!!!"

  • @Real_Xwisdom
    @Real_Xwisdom 3 роки тому +4

    Corrona man is going to be Boris Johnsons new nickname.

  • @bewill2003
    @bewill2003 4 роки тому +133

    watching this in 2020... calling him the "corona man" takes on such a weird connotation, lol

  • @jamiedickinson4079
    @jamiedickinson4079 7 років тому +12

    1 2 litre bottle of shop's own brand pop: 59p
    A bottle of Sodastream syrup that makes 7 bottles: £8.99p

  • @Nodws
    @Nodws 9 років тому +128

    I feel like im eavesdropping on someones gay date

  • @tymime
    @tymime 6 років тому +8

    I think the main draw of a SodaStream is putting your own flavors in it. You can buy better-quality cola syrup, or juice concentrate, or even make your own syrup.

  • @CosmoProductions666
    @CosmoProductions666 11 років тому +19

    Haha that goose made me so happy!

    • @cutemimi25
      @cutemimi25 11 років тому +2

      He originally showed it in his Easter special video 2013.

    • @Arcyse
      @Arcyse 11 років тому +2

      cutemimi25 Thanks, Captain Obvious.

    • @cutemimi25
      @cutemimi25 11 років тому

      Thestankfish AKA Doge Sure thing, but Cosmo Wattis might've not noticed.

    • @taseenhossain
      @taseenhossain 10 років тому +1

  • @proffski
    @proffski 7 років тому +1

    Your video presentations are better than most stuff on TV these days, and certainly more so than Sky! Many thanks!

  • @Ladderthief1
    @Ladderthief1 11 років тому +12

    This is my second time watching this and I noticed THE GOOSE is watching over the proceedings.

  • @robinburt5735
    @robinburt5735 8 років тому +28

    When we had a sodastream we just used normal fruit cordial/squash and fizzed it up.
    Also nice Londo Mollari B5 figurine you have there.

    • @braveheart4603
      @braveheart4603 5 років тому +1

      Thanks op guy from 3 years ago for reminding me of babylon 5 it's been a long time since I last seen that programme and I am gonna go watch it from the beginning again right now.

  • @johnorbea3257
    @johnorbea3257 2 роки тому +5

    I have it on the good authority of Gary Hendersen, who was 10 when I was 8 and lived round the corner, that if you put an already-fizzy drink in a Soda Stream, it will blow your house up.

  • @ragingdonut4301
    @ragingdonut4301 8 років тому +13

    I still have one. It's good for carbonating or re-carbonating drinks. The flavor mixes are iffy though.

    • @pietrayday9915
      @pietrayday9915 5 років тому +2

      I haven't any kids, but I just brought one home for myself, and I'd definitely inflict it on my kids if I had one... I got three bottles of the flavor mixes (root beer, Dr. Pete, and orange), but haven't touched them yet: I've been having too much fun carbonating everything else that comes to mind - Kool-Ade lemonade carbonated isn't half bad! I'll try recarbonating the flat bottle of tonic I opened months ago and forgot about later. Can't wait to try some home-made root beer, cream soda, and sarsaparilla with all-natural ingredients, I'm trying to think of a way of doing home-made ginger-ale, and I'm curious about carbonated coffee, tea, and wine (home-made champagne?) This thing's a hoot!

  • @MrGeorgeFlorcus
    @MrGeorgeFlorcus 10 років тому +44

    Personally, I think cream soda is my favorite flavor of soda just because it's the one that always tastes different depending on who made it. I feel like no 2 brands of cream soda taste quite the same.

    • @3of12
      @3of12 10 років тому +4

      I agree completely, sadly the sodastream one tastes nothing of creme

    • @sayonara_elegy
      @sayonara_elegy 10 років тому +3

      Benjamin Edwards It tastes like someone poured vanilla extract into water

    • @Datskinnychild
      @Datskinnychild 10 років тому +2

      Yeah locally theres three Soda breweries that make cream and all of them are different (color taste) but White birch beer and cream have to be my favorites

    • @TheArnoldification
      @TheArnoldification 9 років тому

      Duncan Van Ooyen Huh. Care to explain why most cream soda I've had has a nice flavor the first sip, then it gradually declines to "meh"? Not sure if it's a common thing about cream soda or I'm drinking a bootlegged brand. :P

    • @MrGeorgeFlorcus
      @MrGeorgeFlorcus 9 років тому +1

      TheArnoldification Good cream soda is rich and sweet, and it can be a bit too strong drank quickly. As someone who drinks and eats things very quickly all at once, I sip cream soda very slowly. A couple brands that I favor are Stewarts and Boyland. I generally find the brown, caramel colored ones to be best, and some clear ones are decent. Stay away from that pink shit though.

  • @abigguitar
    @abigguitar 8 років тому +7

    4:30 You've probably already been corrected at least once about this, but you always carbonate the water first, then pour the syrup into the already-carbonated water. You don't carbonate already mixed up water and syrup for the exact point you made. You don't want this splattered all over your kitchen. And incidentally, you only want to carbonate chilled water. It holds the carbonation in and soda is always better cold anyway.
    Oh, and the point to Sodastream makers is not to buy Sodastream's lackluster syrup. You buy it to create your own unique sodas using other flavoring ingredients. For example, coconut flavoring and liquid sweetener makes for a fairly awesome coconut soda. I dare you to run out and find that in your local store.

  • @ToxxicTess5683
    @ToxxicTess5683 11 років тому +5

    lol two English men saying "Cheers!" really made my day for some odd reason... It just sounds so British! (I know, I have no life...)

  • @pryingeyes1551
    @pryingeyes1551 8 років тому +7

    I'd received one of these as a gift. I don't care for soda, but often make my own sparkling water, rather than buying bottles, mix it with cranberry juice and maybe vodka and lime juice, or just drink as is. You don't need to put it in the dishwasher, as you aren't supposed to put the syrup in the bottle.
    Also, you needn't dispose of the canister. Just have it refilled at a sporting goods store which refills paintball tanks, and continue to use the machine for practically nothing. It's actually a huge money saver. Love the Flanders reference.

  • @Poulpeh
    @Poulpeh 11 років тому +8

    BEHOLD THE GOOSE STRIKES BACK

  • @ya9ya10
    @ya9ya10 7 років тому +10

    this is from the 70's? they were selling these as if they were new a few years ago

  • @lettuce984
    @lettuce984 3 роки тому +31

    “Who remembers the corona man!”
    That one didn’t age quite so well…

  • @thesepsis1607
    @thesepsis1607 4 роки тому +7

    "Don't worry... There is plenty of time for something grotesque to come along!"
    Stuart Ashen - 2013

  • @ZacharyDaveyLambert
    @ZacharyDaveyLambert 11 років тому +26

    You're meant to fizz the water first, then put the syrup in (look at the side of the syrup bottle).

    • @_lucyfree
      @_lucyfree 11 років тому +11

      I think he's said before in the comments (back before youtube fucked the comment system) that it doesn't actually matter what order you do it in, it just says that because if you do the fizz first then you don't have to clean the syrup off the nozzle.

    • @dagda1180
      @dagda1180 Рік тому

      @@_lucyfree 9 years later (sorry). Apparently it's because the CO cannot cling as well to flavored mixtures compared to regular water.

  • @Hammerhead547
    @Hammerhead547 10 років тому +10

    Other possible advertising slogans for SodaStream:
    "The drinks it makes taste horrible, but if you encase it in concrete it makes a fantastic boat anchor"
    "Buy it now for $100 new, sell it for $0.75 at a garage sale in five years"
    "SodaStream: how to ensure that you never have guests"
    "Why buy the half decent store brand when you can have mediocre homemade"
    "SodaStream: even your kids will hate it"
    "Throw your money down the toilet, buy SodaStream"
    "SodaStream: guaranteed to traumatize your cat every time you use it"
    "Get fizzed with SodaStream....because we'll soak you in every other way possible"

  • @snoMedia
    @snoMedia 10 років тому +11

    25 liters of Soda fizz later Ashens urin looked like a rainbow!

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond 4 роки тому +10

    "Who remembers the Corona Man?"
    He's still here.

  • @Cosmic-Crow
    @Cosmic-Crow 6 років тому +8

    I mean, you could just get a job at a fast food place and steal those big boxes of soda syrup from the back.

    • @sirus8633
      @sirus8633 3 роки тому +1

      I could you are so smart I am going to do that

  • @rdubby1102
    @rdubby1102 8 років тому +8

    8:50 who heard him say, "my favorite sofa"

  • @Joe90h
    @Joe90h 8 років тому +16

    To add to the list of slogans, it seems that the newest one is "SodaStream: Because fuck plastic bottles." Seriously, that's the slogan used to end the newest adverts.

    • @d1n0alg75
      @d1n0alg75 8 років тому

      Joe Homer I've seen it a couple of times lol

  • @Jakathera
    @Jakathera 6 років тому +2

    Just wanted to leave a note of THANKS! (seriously, no sarcasm!) When you said "Looks like an old man's catheter(?) tube" it reminded me of what my Fathers' tube looked like as he was dying... yep... NEVER gonna get me a soda stream... that and watching you make it was horrifying... :D
    On a happier note, you should say thanks to MyVirginKitchen cause he keeps mentioning you in his "Secret vlog" and every time I thought "I wonder if its that same ashens who makes the interesting videos I don't watch anymore..." Finally looked you up again, and WOO! Having and Ash-a-thon now :D (Also, I promise to never say "ash-a-thon" ever again... that was dorky.)

  • @SunnyWu
    @SunnyWu 9 років тому +36

    Aren't you supposed to add the syrup on after carbonating the eater?

    • @TheMrVengeance
      @TheMrVengeance 9 років тому +9

      +SkryZr - It doesn't matter at all for the flavour. It's just in the instructions because the sugar in the syrup can start blocking the CO2 nozzle if you don't properly clean it after.

    • @callumjohnson5673
      @callumjohnson5673 9 років тому

      +ethan ethan stop talking like that you dumb fuck.

    • @oofouchowie6425
      @oofouchowie6425 9 років тому

      +Old School Geezer y i h8 u

    • @1peterk
      @1peterk 9 років тому +1

      +Sunny Wu YES HE DID IT WRONG

    • @Balendula
      @Balendula 8 років тому +1

      Yes, if you do it before, the bottle will explode no lie

  • @drackar
    @drackar 11 років тому +22

    I have a great idea for these...skip the water and the flavor packs and make carbonated gin!

  • @LetAikoSellUGeico
    @LetAikoSellUGeico 8 років тому +15

    12:49 makes me fucking laugh so much. Silence and then suddenly 'no'.

    • @davidplayhard
      @davidplayhard 8 років тому +1

      Aiko
      what's ya profile pic?

    • @novaryx
      @novaryx 8 років тому +2

      David Martinez anime girl

  • @topmandog1
    @topmandog1 6 місяців тому +1

    so glad im being recommended old ashens videos

  • @inthefade
    @inthefade 9 років тому +82

    Why didn't you carbonate milk?!

    • @TheWookiedan
      @TheWookiedan 9 років тому

      Because it esssplodes!

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade 9 років тому +1

      TheWookiedan I watched videos of people carbonating milk, and apparently it is disgusting!

    • @TheWookiedan
      @TheWookiedan 9 років тому

      I did it as a child and it went everywhere :D

    • @alexweaver6994
      @alexweaver6994 8 років тому

      I really like milk, and I have one of these, and was curious about what that would taste like...

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade 8 років тому

      vY Frostyy Yv
      I found elsewhere that it is disgusting.

  • @weeseet
    @weeseet 9 років тому +95

    I want to put milk in it

    • @Xtremedude720
      @Xtremedude720 9 років тому +4

      weeseet thats wat she said ;)

    • @joachimlarsen2k
      @joachimlarsen2k 9 років тому +1

      weeseet Here you go. Sorry, it's in Norwegian :P ua-cam.com/video/YezzNGpf1hM/v-deo.html

    • @Xtremedude720
      @Xtremedude720 9 років тому

      ***** Meh

    • @praxisp531
      @praxisp531 9 років тому

      weeseet they've already tried it on youtube ;)

    • @FIRSTtimeGAMER22
      @FIRSTtimeGAMER22 9 років тому

      weeseet how about yogurt

  • @AJTrain
    @AJTrain 4 роки тому +11

    16:24 the apocalypse is foretold by the dark Lord ashens

  • @OnlySlightlySad03
    @OnlySlightlySad03 6 років тому +12

    Kind of weird to see Ryan years before barshens was even a twinkle in their eyes

  • @Optuhmist
    @Optuhmist 4 роки тому +42

    ok but did you guys know that when he says "Who remembers the Corona Man?" it didn't age well?

    • @Hato_Joestar
      @Hato_Joestar 3 роки тому

      oop-

    • @gagne6928
      @gagne6928 3 роки тому +3

      Why is this phrased like a fun fact post lol

  • @eyebrowsGreg
    @eyebrowsGreg 10 років тому +10

    If someone bought this and had never tried soda beforehand, they'd likely enjoy it.

    • @blackbasil88
      @blackbasil88 10 років тому +2

      very true

    • @cameronferguson4514
      @cameronferguson4514 10 років тому +1

      And who are these people who haven't tried fizzy drinks but want to own a Sodastream?

    • @blackbasil88
      @blackbasil88 10 років тому +1

      Cameron Ferguson
      There are people in this world who liked Gordon Brown. Anything can happen

  • @robodragonn9506
    @robodragonn9506 8 років тому +49

    I love that fucking goose.

    • @Jivetalkin13
      @Jivetalkin13 8 років тому +1

      I do, as well. I want to see more of it.

    • @Awesomeman204
      @Awesomeman204 8 років тому +2

      he steals the show

    • @cursedimageguy6764
      @cursedimageguy6764 8 років тому +3

      I thought he said it had to live in a special lead lined box

  • @TheCaptainLeif
    @TheCaptainLeif Рік тому +2

    After Barshens it’s nice to see the earlier version of Ashens and Cousin Dan.