[yorkietalkjilly]

Thanks for the info and that link. I'm confused by that starter kit but if I'm understanding it correctly there are 2 adapters for using the a regular CO2 large tank that I would purchase or another one for refilling a paintball tank.

If that is right, where does one get those tanks? Do sports shops have regular CO2 tanks? Or do you have to find a local restaurant supply house? I don't imagine there are a ready supply of restaurant supply houses dotted about but maybe I'd be surprised.

I think I read sports shops have CO2 tanks used for paintball games! I had no idea paintball used CO2 in the game but guess it goes in their paintball "guns"? Would a place like Academy Sports have a paintball CO2 tank I could use with a modifier thingy on my Sodastream, do you think? I usually get 3 Sodastream carbonator tanks exchanged at a time and that is $45.00, cheap to me for the overall convenience and good use I get out of the Sodastream home system but I'd go cheater with NOOOOOOO problem, if I could! I guess if I got all that adapter thing and a big tank, I could just keep my Sodastream machine in the hobby room where I keep all my hobby stuff plus old exercise machines, things like that. I wouldn't mind going back there to fill my carbonating bottles if it were lots cheaper to use the different tanks and adapter.