Ninja Thirsti Drink System, Soda Maker, Create Unique Sparkling & Still Drinks, Personalize Size & Flavor, Carbonated Water Machine, 60L CO2 Cylinder & Variety of Flavored Water Drops, Grey WC999AMZ
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Meet the Ninja Thirsti Drink System. Personalize flavor and fizz to create thousands of still and sparkling drinks at the touch of a button. Customize your drink by 4 different functions, 20+ flavors, 2 flavor strengths, 3 fizz levels, and 4 drink sizes. Dispense directly into your favorite cup or bottle. Enjoy a single flavor or combine two flavors to create your signature drink.
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| Asin | B0CZZ8G27N |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 13.5 pounds |
| Manufacturer | Ninja |
10 reviews for Ninja Thirsti Drink System, Soda Maker, Create Unique Sparkling & Still Drinks, Personalize Size & Flavor, Carbonated Water Machine, 60L CO2 Cylinder & Variety of Flavored Water Drops, Grey WC999AMZ
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Amazon Customer –
It is simple to use, I like the ability to adjust the amount I want and the level of carbonation. The lowest level seems perfect. It fits underneath my cabinet and looks good.
JONATHAN SHERMAN –
This is the best soda maker I have three different soda makers this is the fourth and this one by far is the best it can add flavors or you can just make the bubbly so you can use soda stream flavors or even flavoring that you get from Walmart whoever designed this machine did a great job the only improvements that you could make is to give three different levels for the flavor dispenser instead of off low and high if that had three settings like low medium and high Then this machine would be absolutely perfect but it is a really great machine and I would definitely definitely recommend it and the company is a good company so it stands by its products although I haven’t had any problems yet it’s a company I would trust
kalibeans –
I love fizzy water (or as my grandson says “spicy water”). I use this to fill up 18oz. 3x daily. I was a little bit disappointed that the carbonation cannister did not last more than 3 weeks, but I guess 3x a day for 3 weeks is a lot. It dispenses the fizzy water in 6oz increments. The water tower says “keep me cold” and keeping it in the frig really does help it make fizzier water. Very pleased with our purchase.
Aaron and Margaret –
It works well. Its compact. Easy to install. Easy to clean. I like the various flavors available. There are some gripes I have with it. I feel like the carbonation runs out too early and it doesn’t always seem to work like it’s supposed to. For instance, i liked the idea of being able to make different levels of carbonation. I was hoping level 1 would be a perrier, level 2 would be like la croix, and level 3 would be an aha / seltzer that delightfully burns my throat as it descends. But sadly it seems like they’re all equal levels of aha-level bubbly.
To be fair, I bought this solely because I got tired of having tons of cans to recycle often (and reducing the BPA exposure from their linings). I wanted something easy to use with any cup/ container. These expectations have been met. Initially I thought I might save some money long-term too, but I don’t believe I have. Overall, it’s easy to use, is compact, and minimal effort. I like it.
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But for those who are considering this solely to save money… I could never find a good break down of this, so maths time.
I love me some sparkling water. I went through about 24x 12oz cans / week of sparkling water (~42 oz/ day or 294 oz/wk) before getting the thirsti. An 8pk is like 4 bucks, so thats $12 / wk for cans.
How does this stack against the thirsti costs?
First, lets talk about the CO2. A canister costs about $30 at target. It says that it can carbonate up to 60L(~2000 oz), so this should have lasted me ~10 weeks or $3/wk. However, it ran out after 3 weeks of only using carbonation level 2. Since changing the canister, I have been using carbonation level 1, so we’ll see if that makes it last longer though I am doubtful as I can’t tell a difference. From my experience thus far, the canister alone will continue to cost almost as much per week ($10) as the cans… For argument, let’s say that it lasts 6 weeks on carbonation level 1. That’s still $5/wk for CO2 alone.
Then the flavorings. The flavor drops are about $20/3 or ~$6 for one. One drop bottle will give about 17x 12 oz drinks at most. Mind you, this is if you have a 12 oz cup and only use the lowest intensity of one flavor. You can quadruple the potency. Usually i just mix one serving each of two different flavors into a 12 or 18 oz drink. Using this math, if I’m fully replacing cans with this device, I’m going through about 2 flavor drop bottles per week, conservatively…. which translates to $12/week.
Then there’s the cost of the device itself. Given that it comes with 8 flavor pods (~$50 value) and a CO2 cannister (~$30), the true one-time cost is about $70.
My total recurring costs per week for cans? $12 / wk. Total per week for the thirsti? $11 / wk for an optimistic estimate, $22 / wk for a practical estimate. A middle-road estimate shows that oz per oz, a seltzer by thirsti is more expensive than a seltzer from aha, la croix, waterloo, etc.
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There are ways to save money which I would recommend exploring.
– Flavoring. $6 for a 2.2 Fl Oz ($2.7/oz) bottle of flavor is not great. Stur and Mio have similar flavors, and they are 2.2/oz and 1.8/oz respectively. Generic flavorings can be even cheaper, about $1.5/oz. If I did this, I could reduce my weekly costs from $12 to $6.
– CO2. Ninja has a CO2 refill club which allows you to mail in your spent canisters and receive new ones for 30% off. This would drop my weekly cost from $5-10 to $3-7. I could also buy generic compatible CO2 canisters for half the price, though I don’t recommend it. You don’t want to mess w pressurized gas. If something happens / explodes and you are using a generic CO2 canister, the fault is more likely to be placed on you instead of the manufacturer.
Hopefully this helps. Here is a standardized cost estimate from my data above for anyone weighing pricing.
Cans: 0.04/oz
Thirsti max cost: 0.075/oz
Thirsti min cost: 0.057/oz
Thirsti w generic flavor: 0.045/oz
Thirsti w co2 club: 0.045/oz
Thirsti w both changes: 0.038/oz
Not really worth the effort for cost savings alone imo
Richard Richardson –
Very easy to use, performs excellent, water tastes great, no leaks, and decently sized, no issues, and everyone loves the flavors
chromer –
The machine has a large footprint but the wonderful flavors, adjustable carbonation, and blend-able flavors make this machine a welcome addition. I drink a lot of seltzer and am thrilled with the quality of the flavored seltzer and easy of use. No more lugging plastic bottles from the market
Update. Machine stopped working after 4 days. Contacted manufacturer via face time and they agreed it was diffective and are shipping me a new unit for completely no charge. Can’t wait to start using it again
Michael Young –
It is super easy to use, and the drinks it produces are absolutely delicious…. With a very few exceptions. Everything I have made with this is very good, but I really don’t have a liking for the ‘splash’ series. These are very lightly flavored. Some people may like the very light hint of fruit, but not my cup of tea. The rest of the flavors are excellent! The hydration series is delicious and provides electrolytes, the energy tastes great and provides caffeine, and the vitamins series are also delicious and provide variations of vitamin B. The machine is very easy, even for children, to use and select the options they want. I have also experimented with blending the flavors quite a bit and everything is yummy for the most part. I have also made plain carbonated water with this, and added a squeeze flavor from the grocery store and they taste great as well. I have also seen people use other vendor syrups with this machine, and have great results, but the Ninja instructions don’t recommend this. Overall, this thing is easy to use, takes little counter space, and can produce sports drinks, energy drinks, mixers, sodas, and fruit drinks for home or on the go. It isn’t terribly expensive, and is pretty fun to experiment with. I like it better than the Soda Stream, and other soda making clones out there, and I would recommend it to anyone without hesitation.
Jeanneddy Lopez –
omg! a soda fountain in my home, list of mods I’ve done to make this machine even better, 20lbs co2 tank, used a large skinny soda bottle that fits in the co2 compartment and filled it up with flavoring, i modded the soda bottle to feed the pods in the front with flavor as it goes, with air lines going into the soda bottle and flavor lines going to the pods, i would like to add a self refill line to the water tank sometime, my setup would hypothetically give me about 6-8 months of drinks while still looking stock. i have nothing bad to say about this product.
Bill Gladstone –
We generally use Ninja products – so when this product was on sale for Prime Day purchasing was a no-brainer…and a couple of weeks later I can say unequivocally that this was the right choice…
It’s compatable with other CO2 cannisters – the quality of the Ninja syrups is excellent – and its amazingly easy to figure out how to make what you want…additionally – the lower settings of both CO2 and syrups works great for me – making the per drink cost even lower…
Dexter Morgan –
Absolutely love this machine, especially in this summer heat! The taste is amazing and the carbonation is just like any carbonated drink you would buy in store, if not better. The carbonation can be adjusted between three levels and the cup sizes range from 6oz all the way to 24 ounces. You can either chill your water tank in the fridge or add ice to the tank when ready. There is also a neat little filter in the water tank that turns blue when your water is the perfect temperature. All in all, I say go for it, it’s one of the best if not the best purchases I have made for my kitchen.