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, Black WC1001

I’ve been using the Ninja Thirsti Drink System since November 2024, and it has quickly become one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. If you enjoy sparkling water or flavored drinks, this system is definitely worth considering.First, it’s incredibly convenient. With the push of a button, I can make fresh sparkling water at home—no more lugging bottles from the store or dealing with plastic waste. The flavor cartridges work really well, delivering just the right amount of taste without being overpowering or artificial. There’s also a decent variety of flavors available, and I like that I can control the intensity of both carbonation and flavor.The CO2 refills are reasonably priced and last a good while, especially if you’re mostly using the system for personal or family use. Over time, I’ve noticed I’m saving both money and time compared to buying cans and bottles regularly. That makes it not just a fun gadget, but a cost-efficient one too.Overall, the Ninja Thirsti is a great option for anyone who wants an easy, eco-friendly way to enjoy sparkling and flavored drinks at home. It delivers on what it promises and fits seamlessly into a modern kitchen routine. Highly recommend!

Bought for my family (and myself) as a Christmas gift. Most used appliance in the kitchen after the air fryer! I don’t add flavoring- just filtered water from the tap. Great bubble options (and still water option, but I don’t use that since I don’t add flavorings). Easy to change out cartridges. Love this so much I wish I had bought it sooner and saved on loads of miney BUYING seltzer. Dispenses right into a glass or carafe.

Loving this soda machine, I wanted to cut out soda but was missing the carbonation. So I ordered this and it's amazing. So many drink flavors to choose from, easy to use, you can choose how strong the drink flavors are and choose how much carbonation is in your drink. So far this has been saving me money in soda and I don't feel so bad from drinking it since they have zero sugar. Love the machine and definitely recommend.

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.----------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.----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/ozThirsti max cost: 0.075/ozThirsti min cost: 0.057/ozThirsti w generic flavor: 0.045/ozThirsti w co2 club: 0.045/ozThirsti w both changes: 0.038/ozNot really worth the effort for cost savings alone imo

Our house has almost exclusively Ninja products. If there’s a product we want and Ninja makes a model, we will spend the money to get theirs.Overall the design is nice, easy to use, and sturdy plastic. The container holds about 48 ounces of water, which is more than enough to fill out Ninja Thirsti bottles. The carbonation bottle that this unit came with was full and lasted longer than the expected amount. Super simple controls and the stickers on the unit are very helpful, especially if you lose the manual. My wife finds that level 2 carbonation taste and feels about the same as the highest level, which is level 3.We don’t use the flavor packs very much.

This is a ninja product, so you can expect good build quality and nice design. Each drink can have its own custom amount carbonation and flavor, allowing you to even combine flavors, which I found super fun.The mixing tray is fairly easy to clean as it just pops right out of the holder.Only downside is that it’s fairly hard to find third party flavor pods that are compatible with this machine, and ninjas official flavor pods can be quite pricy.I love zero sugar fizzy drinks though, so this is a stable in my kitchen.

Got this as an alternative to buying cans of soda. Works great! Easy to rinse and clean out where it dispenses and the drip tray as well.