* Alle Preise inkl. MwSt. · Stand 22 July 2026. Der Preis kann seit der letzten Aktualisierung gestiegen sein; eine Echtzeit-Aktualisierung ist technisch nicht möglich. Maßgeblich ist der auf amazon.de zum Kaufzeitpunkt angezeigte Preis.
Kaufhilfe
What matters when buying
Is a cylinder in the box
Every SodaStream listing in this top ten names a 60 L CO2 cylinder as part of the kit; none of the four Aarke listings mentions one. That is not a footnote. A machine without gas makes nothing on the day it arrives, and the cylinder is the item you keep paying for afterwards.
Quick Connect or screw-in
The SodaStream machines here are sold as Quick Connect: the cylinder clicks in from the back instead of being screwed in blind from underneath. That matters at every exchange rather than only at setup, and it decides which replacement cylinders fit.
Hand lever or electric
One entry is the electric Terra with three carbonation settings, and it needs a socket on the worktop. Every other machine here is pressed by hand, which means no cable, no standby draw, and a fizz level judged by feel and by the sound of the valve.
The bottle, and what it is made of
Most kits ship a single 1 L BPA-free PET bottle. The Duo adds a glass carafe for the table and one Aarke finish comes with two 800 ml bottles. The plastic ones are what go into the machine and eventually expire; glass is for serving, never for carbonating.
Steel body or plastic
The four Aarke entries are metal-bodied at £175 to £196, while the SodaStream machines start at £74.99 in plastic. The carbonation is the same trick in both cases, so the extra money buys a worktop object you are happy to leave out rather than more fizz.
Fizzy water first, flavours after
Two listings here mention making Pepsi at home, which needs syrup bought separately and repeatedly. If plain sparkling water is the real reason for buying, the concentrate range is not a good reason to pick one machine over another.
How the score is calculated — and what it is not
Der Passungs-Score (0–10) ist der nach deinem Bedarf gewichtete Schnitt aus sieben Kriterien — kein eigener Labortest.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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- Nutzen & Funktion — Ausstattung und praktischer Mehrwert im Alltag.
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- Nachhaltigkeit — Reparierbarkeit, Ersatzteil-Verfügbarkeit und Materialwahl.