Photograph: Chris Hasalam
Installation and use is simple. Just screw the standard 400/426-gram CO₂ cylinder in the base in the base and you are ready for fizz. In the UK, SMEG has participated with a brand Co2 you It provides cylinder refill, returns and membership services with prices from £ 25. Buy directly from SMEG and you will get a free cylinder, but do not expect the same from third-party retailers.
Most soda manufacturers have handles or buttons, but Smeg contains a stylish metal dial that keeps the design lines uncontrolled. The Knurled metal ring is a pleasure to use, and the base is stable enough to the operation of one-hand, although obtaining the current level of Fiz in your water practice.
Busy with fizzi
Photograph: Chris Hasalam
The instructions supplied are a bit very basic, suggesting that dialing once, twice, or three times will promote your bubble levels. However, what it does not say, how long you change the dial. Then, I asked Smeg, and they told me that the level of carbonation is subjective as a rule. But as a rule, if you spright for two seconds, you will find light bubbles-Leggermete frizanteIf you are feeling Italian – four seconds for a medium fizz, and grab for six for full club soda effects. You can also hold the dial to the right until it does not squeex, which indicates that there is as much co₂ as possible there.
Obviously, the amount of carbonation will affect the number of cylinders you receive. I like my water fizzie, and when rated for 13 gallons (60 liters), co2 you guess that I have more likely to get 10 to 11 gallons (45 to 50 liters). It is still better than equal number of plastic bottles that you will get.
So it is simple to use, easily stylish, and makes water like an attraction. And surprisingly, given the track record of Smeg, it is not expensive. Nevertheless, just be aware that you can currently be a completely effective, but painful boring, Sodastram art with Three Co colinders for only $ 110.