I looked into at home soda makers a few months back, my mother thought it'd be cheaper overall for us and with Sodastream it would have, but that's because their syrups are obnoxiously cheap compared to competitors. There are other companies that make soda makers that are highly rated that don't come with the baggage of sodastream. I was going to get the drinkmate omnifizz but couldn't really find a good source of syrups that I'd want to drink.