Description
What the Drinkmate OmniFizz is
The OmniFizz is a countertop carbonation machine. A bottle of cold liquid screws onto the machine, a button releases CO2 from a cylinder into it under pressure, and the result is a carbonated drink. There is no power supply, no batteries and nothing to plug in; the operation mode in the listing is simply manual.
What separates Drinkmate from the rest of the category is what it claims can go in the bottle. Most home carbonation machines are designed for plain water and their makers explicitly warn against anything else. Drinkmate’s pitch is that its patented Fizz Infuser lets juice, iced tea, cold brew coffee, cocktails, wine, flat soda and hard seltzer all be carbonated or recarbonated.
This listing is the CO2 bundle: the OmniFizz machine in matte black, one reusable BPA free quick connect carbonating bottle, one Fizz Infuser, and four 60 liter CO2 cylinders.
Why carbonating anything but water is hard
The reason other machines restrict you to water is not corporate caution, it is physics. When a carbonated liquid is depressurized quickly, dissolved CO2 comes out of solution all at once. In plain water that is a hiss. In anything containing sugar, protein or pulp, the bubbles cling to those particles and the liquid foams violently, which means a mess and a machine full of sticky residue.
The Fizz Infuser addresses exactly this by releasing pressure from the bottle slowly rather than all at once, giving the gas time to stay in solution and the foam time to settle. That is a real mechanical solution to a real problem, and it is the entire reason the OmniFizz exists as a separate product rather than a variation on a water carbonator.
The practical caveats still apply. Everything works better very cold, because CO2 dissolves more readily in cold liquid. Anything with pulp or sugar means cleaning the bottle and infuser promptly afterward. And carbonating something and then adding flavoring is generally cleaner than carbonating the flavored drink, even on a machine designed for the latter.
CO2 supply and running cost
Four 60 liter cylinders is a generous starting supply. Drinkmate rates the bundle at up to 240 liters of carbonated beverage, which is the sum of the four. Read that as an upper figure: how far a cylinder goes depends on how heavily each bottle is carbonated, and someone who likes drinks aggressively fizzy will get through gas faster than the rating suggests.
The important ongoing question with any carbonation machine is what happens when the cylinders empty. These are standard 60 liter cylinders, the same physical format used across the home carbonation category, which means exchange and refill options are widely available rather than tied to one retailer. Buying four up front is a meaningful head start on that cost.
Cylinders are pressurized vessels and should be treated as such: stored upright, kept away from heat, and not tampered with or refilled by improvised means.
What the listing leaves out
The only dimensions published are the package dimensions, 18.9 by 12.2 by 9.06 inches, and the only weight is the 15.62 pound shipping weight of the whole bundle. Neither describes the machine on a counter. There is no machine height, no footprint and no bottle capacity figure, which for a carbonation machine are basic questions.
The power source field reads as a bracketed placeholder rather than a value, which is a data entry fault in a listing that is otherwise reasonably detailed. Only one bottle is included, which is worth knowing for a household that wants more than one drink chilling at a time.
How it fits a kitchen
A carbonation machine earns its counter space through frequency rather than novelty. For a household drinking sparkling water daily, the argument is straightforward: bottles stop being carried home and stop going into recycling, and the marginal cost per liter drops well below bottled. For a household that wants fizz occasionally, the machine and a stock of cylinders take up space for a treat that could be bought in a bottle.
The OmniFizz sits differently from a plain water carbonator because of what else it can do. Recarbonating a bottle of sparkling wine that has gone flat, or putting bubbles into juice for children, are jobs that no water only machine will do and that nothing else on a counter solves. Whether that justifies the purchase depends entirely on whether those uses are real for a given household or theoretical.
Highlights
- Carbonates drinks beyond plain water, using the patented Fizz Infuser.
- Four 60 liter CO2 cylinders included, rated at up to 240 liters in total.
- Reusable BPA free quick connect carbonating bottle.
- Recarbonates flat soda, sparkling wine and hard seltzer.
- Entirely manual with no electricity or batteries needed.
- Standard 60 liter cylinder format with widely available exchange options.
- Matte black finish.
Things To Consider
- Only the package dimensions are published. The machine’s own footprint and height are not stated anywhere.
- Only one bottle is included in the bundle.
- Carbonating sugary or pulpy drinks means cleaning the bottle and infuser promptly. The Fizz Infuser controls the foam, it does not eliminate the cleanup.
- Results depend on the liquid being properly cold.
- The 240 liter figure is an upper estimate. Heavier carbonation uses gas faster.
- CO2 cylinders are pressurized and need sensible storage and handling.
- The power source field contains a bracketed placeholder rather than a value.
- No carbonation level indicator or pressure gauge is described in the listing.
Who it suits
The OmniFizz is the right machine for someone whose interest goes beyond sparkling water: cocktails, carbonated juice, sparkling cold brew, or simply rescuing a bottle of wine or soda that has gone flat. Nothing else in the category is designed for that, and buying a water only machine and using it against instructions is a poor plan. The four cylinder bundle also removes the usual early annoyance of running out of gas quickly.
It is unnecessary for a household that only wants sparkling water, where a simpler machine such as the SodaStream Terra or the SodaStream Art does the job, and the wider selection sits in the soda makers category. Anyone building a home drinks setup may also want the Takeya cold brew maker for the coffee side and the Zephyr Presrv beverage refrigerator to keep everything cold enough to carbonate properly.
