Hi folks,
I'm having some problems with Sodastream bottles.
I set up my kegs a couple of months ago with a sodastream adaptor from Ross at Craftbrewer. The first 2 Sodastream bottles worked as advertised; Screw the bottle in, it butts up against the o-ring, gas goes into regulator.
The 3rd bottle I tried to install yesterday, but it wouldn't screw into the adaptor. It would screw about half way in and jam solid. I cleaned all the gunk off the threads, and examined it and it appears to be undamaged and the same thread as the previous bottle, it just won't screw into the adaptor far enough to operate.
Anyhow, this morning I took the old (empty) bottle down to KMart and got a refill. Bugger me! this one wouldn't screw into the adaptor either! So I scrubbed all the gunk off the threads, and for good measure I cleaned the threads inside of the adaptor also, and, with the assistance of my trusty 12 inch shifter, and a big pair of multigrips, I managed to screw it far enough in to get gas out. The previous bottle (from yesterday) I still can't screw in though.
So that means out of 4 bottles, 2 worked correctly, one required extreme force to work, and one I cannot get gas out of. Is this normal ? Do other people have these problems?