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Hit Your Hydration Goals With On-Demand Seltzer and Soda From Ninja Thirsti

You won’t know what to do with the extra fridge space.

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Does anyone drink enough water? If that unicorn exists, it certainly isn’t me. I endure a near-weekly cycle of success and failure. Monday: Commit to better hydration. Refill water bottle religiously. Feel like the pinnacle of human health. Tuesday: Swear that I can feel the difference being hydrated makes. Wonder why everyone doesn’t do this? Wednesday: Forget to refill the water bottle all day and chug too much water all at once to compensate. Thursday through Sunday: Water bottle entirely forgotten, as are hydration goals.

The Ninja Thirsti makes drinking water a little treat, not a chore. The countertop device is roughly the same size as the brand’s Creami (if you know you know), and delivers flavored or unflavored still water, seltzer, and sodas. The device holds a replaceable CO2 canister to provide carbonation. Add ice and water to the reservoir—no need to connect to a water line—and a color-changing sensor will tell you when the perfect temperature has been reached. Then you’re ready to start dispensing ice-cold seltzer with your perfect amount of bubbles, great if you find regular seltzer too “spicy.”

But the fun really starts with the Thirsti drops. Each machine has two places for pods (these include a lid for any opened pods that aren’t in use, so you can have more than two pods on rotation). You can choose between “hint of” seltzer flavors like lime or black cherry, electrolyte-packed juice-y blends like watermelon lime or lemonade, caffeinated blends like peach mango or pear ginger, and diet sodas like cola or root beer.

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Each pod offers a sugar-free flavor and makes up to 17 12-oz drinks. You can pick your flavor intensity and dispense from one or both pods in a single drink. This is perfect for people who find canned seltzer flavors too overwhelming; I found using the lowest drop setting makes a very delicately flavored water, while full strength tastes like canned flavored seltzer. Of the sodas, most tasted like generic versions of name-brand favorites, except the root beer: it tasted just like my husband’s favorite, Diet Barq’s, which has been harder and harder to find in grocery stores.

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Mixing between two pods amps up the customization. Use lime and cola if you take your soda with a twist. Mix mango and lemonade: mango lemonade on tap.

You will need to stay on top of refilling the CO2 canisters—once you have two empties, you can swap them for new canisters at a 30 percent discount through Ninja. There are some random bits and bobs you’ll need to save when you’re unboxing to make this exchange, so read the directions thoroughly and store them where you’ll remember later.

This device is perfect for a family where each person has a different favorite drink, and you’re running out of fridge space, keeping them all cold. With the Ninja Thirsti, you can easily have twenty different ice-cold beverages at your fingertips. With hydration checked off your list, you’ll have to pick a new self-improvement goal to tackle. Maybe a consistent cardio routine?

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