$11 Soda Stream Bottle

[iknowmy3tables]

what did the etching on the bottle's brass fitting say?

I'm really curious about that regulator more eggs posted, will it work? I keep seeing cheap alternative regulator but I'm never sure which one's are good

[more_eggs]

what did the etching on the bottle's brass fitting say?

It just says "soda-club" followed by what im guessing is a serial number. Iv seen that regulator hooked up to a sodastream via the adapter I bought. The adapter is about $30, plus the reg for like $25 on ebay.. works out to be not that cheap..
I need to figure out how the hell I'm gonna fill this bottle though.. The one I saw of it attached needed the reg hacksawed off the adapter because it had chemical welded on there.. so just unscrewing it isnt gonna happen.. I want to run a quick connect off where the gauge is on the reg, but they are ridiculously expensive.

EDIT:
Ok I had an idea.. And it could be very wrong and its based on a lack of knowledge of the internals of the regulator.. So correct me if I'm wrong.
What if I were to run the quick connect on the output part of the regulator?
can air be pumped in from the output? That way I can completely close the reg once its full, use a bleed valve to bleed out the pressure coming from the compressor, then disconnect..

[Crna Legija]

i could not get them off with out a hammer at 300psi, but you can put a ball valve on you tank then a tee with a second ball valve at your compressor so you can close off the tank and then bleed the air out of the hose so it back at 0psi then you will be able to open just like normal.

Edit: how many liters is that tank?

[more_eggs]

but you can put a ball valve on you tank then a tee with a second ball valve at your compressor so you can close off the tank and then bleed the air out of the hose so it back at 0psi then you will be able to open just like normal.

Thats effectively what I meant with the idea I had above.. though instead of the ball valve on the tank, the reg will act as it..just turn the reg off, bleed the air with the ball valve on the compressor end, and whammy, off comes my quick connect.
Im getting the reg tomorrow (convinced my girlfriend to get it for me as an early chrissy present ) so Ill see if the output hole can act as an input also

[Crna Legija]

idk if you can completely cut off flow with a reg but if you can then yea it should work. regs aren't revisable it only works in one way

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Oh and the tank is 0.46 litres..
also has a few weights on it.. they are:
0.45KG
0.53KG
0.33KG

guessing they are weights when full, empty etc