I don't drink enough soda pop to be interested in the hassle of making my own. As few as I drink I'm OK with buying a can of the off-the-shelf-poison like Dr. Pepper, root beer, or Coke. For decades I've considered barely pops to be a legitimate food group compared to soda pop. But sometimes beer is frowned upon (narrow mindedness has a large following) for an on the job lunch, and there is no bottled water around, hence the occasional soda pop.