The soda fountains carbonate water using a refillable canister of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) gas.  They are rated at 1800 psi and are classified as high pressure canisters.  Compare that with the average car tire that is rated 35 to 50 psi.   

As CO2 warms up it expands.  When it expands and is contained in a cylinder the pressure in the cylinder increases.  Our cylinders have a safety release device in them that will release all the CO2 safely should the pressure in the cylinder get too high. 

The cylinder is not large enough to be a danger unless you insist on holding onto it as the CO2 is being released as it will get frosty cold and could cause your hand to freeze.  The likelihood of your continuing to hold onto the frosty cold cylinder as the CO2 is escaping would be the same as your keeping your hand in a campfire after you reached in to light the fire.

But to make things easy for themselves, the federal government considers all high pressure canisters of all sizes hazardous and they fall under government regulation.  That regulation classifies them as hazardous even if the cylinder is too small to be dangerous.  Therefore our cylinders end up being regulated by the Federal Department of Transportation making it illegal to affordably ship them when full of CO2.  Additionally, the beverage concentrates are heavy and are costly to ship in quantities less than a full pallet.

Customers can pick up supplies at our retail showroom or one of our depots.  Many customers live too far away to conveniently drop by so we deliver to them using our company vans.  We currently deliver to customers throughout most of Washington and Oregon.   

Click here if you want to know more about the federal regulation of the cylinders.

Click here if you would like to learn the details of our delivery service.