Harold Import Company Jokari Soda Dispenser

by Harold Import Company

Product Features

• Screw it on, keep the fizz and stop pouring soda down the drain
• Saves time and money
• Easy push button operation
• Patented straw design
• Easy clean-up under running water

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 8.8 x 5.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004XSH2
• Item model number: 5001
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,224 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #83 in Kitchen & Dining > Storage & Organization > Food Dispensers

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Flat ginger ale may be what your mom gave you when you had an upset tummy, but it isn't what you want in your highball. And fizz always seems to flit away faster in big 2-liter bottles of soda--every time the cap is loosened, a bit more carbon dioxide dissipates. To solve this problem, the Jokari soda dispenser replaces the cap on any 2-liter soda bottle and provides both an airtight seal and a push button method of pouring, in an effort to keep both fizz and fluid fresh. By gently shaking the bottle (before all but the first pour), the patented design propels soda up the flexible tube, where it's ready for dispensing with a push of the thumb. It's a great theory, and in general terms it works. Unfortunately, when the button is pressed, the soda sprays out in a diverging rush, the same way light diffuses from your car's headlights. The resultant violence of the soda stream tends to cause more of the carbonation to dissipate even more rapidly; seconds later, by the time the foam subsides, what's in your glass seems considerably less bubbly than if you'd poured it yourself. Preserving the fizz is a noble goal, but a bubbleless London Buck cocktail is just pathetic. --Tony Mason

Product Description

With the Jokari Soda Dispenser you’ll never pour out another bottle of flat soda. Not everyone drinks a full 2 liter bottle of soda at one sitting and once it sits on the counter or in the refrigerator for more than a few days, we all know, it’s flat and gets poured down the drain. Keep the fizz with this innovative and unique devise. Simply screw on the Soda Dispenser to the top of a 2 liter bottle and shake and dispense with a push on a button. Keep the fizz and stop pouring soda down the drain. The dispenser works by forming an air tight seal and the patented straw design allows even flow of liquid and carbonization. It will save you time and money. It’s another great Jokari idea.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BETTER THAN I EXPECTED, December 7, 2007

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Joseph J. Neuschatz M.D. (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Harold Import Company Jokari Soda Dispenser (Kitchen)

I missed the old fashioned soda bottles. They made sense. No need to open the glass container and especially no loss of gas at each serve. Jokari's Soda Dispenser brought back old memories and, except for the fact that you have to make a little space in the bottle in the beginning (by pouring your first half-a-glass the regular way)....IT WORKS !

I am buying more. I love to give useful gift gadgets.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one works!, November 3, 2007

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Kurt Greske - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harold Import Company Jokari Soda Dispenser (Kitchen)

Unlike the other air pump bottle cap contraptions ( see my review of them Jokari Fizz Keeper Pump Bottle Cap and Fizz Keeper ) THIS actually works because you only open the bottle to atmosphere ONCE to change the original cap to this dispenser. Just be sure that the soda bottle is refrigerated COLD before you switch the cap to this dispenser because carbon dioxide is much more soluble in COLD water than in warm water. And DON'T shake the bottle after you get this in place to force the carbonated soda out of the bottle until the gas pressure builds up in the bottle again. In both cases, you want to keep as much of the carbon dioxide DISSOLVED in the soda as possible, not drive it out just to build up pressure in the bottle to dispense the soda. Just squeeze the soda bottle by pressing it with your hip against the kitchen counter top while pushing on the lever to dispense the soda drink.

With some cola drinks that may not be overly carbonated at the start, you may find that eventually the bottle will never regain enough gas pressure to dispense the soda by itself, and you have squeezed the bottle as much as it is practical to do so. In that case then you have to loosen the dispenser to let air into the bottle. But unscrew the dispenser just enough to let air into the bottle while gently coaxing the bottle back to round again. Then tighten the dispenser back down and go through the squeezing routine again. DON'T under any conditions remove the dispenser from a partially used bottle or soda or ever pour any soda out of the bottle while the dispenser is loose unless you will be using ALL of the remaining soda up at that time, because you do NOT want to lose any of the carbon dioxide gas that is still in the bottle and let in any more air than you absolutely have to. And don't just press the dispensing lever while coaxing the bottle back into round again to let the bottle suck air in through the soda dispensing tube, because this bubbles the air through the soda and causes the air to even more violently drive the remaining dissolved carbon dioxide out of the soda. With beverages that are not highly carbonated to start with, this is the best you can do -- NOTHING outside of a carbonating machine itself will work better.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Crappy, March 27, 2008

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R. Then (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harold Import Company Jokari Soda Dispenser (Kitchen)

Forget it, this is useless, worse than useless.

I wanted something to help pour soda from the typical 2-liter bottles. I'm getting a bit of arthritis & sometimes it's hard to serve one-handed. Of course I held no hope the carbonation would last long, but at least while the bottle was fresh, right?
Well, I tried with regular Coke, the most carbonated soda I drink, and yes, this thing poured just fine, even if after the first few ounces you need to shake the bottle a few times to get enough pressure to serve more. More or less as advertised.
Except that a couple of hours later I found a large puddle of soda under my fridge, with more dripping from the door. From my new bottle (minus one glass) almost half had *poured itself* out.
The bottle was on the door of my fridge & I thought, perhaps I didn't tighten the nozzle enough (arthritis, right?) so I cleaned up, carefully washed the outside of the bottle, & set up the dispenser again, really, really tight this time. In case the top had been squeezed with other stuff in my fridge, I left the bottle on my kitchen counter. Watched it for a while, no fizzing, no bubbling, nothing. By morning though I had soda all over the counter, almost all that remained in the bottle. Remember this is by itself, without even shaking the bottle.
This dispenser cannot hold even the little pressure that builds up on a half-empty unshaken bottle for more than an hour or so, that little whoosh of carbonation that escapes when you unscrew the cap cap is enough to have it trigger by itself.
Don't waste your $$$.
The only way I see this dispenser as practical is if you have a kids' party & plan on serving ALL the soda. The bottle will be fresh & still with enough fizz & the kids will get a kick out of a different way to pour their drinks, just as long as they don't go home & want to buy one too.