Our story
It started with
a flat cylinder.
OH Bubbles is a New Zealand family business. Since 2018 we have built one thing properly: getting fresh CO2 to your door and the empties back, so the bubbles never run out. Keep the machine you own, swap the gas.
A small idea: never run out. Then the system that makes it true.
We set out to fix a process, not sell a soda.
The cylinder model was built for the retailer, not the customer: inconvenient swap points, variable fill standards, no subscription, no compatibility between brands. OH Bubbles fixes it at once. Local refills, a fill that works with the machine you already own, door-to-door exchange with a prepaid return, a 450g fill that gives you more per cylinder, and award-winning Italian syrups that make the ritual worth having.
The short version.
2018 · The start
A New Zealand family business launches with a simple promise: local CO2 refills, delivered and collected.
The exchange program
Full cylinders to your door, a prepaid return label for the empty. Drop the empty, the full one arrives. The loop opens.
The 450g standard
We settle on a 450g fill, more gas per cylinder than the usual 400 to 425g, so there are fewer swaps across the year.
Italian syrups
Award-winning, small-batch syrups made in Italy with real fruit join the range.
On the road
Retail partners come on board and we take the system to the country, including the Auckland Food Show.
Across the Tasman
Local refill logistics extend into Australia, a closed loop in both markets.
Today
New flavours, new partners, same obsession: never run out.
The facts, not the figures.
Our standard fill
More gas per cylinder than the 400 to 425g norm.
Refilled near you
Cleaned, inspected and refilled locally, not offshore.
Keep your machine
Fits standard 60L: SodaStream, Aarke, Philips, Breville.
Empties come back
A free return courier in every box.
The part a global brand can't copy
Built local,
on purpose.
Global carbonation brands refill in centralised, often offshore facilities: more transport, slower turnaround. Every OH Bubbles cylinder is cleaned, inspected, pressure-tested and refilled locally. The courier loop is local. The jobs are local. The savings are real.
Why people stay.
"The system itself is the product. The machine is almost incidental."
"Supporting a local business that actually cares about waste made it an easy call for our family."
Be part of what comes next.
The swap model works. The syrups are good. Join the households that decided running out wasn't acceptable.