Talk:Soda gun

Which is which (pre v. post)
I've switched this article back to using my original definition of pre versus post mix. The meaning is this: post means the beverage is mixed "after" it comes out of the gun (more accurately, during). Pre mixed means that the beverage is mixed long ahead of time. For supporting evidence, see: http://www.wunderbar.com/products-product.aspx?ProductID=5 If you go to the schematics, you can see that there are many hoses coming into these post-mix guns, each for different components of the beverage.

I still may be wrong about this information, as I still don't have any first hand knowledge. If you are certain that it is the other way around, please do correct me. Just please don't use only intuition to make the change back without citing any evidence or experience. Cheers. --Aphex3 21:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Post Mix is the one which runs on concetreated syrup. The syrup itself is often refered to as post-mix. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.30.174 (talk) 14:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Article started
About my research for this stub. I've never worked in a bar and never handled one of these devices personally. Everything here came from scouring the internet, which has surprisingly little information about these devices. If you want photos, the best source I found is ebay. Search for "gun" in the category Business & Industrial > Food Service & Retail > Bar & Beverage Equipment > Fountains, Soda Dispensing. Of course I couldn't include any photos in the stub due to license issues.

I wasn't sure how to categorize this stub. Drink-stub was the most specific, but perhaps is only meant for actual beverages? --Aphex3 16:03, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Is the soda gun in the picture pre- or post-? Jacqui ★ 04:49, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

"A soda gun has the ability to serve any beverage that is some combination of syrup, water, and carbon dioxide. This includes soft drinks, iced tea, carbonated water, and plain water." This sentence is contradictory. Plain water is not carbonated. --NoPetrol 07:50, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, while I don't know much about soda guns, I do know that some can shoot plain water. Maybe the sentence could be reworked to explain that it can shoot one, two, or all three of those ingredients at once? Jacqui ★ 08:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Changed "and" to "and/or". &mdash; flamingspinach | (talk) 19:37, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


 * It doesn't need to be and/or, it works fine with and, a single component is still a possible combination of a group of components. 87.194.30.174 (talk) 14:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Soda Gun aka Wunderbar Soda Fountain Dispenser
The explanation of the buttons is accurate. Essentially, the device is used to dispense beverages from a bulk format to the intended recipient/customer in a bar/tavern type setting. the source location of the beverage is either "ready to use" in a "post-mix" type format where several base liquids have already been mixed together to form the final product for consumption. These systems are generally found in low volume, home style bars. The "pre-mix" type beverages are generally liquid concentrate juices and cocktail bases that are mixed with water within the gun device and dispensed into a glass. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and Nestle are 4 large companies that manufacture these "bag-in-box" systems to work with a bar gun of this type. Concentrated beverages are typically 4+1 (4 parts water, 1 part concentrate) and will vary with character of the product (limiting factors include viscosity, fruit pulp, stability in oxygen over prolonged periods of time etc). A pump system, generally air driven, will pump the needed concentrate to the dispenser gun using compressed nitrogen or CO2 if a carbonated beverage. Once mixed in the gun with water, the beverage may be further mixed with alcohol or other blended beverages per the bartenders discretion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.155.174.38 (talk) 00:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Buttons
There is no standard button setup. They could be full product names. Pictures. Sometimes even blanks. 74.118.16.178 (talk) 19:36, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I tagged that section with a citation request six years ago. I agree that the claim it makes seems about universality seems hard to believe. I've removed it. Largoplazo (talk) 21:41, 16 October 2023 (UTC)