Our carbonating bottles do not work with other brands. They are exclusive to Drinkmate. Only Drinkmate CO2 cylinders are compatible with Sodastream machines which use the screw-in version (blue label).
As for your note about the bottles being too tall, you might be confusing Drinkmate with another brand. Our bottles are about the same height as those from Sodastream. An entirely different brand has much taller bottles than ours.