Air Up (Quite Literally) Sucks | Just Another Paid Promotion

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[@lil_miss_olivia7195]

If a water bottle leaks upside down in the 20th century. There's something horribly wrong with the design

[@Axofhasquit]

*21st century

[@RowanBird779]

@@Axofhasquit it was bad even in the 20th century...

[@ælfrædtheretard]

What is this the 1900s?

[@YourMiddleBroPhil]

​@@RowanBird779 cave dudes who make water bags outta deer skins didn't leak.

[@Bradley_Howard]

*Cough* Stanley

[@5000p-o9p]

You forgot Air Up's greatest flaw I, myself, tend to get stuffy noses around spring due to hay fever. this makes it harder to smell, lessening the already faint flavour

[@iamjustkiwi]

All hail the pseudoephedrine gods

[@Danspy501st]

I can have the same problem with my nose as well. Even just normal food can taste odd by that. Yeah, smell can be powerfull as to allow you to taste. But it does need to be done in the right way as how we do taste normally

[@YouMissedBro]

The idea that someone is such an adolescent child that they wont just drink plain water or use 0 cal flavoring blows my mind. Its like we are reinventing the wheel but pyramid shaped this time

[@RealElevenTimes]

That's not their greatest flaw lmao. There are at least 5 greater ones like, being overpriced, tasting like shit, cheaply made, false advertising, scummy marketing.

[@sarafontanini7051]

that seems to be the OTHER problem with the thing: human noses aren't uniform, so the experience isn't universal

[@BrokenDesktop21]

My favorite content creator who took a sponsorship from AirUp is AstralSpiff, and it was super confusing to me because he's Canadian and he admitted in one of the sponsored video segments that they didn't ship to Canada (at the time). The company was so desperate for exposure that they sent their product to creator whose home country they weren't even operating in 🗿

[@semitmedeck]

Fellow AstralSpiff enjoyer.

[@ThatCoolBoy]

Plink

[@Rubycap]

@@semitmedeckbased 🗿

[@lgbtthefeministgamer4039]

i imagine any english youtube channel is gonna have a decent reach in english-speaking countries regardless of where specific tuber is located

[@somecirclewithsunglasses3994]

astralspigg mentioned, plinking time

[@timeparadox999]

air up ad reads always start like "you know me, i have trouble getting my daily water intake!" which doesn't really sound believable when it's coming from people who talk for hours on end for a living

[@nickrustyson8124]

They got to do the YMS and just keep a big ass cup of ice water by their side while recording, cut out the sips

[@nobody2021]

I love when anyone on the internet starts with "You know me" Do I?

[@iamjustkiwi]

Also because your needed daily water intake is... drink when you are thirsty. Amazing that our bodies made up this cool mechanism to tell us when we need more water eh? There isn't a specific amount of water all people need every day and Gatorade, bottled water companies and Airup especially and just making bank off of this propaganda.

[@MrPsyren99]

​@@nobody2021I know you, I know all your secrets. I live in your walls and touch myself to you sleeping

[@gomennegao]

@@MrPsyren99excuse me

[@davirpgamer1868]

When the overhyped bottle doesnt actually do a miraculous feat of tricking human biology:

[@goodguyguy5022]

But the add said I would get wings?!?!?!?!

[@goodguyguy5022]

Ad

[@goodguyguy5022]

I think

[@goodguyguy5022]

I’m not English okay

[@ORITHEDREAMER]

@@goodguyguy5022it’s ok buddy you did well

[@dhruvdatta1055]

the worst part, is that the actual fruits they are trying to emulate the taste of, are cheaper than the pods they are shilling

[@peachy_lili]

and they don't taste like a bathroom air freshener!

[@CaptianDerp69]

these things create so much plastic waste compared to just buying a normal water bottle

[@WoolyCow]

thats the thing that pisses me off the most tbh...like theres a point where its just kinda sad

[@Nate-bd8fg]

Or just... fucking use a plastic one time bottle? Same credit card worth of plastic getting into your blood. I like the smart water bottles, they last a while. I hate people who print their personality onto the products they buy. Just earlier my sister was saying "ugh my travel mug sucks" I said "like it leaks? Or doesn't hold enough? Fit in a cupholder?" "oh no 😂 none of mine (she has like 8) fit in my cup holder. I mean the color! So boring! And my stickers are peeling off!" God. I'm sure you don't care, but I hate it here (earth) and have to rant

[@HydratedBeans]

@@Nate-bd8fgdon’t worry, I read the rant

[@beinzheans3918]

​@@shivorath perhaps not everyone has the same drinking habits as yours 😨

[@leshi97]

@@shivorath But water bottles like that are supposed to be reusable, so they're adding unnecessary waste no matter how you spin it

[@Desantiagomx008]

For $8 a pack of watermelon “flavor pods” I can buy a watermelon, and make watermelon water. And it WILL TASTE BETTER.

[@AMiles1009]

​@@shivorathshill

[@AMiles1009]

@shivorath it wasn't worth addressing. The main concern is the taste. If someone doesn't like how something tastes, it doesn't matter how much they get bc they don't want it

[@mgm105]

@@shivorathdrinking delicious, flavorless water is far cheaper and lasts far longer than these scam products. I mean it’s your money. If you can’t live without fake air freshener water that’s on you.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

"B-but the watermelon won't last a month!" - Then cut it into cubes, freeze it, and let some cubes steep in water overnight. 💀

[@littlecake453]

​@@shivorathare you working for air up?

[@DeadDancers]

By now, a KZbin sponsor is basically code for ‘garbage product’.

[@l3ol16]

If you want specific examples of these horrible products or companies ( if you can even call them that) Betterhelp, Airup, Raycon, Stumble guys, and without a doubt the WORST offender would be *Raid Shadow Legends*

[@hotpocketsat2am]

@@l3ol16 no i'd say betterhelp is the worst because they're scamming and extorting people looking for mental health help

[@Gleamiarts]

The only non-shit sponsors i've seen are for art supplies, drawing tablets and software. Like clip studio paint, artxx, arteza, ohuhu, xp pen, huion, wacom and xenselabs.

[@juniperw.766]

@@l3ol16 idk if shitty mobile game is worse than zionist mental health scam but yeah, they're all bad.

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

@@l3ol16 There are so many more beyond that that are outright scams. The knives, "land in Scotland" so you can call yourself a lord... they're just fraudulent companies selling garbage that is meant to be a scam. Some sponsorships are also for gambling or gambling-adjacent products. I consider Dashlane and other auction sites to be part of the latter category, since most people don't understand that they're buying hundreds of dollars' worth of what are essentially lootbox bets with a very low chance of getting the item, which they then have to pay the labeled price for anyway. Their sites are set up in a very predatory way that I'm certain tickles the same parts of the brain that slot machines and other forms of gambling do. It's disappointing that so many content creators care so little about not promoting unhealthy habits, scams, and data harvesting programs that they will take anything offered to them, even after a company is revealed to be a very harmful scam (I'm specifically thinking about Betterhelp, which still regularly gives out sponsorships that people still take unquestioningly because it's easy money). Maybe they think that their audiences aren't stupid enough to buy the products they're schilling for, but they really shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

[@starmantheblaziken1453]

Air Up sounds more like something straight out of the Illumination Lorax movie from O'Heir's products.

[@autumn_sunday]

This is just like "What if the Onceler used an excess amount of plastic instead of thneed fluff?"

[@johnnydogestar7754]

it works for me, like magic!

[@diefakeonceler]

the lorax was such a banger I wish bad entrepreneurship was real

[@YOUR_NARRATOR975]

Pretty much every KZbin sponsor is. It's either overpriced, good idea but ultimately pointless, a scam, or a combination of those.

[@paulregener7016]

@@autumn_sundayThen he’s go “ How baa-a-a-ad can I be? I’m just doing what comes naturally” and dance all over.

[@GloomGC]

Something very interesting i noticed in air up sponser segments is that the youtubers always say they "like the raspberry lemonade flavor the most, but all the flavors are good!" They all get the same script lol

[@tsm688]

and its literally he worst of them all LOL

[@redyoshi101-e7p]

meanwhile danny gonzales (no shade to him at all i just think it’s funny) mentions his “favorite” is lime. there is no lime flavor, not in america anyway. believe me i looked. i just assumed that it was discontinued but they probably just sent him the wrong script lmao

[@vtdolgai497]

Of course they get the same script. What do you expect? They are a fairly small corporation and their biggest advertisers are youtubers. They probably don't have the time or manpower for a specialized script for every youtuber they collaborate with.

[@tsm688]

@@vtdolgai497 They could let people say what they want. Other sponsors do. Even raycon and raid shadow legends treated their advertisers better. Then they'd have to review it of course but GUESS WHAT -- airup does that anyway to force people to repeat the script word for word! If you don't they don't pay! Because the point is to force people to lie for them. Make fake statements that you use the product a lot. Make fake statements that you were skeptical but became convinced. Make fake statements that you have a favourite flavor (the universally abhorred one, which they must have warehouses of they can't get rid of)

[@liamneedsauniquehandle]

@@vtdolgai497 the point is they're putting opinions in people's mouths

[@JustAnAnimeNerd]

we got vapes for water now 😭😭🙏🙏

[@jeffsfrozenjoghurt4773]

Oh boy, don't tell him about the literal water vapes designed to get you off your vape addiction

[@monkelifegood]

It’s for people who don’t drink enough water. That’s not some masterful analogy

[@MateusVítor-p3w]

​@@monkelifegood but juice serves the same purpose

[@monkelifegood]

@@MateusVítor-p3w Juice is not as healthy as water. It has so many benefits of existing. No sugar at all. And the kidneys and liver work well the most on it

[@AstralXen]

@@MateusVítor-p3w not defending air up, but juice is NOT good for hydration at all, it's lots of sugar that won't do you any favors

[@halo3odst]

“Zis is not just a vater bottle” It is absolutely just a water bottle.

[@LordDragox412]

I mean... as much as I hate the thing, it could actually work for vampires who want to go on a diet. Just soak the sponge in blood and they'll be like "ZIS IS NOT VATER, ZIS IS VLAD!"

[@theuncalledfor]

This is not just a water bottle. It's a _stinky_ water bottle.

[@OdaSwifteye]

But is it a vater bottle?

[@OctyabrAprelya]

@@LordDragox412 And then Vlad comes from out of frame waving and saying hello.

[@LordDragox412]

@@OctyabrAprelya Vlad: Hello, is me flavored water! Is Vlad bath water! Tasty, da? Is like ukha, but no kalories! Good for your health, nyet? Almost as good as vodka! Is only 5 rubles a bottle, very tasty, very cheap, very Vlad! Buy now!

[@jauwn]

Keep up the awesome videos bro, these sponsors deserve to be torn apart. Especially this one, it’s such a bad product that it’s bordering on a scam, and the ad reads make it seem so good that I find it impossible to believe the KZbinrs read them with a straight face.

[@turnovus]

Jauwn here for the NFTs (nasal flavoring tampons) contained in the Air Up pods.

[@tmtigd]

Hey I’m also subscribed to this guy

[@stargoob]

Oh hi Jauwn!

[@DoctorPortal_IX]

Glad to see you’re enjoying Shane’s vids too, Jauwn!! You guys have very spiritually similar video types, so gotta love the cross-support❤️

[@cerealloser]

👋🤠

[@lone.faerie]

Gotta love turning WATER into a subscription service

[@Jane-oz7pp]

My dude that's called a utility bill.

[@Mizu2023]

Bills:

[@mattgroening8872]

The government already took over the “selling things people need to live” market, now this company thinks that they can get sloppy seconds

[@ReaperCH90]

​@@Jane-oz7ppI don't know where you live, but I could take a bath everyday and wouldn't notice a difference at the end of the year. Now if I drank a bottle or two of airup every day, i would damn well.

[@jm036]

L pfp

[@ReverendTed]

At this stage, I think creators expect (or convince themselves) that viewers understand that they're only shilling these products for money, are required to say certain things to get paid, and don't actually believe in the products they're selling.

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

A viewer should know,at this point. Unless your primary demographic is children,in which case it's irresponsible because children don't understand the concept yet

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

At this state I think creators expect that viewers will skip the ad read anyways, so why bother? I've skipped through so many carvertical advertisements (and I know that most viewers do at this point), but they keep sponsoring car youtuber channels permanently.

[@bbean.loosey]

pretty much yeah, like I KNOW marathon runner danny gonzalez can drink normal water without it needing to be being flavored but he’s a got a baby now so we can both pretend he swears by this product 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ReverendTed]

To be clear: even knowing what I know, I can still feel the pull when a creator who seems so genuine says positive things about a product or service, and I'm certain that many viewers are NOT as savvy. Otherwise, if it didn't pay off for companies, the ad read market would dry up. And as much as I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, I'm certain there are many creators who don't care about whether or not some of their viewers are "duped" by their endorsements.

[@Misterlguana]

​@MyRegardsToTheDodo "so why bother" because they get payed whether people watch the ad or skip it, genius

[@RDTurcios]

This is basically just inkjet printers but for your nose and mouth.

[@maximedersoir7055]

Well said. With the same 85% of plastic junk with a little sponge containing a minimum amount of the actual product.

[@ianerickson2210]

Except I think inkjet printers actually have a use in society 💀

[@DrawciaGleam02]

LMAO!!!!

[@yelpyy]

so, basically a scam

[@TommyCrosby]

It just lacks a proper DRM system. Although bad products don't need DRM since no one will invest in making a third-party business for a bad product.

[@Enjgine]

"Gross! Water! What the fuck! I CANNOT drink this SHIT without at least 3 synthetic chemicals!"

[@lens_hunter]

I do hate water, lmao

[@littlemoth4956]

@@lens_hunterYou’re 60% made of the stuff bro

[@lens_hunter]

@@littlemoth4956 More than that I think. I also have blood running through my veins and I don't like drinking that.

[@Tengohueva88]

@@lens_hunterWould you like it if you drank it with 5 unidentified chemicals?

[@lens_hunter]

@@Tengohueva88 Make it 6 and you got a deal.

[@marcellagardi6099]

It was instant red flag when I went to the local flea market and these were everywhere. Grey airup bottles by the dozen

[@MK_ULTRA420]

They buy overstock boxes from Amazon and eBay and resell the contents at flea markets. Your instincts were on point.

[@hamzamotara4304]

Hint - add a bit of lemon juice or orange juice to your water bottle with mint leaves. It's that easy and much better than any weird smell pods.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Will just about any mint leaves and lemon juice we find at whatever store we can find 'em at suffice?

[@hamzamotara4304]

@@youtubeuniversity3638 yup, any mint leaves and lemon juice work. It's you're going to leave it in for a while, use peppermint, as it still tastes good when it's strong, unlike spearmint.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

@@hamzamotara4304 Peppermint leaves and lemon, woot!

[@BaasicDeveloper]

these "lemon" things sounds expensive, i doubt they are less then 60 dollars

[@hamzamotara4304]

@@BaasicDeveloper I've heard that they can last a while though. Also, apparently the juice is much cheaper.

[@skeletorthebest7204]

“Not just a water bottle”? More like “not even a water bottle”.

[@membranealpha5961]

SKELETORRRRRRRRRR

[@linhza501]

The fact that a WATER BOTTLE cant even hold the water properly when upside down is enough to steer clear of this thing.

[@RemusAvGeek]

I mean some genuinely good water bottles sometimes leak (looking at you lifestraw) but they're a bit cheaper anyway edit: nvm this is not comparable, the lifestraw has a small leak problem, this is like pouring out water

[@SeanTheShortie]

nice pfp

[@maremike2691]

What you guys fail to understand, is that for a bottle with a straw, you need a hole to actually suck out the water. Otherwise youd not be able to drink, as youd just create a vacuum by sucking, which would combat your sucking and in the end no water arriving in your mouth. Some regular bottles without straws have a hole too, which is usually covered by silicone while closed.

[@user-ayiy824jbd]

to be fair it has to have that to keep the suction in the straw

[@flamingdoge6242]

@@RemusAvGeekI’ve had a Swell water bottle for literally ten years, has been dropped multiple times, thrown around, etc. I put this on my life it has not leaked *once* , not a single time. If a water bottle leaks in any significant capacity, it ain’t a water bottle to me

[@biscuitygudness]

as soon as you laid out those prices for JUST the bottles, not even including the pod sets, i was screaming at my screen YOU CAN JUST GET A WATER BOTTLE FOR FIFTEEN BUCKS AT WALMART!! i suspect that they're so overpriced because most people buying them would be using the discount codes given by influencers, which probably takes it down to the ACTUAL price they'd be selling it at if they weren't giving out discounts.

[@MinoriGaming]

Ding ding ding! That's exactly why these companies are able to offer constant discount codes 365 days out of the year. They intentionally raise the base prices ludicrously, and instead just use the "discounted" price as an actual baseline. If you've ever seen a website that'll seemingly announce a new event every other week, it's the same gist.

[@haji2nd444]

yeah i also found the prices crazy. i was also suspecting the same thing abt the sponsor discounts

[@JoJo-fan-right-here]

Honestly the lengths people will go to do anything except JUST DRINK WATER. Like bruh yeah I’m drinking mtn dew but you payed $60 to pretend like you are 💀

[@haji2nd444]

@@JoJo-fan-right-here lol yeah it's crazy

[@beelzemobabbity]

Which, i would say that it is trying to do a specific thing, but really 40$? You can get an insulated yeti cup for that..

[@timeblade]

They really pulled a O’Hare. No seriously, This is something straight out of the lorax…

[@shanshansan]

Pyrocynical actually had an Air Up sponsorship, and after his contract or something ended, he openly talked about the product. He criticised it on stream, which was really funny to watch.

[@TrainerGoldAlt]

but the funny part he is still continues to buy airup after he ran out of pods

[@flaregamer64]

And then he got ANOTHER code to promote it again in his Community Tab. SlopLive moment.

[@mjc0961]

So what you're telling me is that Pyrocynical is nothing but a shill who has no respect for his audience and will try to sell them a product he knows sucks as long as he gets his bag Good to know, thank you, I will never watch Pyrocynical

[@Plain--Jane]

​@@mjc0961 what a wild fuckin thing to say about a person you don't know anything about and haven't even looked up all based on a single youtube comment I don't watch the guy either but this is insane behavior

[@garfieldandfriends1]

@@flaregamer64 Hypocritenical

[@vysenshark]

The "throwing the product as hard as possible" gag will never not make me giggle.

[@BulyssesBwachowski]

I agree it is weirdly satisfying.

[@LordDragox412]

Unless the product is -eggs- no wait, HowToBasic is still going strong. Guess the gag really never gets old, huh?

[@Zara_Oni]

@vysenshark completely unrelated but who's the artist for your pfp? I really like it!

[@EnderSalad]

oh I'm curious too

[@EnderSalad]

oh I'm curious too

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

My sis got one for her birthday. The pod smell went everywhere, smelled terrible (nothing but bitter chemicals), and stuck around on for the rest of the day. My tongue was so tingly and unhappy

[@Shylocksis]

You should really do raycons, All the ads on KZbin for them say they're the best thing ever, but most people that are into really nice headphones think they sound like an absolute trash, would love to see video

[@obnoxious_alien]

Dankpod made a video on how bad they are, it's gold

[@newlydeviant]

I've never gotten the earbuds that are always advertised but I got the headphones and yeah they're not great. I got their noise canceling headphones specifically for that feature and the awareness mode only for both to do absolutely nothing. The noise canceling had zero affect and the most the awareness mode did was slightly muffle sounds. The sound quality of the headphones themselves were also not as good as they're always said to be. Sounded about the same as my cheap old earbuds. Super disappointing for how "amazing" they're supposed to be

[@Shylocksis]

@@newlydeviant If you do a little bit of googling you can find the original design that raycon's ripped off.

[@TheFlamerWolf]

Thats why I have skull candy they are really good

[@Emolgabrine]

My raycons broke within a month because I kept opening and closing the lid (I liked the sound of it opening and closing)

[@OhioanOrganDonor]

I’m going to go and assume that most “cynical” channels you mentioned signed their contracts before ever getting their hands on a product. A larger issue than the product being of “poor quality” (because honestly, consumers of these overpriced “health-conscious” products don’t give a shit) is waste. Products like these with proprietary plastic pods create unnecessary waste with few benefits. They claim it reduces the waste of plastic bottles, but all they’ve done is added another artificial “need” to the market without reducing what’s already there.

[@nickrustyson8124]

Also for plastic bottles, I feel like most get wasted because of soda not bottled water because unless you live somewhere with well water, you would just use the tap

[@unfortunatedisgrace246]

this this this!

[@thatguy1080]

Yep. Give them the shaving razor, and sell em the blades.

[@sam-ky9sj]

The fact that it's just scented paper inside pisses me off so much. Like, you're adding so much plastic (pod shell+packaging) to a literal tissue paper? For what? Either make pods re-fillable or make them out of cardboard/a recyclable material. The pod needs to have holes anyway, just sell me a syringe and a scent bottle and I can re-fill it myself lol. So wasteful just to maximize profits...

[@heromedley]

yapper

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

I love the silly little commercials that try to mock people for buying other beverages. Like, “Look at this fucking moron, getting a can of soda from the vending machine instead of paying a premium fee for WATER.”

[@DragonNexus]

$2 for a soda? Pff, I'm smart. I use my $40 leaky bottle with $8 flavour pod. *drinks from bottle, spilling water on self. Immediately starts gagging.

[@missPhos3]

Both are shit. Just drink normal water. Ez

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

@@missPhos3 I’ll admit that I drink way too much soda, but my caffeine addiction will never make me as much of a mark as any dingus who bought an AirUp bottle.

[@pemanilnoob]

@@missPhos3normal water is definitely what you should drink when thirsty I’m just going out of a habit of buying a bunch of cola and drinking that instead of water cause it’s easier to just drink the soda right beside me that going to refill my water bottle every time it empties Honestly I just wish I have a water bottle 3 times the size, and mine isn’t even small …..uhhhh what were we talking about

[@Thereal_nishikiyama]

​@@missPhos3you will never experience the joy of a mango shake.

[@cvbhuiop1]

Gonna have to quote my boy Internet Shaquille, "Keep in mind that every ad has to be approved by the brand before it goes live, so if I talked about negatives, if I talked about alternatives, those things would probably get cut out of the final deliverable. So many of these products: the overpriced deodorant and millenial branded lawn fertilizer, only work when you don’t mention the fact that alternatives exist." So many sponsored products fall under this umbrella, Raycons, Manscaped, Displate, Cirkul. The product is fine but they only sell any because the customer doesn't know there are items of similar quality for half the price out there.

[@missPhos3]

Just remembered when Guga used to (or still?) do manscaped ads despite his channel is literally about cooking. It really comes off as awkward.

[@doll9340]

Most people actually do know there are alternatives if they go down the right aisle at a grocery store

[@helper_bot]

@@doll9340 what do you expect from Millennials these days, gen-z are already fucking cooked if ever any corpo found out how to automate the food chain

[@Ysabel-cn3bg]

do u have like a list of those said products that fall under the umbrella because now im intrigued lol

[@Toasterthedoaster]

​@@doll9340in america maybe, but a lot of countries only sell food in grocery stores, so they wouldnt be able to find such alternatives

[@HipyoTech]

6:52 Okay glad to see it was not just me who physically gagged trying some of these things

[@adrianscripts8013]

You can't be talking you're a sellout lmao

[@pixel.mp465]

@@adrianscripts8013context? he literally made a very similar video criticising how bad AirUp is

[@_-.N.-_]

@9:58 When he said "Airup is the only water bottle that has sponsored youtubers", it immediately reminded me of this water bottle brand that would sponsor a lot of mukbang youtubers, IIRC it was called "the coldest water bottle" and it had a straw that would make the most annoying and loud whistling noise ever. Does anyone else remember it?

[@madelein3167]

Yeah 😭 it'd be right in the front of a massive pile of food and was like the Stanley before the Stanley imo

[@Plantera2electricboogaloo]

I honestly dont get the point of buying plastic water bottles. Or buying water bottles as a whole unless you're going outside a lot. Plastic makes your water taste HORRIBLE after a while at room temperature, even after refrigerating it again. And they have all those nooks and crannies that get insanely gross if you don't clean them like, A LOT. I just reuse my wine bottles. Not worth the hassle to get special bottles when I'm not going hiking or anything.

[@_-.N.-_]

@@Plantera2electricboogaloo Personally, I've tried many reusable plastic water bottles and they all ended up breaking, some were even supposed to be from top brands. So I switched to the generic metal water bottle with the twisty top, it's lasted longer than any of the other plastic ones. I have seen a lot of pretty reusable glass water bottles but I'm scared of breaking them

[@leobe2104]

​@@Plantera2electricboogaloowhat?? Of course buying water bottles makes sense, even if you don't go outsidr that much. And you don't need to be a hiker to need one...if you're outside it can be annoying and kinda hard sometimes to find a place to drink water, having a bottle full of water is way more practical. What a weird take lmao

[@nessmarie6044]

@@Plantera2electricboogaloo a lot of people dont have proper water filtration in their area, plastic water bottles are the only source of hydration for some ppl as a result. its effed up

[@peacekorpofkrieg5755]

So, from the ending they basically made drinking from a reusable bottle have as much if not more plastic waste than just regular bottled water.

[@Themoonishereagain]

This is what happens when you try to improve something that doesn't need improving.

[@sam-ky9sj]

I assume they mean plastic waste from individual soda bottles, but who even buys those? I always get the 2L big bottle and then pour myself a glass, or sometimes transfer it to a smaller airtight (and insulated) re-usable bottle for on-the-go. I doubt there is any situation where I'd buy an individual bottle/can of soda where I'd also somehow remember to carry this. And, aren't soda cans easier to recycle than plastic anyways? Plus they've started cutting down on those plastic rings (at least in my country) and either glueing the packs together or using cardboard rings lol. Just a dumb argument.

[@shivorath]

Hmmmn, 1 pouch plus 3 plastic pods (about what I go through in a month using Airup) vs about 60 bottles/cans (what I used to go through in a month drinking ICE and La Croix). I’d say AirUp is the way less wasteful option, both in terms of waste and money.

[@mjc0961]

@@sam-ky9sj "I assume they mean plastic waste from individual soda bottles, but who even buys those?" A lot of people do, sadly.

[@lcako1616]

​@@shivorathJust use cordial?

[@Angryoyster]

Freeze lime juice with a few drops of mint oil, or just put some mint leaves in. And tada you’ve got some delish water and you don’t have to worry about the possible mold that could be caused by breathing hot air onto those scent pods.

[@christianc1769]

I don't understand. Why not just put fruit in your water if you want the flavor of it? Like except for the special flavors, I feel like normal fruit would just work better. This seems like just a gimmick

[@Partyhatpossum]

Can confirm normal fruit tastes 10x better and doesn’t leave a weird smell/“taste” for an hour afterwards. Cheaper and less plastic too.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

because people are incredibly stupid and think real fruit is icky, but will buy chemical poison that tastes allegedly tastes like

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@Partyhatpossum Also for those special flavors mainly the soda stuff, it's better just to get the soda, I had this A&W Root Beer powder stuff, it tasted awful, just watered down A&W root beer flavor that does not hit the spot like a regular ice cold root beer does no fizz, no froth, doesn't even taste like proper watered down root beer

[@iamjustkiwi]

Seltzers have been around forever as well, and there are also a ton of brands of still, unsweetened, flavored water around too. Airup exists to solve a problem it created.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

cool youtube deleted my comment

[@4r4chn1da33]

My mom got this. What I’ve found is not only does it not work, but since the scent pods make your brain *expect* the flavors, but not actually make you taste it, it actually makes the water taste grosser because your brain was expecting something sweet. The bent drinking angle is good for refills from like, water fountains and such, but that’s the only good trait.

[@eimeartheirishstitcher]

It makes me think of those fruity teas that smell super fruity and taste like vaguely fruity hot water 😅

[@BRACE_The_Ace]

I got a Cirkul for Christmas last year. I had no idea it existed, but my younger cousin's were excited. The thing I do love about it is that I can add ice in the cup without the flavor getting watered down as it melts

[@Sim0n_Wasmad]

That's the same way I got mine :0

[@jenniferphillippi1715]

That's the brand I see,I've never seen anyone with an air up bottle, it's always cirkul

[@wrexvincent]

The first time I ever heard of this company it was a sponsored/review video from a lady who was very obviously relapsing hard into Anorexia but was still in denial for it. The fact that they paid an obviously suffering woman to 'review' a waterbottle where they sell you FLAVORED AIR (because it didnt add calories/etc) told me enough about their scruples

[@EarthboundX]

I mean it could have been a middle man right? That's how a lot of these sponsorships can work I believe. The middleman contacts the KZbinr, and then go back to the company selling the product and say "I can get you this for this". Then the middleman takes a cut. Something like that, been a bit since I saw the explanation.

[@Nate-bd8fg]

That wasn't eugina cooly was it? I've heard she's been doing bad again

[@wrexvincent]

@@Nate-bd8fg nah Of Herbs and Altars.

[@saturationstation1446]

@@EarthboundX there's no functional difference between middlemen and producers. they both are in the business of screwing other people over to try to make a person who's never done a real day of work in their lives, rich.

[@thepigeonlady8913]

​@@wrexvincent Really? Man, that sucks. Haven't watched her vids in a while, but it seemed like she was getting better 😢

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

What really gets me about products like this is the fact the the main point of owning a reusable water bottle is _to reduce waste._ These things require disposable and _un-recyclable_ extra bits that come in likewise un-recyclable packaging. Meanwhile, not only are normal water enhancers cheaper, they come in bottles that _can_ be recycled. Once again, someone tries to solve a problem that doesn't technically exist and ends up making a real problem worse.

[@tsm688]

whatever happened to crystal light and shit like that? they don't even need bottles!

[@argonhammer9352]

The main point of using reusable water bottle is saving money by not having to buy water.

[@arson7012]

@@argonhammer9352 That too. It's less plastic waste for those who are environmentally conscious, and it's less money spent on water for those who are cost conscious. That, and we no longer have to have gallon jugs or boxes of bottles taking up space in the pantry/fridge.

[@dunngunkadoid]

This. 100% THIS

[@sunwukong2]

2:21 this is called flashing, and it's actually the remnants of the extra plastic leaking out the injection mold (kinda like when ketchup comes out the sides of your burger.) you're right, though, they absolutely could have sanded it down

[@Partyhatpossum]

I tried my brothers and I couldn’t get rid of the hideous raspberry lemonade “taste” for an hour🤢

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Oh noo.....

[@MowDGrass]

You tried your brothers?

[@YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments]

Just so you know raspberry 'natural flavoring' is made from beaver butts. I'm actually not joking.

[@erikiscool0756]

It’s just water? How do you get the taste in your mouth? I think you just commented this for likes

[@erikiscool0756]

How the hell did you still taste a smell for an hour?

[@DragonNexus]

Why is it these disposable companies cannot offer a product without a metric ton of plastic waste? Plastic packaging, plastic pods wrapped in more plastic packaging, all just going straight in the trash. We laughed at Juicero, but Airup and stuff like that looks the damn same to me

[@lordzaaruk]

air up bottles doesn't come in Plastic bags. at least not here in Germany, the pods itself and the old bags are made of plastic, that's correct. So it's either I buy a plastic bottle with soda in it, and return it for Pfand, or I buy air up pods. I think the plastic waste is to much, but you need to cover the pods so they won't lose that much flavor.

[@DragonNexus]

@@lordzaaruk Or just...buy a metal bottle and fill it from the tap.

[@zigzagintrusion]

It's insane how people would use so much plastic over just getting something reusable. It's cheaper AND higher quality 90% of the time.

[@ripadblock]

Because plastic is Cheap.

[@clockwork3494]

Right? "The company is really eco friendly!" _Looks at all the plastic waste from literally everything to do with this product_ Mmhm.. I'm sure it is, bud. Like look, I get that some YT creators need to make a bit of extra money and I'm cool with that, I just really wish they weren't promoting such horrid products.

[@CavieDavie]

“Wow that is not good” *proceeds to take another sip*

[@SteampunkHorse]

Maxmoefoe type beat

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

The fact that all of their marketing contains someone just pissing on the ground, told me everything I needed to know about this product.

[@StoneBox_761a]

"It tastes like piss!"

[@BraydenBunch58]

Please tell me you’re joking…

[@43021]

@@BraydenBunch58there’s an ad of a football player pissing on the field 😭

[@BraydenBunch58]

@@43021 I wish you were joking, I don’t even know what people are thinking nowadays. Is that gonna make people buy the product?

[@janpaulus3977]

that piss probably tastes better than the raspberry-lemon

[@pip9533]

Holy shit I was just about to suggest/mention FÜM. I saw a KZbinr sponsored by them (I won’t say who, but if you do see someone sponsored by them, please don’t harass them). FÜM immediately gave me “…isn’t this just greenwashed vape” vibes. Like, I enjoy diffusers and essential oils, but I don’t think they should be something you inhale directly into your lungs, even if they don’t have nicotine or metals or other things that cigarettes and vapes have. Granted, I have heard of people using them to quit smoking/vaping, but those people still clarify that FÜM is not a replacement (as in, you don’t switch from smoking cigarettes everyday to FÜM-big everyday.) And the fact that it’s being advertised by creators with a primarily teenage audience, and the fact that a lot of their marketing focuses on how they’re “””sustainable”””, AND NOW THE FACT THAT THEY TELL YOU TO SAY YOU WERE SKEPTICAL AT FIRST IN THE SPONSOR SEGMENT. TLDR; please talk about FÜM but also please oh please be safe while doing so.

[@gabrielarrhenius6252]

I think they must say that it isn't a replacement because it doesn't have nicotine, I personally think they are expensive (at least where I live) but they do have a 30 day money back guarantee which always is a plus, you can find the ingredient list for each flavour on their site. So I think it is more for those who have the habit of smoking or vaping for example when stressed. I would call it something similar to having a lollipop with the stick in the mouth and the actual candy outside. Also, what you are basically doing is just inhaling/sniffing essential oils right under your nose (as if you put essential oils on a little disc and then hold it a little under your mouth)

[@brocksteele7475]

Yeah, Fum feels less like a good way to quit smoking/vaping and more like a good way to ease into that habit.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

Füm is just sniffing Sharpies or gasoline with extra steps 💀

[@ibuprofen-noodles]

fuckin' """""bad habits""""" is the line they're asked to say it's soooooooooooo stupid and corny, and cynical to market it to teens online

[@malevolentsnow9867]

Lol I’ve noticed their marketing has switched to a “use FUM to quit smoking!” type of deal. Complete 180 in advertising and I actually laughed when I saw it because that was NOT how it was initially released.

[@quintessences]

I’ve im so glad you did this video, the entire concept seems like a solution to a nonexistent problem. I’m a water purist in the sense of I don’t understand how people have issue with drinking water. I also once tried to do research on whether science even backs up the legitimacy of the concept and was unable to find anything

[@theundefinedone8775]

every time you see an ad with that exact same marketing formula you 100% know it’s gonna be another juicero

[@lukezi3952]

I've used mine daily for about 5 months i love it personally. Pineapple and watermelon are the best ones.

[@SeaweedBrainCabin3]

@@lukezi3952same I’ve had one for more than a year. Don’t understand the hate asides from the price. Works wonders

[@bitoomad]

insane how a guy can start off as strong as you did and instantly start improving with each upload, wouldn't be surprised if you had a 7 digit sub count soon

[@poptre67]

glass beach pfp... :)

[@humungousRat]

@@poptre67 I was gonna say the same thing!

[@asackboyplush6508]

He's speedrunning

[@oddcamo6696]

Glass beach in da wild

[@cheldardo]

glass beach you're right too!!

[@nexus_keeper]

The current American flavor pods are all so incredibly similar. 3 “red” flavored ones, 5 or so “yellow” flavored ones, and the rest are just assorted berries it seems.

[@maxbrooks5468]

I always found the adverts really weird: "Do you find it hard to drink water because it doesn't taste sweet?" No, because I'm an adult in my 20's

[@doll9340]

I'm a adult in my 20s and I struggle with this but that's because of my ADHD lol

[@geministrial950]

​@@doll9340 Are you seriously blaming your lack of hydration on your mental illness? Bb you're the exact kind of person that people point to when making the argument that we're all just faking it to justify our every failure. Be better.

[@J.B_alpharius]

​@doll9340 genuinely curious, how does adhd cause you to struggle drinking water

[@doll9340]

​@J.B_alpharius I just don't remember to drink it. Plus like most mental conditions it can influence your liking or disliking of something. I can't handle the plain boring taste of water. I have to add some flavor to it to make it more likeable I guess to my tastes

[@Athanelar]

​@@doll9340I have this same problem. I've been solving it by having a jug of water with cucumber, lime and mint in my fridge. way more interesting and refreshing than just water but still super healthy

[@Canleaf08]

"But the research at the LMU in Munich... We founded this company with our professor at the LMU. We just started out." This was 2019 in Munich near the Odeonsplatz, where I met the founders of AirUp. I traveled through the country after my visa in Canada fell through and I applied for an internship there. God no. They were unfriendly. Rejection on the phone after drawing story boards for them for their campaign. Now I see for what it was good for.

[@saturationstation1446]

anyone who expects a well off eurocentric to be anything but self obsessed, out of touch and insufferable is either a well off eurocentric themselves, or just clueless about the behavior of well off eurocentrics.. you're talking about people who feel entitled to murdering 99% of the human species with labor induced starvation because they consider their desires to obtain stuff they do not need more important and more of a priority than other peoples ability to remain alive on earth...

[@carasparmann]

Of course it was LMU… -A Student Technical University Munich

[@skunkjo3195]

Air Up ads confused the hell out of me bc I was born with no sense of smell 😂 I was like, wait... If people smell something, they can taste it too??? I never realised smell and taste were linked, explains why I also have such a shitty sense of taste lol

[@JimsyDog]

The hole in the bottle is to allow air to enter the bottle while you drink, also pushing air through the pod, wich is also why the drinking straw has a hole in the according place. Put the lid on to avoid leaks. ALSO: WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT TRY COCONUT. BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. the flavour stayed in my mouth for 3 days. I cried.

[@cee8ch]

pretty sure it still leaks with the lid on? and then you have a lid full of water the next time you try opening it. Hipyo Tech demonstrated this in his video.

[@Rickachu_uwu]

@@cee8ch no it doesn't leak if you put the lid on right. most people complain that if you turn it upside down it leaks. YEA OF COURSE IT LEAKS IF YOU PUT IT UP SIDE DOWN WITHOUT THE LID, JUST LIKE A GLASS OF WATER. just close it tightly and it doesn't leak.

[@James-hm6ns]

@@cee8ch It's full of water because he opened the bottle upside down, as said above the seam at the back of the bottle is to allow air to enter the bottle as you suck, so when you tip it upside down water comes out where the air is supposed to go in - The lid wouldn't have been filled with water if he turned it the right way up before opening. (The bottle is poorly designed and other makers have valves and such to stop water leaking, but Air Up doesn't). I own one of these bottles, and only half of the reviews are valid and are too aggressively negative for the flaws. I still wouldn't recommend wasting money on the product, unless you have money to thrtow around and want to see if it works for you.

[@Sinc3r3ly]

God that last part reminds me about how once i had some coconut lemonade and it tasted like straight puke

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@Sinc3r3ly You can always make any product worse by adding coconut. Or if you're a total psychopath, pineapple slices.

[@officialblimp]

their ads always pissed me off and i knew i was right in doubting the ability of these dumb air up products

[@alwaysforgetful1089]

Cannot WAIT to see if this guy cooks up a Raid Shadow Legends video. Pretty sure it would be insane.

[@BlaiseArath]

So wait, theres a company selling a cheap plastic bottle with a Car Air freshener wrapped around the tip as some sci-fi brain tricking magic, for vastly overinflated prices? Dang

[@tsm688]

you can get sooooooooooooooooooo much anything else for the $60 you waste on a $2 water bottle

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

AirUp has convinced me l'm better at marketing than the people behind it. It has children screaming and people peeing in their commercials, which makes me definitely not want to buy whatever AirUp is. (I dunno what it is, but neither does the commercial - starting your pitch with "What the hell is this?" doesn't fill me with any desire to buy their product.) Oh, but they say it's a water bottle next? Nice try, but l already have one, and they can't be improved upon in my opinion. (A repurposed cola bottle is also only $1. Good luck selling me a water bottle for less than that.)

[@DrawciaGleam02]

The ads do what??

[@Ven-20]

Their old ads had people actually drinking it, with a voiceover explaining what and how it worked, with visuals accompagning it. Now it's just people pissing for whatever reason

[@LordDragox412]

"No no no, you don't understand, it shows pissing to signify how hydrated the people are! It's genius!" - the marketing guy with piss fetish

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@LordDragox412 I hate how true this might be, thank you.

[@shinyagumon7015]

I feel like a lot of ads these days are trying way to hard to be quirky, like "look we are relatable we show people pissing isn't that wacky?"

[@joshuasiebenhofer2452]

Who would win: The human body; billions of years in the making, with the sharpest senses of the animal kingdom. The smartest and most advanced being on earth. Or Bo'ul'o'wa'uh

[@cheaperying5672]

4:36 I was lying on my bed, enjoying youtube before bed, then that throw scared the living shit out of me and now i can't sleep anymore

[@Mikustan39]

Yeah I can picture that pretty well.

[@AAAAAAAAAAAA44]

me too bro 💀🙏

[@neverever3922]

LMAO

[@catalinacaro8183]

A wise man said "choose your sleeping video carefully" 😂😂😂

[@Axofhasquit]

Bro abused the bottles

[@mandridhugh9555]

this is about the same issue I saw another video demonstrate, the aroma gets so intense it barely smells like how it's supposed to. I've heard mention that it's dependent on your sense of smell to begin with so *some* people might get a fairly balanced whiff but it might come off too strong or too weak for most others.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

That might explain why I didn't think the air up flavors were that bad when I got the chance to try it. Still not worth the price tag, even when it does work as intended.

[@ryan7032]

The Jucero tactic of charging a premium for the main unit (the bottle) and making you buy proprietary packets. You can just put the pods over a regular sports bottle and it'll be the same.

[@MsQueenOfDance]

You know, usually you charge very little for the base product and then lock a customer in with the refills that have high margins. But I guess when you do nothing but spend a ton of money on marketing, you can't afford a lower entry cost.

[@violetk2020]

Alternative theory: When your flavor is so bad, people won't buy more, you overcharge on the initial purchase

[@DoctorFudge]

What I did to get lightly flavored water: Step 1: Buy regular water bottle Step 2: Buy loose leaf tea bags (the ones I like have drawstrings for sealing whatever you put in them) Step 3: Put whatever I want in them, then throw them in the water. You get roughly 100 bags per dollar. I used to use a metal infuser but I just didn't feel like cleaning it.

[@Wafflehouse71]

Alternatively, you can just drop a bunch of lemon slices or whatever fruit slices you want into a bottle and use a straw to avoid bad sips. If you don't want seeds, buy a filter bottle.

[@kayaissimo]

You can also tape the tea bag to the water bottle where your nose is and still get the biology BS

[@Nocturnalux]

There are also plenty of flavored water options out there. I don’t like them, I either drink juice or plain water, but you’d be getting actual bottled water.

[@tylerblack3962]

Amazing editing, great humour and answering questions many of has have had for years. You sir have got a new subscriber!

[@LoganL2008]

I bet companies hold KZbinrs at gunpoint to sponsor their products.

[@EnderCorePL]

Not companies, Capitalism

[@LoganL2008]

True.

[@xenotheone1689]

@@EnderCorePLNah I’m pretty sure it’s the companies.

[@btcbuster5556]

I think they are referring to the fact that KZbin is unviable as a career without sponsorships most of the time, especially smaller channels or ones that need budgets for the videos

[@LoganL2008]

That is a fair point.

[@parker73724]

I don't have a problem with influencers advertising a product they don't use but when they claim to seriously like it and enjoy it, it's ridiculous. The nice thing about cirkul though is you can open up the flavor pods, rinse them, and put in whatever artificial flavour you want.

[@GianfrancoGalassoBaller]

I don't understand this obsession with tainting perfectly good, refreshing water. Just get tea/juice when you really crave for a beverage ffs.

[@Broken_Mesh]

I can tell you why I was dump enough to buy one of these. I used to be a Coca-Cola addict (a bottle a day) when it started to impact my health, I switched to coke zero. When I realized how I was paying for what is just flavored water I wanted to switch of coke zero as well and I just could not do it. I thought maybe my brain just needs something to tased, which made my buy a lot of dumb products. It was only when I found out that coke zero contains caffeine that I understood what was going on. Its not the taste or the water quality, I was just that I was addicted to caffeine.

[@slimboarder.o7]

Water taste Bad

[@doll9340]

You can drink caffeinated water like Body Armor or Crystal Light. Cirkul sells caffeinated flavors as well

[@Geekofthegalaxy]

Every time I see these ads, I am like “Tea, if you want flavored water there is tea”

[@amandak.4246]

they aren't equivalent at all...i have a medical condition that prevents me from consuming caffeine and most herbal teas. i can't replace water with tea, and i'm not the only one

[@Geekofthegalaxy]

@@amandak.4246 that is good insight and not something I considered since I am an herbal tea drinker so I did forget about caffeine concerns as well

[@SunnyDmanjan]

@@amandak.4246 dang thats sad even tho i dont drink tea, smoothie?

[@BatgirlStan]

Tea is typically far more bitter than flavored waters like these

[@catmerchant8699]

I love tea but it stains your teeth over time :/

[@QuirkyTJones]

When I first started seeing my subbed channels taking sponsorships w/ them I automatically thought 🐂💩 and they must pay well so I’ve been patiently waiting for these types of videos to finally pop up. A lot of creators won’t do paid sponsors if they have not tried the product and/or actually genuinely like it. 😂😂😂 but no one could make believe any one of them really rocked with this product tho.

[@somethingenglish9723]

Any episode now he’s gonna light one of these products on fire.

[@Shane_McGillicuddy]

👀

[@EngineerRunner]

maybe thatd cook the Factor meals properly

[@lenapawlek7295]

Cant wait lol

[@Fridgemasters]

he’s gonna throw a molotov at that shit 😭

[@graham7784]

I will never understand the idea of trying to improve water. It’s WATER. There is NO NEED to improve it.

[@Partyhatpossum]

Unless you need that thick water stuff which is like, medically necessary and a cool invention.

[@thevioletbee5879]

I mean there’s water of varying qualities. Some go down smooth, while others are too bitter to dedicate yourself to drinking. Still, lemon and lime juice are basically cure-all.

[@donovanjoseph737]

It’s because water is boring to a lot of people and they want to enhance it. I know a lot of people (especially boomers) like you say that water enhancement is pointless, but it’s a decent alternative to sugary drinks that shouldn’t be looked at with disdain.

[@Luvs2spwge-xu6rd]

I literally won’t drink water if it’s just water bc the lack of taste makes me gag, I like the idea of these. But I just put some lemon juice in my water and I’m good

[@Floofie]

Because people think water tastes gross and those people are clinically insane

[@bonkcg2485]

These sponsors are pretty much the Modern-Day equivalent of those old Infomercials that sounded like a good idea on paper, but more often than not, didn't work.

[@stevekullens4898]

What I don't get is why people can't just drink water without trying to make it taste like anything.

[@desireesmith862]

I don’t know. It’s bizarre.

[@9hoot789]

What I don't get is why it's the popular consensus to even allow drinks to be sold to the public that contain nearly 100% of the daily recommended intake of added sugars. In one 12 oz soda. That is literally insane.

[@dubl33_27]

it makes quitting drinking sodas easier.

[@victorcortesj4416]

As someone who is the target audience for this product, water just taste eh. Not that good at all, I'd drink it if I'm really craving it but thats about it.

[@lucid_3938]

I don't hate water, I'm just autistic and have sensory issues 😭

[@BobsRottenHeadEnjoyer]

At least YOURS sucks, I bought one because my friend did and I can barely even drink out of it without taking the lid off and drinking it like a cup 💀💀

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Wait, what? Why?

[@rereertege7571]

Sounds like it was a mistake to market it in America, they can't even use it properly lol

[@BobsRottenHeadEnjoyer]

@@rereertege7571 1. I'm not American and 2. The problem is that the tube thingy doesn't suck up enough water, the top rubber part you're meant to drink out of moved a TINY amount and it stopped working instantly

[@teafanatic8452]

I remember reading a comment somewhere saying "if you can't drink plain water, you've failed as a human" couldn't be more apt for this shit

[@seliamila1005]

Seriously humans nowadays are so fucking spoiled maaaan

[@sixthsecond]

Dunno why you think this level of holier than thou is warranted tbh

[@hotpocketsat2am]

im trying my fucking best man :(

[@fjordpitsky4486]

Some people have sensory problems, executive dysfunction, or other mental health issues that can make it more difficult than normal to drink water properly. It doesn't mean you failed as a human. Nobody chooses to dislike drinking water.

[@hotpocketsat2am]

@@fjordpitsky4486 thank you! i'm heavily autistic and water's just gross and i hate drinking it. i'm not a failure, i'm just trying

[@luke9785]

Even funky frog bait in there sadly😢. Great video, keep doing more bro

[@claymre346]

As someone who has used both Airup and Cirkul i agree with your take. I absolutely hated every single "flavor" from air up. I disliked the bottle of the cirkul to the point of 3D printing an adapter to work with my 64oz bottle I usually use. Though i have to say I did get one of the tumblers that they sell and have actually been enjoying it, it seems to be of higher quality than the other bottles i've gotten from them and it cost me $20 at walmart. They have quite a few duds such as the Fit-sips (they all just taste like salt to me), but they also have quite a few amazing flavors like the peach sweet tea and orange lemonade. Great video, cant wait till more videos come out.

[@jcrimson.]

i love my plastic Gatorade bottle from 4th grade that I still use

[@tezcanaslan2877]

I think your microplastic levels… are off the chart

[@vlc-cosplayer]

Bro created a symbiotic system with a plastic bottle 💀

[@velevetyy]

time 2 make a forever gatorade bong

[@stormwarrior5362]

I would never buy from Air Up. Not because it’s a bad product (which it is) or because it’s overpriced (which also is), but because I quite enjoy the taste of water. Believe me, water has a taste. Especially when your preferred mineral water brand does *something* to their water, ruins its taste so much that you completely despise it now and would pick any other mineral water.

[@techni1766]

Water has the taste of the minerals it interacts with, its why it took me years to start drinking tap water cuz it tasted disgusting.

[@NormanDimmick]

No water flavoring tastes half as good as water from a mountain well. I want my water to taste like granite, thank you very much.

[@The-one-and-only-Fruitcake]

I got so lucky when i moved, my new fridge water tastes exactly like my old fridge water and I love it

[@elsa4798]

Same, I absolutely love water and basically only drink water. To be honest I’ve never had it big for sodas but I did drink them a lot more before then now. For me I just love cold water, it feels amazing to drink

[@dusaprukiyathan1613]

distilled water yummi

[@depressed_cow7151]

I love your editing style

[@BaconMinion]

So basically you're paying the "lifestyle" tax, on top of the tax for being dumb enough to need an item that needs refills, and on top of it all, it's just a bunch of landfill at the end. My oh my, but this does remind me of a number of other things that are also scams. What's next, they'll figure out a way to add chips that lock you out of using third party refills? Then it'll be a scam on par with printers and coffee pods.

[@willlit2806]

I loved your cute pokemon shirt while you were tryna not puke

[@gamerlol8762]

When u see lots of advertisements on a small brand/ brand that u didn’t know, it probably means they cut their quality budget to finance their advertising budget. It leads to the fact that u always see media advertising it, but it’s not even better compared to its competitors. In fact, advertising costs a lot, the budget for it comes from their profit/ the buyers. Which means that the companies advertising are probably charging u more than the companies that aren’t advertising. Anyway, all im trying to say is, don’t trust advertisements. If u need what’s advertised, try to find another way to get it, there are surely better options.

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

Isn't Cirkul just that concentrated squash you get in the little squeezy bottles in supermarkets just inaugurated into a bottle?

[@gridlockPro720]

Yes. It basically mixes as you drink it

[@YouMissedBro]

"But its so hard to carry around a 2oz bottle of flavor juice. I need the expensive bottle and ill carry the 4 flavor pods with me instead!"

[@notrealkhris]

You've never had cirkul if you wrote this comment seriously.

[@bananabuns1369]

​@@notrealkhrisive had it, its literally just flavoring in a foil bag thats inside a plastic cartridge idk what youre even trying to imply with this comment

[@notrealkhris]

@@bananabuns1369 I was implying that they have never had cirkul if they think you've have to bring 4 flavor pods with you everywhere you go. One "pod" lasts an entire day if not longer. Don't reply to my comment if it was neither directed towards you, or you have no clue what I was saying.

[@Vytelux]

It was always a dumb product from the start. Like, just drink water, it's really not that hard😭😭

[@notrealkhris]

it really is for a lot of people though

[@Random_things_uploader]

​@@notrealkhrisExactly

[@Graknorke]

​@@notrealkhris they should probably learn to get over it then

[@notrealkhris]

@@Graknorke you can't exactly just "get over" autism or ADHD or add. sure theres medicine to "help" but you can't just go "nah I don't want too anymore"

[@squaresteelconsumer]

@@notrealkhris i disagree, you can add flavor to your water for way cheaper than buying an air up.

[@alexthunder9926]

The way you talked about the flavors reminded me of the dentist. As a kid I had to go to the dentist like once a year to bite in this molt filled with gel that was suppose to strength my teeth. And they were 'flaveroud' but in a very gemical way

[@Hithere-uz6wd]

Banana flavor be like 🫠 Are you from scandinavia

[@trulsdirio]

The line is not from binding the plastic together, it is where the two halves of the mould meet.

[@Flashv28]

1st person with common sense

[@BraydenBunch58]

I love how Shane Mcgillicuddy protects us from these brands, With very good editing as well. Probably the best fairly new KZbinr.

[@benstein7506]

this is one of the most youtuber-tier videos I've ever seen. right down to the appropriately timed stolen skyward sword music transitioning into royalty-free jazz featured on LGR

[@Laminity]

Gotta admit the Skyward Sword soundtrack is amazing though.

[@jimmyisawkward]

Not to mention how much plastic cirkul or however you spell it wastes

[@shivorath]

WAY less than other options. I used to drink 1-2 bottles/cans of flavored water a day (usually ICE or La Croix). Now I go through about 1 pack of flavor pods a month. 1 packaging pouch plus 3 plastic pods, vs approximately 30-60 bottles/cans per month? The Air Up is clearly the way less wasteful (and less expensive!) option.

[@billy4301]

How much are they paying you​@@shivorath

[@shivorath]

@@billy4301 $0.00. I just like the product. I've used it every day for about a year now.

[@tomas3399]

I never understood why not just buy tea instead

[@tsm688]

not everyone enjoys the taste of boiled leaves

[@MONOISDEAD]

​@@tsm688 citrus tea lol

[@buckyyyb]

@@tsm688but everyone enjoys the taste of diluted air? okay

[@tsm688]

@@buckyyyb hating tea does not mean I enjoy this useless gadget

[@Catwomen4512]

​@@tsm688 You just haven't tried the right tea bro

[@Lulu-uq8yp]

Kinda bummed out about how deceptive these ads turned out to be. Not super surprised that Danny Gonzales gave it a positive ad, as he loves LaCroix, but any other ad for AirUp felt like somebody was trying to Placebo Effect me. I definitely wanna see more of these in-depth looks and reviews of sketchy products like this.

[@doll9340]

10:55 dont know about AirUp but Cirkul can be used with non Cirkul water bottles. I perfer drinking flavored water as I have sensitivity due to ADHD so Cirkul works great for me

[@painpaixliberte]

Sorry if this is inappropriate to ask, but what do you mean by sensitivity due to ADHD? Can ADHD affect your taste?

[@doll9340]

​@painpaixliberte yeah it can messes with how you taste things. It can make you more sensitive which can lead to things like sensory overloading and you can't handle certain textures. It varies from person to person as like most mental conditions it's a wide variety of symptoms so it won't affect everyone the same way if at all when it comes to food and drinks

[@BaDonut]

exactly, as someone with adhd i can agree completely

[@mutated__donkey5840]

I've seen people using these and asked them how they liked them. some said it was an awful buy, given it doesn't even... y'know.... hold water. and one guy said he liked it. I wouldn't buy them.

[@starstrudel8417]

4:21 The comedic timing of this whole part until "it's not that good" sent my sides into orbit

[@cloudykid7278]

8:39 Ay! Funkyfrogbait, Kurtis Conner, Huggbees and Pyrocynical mention! But yeah, I really do question their honesty sometimes when they're constantly shilling products that basically don't even work

[@IdiotSandwich69420lol]

“AiR uP mAkEs dRiNkInG wAteR a fUn eXpErIeNcE!!1!!1” You’re drinking water. It doesn’t have to be fun.

[@_Togeluga_]

“Neon black” 💀💀💀

[@c0ttage]

but I got it, you know, somehow it WAS neon