Cirkul flavor dispensing fix

If you are having issues with the flavor sips dispensing, here are some tips to get you flowing. A couple other tricks for storage and usage too!

[@zaidamelendez9095]

I threw 2 out before this. It works now so thank you so much!!

[@Kimberlymogan]

Glad it helped!

[@tadrwagner]

This was a HUGE HELP! I had been throwing it away wayyyyyy too soon!!

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’m glad it helped! A new trick I found is to tip it up until the water is to the nozzle and blow hard into the nozzle and then sip before removing your lips. Whalahh it starts dispensing again!

[@dulcimerjunkie8516]

Thanks for the advice. I’m a new user still getting used to the settings, and wondering why I’m going through so many sips. Now I know what to look for. Thank you

[@ryanr_]

Thank you!! The air was definitely the issue on like three of mine too

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’m glad i could help

[@YoumatterDragonfly]

Thank you! Hopefully they can get this issue fixed soon.

[@weboman855]

THANK YOU!!!! Well done...

[@michaelg9442]

Very imformative. Thank you.

[@redbone7778]

If you are having issues with the air, make sure that the clear air valve under the cap is open. I had like 5 that didn’t work and as soon as I looked and realized the hole was not open and I opened it. It worked like MAGIC…

[@silentplayz6797]

What clear air valve under the cap? The one that she said to wiggle around?

[@Kimberlymogan]

@@silentplayz6797I think they are talking about the plastic that’s in the nozzle that you sip from. It should have an X slit in it

[@Kimberlymogan]

Be sure to only be sure the X slit is open, don’t damage or remove it as it helps regulate the flavor dispersion

[@emanuelspencer456]

Some people are just too hard to listen to.

[@brandonrichuski7759]

@@Kimberlymogan Are you talking about the rubber thing all I get is flavor no water please help

[@Doeboevr834]

Thank you mine was bad at first now it’s perfect

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’m glad it helped!!!

[@mrfishfearme]

HUGE help! The stupid rubber thing (the 10% problem) was the problem. Saved me from having to throw it across the room! Haha

[@Kimberlymogan]

Happy it helped! Another tip- If it seems to slow at times, while sipping-stop, blow hard instead of sip- instantly sip. It gets it going again

[@iwatchdragonballandyouknow2748]

@@Kimberlymoganthankfully i looked at this, it’s the only thing that works lol.

[@Kimberlymogan]

@@iwatchdragonballandyouknow2748 I’m glad If I come up with anything else I will post it. I think I’m going to do an updated video since some think I talked too much hahah

[@isaiahperez-yo6vs]

Thank you so much j

[@bookgirl2]

If I am going to drink it later or the next day, can't I just stick it in the fridge? But thanks for the heads up about the air valve! I was getting no water coming out and that little sucker must have been the culprit!

[@Kimberlymogan]

Yes you could and I do, but some have said they have encountered mold. I e never, but then again I use mine before changing

[@UMCStump]

Great video. Real useful. Thanks

[@Kimberlymogan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jamescole2725]

Thank you

[@5mcmahon]

If you just want to drink regular water and you take the sips out is there another lid you can use?

[@Kimberlymogan]

If you want to drink regular water you can simply turn the sip to off - which is the X. if you do not want to use any sup at all you can use many different lids from other brands of bottles. You could also modify an empty sip by removing the flavor bag.

[@mercymango897]

Thanks alot

[@drochell7037]

I don't have the kind with the silver bag and the ridges. Therefore, when I did the part where you say to wiggle it and pull it up, 2 white pieces broke off and now I can't get that particular cartridge back on. When I do get it on it barely hangs and then it ends up floating in my water. This is frustrating because I've been having my Cirkul kit for months and as of 2 days ago I finally opened it and finally decided to use it for the first time. And of course with it being my first time, I wanted to test out all the settings to see which was best for me. I had no idea that after so many tastings, it would just go back to playing water no matter what setting I put it on. I called myself trying to follow every step in your instructions. Unfortunately, my first cartridge is pretty much going to waste; it's just water at this point. I'll do better keeping the cartridge and just find Crystal Light at this point! Oh, and I do have to point out and agree, the plastic air valve thing under the lid was definitely one of the issues also. I'm afraid to open up one of the other two cartridges that came in the kit, cause I still want to try to get flavoring out of the first cartridge.

[@Kimberlymogan]

When you took off the white cover there wasn’t a silver bag? What was there? I’ve never seen one that didn’t have a silver bag of flavoring.

[@drochell7037]

​​@@KimberlymoganNothing was there. It just has 2 pieces; the part with the flip top were you choose the flavoring and sip from and the other part is the white tube. There's no silver foil looking bag attached to either/neither parts. I'm not sure if they make different types of Cirkul bottles or what. The one I have has the words LifeSip and the name of the flavor.

[@Kimberlymogan]

@@drochell7037 so when you pull the white tube part off of the sip part, there’s nothing inside? Very odd and not right. If that’s the case take a photo and send it to Cirkul. They’re very good at replacing things. The white tube part should be covering the flavor packet (silver bag)

[@Th3GhoulZ]

My cirkul flavor is like sour tasting, idk what to do. It’s making me sick. I feel like throwing up.

[@justincrowe4813]

None of these things worked.. idk why but I hadn’t even finished about half of the bottle and suddenly the flavor stopped working. I can’t find anything that helps. If anyone knows any other ways to fix the flavor please tell me

[@giosayshiidk4419]

YES IDK WHY THIS HAPPENED TO me hasnt happened to any other of my cirkul flavors tho

[@giosayshiidk4419]

But to fix it I think you can take off the lid not the flavor and check under it and you’ll see a rubber thing and take it off but it can leak sometimes

[@StephanieH929]

How Long is my cirkul flavoring supposed to last??

[@SethHollingshead]

Says 6 20 Oz bottles of water worth but we just had one last 1/4 of the water. Idk y because it was on leve 3 not 9...but you can take apart and refill the bag with water flavor like from Walmart etc

[@michellescharphorn4816]

I just bought mine at Walmart and I have flavor coming out but it’s on X is it normal

[@Kimberlymogan]

No. See if you can turn it all the way counter clockwise

[@josephbennett3482]

If there's drink mix coming out on X then the cartridge might be defective, there should be only water on the X and no drink mix added in.

[@Yooboy550]

POV: you ran out of your fav one

[@Kimberlymogan]

Which is your fav?

[@Dapperest.pig-ever]

@@KimberlymoganI love blueberry grape

[@yosholock]

Sweet tea is the goat

[@jonathanbeck5765]

It's weird how when i tried to drink it, it was like i was sucking a marble through a straw and then get 100% flavor. I lost my 22oz and had bought the 32oz and having that problem

[@Kimberlymogan]

Sounds like the air valve was closed

[@Doggyking1]

My flavor doesn’t work on 1 2 3 4 why is that?

[@Crazykitten-rj3kl]

im a new user and i went through a whole thing of flavor in 2 bottles... why is that? and how can i make it last longer

[@jonathanbeck5765]

It's what number you have it on. I usually have it on 3/4 and once i can taste the flavor is near It's end I'll bump it up to 5 or 6. X is closing it and the 🌕 after 9 is full on flavor

[@josephbennett3482]

Try to not have it past 2 or 3 to make it last longer, but many people have said that the flavoring doesn't last as long as the company says and the amount is very inconsistent which is why it runs out so fast....some times you get a little flavoring and then the next time you get a lot of it even at a low number the company needs to redo their cartridges because they don't work well.

[@Kimberlymogan]

Are you sure the flavoring is really gone? Be sure to check, to make sure it’s not just clogged, or the air valve is too open/closed . If it’s not that and it’s simply because you have it all the way on 10 at all times, then it’s because you’re using it like a jewel aid type of drink. There are some people who like nothing but flavor and keep them on max. They know this means it’s going to run out quickly because it’s not what it’s designed as. If this is you, maybe Cirkul isn’t for you, unfortunately. It’s designed for flavored WATER, not a “kool aid” type of flavored drink, and I think some get confused. If you need something strong like you’d get with kool aid, country time, or other powdered “drink mix” then you’re not going to be happy with Cirkul, which is just to flavor the water. I have bought bottles of flavored water and they’re too light of a flavoring but drink mixed are too strong for me. So Cirkul is perfect FOR ME since I can make it slightly more flavorful than store bought flavored water. Hope it helps!

[@braydenmann4815]

@@KimberlymoganI went through 2 flavor packets in less than an hour and had it on 7 and 8 wish there was more flavor in them

[@charleschudley4661]

​@braydenmann4815 I buy the flavor in the squeeze bottles cheaper than the cartridges and in get now out, refilling is much cheaper than buying new cartridges every time. I bet at least 4 to 5 users out of those squeeze bottles water flavoring.

[@jakeweng7386]

i just got a new island punch and its not flavoring, i used to have fruitpunch, its 3 was strong enough for me, i get island punch, the ten taste likes 2 on fruit punch, does anyone else have this issue or a way to solve this?

[@Kimberlymogan]

Close it, remove the sip, shake vigorously. Check to be sure the rubber valve stopper is ok. Flip it back and forth a couple times just to be sure. Run the sip nozzle part (uncapped) under hot water for a few seconds. Shake again. Put back in the cap. Gently turn it all the way up then all the way down a couple times. Now turn to 2 or 3 and try it

[@Kimberlymogan]

Sometimes the sip gets clogged - the shaking and hot water rinse should clear it- or the barrier that’s usually broken the first time you turn the flow meter up doesn’t fully break- the turning from one extreme to the other a few times should fully open the seal Then there’s the air vent stopper, it can get too loose, causing too much of an opening, or too tight, Which makes it hard to get any flavoring- wiggling it every now and then helps keep it in the right ppositiin

[@keeprollin232]

Can you review the Selah flavored water bottle? I want to know if it's better than Cirkul.

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’ve never heard of that one. I will see what I can find

[@Kimberlymogan]

I went and researched the Selah. The reason I like Cirkul is because I can change the flavor amount (or none) for every sip, and it doesn’t flavor the entire bottle of water, so I can dump the water without wasting the flavor. The Selah actually flavors the entire bottle of water, so after clicking the button, you’re stuck with that flavor in the water (you can add more but cannot regulate up and down) Another issue I would have is that you must have two pods in the bottle at all times of use. There seems to be several things that will cause leakage also. For me, it’s not right. But if you don’t mind flavoring an entire bottle at once and not being able to regulate the taste/strength. Then it may be novel, however it’s really no different than buying the usual flavor drops and flavoring each bottle except the pods are stored in the bottle.

[@Gtmist]

Nothing worked, somehow after 1 bottle of water the flavor ran out (it was a new one too)

[@Kimberlymogan]

Ok let’s see if we can figure out the problem. 1) where did you purchase? 2) when you opened it, was it wet? Smelled strongly of the flavor? 3) what setting did you have it on? 4) when you decided it was empty, did you open the cartridge and actually find an empty pouch? Let me know and I will see if I can help you with this.

[@Gtmist]

@@Kimberlymogan I threw it out when I saw the pouch empty

[@SethHollingshead]

I had one that was out of flavor in 1/4 of water in the bottoe at level 3

[@Kimberlymogan]

Are you saying you had a 22oz bottle, filled it with water, and the flavor was empty after only drinking 1/4 (approx 5oz water)? Thats impossible unless the sip was broken/leaked out.

[@travisbirch7815]

I’m having issues with only getting flavor and struggling to get the actual water

[@Kimberlymogan]

On all of the sips? I’ve never seen that happen

[@travisbirch7815]

@@Kimberlymogan yeah i thought it was just the one sip but ive tried multiple now

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’ve had hundreds of sips over the past year and never had that issue. Can we go thru some checks? 1) Your lid does still have the air valve in it correct? It’s a clear rubber piece in the actual cap the sip screws into. If that’s gone, it can cause the flavoring to not regulate properly. 2) has the packaging of the sips been tampered with? Did you get them all from the same place at the same time? you open the sip from the packaging, is it on zero? (All the way to the clockwise position? If any of these are an issue then maybe someone damaged them prior to purchase. Contact Cirkul and they’ll replace them 3) when you screw the sip in for the first time, do you turn the dial gently counter clockwise to 2 or 3? IF you are forcefully (or even not forcefully)turning clockwise past x or counter clockwise past 9 then you may be breaking the dispensing mechanism. Try a new one and only turn to 1 then test. If no flavor or too light of a flavor go up 1 level at a time until you get to the flavor you want. If at 1 on a new sip it’s full flavor, call Cirkul and tell them you have damaged sips and they’ll replace them. That’s the only things that would cause full flavor unless you are physically damaging them yourself by tampering with the nozzle barrier Cirkul is great about replacing damaged items. Just contact them and let them know what’s going on and they’ll send you out replacements. Keep me updated?

[@travisbirch7815]

@@Kimberlymogan i just bought it 2 days ago at sams club and it was like a bundle thing it came with the cup and 6 sips

[@Kimberlymogan]

@@travisbirch7815 Ok, look at the other things I wrote, if the air valve is there, it doesnt turn past the x or 9, and you only have it on 2 or 3 then Id say call or message Cirkul because theres something wrong with the sips you got in the bundle, The bundles I saw were 2 sips bottle and lid. same? The only thing the bottle and lid could affect is if your air valve. or the plug has an issue. otherwise its sip specific issues . That being said, if its happening to several and you arent doing something to cause it, then youve got ahold of some damaged sips. if youve tried sips you bought elsewhere also and its happening then Im at a loss.

[@MyOrangeCatIsNamedApollo123abc]

Can you please help me my thing keas brand new but it would barely any flavor after a few days did I run out of flavor or is it broken?

[@Kimberlymogan]

You can pull the white cover off and squeeze the bag gently and slowly with the dial set to 1 or two. You’ll hear air at first but if there’s anything still in it, after the air you will see liquid. Do it slowly so you don’t squirt it out and waste it. Depending on how much you drink in those couple days and what setting you have it on, it may be gone.

[@MyOrangeCatIsNamedApollo123abc]

@@Kimberlymogan oh ok thank you!

[@Kimberlymogan]

@@MyOrangeCatIsNamedApollo123abcdid you figure it out?

[@averyblank8367]

How do you refill the flavor??

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’ve never done it because the sips aren’t that expensive. From other videos about refilling, I guess there’s a way to pull the foil bag off and put back on, I’ve never been able to do it. I tried taking it off because they say it’s not recyclable. I end up cutting it off, which definitely wouldn’t allow for refilling

[@averyblank8367]

@@Kimberlymogan ok thank you so mich

[@ddgarza2]

Look up videos. It's easy. The first one I tried, I made a mess. But I looked up more videos and now I've been able to refill several of them with the liquid Crystal Lite. It worked perfect. I only plan on refilling each no more than 3 times just to have a larger variety of flavors.

[@zmancagle1996]

Thank you so much!!!!! The little rubber valve under the cap on all 5 of mine were stuck shut my dumbass didn’t look this video up before buying more 😂🤣

[@Kimberlymogan]

Im glad it helped!!

[@boneyardscraftsmore4508]

What if none of this works...so aggravating.

[@rick1597]

Same - I’m super annoyed. I can tell I have a ton of flavoring left but I only get straight water out regardless of the setting or how many times I try to get the air out of the cartridge. Cirkul knows their flaws but won’t fix them.

[@Kimberlymogan]

I have found another couple hacks😢. Fill completely, open to 5 or above, Tip the bottle completely up and instead of sucking, blow. Then suck before returning the bottle to upright. Sometimes you’ll hear a small pop. It’s fixed some of my more difficult ones. And one I had didn’t fix with any of this and I was playing with the nozzle and saw that the plastic was slit, but not all the way through. Made the slit complete and it worked. Some won’t fix at all. I save them and call for replacement

[@Cathy-cu3mk]

So long to explain omg

[@Kimberlymogan]

I’m sorry it didn’t suit you. Too bad you took even more time out of your life to write this. Everyone is different and some need more in-depth explanations and/or at a slower pace. The good thing about KZbin is that if you want a fast tip, they have shorts. And there are so many different people and videos to choose from. Maybe my next video will be to your liking, but maybe not, it’s ok Have a great week!