I Tried the Air Up... (So You Don't Have to.)

I Tried the Air Up water bottle so you don't have to! Every popular youtuber seems to be promoting this "flavored water bottle" but is it a scam or is it real?
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[@MacGyverMikeGames]

I came for the keyboards. I stayed for the destruction of this insanely horrible product

[@arhanpenuballi4331]

lol

[@Cxrved]

sssame

[@alyssajakielek687]

And the cat, don't forget the cat

[@blakasmurf]

Cilantro is amazing you people are weird

[@VioletScythe087]

Hey! Me to

[@zsofiaszabo8317]

57 dollars for a bottle? Even if it wasn't a scam, at that point I'd just buy an actual fruit and hold it under my nose while I drink.

[@a-lien]

Honestly, not a bad idea. And if you get hungry you already have a snack

[@Gtowneb2012]

@@a-lien💀💀💀💀💀💀 lol

[@juliejanesmith57]

I mean, they make infuser water bottles. Where you can put cut up fruit and/or veg in an infuser in the water to give it a hint of fruit flavor. And you actually get at least a LITTLE nutrition with hardly any sugar or calories compared to something like soda…

[@Dzimikrasnolud]

or squeeze the fruit in the water and have actual flavored water

[@ReesesPeanutButterCups]

Some fruit have added sugars

[@saberruntv]

honestly I have a rule. if i've never heard of a company, and it is suddently sponsoring every single youtubers I watch. there is something shady.

[@HYPERxSONICxFANx2012]

that's a good rule

[@I-think-I-can-Shoot]

AHEM established titles

[@saberruntv]

honest i've only seen one exeption to my rule. its raid shadow legend. I've seen it way before it was on the google play store. I still have pictures of it being a game promoted as a sex game on streaming websites. ( you know you click and they ask you for a credit card and finally its a game on flash with shitty graphics and you get scammed all your money) yeah. that's how RSL got their money for their revival. @@I-think-I-can-Shoot

[@michaelhaydenbell]

Same. Huge red flag.

[@Mike-rp1zt]

Air up was a German start up that got attention in the German version of shark tank. After they huge in germany, than Europe they started to expand globally like in the us market. That's why they "came out of nowhere". Huge company throws a lot of money in marketing

[@Airtayjay]

I've gotten to the point where if I notice a product appearing literally *everywhere* in advertising, I don't trust it.

[@FreyaWarr]

If it’s a sponsor on KZbin I won’t buy it. There was this “organic” soda a year ago sponsoring….a 12 pack was $36!

[@scottcheung43]

Sidenote, there is one product that seems to work. If you haven't gotten Hexclad cookware, it's really nice. They ended up sponsoring a ton of people, and it's really nice. Had mine for 3 years, and still working very well, not perfect, but great.

[@arctrix765]

buying stuff from the internet is generally a bad idea

[@colleenorourke6934]

I did get RayCon headphones, though. They're actually pretty good. I used them for a couple years till my partner got me airpods for xmas and now my stepdaughter still uses them years later. I had to fix the case at one point with some electrical tape but the fact that it WAS repairable is a feature imo.

[@GribbleGob]

@@arctrix765 Yeah I shouldn't have bought that physical copy of a game I love (this is a joke I agree with you lmao)

[@cee8ch]

For everyone saying he “didn’t assemble the bottle correctly” and that’s why it’s leaking, Air Up LITERALLY states on their website that any tilting will cause the water bottle to spill.

[@ethanv7330]

No it says could, and mine doesn't in fact spill. If you close the pod correctly. I've never had a drop spill.

[@___AVARICE___]

​@@ethanv7330good for you

[@KiraBlueCore]

@@ethanv7330lol, so what’s your thoughts on the product?

[@TheRealLAC]

​@@ethanv7330It leaks with or without the pods installed. Having the pod in an open or closed position doesn't change its' thickness as it is a constant width, it's plastic. The gasket itself is leaking, so if the mere presence of a pod is enough to solve the leaking issue, there would be no issue. At the end, you can even see him try and push the pod down further to stop it from shaking all over his clothes. Just like his male friend did when he spilled it. This is a common occurrence.

[@testerwulf3357]

@@TheRealLACIf I had to guess it’s just an issue with some sealing better than others causing the different responses on this!

[@Highstar25]

The rule of thumb: If you see something advertised everywhere, you know that their money has gone towards marketing and not towards improving their product.

[@Joe90h]

It's just so bizarre that they can't even get the 'water bottle' part of it right. Surely, you start there, and workshop how to get the scent stuff working around a perfectly normal bottle?

[@Highstar25]

@@Joe90h If I had to guess, they probably had a prototype with the same base design that was watertight. Then they reduced the costs of producing the prototype by skimping on the materials, but couldn't be arsed to pay for more R&D on the new version, resulting in a leaky version of a design that worked fine with sturdier silicon.

[@bonafidebusta4977]

Honestly, if I see KZbinrs advertising it, then I already assume it's garbage.

[@XionEternum]

Yeah, like those horrible Raycon earbuds. I have a pair of Altec Lancing Nanobuds that I've had my fad-changing co-workers try after listening to Raycons. Most like the AL Nanobuds more, and the rest can't tell the difference. Difference? Oh, about a 1-to-3 price gap.

[@ethor7676]

Important lesson that was further cemented for me by watching this video.

[@flamingo]

just drink normal water this feels like a bad habit

[@alimehrabi519r2]

This message was brought to you by the real hydro bros

[@user-jg8lt7ji7b]

flamenco?? 🥺🥺

[@kubzzon]

you're so real for that flamingo

[@buwayayay1502]

Flamngoo

[@swoukii]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE

[@noblesseoblige319]

I think it's less of a scam and more of an over-promise issue (except the quality control. That was awful to watch). Scents are way more complicated than smells, and you'll never find a single thing that smells the same to everyone. Even odorless things can sometimes have a scent to some people. To say that everyone will like it is... just not possible. In fact, it's actually bonkers to even assume that's possible, considering how scented candles NEED to market towards specific groups and specific countries. There's a reason why the same exact franchise/company (like bath and body works) don't have the same products in stores geographically far from each other. They basically can't, because it's not reasonable for a scent to be the same in a completely different environment with a crap-ton of other factors. They know this, and don't try to constantly over-promise the enjoyment their scents produce, unless it's a line or group of scents. A single product? Yeah, they try to avoid that whenever possible. It's just bad business.

[@gamerguy425]

That's what I heard is that some people who review it get absolutely nothing out of this because their sense of smell is too weak and Hipyo here gets absolutely blasted in the face with scented candles because he clearly has a strong sense or is just repulsed by artificial scents.

[@noblesseoblige319]

@@gamerguy425 pretty much. It's like cucumbers or cucumber flavored products. Some people love it. Some absolutely hate it and legit don't understand how anyone can. The issue here is if the cucumber company kept marketing it everywhere saying "it's so much better than anything else out there!". Like, obviously people are going to take it and feel like they were being scammed because it tastes like crap to them. It's insane that any company would think it's a good idea to make those kinds of claims. And yet... Here we are

[@neptiwing3722]

That definitely makes sense. I’ve been wondering if it’s less that this is a straight up scam and more that some people get a good ‘taste’ out of it and others don’t.

[@noblesseoblige319]

@@GodhandPlusOne literally the last sentence is "it's just bad business". I've put the blame Solely on the company entirely, from the start. Never even said anyone was misinterpreting anything. Hell, I didn't even talk about the consumer at all outside people having wildly different reactions to scents (the coldest of takes imaginable). All I said was that it was *less* of a scam. Which is pretty true- there are people who enjoy it and who never lied about their enjoyment. Its just their crappy marketing and bad business model that tries to overreach past their market in the most asinine way possible. I literally don't know what else to call it except over promising. It isn't an outright lie, as some people do in fact like it. So saying "you will like it" to a massive and diverse audience isn't entirely false, but it IS absolutely saying that more people will like it than physically possible (since no one will like everything). Which is a promise they can't fully achieve. Generally called over promising.

[@Willowwsz]

I genuinely enjoy air up, I don’t exactly like most the flavors but I highly enjoy peach. It’s not typically bad, but they create too high of expectations.

[@HeroMaster137]

Same

[@oscarjenkins7505]

That’s also their job, tho. They’re not gonna say “try our product, it’s okay, but not the best”. They have to sell it, and they have. This video is ridiculous, tho. Seems like it’s for views only. I used Air Up years ago before I saw it advertised everywhere and it’s great, although expensive. Many of my friends and family have tried it as well, and every single one of them liked it, which always shocked them. I used to drink no water, now I drink around 3L a day. Genuinely. It’s a great product, and this is a video of someone who went in with a negative mindset, and the comments are of people who have never even tried the product. Just weird.

[@TheLilou673]

Totally agree ! I bought myself an AirUp after a friend bought one for herself and let me try it, felt weird at first (the bubbles when drinking and the scent feeling a bit too chemical to me, it was rose-litchee I remember) but I still bought one hoping I would drop sodas and drink more water. It's a total win on me, I bring it every where and refill it at least twice a day, I barely drink sodas now, like an occasional gaming night. Not all pods are good, and it really depends on people's taste I think, personnaly I love the wildberry, orange creamsicle and peach flavors the most. The downside is the price and plastic amount though, I feel like it could be reworked somehow...

[@Purplepentapus_]

I have a suspicion that a lot of youtubers expect their viewers to ignore sponsorships outright, so they dont really feel bad for accepting sponsorships for shitty products since hardly anyone will actually buy them

[@duzk7588]

well yeah, but also, I just assumed everyone else was like me and ignored every commercial ever. But it's apparently worth millions and millions of dollars for the companies to show them, so I guess not.

[@tright6]

I prefer KZbinrs like Pyrocinical who just say “yeah I’m sponsored, it helps keep the lights on”, and doesn’t really engage with the product other than what they’re required to say.

[@mrtony1181]

I mean yeah watch time can be seen and it’s pretty obvious when everyone skips sponsor segments. Plus sponsor deals where they get paid for each click or buy. KZbinrs know lol

[@Anonymous__S]

Those with the sponsor time in the time,ine so I can easily skip? My heroes

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

​@@tright6like Todd in the shadows

[@underfirebutok]

I'm still not over the fact the pods fade so quickly when my 20 year old Strawberry Shortcake CDs and dolls smell just as fruit-candy-esque as ever.

[@bammythegreat]

the strawberry shortcake car where you could press down on the steering wheel to release strawberry smell 😍

[@dooplon5083]

​@@bammythegreatI hope that it brings you pleasure to know how insane that sounds to someone who didn't grow up on those toys lol

[@gingerninja8872]

True, but are you constantly pouring water on the every time you use them?

[@gaysetokaiba]

@@gingerninja8872 the scent pods actually never come into contact with water! they sit outside the water bottle's straw, above the lid.

[@underfirebutok]

@@gingerninja8872 That's true, although in the original video I believe they said the pod was left sitting out for those few weeks, rather than being used. I also imagine the difference between the products has something to do with the toys' perfume being essentially baked into the plastic, in contrast to the pods where it looks like the main scent component is a cotton piece that's presumably just been dipped in whatever oil they're using.

[@gamehub9125]

I think the hole in the lid is for air to get in as you are sucking in water so it doesnt cause a vaccum but it would not be good for moving around in a backpack.

[@CaptainRx-ss3rt]

Make sense actually, but it should be something you toggle yourself so it doesn’t leak everywhere

[@gamerguy425]

@@CaptainRx-ss3rt yeah there should be a lock mechanism like there is with lifting the pod up to activate.

[@shaunamalwaetweep]

The cap is leak proof though? Idk why he unscrewed it upside down because that’s where the water spilt into the cap. You wouldn’t do that with regular (single use) store-bought water bottles and then complain that they spill?

[@Aruwyn]

every water bottle i’ve ever had has a hole for that purpose, but never leaks. idk how they do it but airup didn’t care to know either.

[@tedzards509]

​@@CaptainRx-ss3rt The bottle cap is a toggle. It doesn't leak with the cap on.

[@rhysm156]

I have one and have for about a year now, idk if it’s different in the US but the in the UK they taste very non-chemical like and very nice and are perfect as a way to make water a bit nicer, yes it’s expensive but I prefer it to squash and will happily paw a price for a nice bottle. Also they advertise the pods as lasting about 20 days but I’ve used some for over 2 months and the flavour barely went away. I get why people are hating on it for the price but I like it for what it is supposed to do and it does it’s job well.

[@yincimaster8530]

I got it before it went viral and I've never regretted my purchase. As someone who has trouble drinking water (mainly drink soft drinks like Coke Zero) unless very thirsty (e.g. after a workout or in the middle of the night), this tool had provided me with a way of drinking water even when not particulary thirsty and actually being able to hit the "drink 2 liters of water a day". Not all flavours taste good, and some are stronger than others, but for me, I'm very happy with it. Of course it's not for everyone. I guess we just are the target audience and people like @flamingo are not ("Just drink normal water"). It _is_ normal water, just with fake flavour, meaning it's just as healthy as water, just easier to drink.

[@shaunamalwaetweep]

Yeah I’m confused as hell too and feel like he intentionally made it seem way worse? I’m not gonna lie, they don’t taste like real fruit. But it isn’t nearly as bad as they make it out to be, certainly not vomit. It tastes more like other artificially flavored drinks, just not as strong. Also can’t get over the oH nO tHeY sPiLl WhAt ThE hEcK when they put them upside down without the freaking lid on and he unscrewed the bottle upside down?? Like… come on. What did you expect to happen? You certainly wouldn’t buy a bottle of coke, unscrew it upside down or flip it around only holding the opening shut with your finger and then complain about it spilling? Yes, it is expensive and overhyped. But this whole video is so forced.

[@luzdoesart]

i agree, im from germany (origin of the bottle) and you can buy everything in stores here. my brother has one and tbh its pretty good.

[@casandra0]

Is this better than any other flavored or infused water? I usually drink bubly as a soda alt.

[@shaunamalwaetweep]

@@casandra0 I‘d say actually infused water is better, as they have a more intense taste and are usually sparkly. You can use sparkling water with air up, which will also enhance the infusion a little, but it‘s still quite faint in my opinion. But that’s just my personal preference. It‘s definitely a good option though if you really want pure water without anything in the water itself but still want it to taste like something.

[@katie91157]

Hi there! Aspiring food scientist/sensory scientist here. The way that is bottle “works” is by taking advantage of retro nasal olfaction. Basically there’s 2 ways for the compounds for aroma to get into the nasal cavity: the nose and up the back of your throat. I think a lot of people have heard that most of flavor is smell, and that’s completely right, since retronasal olfaction accounts for most of flavor (in addition to taste and nerve sensations). So in fact, you’re mostly just smelling the flavors of these pods, though there is some taste happening. Now the problem with this bottle is that the people have different levels of ability to perceive aroma or odor. Some people just lack the receptors for some odors (this is called anosmia). The bigger issue is with the nose. In order to have retronasal olfaction, the nose HAS to be unblocked so that air can flow through. This can change with allergies or illness, and it’s why flavors are harder to taste when your nose is stuffed. The general population also has people who have structural differences like deviated septum. This really decreases your ability to perceive odor. Okay so two paragraphs later, what’s my point? My point is everyone perceives aroma and flavor with differing levels of sensitivity. That makes this product difficult to market, and the AirUp company have made really broad claims on how EVERYONE will experience this sensation. Also!!! Aroma and flavor is extremely hard to capture in a pod such as that, and that’s part of the reason why many people experience the “vomit” aroma/flavor. Aroma composition is crazy complex, and by producing such complex flavor pods, the aromas will definitely get muddled and interact in odd ways. Thank you for making this video because I’ve been wondering for MONTHS about this company and actual consumer opinions. What you’ve showed us a lack of sensory consumer testing before launching of this product, and it’s been supported by the comments saying it worked for 2/10 who tried it.

[@HipyoTech]

Thanks for the insight!

[@mauritshagedorn856]

these youtubers have no fucking integrity wtf.

[@ThePimpinator]

Nope! That's just what money does to some people ​@mauritshagedorn856

[@rhoem1353]

​@@mauritshagedorn856they need to get paid so hard to blame them it good for some people as long text in one hippie hearted

[@trollplant]

​@mauritshagedorn856 your saying you wouldn't do the same thing for 10 grand lol

[@anonymousblank6269]

0/10 product .No RGB ,no knob and no num pad

[@marklarner4495]

Pretty sure all water bottles are TKL

[@wuachurra1781]

and it doesn't THOCK!!!

[@narpwa]

where is my numpad I need my numpad I can't live without the numpad :((

[@Stinger913]

@@narpwareal numpad users are the most oppressed class

[@TheJmoneyp]

Not hot swappable! ANGY

[@patfix]

Actually a lot of people (and kids - surprisingly) here used it - although I feel the hype is dying down (Netherlands). We have one and actually thought it was kinda nice, same goes for my wife and daughter. Definitely not had such a reaction to fresh pods haha. The quality I feel we've been lucky with (no leaking if you use it correctly), but definitely can see some flaws in the design. But again, in my environment the AirUp doesn't have a bad rep and was quite popular even. Maybe helps that I didn't get into contact with it via YT spam as well.

[@abelv127]

I've had mine for a few months and it honestly works perfectly fine for me. You can say it is overlypriced sure, but it does what it says it does. When you just drink it without conetrating on the smell it really does taste like the flavor. Obviously everyone's sensitivity to smells is different so that will impact how effective it is for each person. I would not classify this as a scam. There are so many other products that more clearly fit that box more egregiously. Just my two cents since a lot of people haven't used it, I figured i'd share my positive experience at least.

[@sorenjunkers3834]

Imagine paying for this grift

[@abelv127]

​@@sorenjunkers3834 a grift implies it's something that doesn't actually work. Yet 96% of the people saying it's a scam or grift haven't tried it. I might be old school, but I like to make judgements based on my own and not just take what others say as fact without checking for myself. I thought it was a neat idea and so I wanted to see if it would actually work, like the youtuber in this video did. And like I said I still use it everyday and it works exactly as advertised for me. On a video that claims to say it fully doesn't work, I thought to share the fact it did for me. And I know there are others who have the same experience, but making a video saying it works isn't going to get all the clicks and thumbs up instead of a video saying it's a scam and that it doesn't work. Which clearly a lot of people online have a bias of believing without verifying for themselves.

[@abelv127]

​​@@sorenjunkers3834 to try it for myself like this youtuber did? Do you normally just take whatever other people say as truth without checking for yourself? I tried it and I use it everyday so I didn't lose anything 🤷‍♂️

[@powerxcode5333]

How do you know it is a grift?@@sorenjunkers3834

[@yuriaraujosilveira8530]

@@sorenjunkers3834 It's unnecessary to shame someone only for their personal experience

[@Seoul_Soldier]

I'm at a point now where whenever a KZbinr endorses something with the tag of "I use this every day" I actively avoid it.

[@Sinsanatis]

id say huel is a decent one tho. this tech youtuber i watch, actually u mightve heard of him as he does some keyboard stuff, badseed tech, had a huel sponsor and he mightve said something along the lines of that. ive heard of the company before but never really thought much of it. he said that he gets the black edition which basically is more protein and less carbs. i thought about it and it seemed decent concept wise. ive now been drinking the black editon huel everyday before work for 2 months now. just started my 3rd bag.

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

@@Sinsanatis How much do they pay you?

[@ScizzoringGirlz]

literally why....do you think everyone lies or smth?

[@mrflimpam5948]

JerryRigEverything@@Sinsanatis

[@zTeaTheCoffee]

@@Sinsanatis Even if that's true, it's pretty rare and not worth the risk. I was on the market for a pair of earbuds a few years ago, when everyone was shilling raycons, and I thought "hey these must be pretty good, since everyone is advertising them". But then I asked some people who did actually buy them and like at least 90% of ppl did not think they were worth the money at all. I did my research and decided on Sony WF-C700Ns instead, and they've been perfect The point is, youtube sponsorships are a terrible way to make decisions on purchases, you can never expect someone who's being paid by a product to be objective about the product. There are some exceptions. PewDiePie doesn't take many sponsorship deals, and I know some others who don't take deals unless they actively use the product, so when someone like that has a sponsorship, you can usually trust it a bit more. But generally, do your own reseearch

[@Christal0_]

It's amusing to me how many youtubers who "would never advertise a product they don't like" are sponsored by bad products and unethical companies

[@jansorijansosten253]

ah yes because this one youtuber doesn't like the product every other youtber is obviously lying

[@JohnDoe-ij8gy]

@@jansorijansosten253 did you notice how they actually didn’t say that at all?

[@gmtom19]

@@jansorijansosten253 I dont think ive ever heard of a real person actually liking these.

[@Joshuajande]

They just like the money mostly and just say that

[@leafboye33]

​@@jansorijansosten253hey guys we found the air up employee

[@selwynrenard]

I've been using mine for about a year now and it really does help me to drink more water. Sure it's not as good as actually flavored water (e.g. soda), but it's about on par with tea in my opinion and better than day in day out just water and tea. There's a lot of pods that don't do it for me but I enjoy coconut, forest fruit, and chocolate orange. It's not wow but like I said it does help me drink less soda etc so for me it's worth it.

[@MagicalGirlFia]

I hope you do more things in this series, I would adore to see someone review common KZbin sponsorships in an unbiased manner. I also adore your cat. She seems like a sweetheart.

[@tetraasmr]

im getting pretty frustrated with youtubers having literally 0 integrity about their sponsorships, especially big youtubers who can afford to be choosy. it feels like nothing is genuine.

[@medley_menace9268]

Fr. Whenever I see sponsorships I skip them. it’s usually the same 6 products anyway and I bet most of them are scams

[@vmbo]

You guys don't use sponsorblock? 😂

[@DeHub94]

Sponsorships always feel sketchy to me. When they are advertising this aggressively on KZbin the product is probably overpriced to begin with to compensate for that cost.

[@aff77141]

first world problems....

[@TheLodjur]

@tetraasmr I absolutely agree, it's quite disheartening and some creators have gotten backlash, like Kurtis (deserved, I say). What frustrates me about really successful creators is that they often do the "begging", ie aggressively promote their Patreon etc, while _also_ taking any shady sponsorship ready to pay them. It does, indeed, not feel genuine, it feels like any greedy, cash-grabbing company out there.

[@sitkinator]

Whenever a KZbinr I like promotes a product and says stuff like "I use this every day" I'm like... "Are you sure? Or did the marketing department tell you to say that so your audience buys the product?" On one hand, KZbin can be absolutely out of their minds with their monetization system and can even demonetize videos for no reason. So understandably, it has become one of the bigger/only methods of making money as a content creator, but I sometimes wish they didn't have to promote products that are actual garbage.

[@Lavamites25]

The only time I've seen KZbinr's be legitimate about "using every day" is Vessi shoes. Every other product, it seems fake or is fake.

[@smileyp4535]

I mean yeah capitalism sucks, we could just not have poverty but capitalism needs it to function properly and here we are, it could be more democratic but only for a little while because ownership is more important than actual work put into things. If we rewarded value instead of owning the value we'd be a lot better off but oh well here we are and now the world is ending ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ember9361]

@@smileyp4535 not really no, get outta here with this defeatist mindset lmao

[@glitchjam]

@@ember9361 "defeatist mindset" not everyone can be fucking happy and optimistic like you wanna pretend you are 24/7. stfu.

[@JayDO5]

@@smileyp4535 well capitalism is the best thing we have. We've already tried socialism/communism and that didn't work

[@MASTER_AL]

The real scam is the pricing. Who on their right mind would....

[@andreazhab]

I bought the Air-Up bottle for my girlfriend 6 or so months ago. To this day, she's still using it daily: it hold a lot of water, the scent-based system feels nice to drink, and I have seen 0 leaking problems from the bottle Yeah, it's costly, but it feels very high quality to this day and it helped her drink more, which was the goal

[@polkkakoira]

Heya, material engineering stundent here. The fact that the cap leaks water is intentional but it is executed poorly. There's a gap so when you suck water, the bottle lets air in, so you can actually suck the water without having to try and create a vacuum inside the bottle. Now this could be fixed with integrating a pressure valve in the cap but that would increase the already high price... though probably not by much. Still, I'd say it is an oversight in the process of making the bottle usable. tl;dr the leaking is intended but an oversight since the fix would be quite easy to implement from the company's end.

[@jousis_]

Maybe in order for the "smell pod" to work they needed a bigger hole (larger airflow)? Because all my cheap water bottle caps have valves. It can't be something you skimp on nowadays.

[@SvenLaschinski]

I have one of those bottles. The cap is designed in a way that the air gap is pushed down to seal it. So would he actually have turned the bottle right side up, it would have been dry on the inside of the cap. Of course, if it leaks upside down without the cap, it will leak into the cap when the cap is unscrewed while it is upside down. Not to defend the design. Just saying, it works as intended and it does not leak as long as the cap is screwed on fully. Not into the cap, not into your backpack. Is it a good design? Well, probably not so much. Oh and btw. it also pushes the pod down when you screw it on. That way it does not leak water into the pod. Which also is something you probably would not want.

[@FatAlbertFanClub]

The hydroflask solved that issue forever ago (quite easily) with the design of their strawcap, this company sucks ass.

[@lucyandecember2843]

o.o

[@lucyandecember2843]

o.o

[@coolboyyo654]

they really are overpricing the experience of huffing a candle while drinking water

[@tabaki3099]

huffing a candle is crazy 😂

[@teijaflink2226]

So all the youtubers and podcaters are lying how amazing this is and how it's like drinking real sida? I haven't bought this thing but I still kind of feels scammed because they sound so positive.

[@Cynalie]

@@teijaflink2226 I enjoy Air Up. Motivates me more to drink fluids. Not every flavour is for everyone.

[@jorami4838]

​@@Cynalie do you work for air up?

[@pagenotreal]

how much are they paying you?@@Cynalie

[@sabinabirabwa]

I actually liked the taste and don’t think its a scam. My friend used to have an Air Up and I used to occasionally drink from it. Its still expensive though

[@KingBobaFett]

THANK YOU! I also use Air Up and I find it to be great! Honestly... I think he tried some of the worst flavors Air Up has to offer. Except for Peach Ice Tea. I like that one. Idk what happened there.

[@tredfxman]

​@@KingBobaFettThat's Peachy!

[@zhsf]

Same, I got one and for me it works. I like some pods, not all of them. I have to agree, some of them small & taste chemical, but not all of them.

[@storasdiedas1]

I think that literally GAGGING on each of the pods is just acting and overreacting, this video is fake. I have the 2 of the bottles with several flavors and they are good.@@KingBobaFett

[@ThatGirlWhoDraws1]

The reason i dont think its worth it is cuz like, i mean its just water. So yeah, but thats just my opinion. If yall like it and have the money for it thats fine

[@michalhornof5309]

I think the hole is there on purpose to straw working properly because there must be some way to replace the water you drink with the air inside the bottle.

[@camilaferrorojas]

We all know the only reason Drew Gooden hasn’t tore AirUp to shreds is because his own friends are advertising it lol

[@i_garfed_on_the_carpet]

yeah probably

[@moonjuicex]

yeah, it's like when he reviewed magic spoon and the moon pod

[@roh819]

he is still advertising better help so I'm not so sure he would

[@qv43v]

​@@roh819big oof. Better help is the biggest scam out there.

[@guij666]

@@roh819when did he last advertise for better help?

[@bunapapaya8]

Honestly, at this point the more aggressively a product is being advertized through KZbin sponsorships, the more I expect it to fall somewhere between being utter garbage and an actual scam, and the less inclined I am to even consider looking into the product, let alone purchasing it. After Established Titles, Better Help, and apparently now Air Up, I've certainly lost the very little trust I had. When a company has so much money to blow on marketing that they seem to be willing and capable to sponsor each and every KZbinr that has built at least somewhat of an audience, something has to be fishy.

[@ja_u]

The video is pretty bad tho. The product is actually fairly good, Ive been using it for months and love it. I went from drinking no water to only drinking water thanks to it and while the first bottle has quite strong taste, the longer you use the pods the better the taste gets. It also doesnt leak, unless you open it upside down of course like he did in the video, but any bottle will leak that way. If you keep the lid on you can store it upside down with no problem, no leakage at all

[@bunapapaya8]

@@ja_uI'm not sure if that makes the video bad per se, it just seems that you personally had a very different experience with the product, which is very valid. Maybe I'd like it too if I tried it, who knows! But to be honest, I've always been sceptical of the concept, it's just nothing I'd ever want to use. This video validated many of my concerns about it. And it proved to me how products that are being hyped up through KZbin sponsorships are not necessarily all they're claimed to be, which I guess can be said about any kind of advertising. To sum that up, my point still stands, I have very little if any trust left in products and services that apparently spend a fortune on KZbin sponsorships to promote their product. It just doesn't sit right with me, and actually has the opposite effect of what those companies want to achieve.

[@givemeaworkingname]

Do you have the same impression of Brilliant? I've been seriously considering it but have similar reservations.

[@X-SPONGED]

​@@givemeaworkingnameskillshare is a scam when the videos they offer is basically a paywalled KZbin video but idk about brilliant

[@bunapapaya8]

@@givemeaworkingname That's one thing that I've also been considering because it sounds great. I haven't heard anything about it besides sponsorships though, so I have no clue if it's actually good or not. A resource that I like to use for this sort of thing is trustpilot. Just checked, and it seems that Brilliant has a really good score over there (4.6/5 for my country). So chances are it's genuinely a good service.

[@Brubaker.]

The Amazon ripoff of this is better than the actual brand

[@ericstoverink6579]

To be fair, based on you review, this doesn't really look like a scam, per se, but, just a product that you don't like.

[@Kati392]

Thats exactly what i think i guess it has a different effect to everyone there are the one who like it like me and there are others who dont like the smell/taste and think its scam just because its not as someone expected does not make a scam

[@lizzytheowl577]

No I think the scam part is: - The bottles are super expensive but no matter what version you get they leak like crazy - The pods themselves are also ridiculously expensive and they charge even more for flavors people are likely to want to try first

[@StroJPP]

Capitalists : It's not a scam, it's business ! People buy things with money they don't have. Creating needings by marketing should be a crime.

[@nuntius1]

it is a scam unless you're a capitalist

[@im_twinzy6033]

@@lizzytheowl577 bro I really cannot read this comment without cringing myself inside out. I own about 12 different Strawbased Waterbottles each and every single one of those has a whole in its lit to let the air inside so u don't suck a vacuum while using it. Every single bottle of those leaks if u point it upside down this is also the reason why every straw water bottle has a lid. off course the lid is going to be full of water if you open it upside down slowly. A German product getting hate in America because they are to studio to understand physics is crazy to me.

[@elisac447]

People who think you can "force" a cat to perform have never met a cat. You can TRAIN a cat, but that's different from forcing. And Nola just likes her dad.

[@purplecat4977]

Probably also has a lot to do with a lot of people not realizing that cats can and do behave that way towards people on their own, just because they feel affection for those people.

[@HaloInverse]

Also, she's probably learned by now that when her dad speaks with a certain tone and cadence toward the thing with shiny bits and lights (i.e. when he's filming a video), she's probably going to get a new cardboard box to explore soon (3:55). Cats are rarely trainable like dogs, but they _do_ recognize patterns, make associations, and love cardboard boxes.

[@soniccookie655]

@@HaloInverseYou can train cats to do specific things, but there has to be something in it for them. You know, like when they walk across your keyboard and you play with them as a distraction, and then they keep doing it… But in all seriousness I have so far trained 1.5 cats to shake hands with me for a treat! One of them looks you in the eye and puts his paw in your hand. The other doesn’t quite get it yet and just touches anything repeatedly (such as the treat, my hands, my sandwich, and my face) to see if it works. He’ll figure it out eventually.

[@evanelison]

@@HaloInverse dude that's a cat referring to him as her dad is really weird even as a joke

[@kirby1225]

@@evanelison it's really not.

[@VietnamG]

Whenever a lot of youtubers get sponsored by a certain product i immediately distrust the product. The ray earphones, this, its always the same

[@helianthe3457]

and let's not forget the BetterHelp trainwreck....

[@tocov]

You are right about Raycons. Absolute TRASH headphones. Literally shit you buy at a gas station.

[@ImNotPhaT]

I've been using NordVPN, which I'm happy with. I have honey browser extension, which doesn't work a lot of the time, but hey, it's free. Other than that, I have no interest in any sponsored KZbin products.

[@shanel4294]

Hello fresh and all the sister/daughter companies, the no sugar all protein cereal, Temu, Colon broom can’t trust any of em

[@worldlinezero4783]

Established titles was definitely the worst offender, for literally being a fake product

[@alexiskaho]

So glad you covered this! I saw it in the British KZbin reality show “footasylum Locked In” in the newest season and was curious!

[@trisarahtops1092]

I honestly thought it was 100% a scam until I watched Mia Maples’ video on it. She did a “trying things people wanted me to sponsor” video and genuinely liked AirUp so much that she agreed to do a sponsorship in a later video. You can often see the water bottle in the background of her non-sponsored videos. So I’d say maybe there is some variability on whether or not it works for people. But it still does excuse the cheap water bottle, the excessive amount of packaging, and the wild prices. I also would never buy it because I get severe migraines from perfumes.

[@guts60]

I think I’ve only ever seen one KZbinr whose Air Up bottle was legitimately used and worn from use. When they said that they had used it for many months now, this was the only time I legitimately believed them because that logo was fading and the plastic looked chewed and everything.

[@valawee]

Who was it Im curious

[@doubleaabattery7562]

Did they also say it's good ?

[@juanletsplay1550]

MatPat is apparently crazy for this thing

[@ryanmalin]

@@juanletsplay1550going crazy from the sponsorship money he's getting from this thing

[@isthataspider7410]

Is it Ofherbsandalters? That's the youtuber i know of who isn't a super popular creator but has a consistent audience and made an unsponsored video about airup where they really liked it.

[@holymanbob9491]

My dyslexic ass read the title as "I tired to give up air".

[@rehenaziasmen4603]

Next tittle"I gave up on life"😂

[@gulliver2.0]

@@rehenaziasmen4603 Next titty"I gave up on life"😂

[@slendermmn]

@@gulliver2.0 ???????

[@gulliver2.0]

@@slendermmn sorry i was correcting their typo

[@gulliver2.0]

@@slendermmn /s

[@MikeLeitner]

The opening at the top makes total sense, how can you stick on a straw when no air can go in another place? I’m confused why you actually criticise this, it’s obvious physics and nicely done…

[@alleifloyd245]

You obviously didn't watch the part where WATER tasted like vomit 😂😂

[@mrcl11w31]

I've had mine for about 3 years now, and I have only always used the flavour lime. I think it works well (I always took it to school for 2 years), and lime does taste good to me, while almost every other flavour I tried was terrible. I got it 3 years ago, because we are only allowed to drink water in school, and I really hated the taste of water back then, and for that, It did a really good job. Now, I don't use it anymore, because I like the normal taste of water now

[@MaverickHunterXZA]

It's a perfect PR storm. The bottles cost nothing to produce, the scent caps are just foam with artificial scent so also incredibly cheap to produce and it targets the usual hipster crowd by being "healthy and without added thingamabobs". I can definitely see investors swarming this thing. It's profit maximalisation at its finest.

[@asteroidrules]

Someone saw that cereal that was sponsoring everyone and their mother a while ago and copied the formula exactly.

[@hellboip7876]

@@asteroidrulesMagic spoon cereal

[@Mupyeong]

It only got so big because people could finally "get away from sodas". I fucking hate fitness scams and lose weight fast solutions because it teaches nobody anything and the same pitfalls for relapse still exist. If you want to stop drinking soda, stop drinking soda. If you want to stop smoking, stop smoking. If you want to quit alcohol, just chug it away. Nothing is going to magic away your addictions or your habits, it's all work and dedication and the sooner people realize it the sooner people can stop pouring money into these scams. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@JuppeD]

@@asteroidrules Yeah I mean this is such a dropshipping product

[@Modefecation]

Thank god someone can talk about sponsorships, wish there's more videos where people review sponsored crap.

[@RocketboyX]

It is safe to assume that everything promoted on KZbin is overpriced tat, no matter what your favorite KZbinr says. No hate, as you gotta put dinner on the table.

[@Modefecation]

@@RocketboyX I hate promotions

[@anoukk_]

@@RocketboyX The only sponsorship product that I actually bought and liked was the henson shaving one

[@__Rey03__]

How to fell 50 in your teens:

[@ytuseraccount]

@@RocketboyX skillshare. apparently trash. magic spoon. trash. betterhelp traumatises vulnerable people and is insanely pro israel. raid shadow legends. gambling for kids. air up bad smelly water. hello fresh. over priced and terrible working conditions. etc etc etc. Only sponsor I've seen that looks good is displate. they give 50% of each sale to the artist which should be the standard for products like that but isn't. they do look very nice and seem easy to hang up. you might spend what like £10 on a regular poster but they get ripped. I feel like I'm shilling it now they aren't paying me I just appreciate the business model and seemingly high quality

[@hantek1]

Thank you for the review. Here is my knowledge and experience: - The silicon plastic straw/cap thingy doesn't fit perfectly and leaves a little opening every time indeed, but this has a reason. The slurp you hear is caused by this opening. And what it does is: It ensures that some air enters while you drink and that air comes out through the pod. So it's done on purpose. If you just want to have a bottle, you can take the whole straw and silicon top off and use it as a bottle, then it won't spill any water. - I mostly used it with soda water and coke flavor. To be honest I'm impressed. I kinda feel some light coke flavor somewhere. It's not like I'm drinking coca cola, but it 's a bit similar to sodastream + it's pepsi syrup. Is it expensive? Yes. Is it worth it? Don't think so. Was it fun to try? Yes. Do I like the (quality of the) bottle? Yes. Will I buy new (other) pods when I'm done using these? Probably not.

[@alleifloyd245]

Sooo glad he mentioned the focus on recyclable packaging when each flavor pod literally comes wrapped individually in plastic 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Zowayix93]

People who say you force your cat to be there clearly don't understand that if a cat doesn't want to be somewhere, it will not be there. That good baby *very clearly* loves and trusts you.

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

“Herding cats”

[@kayjaytt]

​@@OkieDokieSmokieI don't think you know what love is.

[@sufficientphrase7769]

Came to say the same thing xP

[@brziperiod]

I wouldn't be surprised if Nola understands camera = money making = food lol

[@baruchben-david4196]

That's what I was thinking... Cats pretty much do what they want. That kitty looks good quite content to be where she is.

[@Belpsipop]

I struggle with drinking water, but instead of using whatever airup is i just think about how bad kidney stones are

[@halomika4973]

Yep. Once you get them - never again.

[@sabihazeynepcesur8897]

That actually motivated to drink water more. Thank you.

[@Robdc89]

Try cordial, or as we Brits call it squash, especially Robinson's squash. no sugar doesn't have a lot of preservatives.

[@luzzbightyear2126]

@@Robdc89Ribena clears

[@alexanderj.9924]

I struggle with this too, and I already have mild kidney damage so it's important that I keep my intake up (or so my nephrologist says). What works for me are Starburst flavor packs, for water. They taste great and, with only 5 calories per pack, it's guiltless. It's increased my water intake dramatically and more importantly; my nephrologist doesn't scold me anymore for not drinking enough water. ;p (Note: I neither work for, nor am I affiliated with, Wrigley. I just like this product.).

[@ayodelebabalola8351]

I am so happy that this video validated my suspicion! I never tried airup, but this company makes me so angry. I despise this over the top marketing and acting like this product is somehow making the world better.

[@ovo5808]

Actual product review starts at 5:25

[@miki_mochi]

Sooo, I live in Japan and it's extremely common to get flavoured fizzy water that's flavoured only with scent here. I bought a bottle once, mainly because it was zero calories. I wanted to try it. I was surprised at how good it was and when I looked at the ingredients, I was flabbergasted to see it listed only water and "scent" - some flavours do have "extract" in them but many are only scent. I'm not really sure how they do it (the brand I like is "Wilkinson"), but it comes individually packed in plastic water bottles and are far more affordable. You can get the store brand ones for less than a dollar a bottle and those are also pretty good. It's a shame that air up tried to take something I find to be fascinating and actually really good (and affordable) and make it very half assed and extremely overpriced.

[@finn7599]

same case in Europe, they love their flavored sparkling water!

[@tdolan500]

Wilkinson strong sparking water slaps.

[@benhelius4204]

I believe this is what they try to achieve and being "eco fiendly" as less plastic bottles are needed. If it would work of course.

[@Cre9]

@@finn7599 I don’t know if you understand how sweeteners work, they cause cancer and shit. Flavoured water isn’t good for necessarily good for you. Air-up is

[@Cre9]

Sweeteners lad, sweeteners, not good for you

[@JerichoTheCity]

I don't care how much I enjoy a youtuber or streamer, I will never buy any sponsored product like this. They're usually just mediocre products with decent marketing.

[@krabiat]

honestly wouldn't buy any product found through sponsoring period, if it's actually good it will find me through gods good humour

[@TheRealTaco]

@@krabiat Only sponsor thing i ever got was Huel, pretty good pretty cheap.

[@finn7599]

I made the mistake of spending way over 1000 EUR on Betterhelp after watching a convincing sponsorship at an emotionally vulnerable time. As far as therapy goes, it sucked.

[@enderforces7013]

i only consider using sponsored products if i have any way to confirm the quality. The only exception was an energy drink powder product which i kinda took a leap in the dark and got one of those tasting kits with lots of flavors and i've actually liked the product and the price. About air up tho, i never even considered it. It's a blatant overprice (edit: i purchased a steel bottle from a sports brand called decathlon and paid like 25 euros, less than half of the metal air up product) and hydration formulas already exist and are sold by much more respected beverage companies (biggest example i'd say is twinings tea, which is a quite renowned brand). The technology is interesting, but it's clearly a marketing scheme with no intention of putting that technology to any real use at all.

[@TPCShane]

Are you telling me that my MANSCAPED The Lawn Mower 4.0 or my Raycon THE EVERYDAY EARBUDS are just an average product with decent marketing investment??? Whaaaat???

[@mlledeejay]

I'm SO happy someone did a video about this. KZbinrs who, in the past, would have mocked creators for taking these sponsos now taking them themselves is so annoying and knew it was a scam

[@RobbeYT]

This is a very generalizing statement. I personally like the product very much. Yeah, they’re expensive, but it’s by no means a bad product. Appears to be of a personal preference in taste I guess or maybe they have fixed them, but I personally promote this with pure honesty. I bought one for my girlfriend too.

[@Nuke_Skywalker]

@@RobbeYT just drink tea bruh

[@SoDa257]

About the leakage, bet there is a valve in it that got displaced or something since it's a necessity for the straw to work correctly. With a sealed bottle and straw you'll only be able to drink a bit before being unable or if you can go on drinking the bottle will implode because of negative pressure. Sure, probably not with the aluminum bottle but for sure in the realm of possible for the plastic one. So, I would recommend checking if there is a valve and if there is trying to get it back to it's original position. Look out for a rubber flap in front of a smaller opening, hopefully with support bars, grid or sieve under the flap/in the opening so the mechanism actually works in every situation and is not getting sucked in to the opening getting stuck there so water can leak. A visual representation could look something like this: ((+)) Imagine the brackets as full circles, the outer ones being the flap, the inner ones being the opening and the plus is the support bars at the same level of the openings edge pointing towards the flap. The flap needs to be in the inside, so whenever water is pushing against it, the flap gets pushed against the opening sealing it but letting air in from the outside, so far so simple. Last but not least, I'm disappointed fellow germans released such a scammy product since they can't tell me, while producing it in china, it has to cost that much. Take coffee pads for example, they have to be more expensive compared to this, yet they are not. Or do you think, coffee and the aluminum cap costs less than these caps here?

[@EXbobomb]

If a company is paying this much money to advertise their product on youtube, it usually means you shouldn't buy it.

[@jarg8]

Classic case of "if we tell them they want it, they'll want it". This is happening more and more these days and the products attached to that ethos are getting less and less logical

[@abrokenpearl]

ah yes reminds me of a certain RAID. That came from the SHADOWs pretending it was of LEGENDS.....

[@thedogethatgames]

I mean Raycon is alright. Good quality earbuds for a little cheaper

[@judysm95]

@@thedogethatgamesI’m kinda surprised folks think they’re expensive, cause for me it was an alternative to getting Beats / AirPods. But I have no idea if they’re no better than a Walmart or Target brand, I just didn’t think they were horrendous. I will say I couldn’t talk on the phone with my raycons which I found really odd, but that was my only real negative feedback.

[@nigelyam38]

Correct. That's why I never donate to charity because all KZbinrs always talking about it /s

[@jamesbryan9267]

Hey, watching this from germany. Air up actually originated on the German version of shark tank and was picked up and made big by Frank Thelen who you could basically describe as the German Elon musk. He's known for greed, crazy advertising campaigns aaaand of course products that sound interesting enough to be easy to market but actually under delivery quite heavily. So yeah. No surprises with the airup brand

[@Milo-nf1pm]

Ich bin Frank Thelen und I approve this message

[@LHyoutube]

That makes sense. The only way Elon Musk could ever be more evil was if someone created a German version of him!

[@shin9r]

Calling Frank Thelen the german Elon Musk gives a bit too much credit to Frank imo (I hate both of them btw), allthough I didn't know this incredible product was pushed by him. Makes a lot of sense now lol.

[@ReeN1995]

@@LHyoutube I can say for all us Germans, please don't make a German version of Elon. He is already awkward af.

[@tHiNk413]

@@LHyoutubeMate, you will not like hearing about Peter Thiel then.....

[@leslieknope3394]

Omg please do more reviews like this skdkskd also ur cat is so cute 😭😭💞

[@Rainer.2010]

I like my bottle, the leaking is a quite stupid problem though. (Its so that air can go in when water goes out i think tho) i like my peach pod it tastes like theres peach in there but my wild berry one only tastes like blackberry and then i have a lemon one that’s quite nice , it tastes like lemon water, a lot of people have tried my bottle too and they said it tastes like peach but that might just be because were younger so our taste buds are more sensitive

[@ThatOneSuccubus]

Whenever I see any youtube sponsorship I just assume it's either a scam, the company is extremely abusive to its employees or a nice, healthy mix of both lmao

[@thecursed01]

only one i ever saw that i'd have supported was for a product i already owned anyway XD

[@hackfleisch7424]

Best case is that you're getting a decent product for a non-decent price.

[@akpsyche1299]

Adam Ragusea has explicitly stated in non-sponsored videos that he only takes sponsor opportunities from things that he actually would use, so things like Magic Spoon, Squarespace, some probiotic and testing stuff. Knowing that makes me trust the sponsors a bit more, but they're still not really things that I would personally need or use.

[@UnknownGamer40464]

​@@akpsyche1299magic spoon is incredibly overpriced and not very good

[@BloodChampagne]

@@akpsyche1299 Lots of KZbinrs say that but the perspective of a KZbinr is just not the perspective of the average person

[@bennyk384]

Your cat gives hairless cat energy. I don't know how to describe it. It's a hairless cat in cats clothing. Also really cute.

[@alicepersson9568]

some sphinx/"hairless" cats grow hair later in life, and "hairless" genes can be mixed with "hair-ed" genes! this little can probably is a hairless cat in genes, just not... appearance, haha edit: typo

[@rosmire_9664]

It’s a Cornish Rex. Unfortunately this guys cat has been fed an unhealthy amount. This breed is extremely small, or at least it’s supposed to be, so long term it’s going to put a LOT of stress on the cat.

[@bennyk384]

@@alicepersson9568 woah, that's really cool! Thanks for sharing :)

[@oboebuddy15]

@@rosmire_9664 The cat doesn't look overweight AT ALL. Wtf are you talking about

[@jessalynkrenicki1431]

@@rosmire_9664that literally is not an overweight cat. Honestly, if it’s a size thing it’s probably just not a purebred Rex lol

[@gargles5270]

14:43 “that’s literally not a water bottle!” has me dying lmao, more honest review of the airup than most youtubers

[@rolixzs]

Thank you for this video! Been seeing these in sooooo many vids and was curious about it, but looking at price and website I just didn’t see value in this. So good to see it was not worth the splurge - what an awful product.

[@vizthex]

the amount of plastic waste you showed reminds me of that futurama joke where fry unboxes 50 things to stamp an oreo together manually only to peel it apart, eat the filling, then throw away the actual cookie.

[@kelseymitchell1684]

Yeah! There's usually no plastic waste in tech so this was crazy

[@CaptainDoomsday]

Especially since it turns out the pods are better left open for a while.

[@spongerobert]

This thing is so dumb. It's "solving" a problem that doesn't exist and like all stupid solutions it produces a crapton of waste because I can guarantee that that stupid scent pod isn't going to last very long especially if you're not using the bottle all day every day to get the most out of the pod.

[@MercifulFox]

Literally watching futurama right now lmao

[@angeleyeszarai]

Accurate 🤣👏 If you never watched that episode you don't know how ON point & accurate this comment is. All that plastic, but instead of cookie filling it's for water... circa 2024 😆

[@RompinDonkey-bv8qe]

Great video. I almost....almost, fell for this and was going to buy one. I had the last minute urge to look up reviews and here i am. Great video and thank you however, I have to say, Nolan is definitely the star of the show lol 😂 Subbed 👍

[@user-vz6ty5zc5w]

i just realized why the bottle leaks when turned upside down, the back divot or the "flaw in quality control" is a pressure release so that the straw works. good video though, very thorough.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Neat. Basically every youtube sponsor is suspicious because of all the ones that have turned out to be scams, and it's just like "hey guys this company paid me to tell you this product is good but trust me when I tell you it's good"

[@McQuackeen]

that is upsetting, cuz matpat said it was good T_T Sad they kind of sell out as well, and he kind of promotes air up, in almost every video he was in before he retired, (ever since he got the sponsor)

[@defmore5099]

@@McQuackeen dude. matpat has always been a joke. the guy has been making shit videos for decades. the guy never had ANY integrity. but I'm glad you found out now.

[@2MinuteHockey]

And good for him mentioning Keurig with this German trash as they are the kings of "green washing" while being consumer end product polluter kings

[@tatiana4050]

I think of it as just paid actors, when it's a product and don't trust them unless they proudly say in non sponsored content they wouldn't recommend something they don't like. But thats only if its a dumb product that doesn't change anyone's life. Because that's just capitalism. When it's something like BetterHelp, where its seeking out vulnerable people and taking advantage of them....

[@VoxOverlord42]

​@@defmore5099Are you serious? That's a joke right?

[@missamanda2703]

It was horrible and difficult to return. I had to dispute the charge. They were not happy about my review either they e-mailed me requesting an "updated review". I said send me a refund, and they offered another bottle and deleted my review after I disputed the charges on my cc.

[@MidnightSonnet]

Not sure if you can, but report them to the BBB, if possible.

[@Yamthief]

I'm glad I saw this video and read your review, along with a bunch of other horror stories in the comments section here. I was eyeing up one of their bottles and the extortionate price was the only reason I don't already have one of these bottles; I was looking to get a bottle and an array of flavours next month after holding fire because of the price. Any company that deletes reviews, pressures consumers for updates/changes on honest reviews, or makes refunds and returns a difficult/impossible process needs to not exist.

[@Neha-eo9nd]

I don’t like flavoured water so I wasn’t tempted but ive been really curious about how it works so I’m glad to have my curiosity quenched 😂

[@CoreyCat4]

Similar problems happened with some wine box CinemaSins promoted.

[@King_Konglish]

@@MidnightSonnet reporting them to BBB is like reporting them to yelp

[@nimarus3118]

For $30, I got a vacuum-insulated growler thermos that holds 60oz of liquid *almost a 2-liter bottle's worth). I could fill it with 1-2 trays of ice and fill it with water. Then leave it in my car for 24-hours in the summer heat and it would still have ice in it over 24-hours later (Hot liquid like coffee stays hot for at lest 8 whole hours). No prorietary refill cartridges to buy either. The lid even doubled as a cup if I needed it to. Other models come with a straw, but are not gas tight like my growler. Also, yes, a growler can hold carbonated beverages too.

[@quintengenijn9616]

The leaking is tru the venthole so you dont create vacuum while drinking.

[@zulium]

"So that was cherry" "Whoever told you that was incorrect" lol I cracked up

[@leocabaret7050]

Air up is THAT terrible

[@candycatgaming4004]

I have an air up and the cherry one taste like cherry perfume... it is so bad

[@firefox3249]

Rule of thumb is simple: if a KZbinr is paid to tell you that something is good, then it's likely bad or at least overhyped. Kamikoto knives, Air Up, literally every VPN service out there, etc, etc.

[@Joname13]

That's true. Tbh the only sponsorship I trusted was one action rpg lol. Even stuff like Filmora ruins your video, if you don't pay for the premium.

[@Shadox-yv8ms]

Still see people saying "oh but VPNs are good" while you oay like 20$ a month to pay for 20+$ a month for Netflix when you can just get the free movies anyway, 40+$ for jack and shit No they dont help you protect against anything, you dont need a VPN keep your money please

[@fansaaga4033]

Prime

[@kylemsguy_]

@@Shadox-yv8ms VPNs are mostly useful for getting around region blocks

[@thundertea]

​@@Shadox-yv8ms20$ a month for a vpn? Lol what service is that?

[@Pyromanian]

I don't really get what you're talking about. I got one for christmas not expecting much and I really like mine. It doesn't turn it into flavored water, but it makes the water a little bit more tasty and enjoyable, which as someone who had an addiction to sugary drinks, is huge. It's not "revolutionary," but it helps me to drink more water.

[@BadGruRising]

I really feel like he oversold how bad this product is. There are clearly a few flaws like the leaks, and it is overpriced, but taste is increadibly subjective, and clearly he's in the minority opinion here. He really focused on the wrong issues.

[@BurkenProductions]

They probably use non food grade plastic, so when it's sat in the bag for months the plastic taste oozed into the cotton.

[@MthaMenMon]

Making tea for less than a dollar a bag ❌ Spending 13 dollars for a bathroom disc in your water bottle 👌👌

[@habbomirror1236]

It's just annoying almost every tea has sugar in it. Fucking sucks

[@mimimosa259]

@@habbomirror1236what?? Most loose leaf or tea bags have no sugar lol what teas are you drinking?

[@MyStarseedColoring]

@@mimimosa259I mean on the one hand... have you seen the ingredients in 80% of Davids Tea teas? But on the other... pretty sure they're talking about tea infusions for water (which do in fact contain sugar a lot of the time) or just straight up packaged iced tea which is what a majority of ppl use (specially in america) which has incredible boatloads of sugar (which is why I love Pure Leaf that has an unsweetened version).

[@MthaMenMon]

Sugar is needed to get a nice flavor on most things anyways. Just take note of how much you consume.

[@Hosukie]

@@MyStarseedColoring First of all never heard of Davids Tea over here and second of all tea is an infusion but not all infusions are tea, and actual tea is just a spoon of leaves you combine with hot water, and there is no sugar in there. But I don't understand how you can present packaged iced tea as actual tea because that is just syrup not tea.

[@Arikayx13]

This seems like one of those 'design student final projects' that got funding, realized it was a bad idea half way through, and needed to go to market to fulfill contracts.

[@jijitters]

​@AlexEckles-ue9hu Seriously, why does the cherry taste like that? It's gotta be the most commonly used fake flavor on the market, how did they mess that one up? My household tried several and had decent success with a few but everyone hated the cherry.

[@vitoc8454]

See also: Thunderf00t 's series taking down the crowdfunded garbage scam that was "Fontus Water Bottle," which promised a portable system for condensing drinkable water out of the air (powered by a small solar panel). It seemed like it was thrown together by a bunch of design students with no background in the sciences. He explained how this product as advertised was not scientifically feasible with current technology, like not even close. After the project got funded, what followed was months of delays and evasive "updates" littered with corporate-speak excuses. Instead of a small sleek water bottle, the prototype that emerged was a giant clunky cylinder that resembled a dehumidifier.

[@taylorhillard4868]

I never bought one of these because ive known since forever that taste is not determined by smell, and never has. And we know this because lots of people have completely lost their sense of smell from cvid but not taste.

[@olli3686]

Every time I saw a KZbinr promote this, I immediately thought they were idiots. Thank you for validating

[@johncunningham1889]

I understand KZbinrs need to make an income so I don't hold it against them for hawking what I deem "KZbin products", but to be honest, whenever there's a random product that suddenly pops up in a ton of KZbinrs' different videos all at once, it's pretty much a safe bet to assume it's a scam and/or shit tier product, especially if it's not a mainstream brand.

[@madnessarcade7447]

Not always true it’s just hard to tell what is and isn’t the case A lot of these KZbinrs are probably being scammed too without knowing it Or maybe every person just reacts differently like pineapple pizza idk

[@vazanere]

It is not okay to make income through shady, harmful or deceptive methods. That's like saying, "''I understand why they robbed a bank and hurt people, they're poor trying to make a living!"

[@joejam174]

Yup just like Raycons

[@lauracronbungusman1582]

@@joejam174am I crazy for loving my raycons? Lol I’ve had mine for years they’re great

[@MaxMiller94]

BetterHelp has entered the chat

[@GiGA-BOB]

this reminds me so much of DankPods reviewing RayCon earbuds

[@llynxfyremusic]

RonDons! RanCans!

[@AVI-lh6rm]

@@llynxfyremusic the RoyJoys!!!

[@Deadfurr]

@@llynxfyremusic RoyJoys! RayDays!

[@tl1882]

​@@llynxfyremusicRay's Con

[@aiden3585]

@@llynxfyremusicthe Roy joys!

[@HobbertGames]

My air up bottle was only 25 bucks, got lots of free testers. The scents are flavored but obviously personal taste/opinion is involved here. It def helped me drink more water which was the point of me buying it. I like the scents and would recommend this product. However after 2years of use I just diverted to normal water as I got sloppy with replacing the scent pods and it lost its flavor i was just drinking water. Was it worth it? Yes, Would I use it again? Maybe some time but not like I used to!

[@Nuke_Skywalker]

why is it so hard for people to drink water? just drink water. simple. and when you want taste the drink tea.

[@redcrimson718]

The bend at the top makes it look too much like a baby bottle. That's essentially the company signaling that they view the consumers as unintelligent infants.

[@kaniyaru117]

I have a vague guess that these pods contain esters. These are compounds made from organic (or inorganic) acids that, depending on how they are changed, smell like certain foods. A lot of the time they smell fruity. Now very commonly esters are created using butanoic acid, creating butyl esters. Thing is, butanoic acid smells like vomit. And a lot of the time if you have made an ester, getting a good nose full of it will still give you that hint of vomit from the butanoic acid. This would explain the water also tasting like vomit, especially to someone who is sensitive to smells, and why most of the available flavours are fruity in some way or another.

[@chemify]

I think you are right. The moment I saw their first advertisement I thought that somebody has to debunk their claims. Something like "No chemicals, no sugar, no bullshit". They also claimed, that you just smell it, so it is not harmful, but healthy. I will remember that, the next time I am breathing something like diethylether or worse things in the lab, or benzine at a gasstation. I would guess that their chemical formulations are not proper tested for safety and human health either because it is no food, but only a "parfume" and you are not supposed to eat it. The worst part is the tons of waste their stupid single use containers create. I think this start-up should just be sued to the ground.

[@xdeathcon]

This is a great breakdown of why this thing sucks. It screams "gimmick product" through and through.

[@everythingisnand]

I agree with your analysis that they're made from esters. I can't speak for the US but in the EU pretty much everything has them in them in some capacity. Remember; they do occur naturally in fruits too. I'm very scent sensitive and these work just fine on me, although I haven't tried all the scents mentioned in the video (yet, I have some of them) most of them smells fine albeit artificial to me. We played with butanoic acids in school so I know personally very well what it smells like (and it's not a scent you forget), but for cola, strawberry lemongrass, honeydew melon, and chocolate orange that scent doesn't appear. I have yet to try the other flavours though and these I believe are second gen scents so maybe the first gen scents were just crappy? I will say that honey dew lemon does taste like a chewed out gum when the scent is at the end of it's run.

[@smartwhip.]

Butanoic acid is a carboxylic acid. Esters end in -oate not -oic acid

[@ilaac.]

isnt that acid also the one that's in hershey chocolate and that's why a lot of foreigners think american chocolate taste like vomit?

[@invertexyz]

18:30 No no, the investors definitely tried it. But then they said to themselves "people are gullible and it will sell like hotcakes, if the company fails later we'll have made our money anyways".

[@realdragon]

"People already bought scams they will buy another" I just don't trust any YT promotion at this point

[@invertexyz]

@@realdragon More so, look deeper into a product, especially if it's being aggressively advertised to you. Try to wait for actual reviews on something.

[@realdragon]

@exyz Nah, so far those big things that were advertised were just to sell products and lie to people in some way. Tom Scott made video about VPN and how it's not really how they advertise it Ridge wallet has rfid protection but I can do the same thing by wrapping my ordinary wallet with tinfoil (and I have place for coins) That thing where they were selling plot of land so you have title of Lord was just a scam They advertised Raid Shadow legends as THE GAME that is on par with AAA, honestly I don't know if anybody expected it to be something more than just another mobile game Now there's this

[@realdragon]

@@invertexyz There has been quite a few advertisements that were misleading on purpose

[@invertexyz]

@@realdragon Yes... thus why I'm saying what I am haha

[@kippy7883]

6:46 I like how he provides a keyboard fix for the “millions of confused viewers” not knowing this would indeed be viewed by millions of people

[@CM-motivation]

There is a huge stigma here. Yes the bottle leaks when the lid is off meaning it is (open) and you DO NOT put it upside down and in a bag (open)!!! ALso you kept it upside down and twisted it open, meaning, halfway opening it filled up with water as it’s UPSIDE DOWN as you twisted it open…. If you close (all the way tight) and shake it and hold it upside down, then if you open it when it upright it won’t be filled with water

[@ghostoflazlo]

I dont think you know what the word stigma means

[@Jabadamazo]

The amount of youtubers I respect who have good reputations promoting this is now really baffling to me. Kurtis Conner says he uses it every day and he can legitimately taste the flavors. Idk.

[@miikoshka]

Consider that not everyone has anosmia. Pizza smells like vomit to me. Cilantro hits 50/50 for people. It's not a matter of the product working or not, like raycon earbuds. It entirely depends on the olfactory sensitivity of the person using it.

[@ferallyalive]

@@miikoshka Raycon earbuds use a single dynamic driver, same as Airpods, Skullcandy, and practically every other earbud on the market. The only way you're going to get a real difference in sound quality is with multi-driver earbuds or headphones.

[@martinheidegger6753]

Oh nooooo, not my fav youtuberino!

[@sivanabanana889]

Yeah and danny Gonzalez getting sponsored by this and helli fresh which are now known to not actually be sustainable or cut costs... Also many youtubers who advertise betterhelp which were expised for being a terrible company... I dont understand

[@MeCooper]

Parasocial relationships hit hard sometimes. Edit: I think that is the modern way of saying _"Don't meet your heroes"_

[@AzizidarkReborn]

Anybody who thinks a human can control their cat's agency, has never owned a cat.

[@cidercreekranch]

Cats will do anything for the right treat. But they'll make you pay for it later.

[@kgal1298]

My cats control my agency.

[@mwindanji6714]

*been owned by a cat

[@wheressteve]

In Russia, just like everywhere else, cat own you, you no own cat.

[@MoonchildDontCry]

Has never been owned by a cat!

[@9mmfabio]

Another smoky thing promoted by creators is VPNs. An average person doesn't normally need one

[@danerothenberg9428]

never seen your work before but this is an instant like and subscribe

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

If a bunch of KZbinrs are getting sponsored suddenly, the best you can expect is an expensive version of a good product. Or just a mediocre or bad product with good marketing. If something catches your interest, look into the market, not just the brand being promoted. That's how I ended up with a $30 rigid wallet from Amazon instead of spending $50+ for a Ridge one. And I love it.

[@TheVerendus]

#1 rule, if they're spending money on lots of marketing it means they are not spending money on a quality product.

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

@@TheVerendus Not exclusively, but it is a good rule of thumb to consider. It's not like good marketing doesn't exist for good products.

[@Bidenmytime]

A good rule of thumb is always to compare any paid youtube product with comparable amazong copies ... sometimes they are identical

[@vracaze]

lmao 50$? Must have been an outlet or something cause them shits are 80$+ on the regular

[@Fernando-ek8jp]

@@vracaze I admit I was only going from memory

[@bloodlove93]

im glad KZbin exists, because i get to watch other people buy awful products so i don't have to

[@freddyfish835]

if you didn't watch youtube you wouldn't know these awful products exist

[@Nonexistility]

@@freddyfish835 Being oblivious is not always good.

[@thecorruptedphoenix]

@@freddyfish835 Stores sitll exist lmao

[@faceplants2]

@10:00 I suspect the water bottle is leaking because you don't have a flavor pot in it. It looks to be an intentionally manufactured air hole perpendicular to the bottle opening to direct air through the flavor pod.

[@toonbee2024]

it is leaking because it has a hole for air

[@DystopiaWithoutNeons]

14:40

[@valchar9174]

You can just put a lemon/orange peel in your water and it works

[@tsunadegirl1]

After every time a youtuber would say "no chemicals", I'd be like...so what are we inhaling from the scent pod...

[@Bakesuta]

It ain't genuine ingredients that go into their pods I'm almost guaranteeing it.

[@Lipapalidev]

They're right though no chemicals in the water it's in the air

[@bambinaforever1402]

@@Lipapalidevu do get nasty chemical particles from inhaling, this is what scent is - tiny particles that got into your nostrils. Ever heard of second hand smoking?

[@Lipapalidev]

@@bambinaforever1402please do read my comment again and read it fully this time

[@gianlucamorelli]

When someone says "chemicals" my natural repsonse is always "wait.. but is not like everything made of "chemicals"?"Is water not H2o, which are Hidrogen and Oxigen, 2 chemical substances? I know what you mean, but it's a very inaccurate way to express that concept 😂

[@scratch2086]

The day you learn celebrities and influencers will gaslight you and lie to your face about the quality of a product is like the day you learn Santa Claus isn't real.

[@morfufo]

wtf santa claus isnt real? what's next? The queen of england is dead?

[@Fish-bt4cj]

@@morfufo wait he isnt real? jeeze, at least we still have MatPat

[@epicgamernoisesintensifies6238]

@@Fish-bt4cjyeah, we’ll always have him by our sides. Wait what do you mean he’s retiring?!?

[@1colonelsanders]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I remember Huggbees shilling this stuff so I'm kind of disappointed.

[@bepowerification]

" is like the day you learn Santa Claus isn't real" you mean.. it is many years ago? I agree.

[@haku8135]

In order to smell something while drinking, you have to inhale while drinking. Cause that's safe.

[@apostlexiii5125]

If I had to guess, the gap where it’s leaking is by design to allow air into the bottle to avoid a vacuum. Like the hole in a bong, lol.

[@tionodese8110]

"Hydration system" is already a super annoying way to deacribe a water bottle.

[@kristofnagy7813]

Corporate tech marketing blabber

[@Runeknight101]

Another company trying to turn water into a subscription service.

[@howtomundane3109]

Isn't water already a subscription service? Since I pay a bit less than 2€ per 1000 litres for my tap water.

[@TheSongwritingCat]

tbh, I don't understand people who can't just drink water. But surely you could just do a quick infusion with fruit or citrus or learn how to drink tea.

[@mollusckscramp4124]

Reeeeal, he spent as much money on it as a water bill!

[@kgal1298]

I mean if you look at how much the plastic bottled water industry makes it already is there for a lot of people.

[@EdwardCurtis44]

​@@howtomundane3109 kinda lol

[@CentreMetre]

Whenever someone advertises something as "natural" I remember that natural stuff can be bad. I wouldn't want arsenic, lead, or cyanide in my water.

[@CM-yz3ze]

Probably between 5 to 10 years back, there was another product called "The Right Cup" that also claimed to trick your brain into tasting flavors via scent. The cups themselves had the fragrance built into them. KZbinr grav3yardgirl actually purchased and reviewed them for her series "Does This Thing Really Work?", with moderate results. I think she bought a set of five cups for $115, and each individual cup cost about $30. That product seemed to have worked a little bit better, but not by much, and the marketing buzz wasn't nearly as big. There seems to be a bunch of products that are being re-marketed to younger millennials and gen Z, who don't realize that these things were already around, and many were kind of known to have been failures. I'm surprised more KZbinrs don't Google to see if similar products existed before, and how well they were received.