Another useless, energy-wasting product, whose discarded containers will fill our landfills-Smartwater.
I just don’t get it-wht would anybody buy this stuff? Water is water-anybody know what the “carbon footprint” of producing this stuff would be?
Al Gore must be writhing in agony!-Smartwater has probably already killed of 2000 polar bears!:smack:
Link? And explanation as to how this is different from the known (and so melodramatically deplored) bottled water craze?
I assume it’s this one and not this one unless it’s two click two click two companies in one.
What does set them apart, peak your heinosity meter?
It’s the same thing, lieu. Unless I’m being whooshed.
I like Smart Water. It’s usually the least expensive bottled water on the shelf and it doesn’t taste bad. I reuse the bottle, too, so it’s automatically recycled.
Robin
No whoosh, my mistake. Sorry, this was meant to be the second link.
Love the incredibly crappy website for smartwater, complete with typos and a ridiculous animated .gif in the corner. Yeah, that’ll appeal to the consumers that value intelligence.
I have a policy never to drink anything smarter than I am.
I like Smartwater because it tastes good and it has electrolytes in it (so I like it for after hiking or other extended physical activity) but doesn’t have any flavors or colors. I hate Gatorade and stuff like that so I am pleased there’s a product that has the electrolytes but just tastes like water.
P T Barnum would have been proud!http://www.bottledwaterstore.com/smartwater.htm
I drink it because it is the cheapest bottled water in 20 ounce form that has a sports cap. And it tastes less “plasticky” than Aquafina or Dasani.
How does adding water to someone dry them? :rolleyes:
Silly me - I drink tap water in a big insulated mug full of ice. And it’s free, except for the cost of the electricity to run the well pump.
And so did I, when I had my own well. But that’s an entirely different thing from city tap water.
Although I’ve never even heard of Smartwater, much less tried it. I do buy bottled water, but not nearly so much since we installed the under-sink filter!
I live in an older building and I don’t want to know how much lead is somewhere in the piping of the place. Rather than buy gallons of water at wally world or lots of bottles of water to fill the landfill (and empty my pocket for… water) I just use a brita filter thing that I keep in my fridge. That plus a nalgene bottle and I’m set.
One of my coworkers buys at least two bottles of bottled water a day. Good for her, better than soda… But I looked at my cost per day (including the 7 bucks for a filter every several months… it says three, IIRC, but I don’t use it nearly often as their standard) and compared it to hers. She was standing at 2.75ish while I was standing at pennies a day.
I was all for tap water when I had delicious well water. Now I have city water, and I may as well drink out of a swimming pool.
+1 for Britta. I have the BIG one, and I refill it almost daily. I drink an inordinate amount of water every day.
Smartwater? Feh! You should be drinking Hexagonal Water.
I just had an idea-if I sold water containing 0.001$ heavy water, could i claim all kinds of benefits? imagine: water so heavy you can taste it!
I work at a C-store, and we sell Arrowhead, Aquafina, Dasani, Fiji, and SmartWater. If i buy bottled, I buy Arrowhead - it’s good, and the cheapest. But I have had 3 or 4 Smartwater fanatics tell me just how WONDERFUL SmartWater tastes.
Whatever.
Joe
Of course, you realize that the “need” for electrolytes like potassium after a workout is severely over-hyped to the point of absurdity.Given a reasonable diet, you get all of the potassium that you need. Also the body does an incredibly good job at holding onto potassium.
Drink it if you like it, but I’m dubious about the health benefits…