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0 pointsSomeone123410y ago0 comments

Being realistic, nobody is going to use these for water bottles either. And even if they did how many water bottles do you really need?

K-Cups are wasteful, but at least they ship three months (90 K-Cups) at a time and there is very little wasted space during shipping (it is just packed coffee). Is it a waste of plastic/foil? Absolutely. But in terms of shipping waste, K-Cups aren't near the worst.

These on the other hand are shipping around tap water. That uses up fuel, it uses up space, and it arguably wastes even more plastic. There's no reason this couldn't be shipped as a powder and sell you months and months of the stuff.

The saddest part is that they USED to sell the product like that. They're moving to this method to increase the price (and let's not pretend: It is a marked increase).

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tvanantwerp10y ago· 1 in thread

As someone who has boxes of the powder sitting around, I'm thrilled to get it pre-mixed in a bottle. The entire convenience factor of Soylent was largely eroded by the mixing and cleaning process, and I'll be happy to have ready-to-drink bottles that I don't have to scrub down for tomorrow's meal.

adultSwim10y ago

For me that's not the case (even as someone who loathes doing dishes).

I use a quart size glass mason jar. Usually get away with just adding some water after I'm done and shaking to clean (even after letting it sit for a while)

Veedrac10y ago

> The saddest part is that they USED to sell the product like that.

They still do. They've said they will for the foreseeable future, and will continue to update it.

IMHO, the new bottles are to aim at a more casual demographic. They at least seem more convenient.

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