Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First off I want to let any potential buyer of this product know that I rated my review according to the following criteria: 1) Taste of Product (4 stars) 2) Ease of Preparation (3 stars) 3) Suitability as Beverage Replacement (5 stars) 4) Vitamin Supplement (4 stars) 5) Zero Calorie Impact (5 stars) I did NOT review the product on several criteria which have been mentioned by other reviewers: 1) Quality of the Water Bottle 2) Compliance with Being "All-Natural" 3) Reliability of Costco Salesforce None of these criteria mattered at all to me in my purchase decision, and did not affect my ranking (although I will comment on these at the end). In purchasing this product I was looking for something that I could drink to offset the way too much Diet Coke I drink on a daily basis. Plain water is just not appealing, although I certainly enjoy it after a good workout. There appear to be several "water enhancers" out there, but most of these are on the pricey side if you are going to be drinking three to four 16 oz. glasses a day. For me the product tastes pretty good. It is sweet and tastes like an artificial fruit juice which you can acquire in the store, but it has zero calories. The preparation of the drink is for me the most unattractive part of the product, as the granular crystal which forms the base of the drink take some effort to get to dissolve fully. As advertised, the drink tastes better when chilled, and especially over ice. And as other reviewers have noted, it is still a little overpowering even when diluted with 16 oz. of water, and I always end up adding a little more water, with ice on top of it. I have not experienced any of the negatives mentioned by other reviewers. I find it strange to give a product one star because the free water bottle leaks, because people weren't happy with the Costco sales-force, and most bizarrely that the product is somehow poison because it contains Sucralose (that person may want to check with the FDA and apparently 100 different nutrition studies which "unanimously indicated a lack of risk associated with sucralose intake". And how anyone who thought a product which when served is phosphorescent orange or purple and thought it was "all natural" is beyond me. So if any of these criteria are the most important to you when purchasing this kind of product you will want to look elsewhere. But if, you are looking for a product which adds some variety to plain old water, has zero calories, no caffeine, tastes good, and gives you a whole bunch of minerals and vitamins to boot, then I think you will be happy with this product.