Liquid Death Mountain Water - Murder your thirst. #DeathToPlastic

This is one of the most insipidly stupid things I have ever seen on product hunt or, indeed, anywhere at all. So does anyone want to suggest how there’s anything ethically defensible about siphoning off a critical resource like alpine water in Austria during a period of accelerated climate change to realize profit that depends on sealing it into metal cans for delivery via transatlantic shipping for sale to the wealthy as a fetish resource for individual consumption? Because the “product” seems beyond deplorable as its an utterly unnecessary nor does it contribute to any public or common good, though certainly does needlessly increase and intensify an atmospheric carbon load while undermining the political imperative of governments to supply safe and healthy drinking water to all. This is not a product to be proud of. It is an unsubstantial scam to make one’s core business an activity that damages and corrodes by burdening the planet exactly where it needs balms and which disproportionately increases the risks and harms dumped upon the most vulnerable as intrinsic to profits. The most appropriate response by any honest review would be to affirm that it is a shameful idea.

The branding reminds me of Brutal Legend, a game starring Jack Black (certainly Tenacious D inspired) from 2009. 😆 The name is certainly eye-catching. How'd you decide on this direction, @cessario?

Did I miss something here? No one is going to mention that this is an *awful* idea sustainability-wise? Yes, aluminum might be easier to recycle than plastic, but it still takes gobs of energy to produce and recycle, and only a fraction of it actually gets recycled. Not to mention the energy (and carbon) costs of canning and shipping to the consumer. The planet needs people to use reusable water bottles and well-filtered tap water, not super-expensive water in cans (or plastic).

Well I don't believe the solution to sustainability and plastic waste are aluminium cans. Recycling aluminium requires huge amounts of energy. To really solve an issue you have to go for the actual root cause and not just improve its symptoms. We need clean tap water (as we have it in Germany - I only drink tap water, nothing else, anywhere I go here). It's that easy. No bottles, no cans, no cartons - just tap water. Everything else is a scam, invented in the past decades by our beloved FMCG brands. I studied marketing, I love and appreciate good marketing, but I certainly do not appreciate marketing that actually does harm instead of something good (not referring to Liquid Death, but rather to the bottled water industry).

First off, this looks and sounds like an energy drink, so you're already asking a lot of the potential customer to see past that and actually understand the product. Personally I'd go for an Energy Water type product that is cohesive with the branding. Fiji water tried this water importing thing. They were found to create about a pound of CO2 emissions per pint sold in the US, with more than half coming from the shipping and distribution process. How will your business model address this incredible amount of carbon produced to import water, as consumers become more environmentally conscious? Why not use US water with the same branding? Is Austrian water that much better of a sales point than actual sustainability? https://www.slideshare.net/TRIMI...

This is so stupid it isn't even funny. Bottled water is crap and if you care remotely about the environment you will stop buying bottled water all together from any brand. Liquid Death? Seriously this has to be one of the worst names for a brand that represents life. The joke fell flat and Im over here stepping on it.

There's more going on here than just "edgy branding" and faux-environmentalism with that price. If you need absurdly expensive water as a status symbol, I feel sorry for you.

How awesome is this 😄 How come you don't ship anywhere else than the US? I mean... I'm currently in Austria and wanted to "sell my soul" to get some 👅

What would make this product better? Zero packaging and not shipping it halfway across the world just to sell to elites? Clever marketing, poor un-eco product masquerading as eco friendly.

This is hilariously awesome. 💯support your design and effort on this!