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Cirkul
A water bottle that customizes the flavor of your water
2.4•124 reviews•58 followers
A water bottle that customizes the flavor of your water
2.4•124 reviews•58 followers
Cirkul is a water bottle that provides custom flavors for your water.
Repeated charges despite request to cancel.
Pros:Nothing
Cons:Flavors taste distinctly artificial. Customer service does not respond adequately and will put you off.
I just HAVE to thank Cirkul for changing my life. This is a testimony that actually brings tears to my eyes, honestly. I am about to be 34 years old and I have to admit that my relationship with water my entire life has been practically nonexistent. I used to justify that because my coffee and sweet tea was made using water that I was getting plenty of it. I could NOT bring myself to drink water, no matter what I tried. I'd tried all kinds of flavored waters and those little squirt things of flavor like Mio and whatnot. NOTHING could keep me drinking water. I almost passed up the Cirkul ad I saw while scrolling Facebook but something made me check it out. I saw the free trial and thought I had nothing to lose except a measly $5 and I'd still get a neat bottle out of it if I decided to cancel. After nearly 2 decades of fighting off urinary tract infections, kidney pain, adult acne, even kidney stones once, and a multitude of other health problems that probably could be improved with more water in my body, and then finding nothing that could make drinking water easier for me, I had thought I had given up and just quit trying. But the Cirkul ad stood out to me and I kept feeling a gravitational pull to give it a shot. So I took a chance and I made the order, signing up for the free trial. Since the day I received my Cirkul bottle, I am now drinking NO LESS than 50 ounces of water EVERY DAY.....AND, other than only THREE pots of coffee in the last couple weeks (might even be about 3 weeks now, can't remember the date I received it), I have had nothing, NOTHING except water from my Cirkul bottle! That's 3 pots of coffee (never finishing a full cup or a full pot), NO sodas, NO sweet teas, and 50+ ounces of water daily....over the past 2-3 weeks!!!! Anyone who knows me knows I used to put away 2 to 3 POTS of coffee EVERY DAY and would drink either sweet tea or some kind of soda in between! For me to have only drank a partial pot of coffee 3 days out of 2 to 3 weeks and had nothing else but water besides that is a total miracle! Since drinking Cirkul I have noticed my skin clearing up and becoming softer, my digestion is back on track with no more heartburn or acid reflux, I have so much more energy, my depression has decreased a surprising amount, and I FEEL GREAT! I have a skin condition called Chronic Urticaria which is where every few years or so I randomly will break out in hives all over my body every day and it will last anywhere from a couple weeks to 2 years. I have even realized that suddenly my outbreaks are MUCH smaller and are happening way less frequently, meaning I am not having to take near as much Benadryl nor have I had to use my EpiPen! The changes are purely phenomenal! I knew my body was screwed up because of my lack of water intake but I never would have imagined that it was causing THAT much damage and that I'd see THAT drastic of a change in my health, both physically AND mentally just by cutting out all of the other bad drinks and sticking to water with my Cirkul bottle! This is life changing and quite probably life SAVING for me. My bad habits were definitely trickling down to my two daughters who are 16 and 12 years old and I have always gotten onto them about needing to drink more water, but I realize how difficult it is to make a point to them when I'm not leading by example. So, once I found out how great Cirkul was for me, I immediately went back online and ordered each of my girls their own bottles and bought some extra packs of cartridges because I had a feeling we were going to be going through them quickly! And was I ever right! The girls got their bottles a few days ago and are already on their 2nd cartridges and are IN LOVE with their Cirkul bottles!! I now have my girls drinking water just like I am and if you all knew how bad my 12 year old was with water (very near what I was like), you'd know this, too, is a miracle! Fortunately my husband loves plain water and doesn't have a problem drinking it, otherwise I think we'd go broke trying to supply all 4 of us with enough cartridges every month! Haha! I know this is quite the lengthy testimony but I just HAD to get my message and story out there about how grateful my family and I are for this product. It truly is saving lives, as exaggerated as that may sound to some. But considering the path I was on and as bad as my health has been and then seeing the difference that has been made SOLELY by drinking more water and cutting out the sugary and carbonated drinks, I truly believe that my years of life were being cut short in part to my lack of water intake. This is so much more to me than a bottle with flavor cartridges. This is Life for me! I have to thank everyone who created and who represents Cirkul, from the depths of my SOUL! They have made drinking water fun, exciting and EASY for my girls and me! Since the character limit cuts me off in the PROS and CONS sections, I am listing them here: PROS: Reusable water bottle, choice if plastic or metal insulated, use a flavor cartridges that screw into the top of the lid, each cartridge holds flavor and rather than immediately mixing into the water it combines the flavor directly into your mouth as you take sips from the spout, each cartridge replacement also replaces the spout which means no bacteria buildup inside the spout, each cartridge allows you 10 settings to adjust your own personalized strength of flavor, cartridges contain a lid that can snap over the spout to keep dirt off when stored, lid has a "snap back" feature that keeps the lid out of the way while drinking, cartridges flavor 120 ounces of water when used at the standard setting (#4), can purchase bottle "sleeves" to keep plastic bottles cold longer and protect from bottle sweating, total of 31 flavors to choose from, 21 sweetened with sucralose, 6 sweetened with Stevia, 4 with no sweeteners at all, there are 6 TYPES of "Sips" aka cartridges (LifeSips with 12 flavors enriched with B vitamins, FitSips with 5 flavors containing electrolytes, GoSips with 4 flavors containing caffeine for a boost of energy, TeaSips with 2 flavors and real tea and caffeine, BrewSips with 4 flavors of coffees including caffeine, PureSips with 4 flavors that are fruit essences without sweetness, Variety packs with 9 choices that offer one each of 4 flavors from each category of Sips except the TeaSips where there's only 2 flavors so the variety pack is just 2 cartridges of each flavor, ALL sips are colorless...at least the ones I have tried including the mocha coffee flavor...but a chance I'm wrong and a couple may have color but I don't believe so, outer plastic of cartridges are recyclable, bottles are easy to grip and easy to clean, personally has made water exciting to drink as well as healthy and yummy without taking away from the body's need for water, my girls who hated water like me approve with me and actually CRAVE water now, there is a points system that you can earn FREE products in just by being a customer...2 points per every dollar spent, I can keep going forever!!! CONS: Cannot purchase individual cartridges...have to purchase in preselected packs of 4, $15 per pack can get quite expensive if you drink a lot of water, are an entire household participating and go through cartridges quicker because of your preference for flavors at a higher setting than the suggested standard setting of #4. That's honestly all I can think of for cons!
Pros:PROS ARE LISTED AT BOTTOM OF REVIEW (NOT ENOUGH ROOM HERE)
Cons:CONS ARE LISTED AT BOTTOM OF REVIEW (NOT ENOUGH ROOM HERE)
While MIO is cheaper overall, and easier to buy because you can find it in a lot of stores. I still like the Cirkul system. Prefer it, actually. You can change the intensity of the flavor. If you have the flavor intensity control set on “10/10” it should last three bottles of water. That is the average for me, at least. The fact you can dial it back if you’re using, say, an Airborne™︎ effervescence tablet, or something else that has flavor, or if your friend prefers pure water and wants a drink, the fact is, the SIPS system works great! Plus, the drinking mouthpiece is in each SIPS component, so you use clean fresh mouthpieces every time you replace the component. The bottle goes right into the dishwasher, and has ZERO weird plasticky/chemical smell. It’s all rather pleasant, and easy to use. You have to suck hard on the mouthpiece, while holding it upside-down (meaning you tilt your head back to drink), which is wonderful because that means the thing never leaks, and your toddler won’t steal all your water if you leave it unattended. However, as a stage musician, I imagine you won’t be able to guzzle water easily, either. You’ll have to drink like a civilized human being. All in all, I like the system and I hope that the SIPS soon become easy to purchase at grocery stores or WalMart.
Pros:Simple, clean, replaceable components, cost effective
Cons:Still more expensive than a bottle of MIO, PER “Sip”.
I love this product. No more water bottles going to the landfill. I hate to drink plain water and will drink anything else to avoid it, but with this product I just fill the bottle and have lots of healthy choices that will keep me drinking. I live in Florida and it is hot here most of the time. You don’t realize how much water you lose just by being in this climate and can feel sluggish if you don’t keep yourself hydrated.
Cirkul is the perfect delivery system. I love it.
Pros:Great way to consume more water.
Choice of yummy, healthy flavors when you want it.
No need to wash a gunky, container after use.
Cons:Can’t wait to get the insulated version
I'm definitely drinking more water. The little leak/drips can be fixed by lining up the groves on the inside of the bottle then pushing down to click in place. Then tighten by screwing it in,. Only remove the cartridge to add water, not the entire top.
Pros:I love the flavors.
Cons:A bit pricey and need to encourage patrons to recycle cartridges.