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When I first saw the Ethos bottle of water sitting on the gas station shelf, its simplistic packaging caught my eye. It just had a simple logo, with an ergonomic-like shaped bottle. I liked it enough to reach for it.

I like shiny things too…just in case you were wondering.

Then I saw “Helping children get clean water” printed under the logo. I’m all for anything that helps children, even if it costs a couple cents more.

Ethos bottled water (affiliated with Starbucks, by the way) cost about 40 cents more than the other bottled water that was sitting in that cooler.  That’s a little steep to me. And they only donate 5 cents to their cause…you know…those children who don’t have clean water.

Hmmm…that just doesn’t sound right.

But, being a sucker — and having it in my head I was going to review this bottle of water– I coughed up the extra money and bought one.

I don’t like it.

You know how sometimes food or drinks will pick up the faint taste of the plastic? That’s kind of what Ethos water tasted like to me. I thought it just tasted a little…off.

Adding to that, there’s also the fact that I personally do not like buying bottled water. I’m going to refrain from going off on a I-was-raised-on-well-water-and-hose-water tangent, but you get the picture. If I’m going to buy a plastic bottle of water for over a buck, it better be good. I don’t consider Ethos good water.

I personally think you’d be better off taking the extra money you’d be saving by not buying Ethos, and donate it to a charity of your choice.

My rating: 1 - 1/2  out of 5  (just because I like the bottle and the .05 donation.)