Ninja Thirsti Review: Does This Drink System Work?

Today I'm testing out the Ninja Thirsti, a drink system that creates custom carbonated beverages with the touch of a button.

INFO

EXCLUSIVES

SOCIAL

GEAR

GEAR

Music by Epidemic Sound:
"Junkyard Love" by Brendon Moeller

0:00 Intro & Unboxing
1:27 Setup
2:42 One Flavor Drink, Low Fizz
4:03 Two Flavor Drink, Medium Fizz
5:52 Replacing Flavors
6:32 One Flavor Drink, High Fizz
8:00 Highest Strength, Lowest Fizz
9:24 Initial Observations
9:51 Zoa vs Thirsti
11:28 Costs
12:04 Pros and Cons

#ninja #kitchengadgets #carbonated

[Old_and_Wise]

For those worried about loss of support or limited flavorings - you can always just dispense the carbonated water and add your own flavoring after the fact, then stir them in like he did for the first test. That's what I'd usually do with my soda stream after I got tired of their sugary syrups and other flavorings they offered. I'd add a single serving of crystal light or some other powdered drink mix to my carbonated water and that would give me endless drink flavors and possibilities. The Jolly Rancher drink packets are extremely flavorful, and the A&W root beer drink packets make it taste exactly like a glass of A&W root beer. I never tried the flavored liquid water drops, but I bet you could add those as well.

[therealfatalsteel]

"I may need to use a bigger glass next time!" *continues to use same size glass XD

[BigBoyJay_]

Doesn't seem worth $180... Plus proprietary refills leaves you at the mercy of the manufacturer.

[incheck]

Been hoping you would review this, I'm always a fan of Ninja products. Thanks!

[brettmasonmedia]

70 cents per 6 oz drink. $1.40 for a reasonable size drink of 12 ounces. And that’s at lowest levels of both. Boldest and highest fizz would be what? Double even that. So $2.80 for that combination. And it’s still only 12 ounces. Plus you have to buy the machine. And wait for shipping and spend time making each drink. That’s a hard no for me. This thing is ridiculous.

[vierusu]

My question is how easy is it to clean? With the carbonated water and sweetener shooting into that small compartment before it comes out does that come out to clean? Thanks for the review 👍🏽

[BiGDAN]

Another great, thorough review. Appreciate the professionalism!

[mytvbs]

The commentary on it needing to be "ice cold" is a preference. I used to stuff my drinks with ice until a mother-son road trip where we ended up drinking everything room temp for a couple of weeks. Neither of us ever went back to "ice cold". Either way I would suggest no ice in the glass when dispensing, add after. It would have been better if you could just press & hold the button for however long needed to fill your glass, rather than guessing the proper size, like the Bevi Station (commercial supplier), but there may be flavor-mixing issues with that. Strong contender overall. Nice review.

[WittyDroog]

It's a neat idea, certainly a novelty than a must have, but still neat with all its features and the automation. At first I was concerned about support long term but the CO2 canisters are fairly common and standard (I use a similar one for a club soda maker) and you should probably hang onto the spent flavor canisters and reuse them with your own drops/flavor additives

[jellyem]

I think if this goes on sale it could be a pretty good little thing. Nice that they offer some with or without sugar too. Gonna keep an eye out, thank you for another great review!

[SchwiftyThings]

Your glass size was fine, you just had way too much ice for the glass. 😂

[RoryNygard]

Stay hydrated coach!! Good to see you enjoying a treat 🥊🥊💯

[groovydonkey]

I like how you really get into the Item/gadget you are reviewing and your initial opinion of it. It does look good, but I have a Soda Stream, which I must say the flavours are not great. I might considering getting this, when released in the UK, but will depend on price and flavours available.

[EmzNotBroken]

I looked around at your videos and couldn't find your review on the Ninja Express Chopper. After watching your review, I went and bought one! I have bearded dragons and they need their veggies chopped up and this little chopper gets things done FAST and perfect! I also use it on my own things, like ham salad and onions, etc., but it's a beast! So easy to use and clean! If you could find & reply with your review, I'd love to watch it again. Thanks for testing this stuff and saving us the money & trouble! And if you haven't (that I've seen) Test the Ninja Auto IQ blender! It's a beast! I love Ninja products!

[qonra]

I really like Ninja products, they always seem to hit the perfect price/compromise ratio. I use my foodi for pretty much everything that isn't boiling water. This is one product though that I would not buy, that price is pretty is not what I've come to expect from Ninja. That said, Ninja stuff always goes on super sales for like half price, so for $100, this would be great as I drink a ton of sparkling water. I wonder if you could reuse the flavor pods and fill them with your own stuff?

[Uxicara]

I have the Ninja Woodfire Outdoor Grill and Smoker and love it. I would be interested to see your opinion on it as well as maybe spreading awareness to how amazing it is.

[SongOfStorms]

Do they have any “normal” flavors? Would have liked to see it compared to Coke, Sprite, Fanta, etc

[bgcreates]

I just ordered my Ninja Thirsti Black Friday sale got it $120 with coupon. I am super excited! I got it so the kids can drink more water with flavor so we don’t have to purchase high price drinks.

[__aceofspades]

This is basically a Soda Stream except they are trying to get you locked into their flavors too. You could probably refill the syrups with other brands, like Miio or generics to save money.

[tksewingmachineandrepair]

I bought this unit about 6 months ago. Big fan. I drank carbonated bottled water for years. Moved out to the country and cannot get carbonated water easily. And the bottles have doubled in price. I subscribe to a bottle refill service. I love this unit. Highly recommend. I drink about 2/3 gallon of water a day. A 2 pack of refill co2 last for about 5-6 weeks.