Logan Paul's Most Profitable Scam Yet
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2024
- If you want to sell a drink, fine. But the second you call it a 'hydration drink' - I have to professionally disagree.
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I can't believe how much you sound like Chris eubank!
bro they at woolies for $4.50
@@jamesking9857was about to say as well.
Ahhh I knew everything was upside down in the video.
As an Aussie we don’t claim you, you straight up have no clue and it’s hilarious
This is a great video. The only problem is grown adults looking for adequate hydration are not the target market. It’s teenagers with pockets full of their parents money.
And desensitized taste buds.
It tastes like something that should be watered down.
If thats the “only problem”, shouldn’t the parents have a responsibility to know what’s healthy for their child? I think the real problem is that it’s marketed as hydration and it is not hydrating.
@@MrAdamo It's hydrating. Just not optimally in the context of endurance exercise.
Even a regular soda is hydrating. My main gripe with it is that it tastes like shit.
@@AageKush I think Prime tastes pretty good tbh. They taste way better cold obviously lol. But i have had a few and i like em actually, they smell pretty weird though, kinda like bubblegum in a way ish. Shouldnt be worth more than 2 dollars, but i would also personally pick a prime over most drinks if im just taking one, for the gym its a completely different thing
@@MrAdamoyes, we should. And some of us are. I always just say no 😅
"This is $10. Is this okay?" Even the cashier doesn't want you to waste your money 🤣🤣
I swear this happened to me. I randomly picked up one from the store. There was no price tag. When I went to checkout, the cashier told me if I know the price.. it was 10 eur or smthng. I said now.. that is hella expensive
More like he didn't want to get half way thru the transaction, just to have to void it, when the pissed off customer screams, "WTF do you mean $20 plus tax?!?!?!?!" In my brief stint as a cashier in a convenience store, I would often warn people of pricing when it seemed there was a good chance they most likely had ZERO clue about insanely bloated convenience store pricing. The only possible downside is easily offended MF'ers that think you're assuming they're poor, and say shit like "Wutchoo think I can't afford it?!?!?!". Sometimes, ya just can't win.
Bought five for abwt $5 (R50).😂😂😂.Checkers Parow Hyper.
This would be about 40 pln(my native currency). I can buy alot of food for that 😂
I tried Prime once, the taste is alright but its expensive and it has no workout benefits 😄
It's actually amazing how this guy goes from scam to scam ripping people off
It's amazing that fools still follow him.
This is why i people should take whatever Logan Paul says with salt, because its probably a another scam by Logan
I still think he should have been detained in Japan and never let free because of the whole Fuji forest corpse thing
You say amazing. I say disgusting.
I don't get it people saw the zoo stuff scam, the pokemon cards scam that is tecnically not a scam but they manipulated the price of the cards anyways, they saw the nft he sold durante the pandemy and they still trust him at this point i don't even understand why he got so famous in first place
Ancient romans would mix salt, water, and a splash of wine vinegar to stay hydrated. Original lemonade is sprinkle of salt, lemon juice, and water. There is a trend here. Acid for taste, water, and a sprinkle of salt ;)
Acid also plays a part with insulin. If you have vinegar before eating loads of carbs then you don't get the glucose and insulin spikes.
The wine vinegar probably played a role in making the water safe to drink. Maybe not safe from everything due to the lead pipes thing.
I find it crazy how they declare it's a drink for athletes yet all flavours, designs, promos indicate that they are marketing it towards kids...
I think that's why the sodium is so low. It's marketed to kids who have lower sodium requirements so if they are just drinking this instead of water or soda this amount of sodium won't be harmful. But if they were to drink like 3 Powerades they might be in trouble if they aren't doing strenuous activity. Just a theory.
@@Happytravellerkimmy what are you even saying? 3 powerades couldnt kill a toddler
Athletes like Ninja....
@@whoisthatthingwhat I know an EMT who responded to a call where a kid had been drinking Gatorade slurpees all day and the little dude was unresponsive until they figured out what had happened. Let me know how many that would have been.
@@Happytravellerkimmy more than 3? lmao
This just shows the power or marketing and influencers. People believe what you market.
Australia has some of the best tap water in the world , but how many people buy bottled water ?
most people that drink Prime are kids that look up to Logan Paul they're not drinking it for hydration . they drink it for the sweet flavor. too many little kids that watch Logan Paul think what he says is accurate
@@treverpitts it’s more like they’re kids that follow KSI like a cult leader. Logan just so happened to be his boyfriend. If anything we should be clowning on that black piece of shlt
@@xxx7917No one buys bottled water where I'm from, and no one buys Prime either - also no one believes in nutty conspiracies which the Americans love.
damn
I wanna give mad props, I've never been good at the likes of science or the biology of the human body, but the way you broke that all down regarding how the body works was so straightforward and easy to understand! Felt like I'd learned more in 2 minutes than an entire 30-minute class in school, lmao
its 8 minutes but i get what youre saying, this is a good video
I work at UPS and we're outside all day in 90F degree heat. In the back of the truck it has a greenhouse affect and my heat gun clocked a temp of 133F one time. We're out there for sometimes 10 hours a day and at the warehouse NO ONE drinks Prime. It's all Body Armor and Gatorade as far as the eye can see. This guy is right: listen to the pros that do this sort of stuff for a living.
It’s a shame it’s a tragedy that world class football clubs such as Barcelona or Bayern are promoting this, I can assure their players won’t be drinking this shit
Totally agreed. After months of trashtalking this, I thought it would be funny to try it, and I went with lime. Safe to say that it's the most shitty taste i've ever experienced. Its like the synthetic gummy candy with lime flavour. What a damn scam it is lmao.
Prime the company will have paid huge money to get associated with these clubs, same as UFC and WWE.
@@stephenw6 of course they did, we all know about Barcelona’s actual debt situation they are willing to sell their souls at this point 🤷♂️😂
They have the branding on the bottles the players drink out of and I guarantee there's none of this swill inside.
@@zweboi1094have u try the fizzy drinks of prime is much better then the still one's
My grandpa said once:
There would be no rich people if it were not for the idiots buying their crap
Guessing he’s dead?
@@brandonriley7206damn dude what is wrong with you
Do not buying prime makes you feel like Einstein huh
That's wrong bro
@@perciuswestbrooks500it makes you feel less stupid
Every time I walk by a shop with "PRIMES SOLD HERE, £15 PER BOTTLE" I both chuckle and feel sad
The fact that Logan Paul even exists is proof that we live in Idiocracy.
yea what a tosser
the fact that so many professional teams and players are signing with prime is wild to me
Money, obviously. Nobody cares whether the product is good or not, they don't even use it, they only promote to get an absurd amount of money from the sponsorship deal.
The biggest companies in the world would associate themselves with the KKK if it meant more money for them lmao
They have no morals. Only money.
@@Pvrge. its funny all of the energy drink companies have cans that discreetly say "water" so the athletes can chug the cans without dying haha. I had a whole case of rockstar and monster waters from an AMA motocross event
Welcome to the matrix
@@jonathancharles3719 It’s common knowledge. Stop calling it the matrix like it’s some top secret shit lmao it’s just corny.
Its nice to see that as soon as everyone tries it and sees how shit it is that it ends up over stocked at all my local supermarkets.
they can put it in the back near the bud light.
I tried it once and it tasted pretty alright. Nothing special, so i'll stick with redbull if I want an energy drink and in terms of hydration, I'll just stick with water lmao
Seems like it's everywhere now, the big Tesco near me has crates full of it, they're still limiting it to two per customer but nobody wants it.
Some mug who bought an overpriced batch at the corner shop who's selling it at £6.99 can't shift it finally enough.
the reason it tastesa alright is because it has no salt, which is what its so very underdosed on, which is also one of the reasons why its a scam hydrating drink giving poor electrolytes just so it can taste better.@@cata112233
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Thank you so much for this video! The fact that there is so much marketing behind such a bs drink is sickening!
God bless you and Jesus loves you!
Seriously, 90% of the people that go to the gym only need a god damn water bottle. Everything else is a waste of money.
I love how everything Logan Paul touches becomes a scam. It's actually impressive to keep going on your scams after they are broken down. Keep it up Logan, it will catch up to you eventually
once a scammer, always a scammer.
you call it a scam, i call it a great business, invest least, exploit the most possible..sad but that is how most of our groceries and other stuff works
@@sanji1259100% and he doesn’t even own prime just a face for the brand
@@sanji1259 That's the problem with modern society right there. Nobody should call such practices great business, but sadly they do.
The problem is, PRIME is being marketed as a hydration drink when really it should just be marketed as a DRINK! Because that's all it is, a scummy cash grab aimed at teenagers falsely labelled as an industry leading re-hydration drink to make it seem like it has a genuinely sustainable place in the industry - WHICH IT DOESNT once all this hype dies down. I drank a retail bought bottle of prime today, it tasted ok, but will I be paying $2 for that again : absolutely not.
You can tell this guy not only exercises his body but also his mind.
Yeah I can.
Um yeah. That should be normal
@@Blurr1d0.jesus christ you’re insufferable😂😂 why are you here jus to comment negativity 😢😢
You really thought you said something lol
@@PlatinumMagewhy can’t you just let people make their silly little statements and jokes. it is a joke
Thank you for making this video! It drives me crazy seeing how many kids are drinking this BS. I went to Aldi yesterday (based in UK) and was kinda shocked to see them selling a whole wall full of prime drinks and they're 2quid a can. Insane. Kids who watch those guys will be pestering their parents to buy it for them. Proper scam.
I’m trying to get into a better state of health (am listening to this during my workout funnily enough) and am glad to have been saved from a scam before I knew of it. I have a long road ahead of me and am thankful for information that makes the journey a worthwhile one. I believe I will stick around this channel, thank you.
A drink that costs $10 is already a red flag. That’s was all I needed to know to never try prime.
It's 10 AUS dollars. In the US is like 3 bucks
It’s because of resellers. Prime itself is pretty cheap. Still shit taste tho
You can buy one at a gas station for $2 in the US, I don't know where the fuck you're buying it for $10
@strupcat1 when it launched it was in short supply due to teenage boys buying it all, so some stores cranked the price up. People were selling empty bottles on ebay.
It only costs a few $ at the supermarket in Australia. Not $10. But there certainly were places selling it for these prices for a while there.
It’s like 1.99 in the US😂
Forget any of these junk drinks with added sugar. 99.9% of people drinking these are not professional athletes.
These drinks are low calorie with little to no sugar but yes I agree
@@CJ.1998X.Y.Z Exactly I just make my own with sugar, bit of salt and any amount of water I'll be taking in/hour. Bike rides used to cost me a fortune. 10-ish euro's/ride in gels and bars. Now it's a couple of cents
There’s barely any sugar, people buy prime for the taste and hype.
then it shouldn't be called a hydration drink
Didn't realise only professional athletes need hydration lol
Love the use of the Lane 8 tracks during the brief transitions
The song at the start is Lane 8 - Atlas for anyone wondering … great tune
I'm South African. Before Prime officially launched here, some corner shops sold it for up to 500 rand (30 USD or 40 AUD). When Prime officially launched here, it cost 40 rand and everyone lined up on launch day to buy as many bottles as possible because they wanted to resell it. I saw on Facebook marketplace that, some people were selling it for 100 rand a bottle. Now when you go to a shop that sells Prime, it's now always fully stocked because no one wants to buy it anymore.
People are stupid
People are gad damn stupid lining up for this. With so many stupid people in the world, it should be easy to become rich by convincing them to part with their money. I need to think of an idea.
@@justCommando if your morals allow you to swim in those waters, might as well borrow an already existing idea. Because, truth be told, they really are that stupid. No use in wasting actual brain power over it.
Yes humans are stupid af
@@STCH11yep
finally someone who doesnt dickride influencers and actually gets what you need after a workout
My mom was telling me about how good this "red white and blue" drink was the other day. I couldn't figure out what she was talking about, until she showed me Prime. I told her how big of a scammer the founder of the company was and to never buy it again.
Prime is more on trends because it's target is teens and minors who doesn't know anything and just buy them because that's what their fave youtubers use or owns. And that's scary
I tried to get a bottle when it launched in Australia. For the first month it was sold out every time I went down the drink aisle but I managed to buy a bottle a few weeks ago and it’s one of the most disgusting drinks I’ve ever tried. Also every supermarket is now overstocked because no one’s buying it 😂 also a bonus is that Powerade/Gatorade is always 50% off on rotating weeks to crush their sales
I remember my younger brother really wanted to try it and was trying to get hold of it (thankfully hes not stupid enough to by the overpriced ones from people at school). When he got hold of a bottle we tried it, i said it tastes like every other fruit drink out there and he said it tasted good but didnt live up to the hype, hes bought a couple different flavors to try but said none of them were anything special.
Same thing in Denmark - all the kids (including mine) wanted them - now they can't shift them from the supermarkets
My kids came back with a bottle the other day. They are now buried under the patio...
The Boss has spoken.
prime is actually delicious. maybe not good hydration wise but tasty nonetheless
Last thing to note, the reason they are selling this as a sports drink and not some sort of juice is because sports drinks are less regulated compared to thinks like fruit juice or soda's. Kind of like how a lot of those gamer powder drinks are sold as supplements, still have to go through regulations, but a lot less than something like coffee.
good point, but it's not the only reason, nor the main one.
Their marketing target is teenagers.
What is easier to market to teenagers and young men?? a sports drink or a fckin juice?
@@MHNK77 I find that interesting because I don't see teens rushing to buy the drink, it's mostly young children who are asking their parents to buy it for them, especially considering the flavor it has. Then again that is what I see from my area so I can't speak for the global market.
But however it is still false advertising and so it’s still failing to meet the requirements
@@user-te1fn8cj5r yeah, you target teenagers to get the young kids to buy them.
Clearest example is Fortnite and COD
@@alistairreid9970 There are no regulatory requirements for sports drinks in terms of performance, because performance itself ambiguous. There are tons of supplements where the benefits are questionable. For sports drinks all they have to say that it has electrolytes, not that the electrolyte composition is good or that it'll outperform other drinks.
Thank you for calling him out ! Full respect 🙌
if that's the case, we need to give props to Logan for managing to sell this product and compete with giants. Mad props for his selling skills.
First time watching this channel, but only took this guy 7 min to destroy Logan paul and KSI scam drink and hes funny too 😂😂
Subscribed.
Mans just hating for views just like you
I mean, tons of people have been talking about how trash this thing is a complete scam as "hydration" drink with the shit ingredients and shit electrolytes ratio.
But we really needed someone like James to put this bs drink to rest with straight facts.
Olool actingv
Don’t worry you’ll realise he’s a prick within 3 videos 😂
Some useful facts always and always a prick
@@FcoEnriquePerezBut nobody said people haven't saying that about Prime already? Pretty pointless comment
Not that we don’t enjoy old ranty James but these recent videos are genuinely really simple, relevant and helpful to the public, loving them 👌
it's a shame we confuse propaganda with marketing. The only cure I know is education.
The best drink is called GATORLYTE (maybe they don't have it in the UK?) 12g sugar, 490mg sodium, 350mg potassium, 1040mg chloride, 105mg magnesium, 120mg calcium, 14g carbs
Yeah for the price this does seem to be the best fit. Ordered the 3 flavor sample pack. Good shout 🤙
I always knew that IV fluids was water, sodium and glucose but I didnt know why the glucose was added other than thinking it was just replenishing what was lost. Good to learn and makes me feel a little better about my choice of Pedialyte for rehydration.
I also would like to point out, that in the US, prime only costs about $2-$2.50, where as the Australian dollars is 10
still a ripoff
@@lnfinyx to be fair you can get a bottle for 3 bucks at Woolies, so not extortionate but still hefty
Bro the Australian dollar isn't worth 5x-4x less. It's just cause it's harder to import
It’s $1.88 here
Eat a banana and drink some water, it'll give you more nutritional value than a Prime, it'll cost you like 25 cents, and it'll taste better.
Thank you for making this video. I’ve always had my skepticism with the prime drink. You did a great job talking about the science behind rehydration.
There's way worst products out there that we ignore.
@@AyeleVassellso ? we can focus on more than one thing at once
@@bittermixin focus? haha the reason people making this video (prime brand) is clearly because to gain viewer.
@@elfielspectra3107 does that mean the information being presented is incorrect ?
@@elfielspectra3107you’re just mad they got called out
I'm not an athlete but sweat a lot. Plain water doesn't hydrate me, and I can't tolerate much sugar. But add some fresh lemon, or have cucumber, watermelon or other juicy fruit, and it does the job. We always have a big jug of lemon and mint water in the fridge.
Prime was on sale at a local supermarket, drastically reduced. We bought some for interest's sake. It tasted like powder mixed with water, not tasty at all. How did so many people get scammed?
Hype is a funny thing. It was selling for £10 a bottle. Now readily available in supermarkets for £2 and shelves are full.
I once did crossfit for 3 times a week. An hour practice where the excercise itself was like 10-30min. I once asked about these protein shakes, hydration drinks etc. at the gym and I still remember the answer:
"For you, they don't matter. If you eat well, that all the protein and nutrition you need."
There were people who did excercises 5 days a week and twice per day. These hydration drinks etc. are for those.
I think that is a thing that should be talked more about with these. The casual random person vs. the almost professional athlete.
I’m a hobbyist martial artist. On Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, I workout for 3h.
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90 min mma and 90 min no gi bjj (a lot of wrestling).
I supplement with 600mg magnesium (zinc included).
I eat a lot of table salt with my veggies.
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I never felt like I needed a Powerade.
Until I started cutting water weight for competitions.
We have a few hours after weigh in to our no gi (wrestling) fight.
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TLDR most people don’t need Powerade, even those that do, can get it through their diet, if they have time.
If you are not competing then you have time to eat and drink like normal.
As a casual Calisthenics practitioner Protein Shakes helped me a lot, since I was a very little eater, I couldn't eat much solid food. So I decided to 90% eat Carbs as solid food, and intake the majority of Protein & some Fats as drinks, using a lot of Protein powders and Omega oils + fruits & veggies to make smoothies with.
If you are doing hard aerobic exercise for 60+ minutes, gatorade and powerade are good to use to refuel without having to stop and eat a meal. Everybody else should just drink water and eat a balanced diet.
@@wladynosz1565
Same here, I can’t eat enough protein, I need to drink whey shakes, currently banana chocolate with milk.
I always eat meat around 80g protein and supplement the rest.
I just recently started eating 3 eggs/day to get some extra protein at breakfast.
You can also take them even if you don't need them that much, since they will boost your motivation by making the journey easier, but with protein and especially iron you have to be very careful or you might cause permanent damage to yourself
4 cups of water. ½ teaspoon table salt. 2 Tablespoons of sugar. That's the mixture you'd take if rehydrating from vomiting etc. Add some fresh lemon juice and you've made some low sugar lemonade.
the way they advertise it is horrible because there is no hydration effect, but since i lift weights in the gym and don't sweat excessively I drink Prime every no and then. But anyone who does a prolonged sport should NEVER drink prime
What's even worse is the amount of moldy bottles that are appearing on the market. There's lots of clips online showing this. They're literally poisoning people.
He needs to get sued
@@b23beatz That's a long line for sure.
Really could also be bootleg versions seeing as most places where its in stock are random corner shops
Ive gotten quite a few bottles and ive never seen mold, weird if that happens
mold doesnt grow in sealed containers. if theres any mold on it, its not from the drink
So happy to see this many people speaking out. This information needs to be said repeatedly
God bless you and Jesus loves you!
speaking out against an energy drink? internet is weird as fuck
@@passmelers Not the energy drink, the ineffective "hydration" drink
@@passmelersMisleading or incomplete information needed to be brought out
Thank you for getting the facts right and not falling for mere marketing and the face of marketing! We need to understand science and distinguish good marketing vs good product !
Why is it that the worst kinds of people get fame, clout, and money? Thanks for showing the world this scam.
I can GUARANTEE you that Erling Harland’s personal trainer isn’t letting him drink Prime. The fact these stars are peddling it just proves they are motivated by greed.
How is it different to any endorsement deal?
@@hegeliandianetik2009 because Prime is false advertising and is horrible for your health. It’s actually a dehydrator because of the extreme amount of potassium and lack of sodium. At least Gatorade is a proper sports drink.
@@dr.woozie7500isn’t it just like flavoured coconut water? I can assure you it’s probably a lot healthier to drink than Gatorade lol.
Its not both is shit@@AC-wl7ve
no it isn't do your research. It has deadly levels of potassium. @@AC-wl7ve
This needs to be made a public service announcement! Great video 👏🏼
i dont think it does though.. Most people who are serious about hydration would already know that prime is shit house... Also most ordinary people would knwo this as well.. Primes market is Paul fanboys who believe everything he says... just like the ones who bought into cryptozoo lol. the paul brothers are brilliant at PR... thats about it though... PRIME is a huge PR success.
@@xAdam2gxthey're almost exclusively targeting kids with this, my 7 year old is obsessed with getting hold of one. Spreading the message that prime is utterly useless is well worth doing.
@@xAdam2gxbut how many people are "serious about hydration"? If you asked the general public it would probably round down to 0%, hell even if you walked around a gym you wouldn't reach 5%.
I dunno what a PSA would entail but this definitely needs to be talked about more. Personally I know Prime is trash and it's manufacturer literally does the same brand drink and changes labels for different online influencers, they don't even tweak it, so this isn't even a unique or different drink they've literally been churning out the same crap for a decade now and putting different names on it depending on who is popular.
But obviously Paul and KSI putting their names to something is massive and probably going to be their main focus for a long time
@@xAdam2gx I do agree with you about 'Paul Fanboys', but this drink is making its way to the UFC and now English Premiership - and thats a massive market and worrying all at the same time. Just shows the era that we live in of hype, marketing and fu*king instagram that this crap sells.
@@xAdam2gx everyone who knows Logan, he likes to scam people for money.
Great video. I just started training bjj two months ago. Tonight I was cramping in my calf muscle when I was doing a triangle choke. Hydration is very important and I thought this video addressed it very well. I have been using hydralyte sports which is $15 for 7-8 serves. That would've been a great one to add to the video. I do need to buy trainade hey.
*Some people say every hydration drink is a scam. People can just drink water.*
I work in a primary school in the UK. Nine and ten year olds are going crazy for this stuff. The small grocery shop nearest the school has a huge display rack and the kids are collecting one of every colour bottle and bringing them in as their ‘water bottles’. Kids are getting picked on for not having them. We’ve even had parents coming up and complaining that their kids have lost a prime bottle that they paid £10 for. It’s terrifying how much power someone like Logan Paul has, without any oversight whatsoever.
Also from the UK here.
Anyone who lets a kid in PRIMARY SCHOOL watch any of the Paul brothers is an awful parent.
@@sdrake8355It's also advertised by KSI as he partnered with Logan Paul to make prime, and a lot more people watch KSI in the UK than Logan Paul
I used to use these drinks to motivate the kids at my church to help out with set up. I had to stop after boys got into a fist fight over the drinks like crack heads.
they never cared about hydration, they care about marketing
I work a retail and saw a dad buying 20+ of the lemonade flavor for his teenage son. They still seem to be one of the most popular food items at the store.
I think most pre-made ’hydration’ drinks don’t actually contain enough electrolytes to have much of an impact as they are produced for palatability. Any hydration drink worth it’s salt 😏 is noticeably salty.
You’re best just sticking with water & electrolyte tablets if you want actual hydration tbh.
Japanese people have been ahead of the curve for decades, high salt content water is a daily staple in the brutal summer months!
@@Jay-ob4ti yeah I just got the powder from Bulk and does the job
you don't need electrolytes at all in a drink. The body is perfectly fine at regulating - a detail purposely omitted by all the groups trying to sell you something
Thats why this ended up working. Prity much every hydration drink is in some way a scam. Hell when the government when’s after logan he just named 6 other brands worse then prime as a defense. Worst part is he was right which gos to show just how bad the industry is when the demon child of the industry is actualy just middaling in its evil compared to others
it still amazes me he still has a platform with all the sady stuff he done and doing and going to do, like kids keeping this man alive dx
It's not just kids keeping this person alive, it's the celebrity culture that needs vacuous yet compliant personas like him, he has proved to be both
"sady" what u tryna say??
The fact that he skated through that whole "Showing a dead body of a human being that committed suicide in Japan's 'suicide forest' while laughing and joking around" thing will never cease to amaze me. Logan and Jake are both absolute fucking scum and yet morons keep giving them money and attention.
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shady*@@stev009
Logan Paul and KSI are just the faces of Prime. They definitely don't know any of this.
3:57
"You might be hearing rain. That could be rain outisde or it could be Logan Paul's PR team with a sprinkler outside trying to silence me."
By the time the drink gets overstocked in the supermarkets, they've already made their money and then some if a bottle is 10$.
Not only that, the stores themselves have to buy it first, so their sales are guaranteed the moment the bottles leave the storage warehouses unless the stores have a deal which states the producer only gets paid when the product itself sells at the store, meaning the store isn't the one who handles most of the risk - and news flash, these days almost no store gets that deal anymore due to online shops.
In other words, over stocked stores doesn't mean Paul and his gang of goons didn't get their money. The stores themselves are the ones left hanging since they purchased the stock but can't sell it. So yes, they've made their money and then some by the time the stores are over stocked. The only way they'd ever lose money at this point is if they don't stop production the moment they get no orders from stores or online sales.
It's like trying to scream bloody murder when the body's been there for at least a week and the murderers are already chilling half way across the globe.
i think its the stores that make it 10$ they buy it in bulk then overprice it cuz the hype around it
They’re like a few dollars in Atlanta Ga USA
most big stores dont charge that much once its fully available in their region. it used to be 8cad at the only place i could find it. now its only like 3.50cad at 711 by comparison (which is still more by abiut .50 to a dollar than gatorade. but cheaper than when it first arrived in my city.)
bro it's like 2 or 3 in a supermarket a convience store can sell for which ever price they decide
i ain't readin all that
great point
or terrible point
idk
I purely clicked for Prime and have to say your presentation is exceptional. Made it super easy to understand and felt like I've learnt a lot. Thanks James!
That's nearly $7 U.S. I can't possibly fathom why you'd buy that criminal swill in a convenience store, unless you're trying to show the worst case cost scenario. In a regular store here in the states, you can get that rat piss for as low as $1.69 per bottle....not that I think anyone should give even a dime to either of the Paul brothers.
First when prime came out in Denmark, it was hard to find, due to everyone buying it.
Now it super easy to find, because now people have tasted it and won't buy it again.
I actually have not tasted any prime.
People has told me it tastes bad.
Never trusted either of those ridiculous brothers or their peers! the fact that they are partnered with the UFC is outrageous and that millions of kids are hooked on this overprices stuff is frustrating! new to the channel, great breakdown, i didnt realise how important sugar is to staying hydrated!
The thing is that as informative as this video is making great solid points the reality is that the target market is the youngsters who dont know better and are influenced by their favorite internet idols and that more often than not is tough to compete with even when you have all the facts. But it's good to know there are ppl like u who expose this for what it is and that the truth is out there.
The 2 most important thing for a sports drink- glucose and sodium, how has prime failed at both of these? lol
6:05 Sodium and glucose IV's are given seperately here in the Netherlands (and i think in most of the world) While there are IV's that contain both glucose and salt i rarely see them used, just isotonic salt IVs are just as effective as the ones with sugar. Most patients will recieve a 0.9% NaCl IV, glucose is rarely used, mostly for patients that need reduced salt intake.
I don't exercise nearly as often as I should, and I haven't been interested in training for about 10 years. Still - this is the best video I've seen in as long as I can remember. Top-tier tips.
Luckily enough, my doctor taught me the whole "add salt to water"-thing when I struggled with dehydration years ago. Absolute lifesaver
Finally, been waiting for someone to explain this to people. Thank you.
anyone that needs this explained is a lost cause to begin with. this is a dumb video
it has been explained in a ton of videos including by Logan. most ppl get more than enough sodium, this is a product for the casual consumer not athletes.
Personally, I don't give a shit about the "hydration benefits" I just like the taste personally, so I drink it. I've always known it's not good for me. I don't drink it to be healthy.
@@pvyj Same honestly lol. Sports drinks usually taste like shit so this is nice. When I work out I just chug water.
@@pvyj Advertising it as a sports drink better than the actual top dogs is the scam part here.
If they were just selling prime as a juice for kids, that they'd be right.
All I see in store is kids asking their parents for Prime, never adults. UFC and Bayern should be ashamed of themselves.
Fun fact: Gatorade is THE original hydration drink and it was scientifically made to be the most optimal rehydration by university of Florida for their football team.
-Florida Gators absolutely dominated the games after they began using Gatorade, untill other teams got their own rehydration drinks
Great video. Unfortunately, it seems like the general public is completely unaware of these hydration mechanisms you've explained, and so KSI and Logan Paul have capitalised on that lack of knowledge
It’s just a drunk kids want. Nothing more.
I doubt Logan Paul really understands it himself, to be fair.
Hey that's how a lot of rich people get rich. You capitalise on what people think is good, rather than what's actually good.
People actually don't really care about it being a "hydration drink" they just want a drink
not only that, they completely ignore Logan’s entire shady past. It’s annoying that someone can still be so famous after so many scams. But that’s the world we live in
I used powdered electrolytes from Bulk. I put 2 heaped scoops into 1L of drink, I usually use Don Simon blue lemonade and normal lemonade for glucose mixed 50/50. Best hydration drink I've tried. Got me off those energy drinks etc haven't touched them in ages.
Im an ex-teacher, and its depressing how obsessed so many teenagers are with Prime. The whole thing is so predatory
I live in Greece and at some point they started popping up everywhere. The price in stores averaged between 9-13 Euros, though one local supermarket that stocks up on imported stuff had them for sale at 6 Euros. Today I went to a toy store to get some presents for a mate's kid and saw they had Prime at 2.20 Euros (so it was my call to try it). Now I looked up on the official website and it costs nearly 30$. How the hell do they price these? Like, a can of Monster all over Europe ranges between 2-3 Euros, but from 2 to 30, that's a massive gap.
I’m a stick with no interest in personal training, and no idea how or why I watched this. But you sir are clearly a nice bloke, very clever and you present the info perfectly!!!
Great video. It’s actually mind blowing that Gatorade or Powerade haven’t tried to come out with a viral video with some celebrity partner to debunk prime and slow down their momentum. Vintage incumbent brand with a slow reaction losing market share to a worse product with better advertising.
If PepsiCo and Coca-Cola see Prime as a threat to their market share, they will probably just buy it. That's what Coca-Cola did with Vitamin Water. 50 got hella rich and didn't die tryin' when he sold quarter water for $2 a pop.
Who’s to say they aren’t in on it and getting paid to keep quiet
@@Picla_Peremohybecause they make way off sales than what Logan Paul could possibly pay them
LMAO at these dinosaur companies coming up with a viral video, especially when they're just barely better nutrition-wise.
I’m sure both of them are waiting for the perfect time to strike lmao 😂
The worst part of Prime is how enamored children have become with it. At least in the US, a lot of kids treat the stuff like a second currency.
In South Africa it’s R40 which is $2 in USA. Even here we don’t buy it because it’s too expensive.
Energade which is the official drink for the Springbok rugby team costs R12. Which is about US$0.70. That’s our to seller
Science video, anti prime video and gaterade promotion video all in one. Love it
It's a pretty shitty promotion of gatorade since he said its a waste of money to buy it.
@@LouieBaLLz he could have omitted important info like their zero-sugar option to cause harm
Think it's also important to point out the large amounts of caffeine in prime. Not only is it not an adequate hydration drink but it is giving the target market i.e. kids, large doses of caffeine which obviously gives them a buzz and keeps them coming back to buy it. Also, the caffeine gives the sensation that you feel energised but is packaged up as 'hydration'. So bottom line is you're not hydrated you're on a caffeine high!
That’s only in the energy drinks, not the bottles reviewed in this video. Still a pile of garbage that works extremely well scamming in young kids
That is only in the cans of Prime.
I used to be water only then started playing around with different hydration solutions depending on my activity.
I sweat a lot but it’s not overly salty. I started using diluted Powerade and Gatorade then over the last couple of years I have been buying EAA/Electrolyte powder and carb powder and making my own drinks up depending on what I need. It’s brilliant as was said you can choose your own ratio.
My EAA/Electolyte powder is $60 a tub and I’ll get 50-60l per tub. The carb powder is $20 and might last me 4 months. Add water and it’s stupid cheap.
These things appeared everywhere in US stores pretty much overnight. I was definitely drawn in by the packaging and had no idea it was by Logan Paul (glad now I didn't buy it!) Will stick to the classic hydration bevs, thanks for the in-depth critique!
Just drink a cold water bottle
Excellent video! Appreciate the breakdown. Here in the deserts of New Mexico, we buy the $9 can of powder Gatorade that makes 5 gallons. DIY to-go packets or wash and reuse bottles.
Great content loving the way you explain things so that ordinary folk like me can understand.
Anything Logan Paul tries to sell or promote should be immediately met with skepticism, or better yet, totally ignored.
Chemistry person here (uneducated formerly) a quick look at the ingredients clearly shows that prime is just hyper addictive sugar water.
I was at a local fair last month, it was crazy how many stalls had pallets of this crap, it's not available in stores here and I didn't see anyone buying or drinking it.
Would love to see a "Worth the Hype" looking into Huel's products. And hear your thoughts on using them, depending on a persons goals. I'm finding them a really convenient way to "eat" on a tight schedule and avoid grabbing something less healthy from the shop when on the go
just saw a german youtuber eating these huel instant food like mac n cheese and pasta carbonara - result: it wasnt good at all and none of the testers have liked it at all.
@@christianprehn7919 you mean they didn't like the flavour or the content of it? I was thinking more about the Huel drinks but considering trying those out too
@@christianprehn7919oh I've just seen James has released a video on Huel two hours ago! Perfect 😆
Just drink water, put a bit of salt in it if you want to but not needed for most people.
people drink it because they are healthy alternatives to other drinks. Not because of actual effect
When your drink is so expensive that cashiers warn you about the outrageous price.
Unfortunately, great marketing overshadows everything else. It doesn't matter to most if Prime isn't a great hydration drink. They see it everywhere and hear so many celebrities praise it for tasting good. Not that sports companies are signing with Prime, it's only going to get worse in that regard. Thanks for the informative video. Now I know better.
You can have the best product but no marketing, and it'll never matter how good it is. Vice versa.
Good video, I went down a rabbit hole after I started getting headaches after bjj practice despite drinking lots of water. After drinking sports drinks that have other electrolytes (Sodium/Calcium/Potassium/Magnesium/B vitamins & sugar) had these headaches much less often.
Would you say you have a balanced diet? That is one thing he had not mentioned once by the time I stop watching.
Rain on the roof is something I never thought I needed in a video
Excellent video James. One thing I realized with PRIME, as I got some to try is that (not surprising if you think about it) the flavor is marketed towards children's palettes. Children have more taste receptors which is what the taste (the levelling of the sweet, the flavor and hit or sour and tangy) hits kids better than adults where as a Gatorade or Powerade hit the same as the flavors are more mellow.
Exactly, the target audience isn't people who want serious rehydration. It's the fanbases on both Logan and KSI, most of the being teenagers
@@066kshitizvsingh4 For Logan Paul that's true, but not necessarily for KSI
When I was a footballplayer my mates would start drinking all these sportsdrinks when they became popular- even those were rather expensive and taste like crap. I just kept making my own isotonic drink: 3 parts uncarbonated mineral Water, 1 Part Applejuice. On matchdays I‘d add a little honey.
Did you outperform them as a consequence of your drink?
@@W_CPT Well, I was the captain of my squad so I guess at least I never underperformed 😂
@@No1BRC Respect!🚀
@@weird-guy I hope I didn't sound like I was trying to appear like a badass prolevel type footballplayer😂 I had a fun team and we were pretty Ok to keep up with the farm teams of bigger clubs. To your question: No, I didn't make the juice myself. I used naturally cloudy apple juice- 25 years ago there weren't many organic options so I thought that would be the best alternative and I liked the taste of it 🙂
"Get in the car" is the best quote i ever heard out of this mans mouth
The flip side is that prime is a healthier drink for people sitting at home watching youtube, which is arguably the intended market.