Jon Drinks Water #5375 Fresh Finds, Sparkling Water Beverage, Mandarin Orange VS Fresh Finds, Purifi

"Jon Drinks Water #5375 Fresh Finds, Sparkling Water Beverage, Mandarin Orange VS Fresh Finds, Purifi" is a water review video from Jon Drinks Water, episode #5375 of the series.

Featured waters

Fresh Finds Purified, Fresh Finds Sparkling Mandarin Orange.

Winner: Fresh Finds Purified.

What Jonathan decided

Purified = winner ("the still water is the winner"); sparkling liked but loses on preference

Fresh Finds Purified

The still water took this one. The sparkling mandarin was nice and all, but when it came down to it, plain still water won out. Later it faced off in a five-way comparison and got knocked out for tasting plasticky, which is just what happens sometimes with budget bottles.

About Fresh Finds Purified

Fresh Finds was the private-label brand of Big Lots, the discount closeout retailer. Their purified water was bottled by Niagara Bottling and sold in 24-packs, often at crazy-low prices like four cases for under $7 with coupons. Big Lots closed all its stores in a 2024 bankruptcy, so this one is now a piece of bargain-bin history.

Fresh Finds Sparkling Mandarin Orange

I liked the mandarin sparkle, I really did, but the still water was just the better drink that day. It lost on preference more than anything. Nothing against it, just how my taste buds voted.

About Fresh Finds Sparkling Mandarin Orange

This was the sparkling side of Big Lots' Fresh Finds private-label line. Like the rest of the Fresh Finds family, it was a budget store-brand drink from the discount closeout chain, which shut its doors in 2024 after a bankruptcy.