I go through quite a bit of this. I am not a "water drinker" (wish I was) but due to some kidney and gut issues, plain water is just really difficult. I also tend to get tons of light-sensitive headaches if I drink plain water. This really helps that. I mix it with everything I drink (which is either water or herbal tea) so I go through 2-3 heaping scoops per day. I use one heaping scoop in about 20oz of lemon water or tea.By itself, it does not taste great but that's not really the fault of the product. It's salt! It tastes like salt. I'm so grateful that it doesn't have extra flavorings added because with my sensitivities that would prevent me from being able to use it. Thank you, Jigsaw, for not adding anything extra!!! If the taste really bothers you, you can use the pill option instead and not taste anything. When you drink it as often as I do, you don't mind the taste anymore.I appreciate that this is available in several forms. Pills and individual packets for on-the-go use, powder for at home. I've used them all. I'm not a great pill swallower so I have on occasion opened the pills into my drink like the powder. This does make it cloudier than the regular powder form and there is more sediment left in the bottom of the glass. I think there's an additional anti-caking agent added in the pills. Six pills (one recommended dose) seems like more powder than the recommended scoop dose of powder, so I'm assuming that is why.Using this as much as I do, I have noticed some inconsistencies. There is a bit of a taste/color difference between the packets and the scoopable powder. There is also a difference from canister to canister with the powder, I've noticed. I had a few in a row that were pretty consistent in taste/color, then just got one that is considerably pinker and fizzes quite a bit more. I'm not sure why that is. but I haven't noticed a difference in effectiveness.