Will you be selling this under these terms from the website? "The service and all products and services delivered to you through the service are (except as expressly stated by us) provided 'as is' and 'as available' for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement." I'd be concerned about the claim that it will be completely functional as a water bottle (given that the prototype leaks as can be seen around the 3 minute mark) if you're providing no warranty that the bottle will perform that task.
I was thinking the exact same thing! It'd be a lot less suspicious than flipping a random flap open, and also less likely to accidentally spill if you forget to put the flap back down.
Instead of “premium durable materials” we heard “premium gerbil materials” at 01:34 which made us think this was one of those water bottles you had to hang upside down and lick the little metal ball inside to make work
You've missed the obvious usecase when your child wants to drink whatever it is you are drinking but you want to drink some caffeinated or sweetened drink which the child should probably avoid.
instead of rubber stoppers.... why not reverse the function of the bottle and make it so both are sealed always. And have a push button that opens a certain chamber; instead of closing a hole to choose the opposite chamber. i feel like this would be a more elegant solution.
This makes a lot of sense actually. Put the plugs/valves inside so they're normally closed until they're opened from the outside by pressing a button, otherwise sealed by vapor pressure and a small spring. Nice idea there
Buttons require more complexity, like springs and precise moulding, etc... and good luck cleaning all that after each use. Also, rubber degrades too quickly and absorbs bacteria. More complexity, more cost and more points of failure in the product too.
@@turgsh01 this is a very valid point. Let's keep talking, there has to be a better way. There's always a better (albeit, narrow) way. Rubber could be replaced by food grade silicon. Springs could be built into their own structures. This has been done before, it can be disinfected by alcohol, soap, boiling, and even bleaching. Thanks for commenting. Let's keep talking
@@zzzxhrg I think what he has now is probably the ideal option as it's cheap, doesn't affect much if it breaks off or rots away in the long term, etc... Just some silicon plugs. Nothing wrong with keeping it simple.
Steve Mould and Michael Stevens have combined their powers to create Steve Stevens - the ultimate fluid dynamics UA-camr. All must bow before their knowledge of odd facts and interesting merch.
I love the commitment to the b-roll at the beginning of having a teapot just spilling in your backpack for no reason. Like I would have taken your word for it
im only going to point out the difficulty of making a normal insulated bottle.. now you have to do that twice and keep them insulated from each other... not impossible but so far beyond practical engineering that it would probably cost a massive amount commercially.
Insulated but designed for the same temperature [chilled water and juice, hot chocolate and tea] would work easier. Even if it resulted in hot chocolate and not-chilled water.
0:54 the ammount of tension in that scene, the level of acting. it just feels real, jsut the dynamic of that relationship goes beyond the room and the moment. great acting. I want a full lenght movie. and we all already know the title.
Really like the idea, but I'm disappointed I can't choose my sleeve and inscription when buying just one bottle. I'm not a fan of the Schrödinger's design and I wouldn't mind paying more for the Assassin's version, but not 159. And 65 for a bottle and sleeve I don't like the look of that much just for the (again, great) concept is also a hard sell to my wallet.
For me I would definitely by the $160 package but my wife is going to force me to get the $65 package. I would get this as a gift for my son who loves chess so the knight's tour sleeve would be ideal. Water bottles and thermos are all the craze in school now so having a unique one that no one else is likely to be able to find or get is going to be absolutely the best possible gift he can imagine. What he doesn't know about chess themed sleeves won't hurt him.
@@Matthew-the-Aviation-Geek technically you can hide 3 different drinks/tastes in it. So its not just a water bottle. And there is also research/many prototypes/development etc which cost a lot of time/money. Im pretty sure they wanna at least break even and its not like they will sell millions of them. Also its a way to support them. But I think its better if you just stick with the standard water bottle, which you prob also bought for too much😉
the holes need one way valves. Having to plug the holes up while in transit so it doesnt leak seems annoying. and that flap that plugs them up seems like it would be very easy to accidentally pop off while in a bag or something or have them be closed by default. like they could be slits in the rubber that you need to press on the rubber to deform them to get them to open up to let air in
Congrats on making something so cool! Hyping up the assassin's water bottle to then lock it behind a $160 paywall seems incredibly dubious though. I don't want a Schrodinger's cat water bottle, I wanted the one you showed in the video, but I won't pay $160 for a water bottle I want, a water bottle I don't want, several sleeves I will never use, and mini posters I have no place for (no matter how cool those are), especially in this economy. I will just continue to enjoy your videos. It is a shame you didn't offer a choice between the two for the base $65 option or even the mid-tier $85 choice. Incredibly off-putting.
$65 - Beginner Assassin You get: Schrodinger’s cat water bottle Unique P3M1 logo sleeve $89 - INTERMEDIATE ASSASSIN You get: Schrodinger’s cat water bottle Asteroids sleeve Braids sleeve P3M1 logo sleeve Steve Mould mini poster $159 - Expert Assassin (This one gets a short description/tagline?) The official assassin’s bottle with poison measurements You get: Assassin’s water bottle Schrodinger’s cat water bottle Knight’s Tour sleeve Asteroids sleeve Braids sleeve P3M1 logo sleeve Steve Mould mini poster Michael Stevens mini poster
@@BigVince80bce no problem. I thought it was weird that, after an hour of the video already being out, no top comment included the prices. So I said "fine, I'll do it myself." I also don't like how Steve Mould blurred the prices and didn't mention them in the video. I understand why but I still would have preferred to hear and see the prices.
This. From the video, it sounded like we'd be able to! It was disappointing to discover that I'd have to pay $160 for everything just to get the one water bottle and one sleeve I want.
Are you for real? You make options of how it can look but paywall them so I have to buy the complete highest priced package to get the design I want? Despicable!
6:03 There only seems to be the one option, unless you're buying to set that comes with everything. I like the measurements design more and would get that if it had a solo option.
Those are canning jars. You put the lid on top, loosely, while you heat the jars and their contents in boiling water. Then you remove the jars from the water and let cool, causing the lids to seal tight under the low pressure caused by the contents cooling and shrinking. It's how we preserve jams, jellies, pickles, tomatoes, and other perishable foods.
I have ordered one for my daughter so the price does not matter but :- £51 plus £14 postage from the States really stings! You really should give a spare "rubber" plug ring with every order because it will be the weak link in durability.
This was probably the best use of sketches in a video I've ever seen. Just beautifully placed and never awkward as most of these feigned sketches are. Lots of fun and just super helpful to the overall video. I didn't know I needed the weirdest water bottle but now I'm convinced I do.
That was my hypothesis and I wanted to confirm it. So it would be certain chemical amounts divided by body weight right. Now if I could just figure out who Steve is.
I'm tempted by this, but I feel it's a bit wasteful that I have to order multiple sleeves that I don't want in order to get the sleeve that I do want, rather than just ordering the bottle with a choice of sleeve.
Yeah. Sorry steve. Love the idea but Its a no from me. Way too expensive for me to not be able to choose the design. $65 for a plastic bottle and sleeve. Forcing me to buy the 5 item bundle for $85 just to get the single sleeve design i want is too much. Especially at this price. I figured it would be out of my price range when you blurred the prices in the video. Blurred the prices so people had to go to the website to check them and in turn generate web traffic for you.
Each bottle costs $59.50. Each sleeve costs $5.50. Each mini poster costs $9. $65: Bottle + sleeve. ($59.50 + $5.50) $85: Bottle + 3 sleeves + mini poster. ($59.50 + 3 x $5.50 + $9) $159 2 bottles + 4 sleeves + 2 mini posters. (2 x $59.50 + 4 x $5.50 + 2 x $9) I'd honestly rather be able to buy each thing separately.
You’re definitely not alone here I am not going to be purchasing the bottle for that exact reason I was excited and almost ready to pull out my credit card but the fact that I want the cat water bottle and the braided sleeve which Canadian is $90 for the first option and I can’t choose no thanks I’ll pass I’ll spend my $90 somewhere else
@@greatgecks2256 for sure. I just can’t imagine a water bottle really costs that much in manufacturing, even with the divider in the middle. Honestly, they’ve just inspired me to build my own! That way it can feel much more personal
@@OICru they also could get more people te buy the second model only . If i am hesitate a bit , 85€ for a bottle it hurt a bit . I think many people will not pay it for the model they didn't like the most .
I'm glad I'm not the only one(And it looks like there are many others!) who would rather pick the other design than the one the single bottle option gives.
I'm pretty unhappy with how I can't choose which design i want for the bottle. Like why lock the other behind the most expensive tier? Buying one for 65$ is already fairly pricey. It's pretty off putting to see the same with the sleeve's. I was fairly excited but after seeing the price and let's be honest here Steve the shitty decision to gatekeep the designs behind ever increasing monetary tiers. I won't be buying a water bottle after all.
I looked at the preorder page and am a bit confused. It looks like the assassin’s water bottle is only available for $160 as part of a set. From this video, I was under the impression that I'd be able to pre-order just the assassin’s water bottle with the cool science designs.
@@yamato.takeru.no.mikoto I think they mean that you can only get the Schrödinger's cat bottle separate, not the one with the milliliter markings and molecules
FYI the bottle will be made of Tritan plastic that doesn’t support temperature above 60 degrees C. So no tea or coffee unfortunately. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritan_copolyester
I'm sad that I'd have to buy 2 to get the design I'd be interested in. Really disappointing because i don't want to have 2, and buying something to throw it away is just bad.
@stevemould for the holes, you're approaching it from the idea you need to plug the hole to select the liquid. Have you considered the opposite approach? Use two silicone gaskets to plug each of the holes so the liquids cannot escape. You can use a nipple to secure the gasket as a plug so it's always blocking leaks, and when you want to release the liquid, you press down on the nipple, separating the gasket from the lid, allowing the liquid to flow. Just a thought. Loving your idea!
Heck! I've still got some jarred green beans from 1989 sitting in my pantry! Glass means no metal poisoning and green beans are healthy. Just waiting for them to mature a bit before I forget about them for another thirty years.
@@gawkthimm6030they’re originally for canning. You can sterilize the glass bottle and you can reuse the lid ring, but you have to replace the flat element every time to avoid contaminating the canned food and food poisoning yourself with botulism or something as nasty. Assassins bottle of another sort, if you will.
@@gawkthimm6030 Same as single piece lids but it's so the seal is more easily replaceable instead of needing an entire new lid. Those discs are meant to be used once so there is a new seal on each use.
I can recommend instead of a plastic flap to cover the holes to use a snapping rotating disc like when deodorant sprays let you switch between "open" and "locked" positions. 3:58 looks like it can easily come off.
the 2 thumb-holes should be constantly sealed... then, with your thumb, u press the air-valve of the beverage of interest open, so it can flow (if the cap of the spout is off too, of course)... congrats for the engagement of the woman, she played the role good, almost subtle...
Maybe, but at that point you might as well just have a slideable lid that aligns with one hole, the other hole, or both holes - but that ruins the fun.
I feel the design could’ve been less janky if they actually hired an engineer. Having a rubber stopper to prevent leakage is just not ideal. A toggle button like a rocker would be better. So you can set it to open or closed just by flipping a switch
PSA, don’t drink or eat out of 3D printed items at home. Too many micro cracks that breed bacteria. Looking forward to the professional made bottle though. Cool idea!
generally dont use 3D printed plastic item in wet environments repeatedly, I think you need a "varnish or lacquer" finish to seal the plastic cracks you mentioned from water.
Yes, it is. I had seen those most of my life, but had no idea they were considered mason jars. To me a mason jar was always the lever action lid. When somebody first told me that disc with collar style jar was a mason jar, I was like “sorry to disappoint you, but that’s not a mason jar.” Lol. But apparently it is.
They are very common here in the UK too, but I think that they'd be something only people who use mason jars would be aware of. I think a large majority of the population don't use them at all.
That’s what I was thinking! The Grolch-bottle lid style is fairly uncommon in the US. It isn’t as useful for actual canning. Glass-lidded mason jars also used to be fairly common, you’d use pitch or gutta percha to make a seal on them when canning.
Since it is a water bottle. You might want to create a sliding cover that can act like a switch. It would be helpful for it's portability options. Just a thought 💭
The final most robust design forgot the element of being able to plug either hole. You should have two separate pluggers with aligned edges instead of one big one
5:40 “There is another type of mason jar. I don’t know if you have ever seen this type,” Steve: Proceeds to show a standard canning jar. Me: *looks at my shelf with hundreds of jars just like it.
Great idea. Think I’d prefer a rotating disc mechanism for the two holes to choose the liquids being poured over flimsy perishable rubber or flimsy perishable fingers.
It wouldn’t be an assassins teapot in that case. This is trying to stay as true to the idea and design of an assassins teapot while being a water bottle. The point of the tea pot is that simply placing your fingers in a slightly different configuration can cause the teapot to go from pouring tea to pouring poison. Your proposed design is unrelated to the whole concept. This is not the first vessel to have two compartments in it with the choice to pick which compartment to access, that’s not an assassins teapot though.
Why holes that you cover with fingers or silicon caps? Why not a slider like we have in the vacuum cleaner (the ones that cover the hole that allows "fake" air to enter the vacuum and reduce the pressure). A slider with 4 positions, closed (no liquid spilled), liquid 1, liquid 2, both liquids
I was so excited when I realized that I had seen this video in time to actually order the bottle, and not missed out on the limited-time production run, but I had my heart set on the "assassin's" design shown in the video, with the useful and fun measurements along the side. Definitely can't pay $160 for a huge bundle just to get that though. As many other comments have also requested, please offer an option to choose the other bottle design, without paying the full bundle price!
Was considering buying one, but seeing the tiers locked the decals for no reason, and it's not up to consumer choice. The friction of this needlessly predatory purchasing design. Locking the cooler decals behind the most expensive package. Instead of just leaving this to consumer choice. Naw hard pass now.
This is a pretty cool thing to have made. I'm familiar with the teapot from your other videos of course, but it's hard to make a curiosity into a useful product, so good job!
why not just make the air holes with those little rubber circle flap things so that they're one-way valves. then you don't have to remember to cover them to make it not spill in your bag.
one way valves would work perfectly for the small holes unless I'm misunderstanding, air only needs to go into the bottle and the one way valve would prevent liquid coming out
I guess you're pretty locked in on the design so far, because you're getting ready for production and any large changes would involve HUGE extensions in timelines, but still: Going with holes seems like a weird way, they're pretty clearly not a very userfriendly solution... I assume you experimented with like push button valves and found that they'd be either problematic or way too expensive to make?
As fantastic as the idea is, and as engaging as it is to see your continued excitement for "the Assassins drink vessel"... The collaboration with vsauce leaves shipping a bit high for the British audience, and in keeping with several other comments, I agree the notion of locking the more 'interesting' design behind the need to preorder 2, rather than giving the option of either design when preordering 1 seems rather predatory. If either of, or Ideally both of these issues get sorted out, I'd love to hear an update, but will probably have to give this project a miss. Edit: The skits were excellent.
2:36 I see a bit of blue water coming out, obviously which stays inside the mouth, before it turns out all yellow. It means if blue is poisonous, you as an assassin will also drink a bit of it.
True but micro dosing to build up poison tolerance used to be a thing. As long as you don't use a poison that is potent enough to kill in such a small amount (such as a couple of drops) you should be fine. Maybe minor illness (vomiting/nausea) but at least not dead.
I agree with some of the others here that buttons which are closed at rest would be best. Small spring for each button between the outside wall and the button head. Silicone ring on the inside for a seal. A slide on the outside to act as a lock for the buttons to ensure they don't get pressed in transit. Cleaner looking and more durable. But I assume the issue is cost to do so. A hinge lid would have also worked, then hide the buttons/holes in the in-built hinge. Also mostly a cost measure I assume. Something that would be higher than normal due to small scale factors and the split compartment bottle. I hope later you are able to revisit this with an improved version, its a fun idea!
I have notes! 1. Why put the holes in the bottle? Why not have the holes in the lid? Holes in rigid plastic like the bottle will introduce stress points, especially if you're constantly apply pressure to the holes... that's the "hole point" of the bottle. The lid already has a complex mold, it's made of less rigid material and extra material can be added around the holes if needed. 2. The holes should be closed-at-rest and you "activate" a hole... Maybe there's a lever mechanism that you squeeze to open a hole. The current stopper mechanism looks really easy to pop open when in a bag, and then you might as well have the teapot in your bag.
I love the fact there's no "i'm doing an advertisement so im going to scream at you" throughout the whole video. Just calm speaking volume and let the product speak for itself.
Olive oil and balsamic vinegar! The use cases are endless. Pre-order yours now: curiositybox.com/bottle
I can definitely see this being purchased for people seeking to smuggle in alcohol to a venue or workplace.
Future Steve is still cold.
It's too small only 450ml for each side. You need a minimum 2L version imo.
About the two holes, wouldn't it be possible to have rubber/silicone click-push buttons on top of each hole, with a valve that gets clicked?
Will you be selling this under these terms from the website?
"The service and all products and services delivered to you through the service are (except as expressly stated by us) provided 'as is' and 'as available' for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement."
I'd be concerned about the claim that it will be completely functional as a water bottle (given that the prototype leaks as can be seen around the 3 minute mark) if you're providing no warranty that the bottle will perform that task.
The dinner date scene is brilliant
Well actually it's brilliant
@@BlumpkinSpiceLatte nah thats just u mate
@@BlumpkinSpiceLatteeveryone is free to read into it. Most people suspect something where they are personally lacking 😊
Liane is a great actor.
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I can’t imagine why carrying around an ornate teapot would be in any way suspicious.
As long as you have the right age and gender it is curious but okay. You just need the right person for the job.
Isn’t that what all British people do every afternoon?
Why do you carry this weird tea pot?
Well actually it's an Assassin's teapot.
A what?
A, uhm,.. A normal teapot. Want some tea?
@@robfut9954 As a British citizen, I confirm we all do.
I do, and I give myself an enema
A normally closed rubber button for each hole would be ideal. Pushing either button would break its seal against the inside of the bottle.
Solid V2 suggestion.
I was thinking the exact same thing! It'd be a lot less suspicious than flipping a random flap open, and also less likely to accidentally spill if you forget to put the flap back down.
steve, look at this comment!!!
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Yes, or a switch with 3 positions.
Instead of “premium durable materials” we heard “premium gerbil materials” at 01:34 which made us think this was one of those water bottles you had to hang upside down and lick the little metal ball inside to make work
Now I want to try drinking from one of those.
HI MINUTEEARTH!
@@SteveMouldonly if you make a 2d version to show us how it works.
DO IT. Human sized ball bearing bottle.
What
You've missed the obvious usecase when your child wants to drink whatever it is you are drinking but you want to drink some caffeinated or sweetened drink which the child should probably avoid.
That's so smart
also missed bundling it with ghb for dates
@@d.SAiNi. liquid ecstasy, a party drug that has been used as knockout drops.
@@d.SAiNi. gamma hydroxybutyrate, sedative/date rape drug. Boring them with conversation is a much more legal tactic.
@@d.SAiNi. date ra*e drug
instead of rubber stoppers.... why not reverse the function of the bottle and make it so both are sealed always. And have a push button that opens a certain chamber; instead of closing a hole to choose the opposite chamber.
i feel like this would be a more elegant solution.
This makes a lot of sense actually. Put the plugs/valves inside so they're normally closed until they're opened from the outside by pressing a button, otherwise sealed by vapor pressure and a small spring. Nice idea there
Buttons require more complexity, like springs and precise moulding, etc... and good luck cleaning all that after each use. Also, rubber degrades too quickly and absorbs bacteria. More complexity, more cost and more points of failure in the product too.
@@turgsh01 this is a very valid point. Let's keep talking, there has to be a better way. There's always a better (albeit, narrow) way. Rubber could be replaced by food grade silicon. Springs could be built into their own structures. This has been done before, it can be disinfected by alcohol, soap, boiling, and even bleaching.
Thanks for commenting. Let's keep talking
@@zzzxhrg I think what he has now is probably the ideal option as it's cheap, doesn't affect much if it breaks off or rots away in the long term, etc... Just some silicon plugs. Nothing wrong with keeping it simple.
@@turgsh01 all of that can be hidden behind more rubber/plastic/glass and wouldn't need to be cleaned, why would a spring be anywhere near the fluid?
0:18 when you're friends with Michael, this is normal 💀
0:32 And it's also normal for Vsauce Michael Here (if that is his real name) to infect your brain
@@thephoenixsystem67650:14 here
@@thephoenixsystem6765 The matrix
@@unliving_ball_of_gashe call it pro gamer move (he isn't a gamer)
Steve Mould and Michael Stevens have combined their powers to create Steve Stevens - the ultimate fluid dynamics UA-camr. All must bow before their knowledge of odd facts and interesting merch.
But then who is Michael Mould? World's grossest supervillain?
@@KaitouKaiju It sounds like we definitely need a Michael Mould vs Steve Stevens rap battle in the near future.
Oh captain, my captain. I bow before thee
Steve Stevens played guitar on the Top Gun Anthem.
I love the commitment to the b-roll at the beginning of having a teapot just spilling in your backpack for no reason. Like I would have taken your word for it
"Made in China in homage to the original Ming Dynasty assassins and their teapots"
Lol.
I said it on Michael's short as well:
This needs an insulated version. For hot and cold drinks at the same time!
This is the use case I'd need it for - taking tea with me but also ahving a full water bottle!
Yes
im only going to point out the difficulty of making a normal insulated bottle.. now you have to do that twice and keep them insulated from each other... not impossible but so far beyond practical engineering that it would probably cost a massive amount commercially.
Insulated but designed for the same temperature [chilled water and juice, hot chocolate and tea] would work easier. Even if it resulted in hot chocolate and not-chilled water.
Honestly I hope this takes off as a 'thing'. So many different variations would make sense for a bunch of different use cases.
0:54 the ammount of tension in that scene, the level of acting. it just feels real, jsut the dynamic of that relationship goes beyond the room and the moment. great acting. I want a full lenght movie. and we all already know the title.
What's the title?
@@5ucur The Assassin's Teapot (you never know what you are gonna get) :D
@@Ampersand69 Yeah that was so obvious; I'm facepalming hard at myself 😂 Thanks, and love the interpretation (?) of the title!
I figured that was his wife (I don't know what she looks like..assuming she exists)
@@mnpenner Yes, that's his wife. She was in some of the previous videos already.
AH i see we have entered the era of an unhinged Steve Mould!! Brace yourselves
Personally I'm waiting for Steve to degenerate into early Vsauce, and start posting "Top 10 Boobs in Video Games" videos.
@@jubuttib And he'll definitely makes a 2d model of it
@@JosiGold1 yeah, he's made friends with Michael, the most unhinged educational youtuber.
I blame the product development team, who pointed out that the hinged Steve Mould caused problems with other aspects of the design.
@@TylerDollarhideonce you meeting vsauce you never go back
I don't know why, but Michael doing the eyebrow thing at 0:29 killed me. The man is constantly living in a VSauce short and I love it.
Me too, I started dying laughing when he did that
Really like the idea, but I'm disappointed I can't choose my sleeve and inscription when buying just one bottle. I'm not a fan of the Schrödinger's design and I wouldn't mind paying more for the Assassin's version, but not 159. And 65 for a bottle and sleeve I don't like the look of that much just for the (again, great) concept is also a hard sell to my wallet.
I'm in the same boat. I like some of the other sleeves much more, and would consider buying if I could swap them
Same for me :(
Same here
For me I would definitely by the $160 package but my wife is going to force me to get the $65 package. I would get this as a gift for my son who loves chess so the knight's tour sleeve would be ideal.
Water bottles and thermos are all the craze in school now so having a unique one that no one else is likely to be able to find or get is going to be absolutely the best possible gift he can imagine. What he doesn't know about chess themed sleeves won't hurt him.
0:14 average conversation between real friends.
I lost it seeing this segment
Definitely the collab we needed!
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1:11 No😂😂😂 we'll refill it
Haha
Looks like it's al least the 3rd time it happens
This brings hiding alcohol to a whole new level.
one side is water the other is vodka
💀💀☠️.
Or both vodka
@@hackking911 then you cant use the water side to demonstrate you arn't drinking to a cop...
@@gawkthimm6030vodka is clear
Please offer a version that is NOT printed with anything (neither the bottle, nor the cozy). For many of us, simple and minimal is best.
Well I found out very quickly why the prices were blurred out in the video
😂😂😂😂
same lol
Idk who would pay that for a water bottle ngl
@@Matthew-the-Aviation-Geek technically you can hide 3 different drinks/tastes in it. So its not just a water bottle. And there is also research/many prototypes/development etc which cost a lot of time/money. Im pretty sure they wanna at least break even and its not like they will sell millions of them. Also its a way to support them. But I think its better if you just stick with the standard water bottle, which you prob also bought for too much😉
@@Appel1989 the price is why I never bought it lol 😂 thanks for the heads up
Officer: have you been drinking tonight?
Driver: yep, it's just water. Take a sip.
then pour them a glass while staggering to find the ground 🤣
"Oops. That was the absinthe. Here... Try again."
"it's vinegar, pu…"
@@daliilars3350 STRAIGHT ABSINTHE JESUS
It's okay officer, just take a sip from my Assassin's Water Bottle!
the holes need one way valves. Having to plug the holes up while in transit so it doesnt leak seems annoying. and that flap that plugs them up seems like it would be very easy to accidentally pop off while in a bag or something
or have them be closed by default. like they could be slits in the rubber that you need to press on the rubber to deform them to get them to open up to let air in
You need a air tight ring with two holes you can rotate in four preset locations (no holes, left hole, both holes, right hole)
@@mrcyco. It can be done with two separate air hole buttons that you can press either of them or both in the same time to open the hole(s).
But what's the manufacturing cost of the two valves versus a plug?
Feel like the holes should be on the cap instead of on the bottle too
Congrats on making something so cool! Hyping up the assassin's water bottle to then lock it behind a $160 paywall seems incredibly dubious though. I don't want a Schrodinger's cat water bottle, I wanted the one you showed in the video, but I won't pay $160 for a water bottle I want, a water bottle I don't want, several sleeves I will never use, and mini posters I have no place for (no matter how cool those are), especially in this economy. I will just continue to enjoy your videos. It is a shame you didn't offer a choice between the two for the base $65 option or even the mid-tier $85 choice. Incredibly off-putting.
The scummiest part to me was where they blurred the prices in the video. Like, sorry, I don't play games; this is your product, tell me the price.
They now have an option for that
0:23 that dubbing was amazing
$65 - Beginner Assassin
You get:
Schrodinger’s cat water bottle
Unique P3M1 logo sleeve
$89 - INTERMEDIATE ASSASSIN
You get:
Schrodinger’s cat water bottle
Asteroids sleeve
Braids sleeve
P3M1 logo sleeve
Steve Mould mini poster
$159 - Expert Assassin
(This one gets a short description/tagline?)
The official assassin’s bottle with poison measurements
You get:
Assassin’s water bottle
Schrodinger’s cat water bottle
Knight’s Tour sleeve
Asteroids sleeve
Braids sleeve
P3M1 logo sleeve
Steve Mould mini poster
Michael Stevens mini poster
I'm gonna be honest here, the costs are rather expensive. Thanks for posting the prices, mate.
@@BigVince80bce no problem. I thought it was weird that, after an hour of the video already being out, no top comment included the prices. So I said "fine, I'll do it myself."
I also don't like how Steve Mould blurred the prices and didn't mention them in the video. I understand why but I still would have preferred to hear and see the prices.
@@John-Smith02 yeah its a bit annoying. Anyways thanks a bunch for that.
@@BigVince80bce yup 👍
So sick ❤😅
You should let us choose which bottle and which sleeve we want.
This. From the video, it sounded like we'd be able to! It was disappointing to discover that I'd have to pay $160 for everything just to get the one water bottle and one sleeve I want.
@mluna1237 I'm a knights tour guy myself it's upsetting tbh.
let US pick the bottel
"Poison not included"
That's what someone who included poison WOULD say.
Deal breaking
that's sad
3:00 Her: "NO! Stop pouring! The cup is overflowing!" ;P
Are you for real? You make options of how it can look but paywall them so I have to buy the complete highest priced package to get the design I want? Despicable!
6:03
There only seems to be the one option, unless you're buying to set that comes with everything. I like the measurements design more and would get that if it had a solo option.
Those are canning jars. You put the lid on top, loosely, while you heat the jars and their contents in boiling water. Then you remove the jars from the water and let cool, causing the lids to seal tight under the low pressure caused by the contents cooling and shrinking. It's how we preserve jams, jellies, pickles, tomatoes, and other perishable foods.
And then the little pop top lets you know if it's sealed properly.
@@reaganharder1480 Or when it went bad lol spoiling foods produce gasses that pop the top :)
Aka Kilner jar or preserve jar
Yeah, a Mason jar.
Yeah, That's the lid I've always been most familiar with, 'Cause my dad actually makes his own jams.
I have ordered one for my daughter so the price does not matter but :-
£51 plus £14 postage from the States really stings! You really should give a spare "rubber" plug ring with every order because it will be the weak link in durability.
They are taking the piss with how much they want for it and the postage charge is a joke.
Love the dinner date scene. Don't love the flimsy rubber flap over the air holes, which will unavoidavly come loose in transit and leak everywhere.
Neat idea for the assassin's water bottle.
However, how to practically clean the nooks and crannies of such a bottle?
Looks like a real pain.
This was probably the best use of sketches in a video I've ever seen. Just beautifully placed and never awkward as most of these feigned sketches are. Lots of fun and just super helpful to the overall video.
I didn't know I needed the weirdest water bottle but now I'm convinced I do.
The measurements at 6:24 seem to be the lethal amount of each thing with how many steves they would kill.
Let others figure it out. At least put a spoiler warning on this...
That was my hypothesis and I wanted to confirm it. So it would be certain chemical amounts divided by body weight right. Now if I could just figure out who Steve is.
@imark7777777 well, look at the channel name to figure out who steve is
"Assassin's water bottle" will be a tough customs declaration..
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I'm tempted by this, but I feel it's a bit wasteful that I have to order multiple sleeves that I don't want in order to get the sleeve that I do want, rather than just ordering the bottle with a choice of sleeve.
Yeah. Sorry steve. Love the idea but Its a no from me. Way too expensive for me to not be able to choose the design. $65 for a plastic bottle and sleeve.
Forcing me to buy the 5 item bundle for $85 just to get the single sleeve design i want is too much. Especially at this price.
I figured it would be out of my price range when you blurred the prices in the video.
Blurred the prices so people had to go to the website to check them and in turn generate web traffic for you.
Each bottle costs $59.50.
Each sleeve costs $5.50.
Each mini poster costs $9.
$65: Bottle + sleeve. ($59.50 + $5.50)
$85: Bottle + 3 sleeves + mini poster. ($59.50 + 3 x $5.50 + $9)
$159 2 bottles + 4 sleeves + 2 mini posters. (2 x $59.50 + 4 x $5.50 + 2 x $9)
I'd honestly rather be able to buy each thing separately.
I agree. I would love both bottles, 2 specific sleeves and neither poster (no offense, great posters just no where to put them)
I would love to pre-order this, but apparently can't get the actually good looking designs unless I pay almost $200. So, um...I guess no thanks.
I just left a comment saying the same thing lol. Which do you like? I wanted the poison measure lines one and the asteroid cover
You’re definitely not alone here I am not going to be purchasing the bottle for that exact reason I was excited and almost ready to pull out my credit card but the fact that I want the cat water bottle and the braided sleeve which Canadian is $90 for the first option and I can’t choose no thanks I’ll pass I’ll spend my $90 somewhere else
@@greatgecks2256 for sure. I just can’t imagine a water bottle really costs that much in manufacturing, even with the divider in the middle. Honestly, they’ve just inspired me to build my own! That way it can feel much more personal
That’s right chemical might get in the liquids
I will take one , but why are we forced to pay 150$ for 2 bottle when we only want the one whit all the inscriptions ... Not the Schrodinger one's.
Because they did that intentionally to get more money.
@@OICru they also could get more people te buy the second model only . If i am hesitate a bit , 85€ for a bottle it hurt a bit . I think many people will not pay it for the model they didn't like the most .
I would take one if I didn’t find out that the delivery cost is equivalent to half the price of the bottle.
I'm glad I'm not the only one(And it looks like there are many others!) who would rather pick the other design than the one the single bottle option gives.
I'm pretty unhappy with how I can't choose which design i want for the bottle. Like why lock the other behind the most expensive tier? Buying one for 65$ is already fairly pricey. It's pretty off putting to see the same with the sleeve's. I was fairly excited but after seeing the price and let's be honest here Steve the shitty decision to gatekeep the designs behind ever increasing monetary tiers. I won't be buying a water bottle after all.
$65 for a gag bottle isnt quite worth it for me but i hope it sells well! Very cool design
~€85 including shipping for the bottle + sleeve.
Definitely the price of a very fancy water bottle.
I looked at the preorder page and am a bit confused. It looks like the assassin’s water bottle is only available for $160 as part of a set. From this video, I was under the impression that I'd be able to pre-order just the assassin’s water bottle with the cool science designs.
wdym it's available for 65$ as just the bottle and sleeve
@@yamato.takeru.no.mikoto I think they mean that you can only get the Schrödinger's cat bottle separate, not the one with the milliliter markings and molecules
@@alittlefella985 oh fair fair
Gin and tonic dispenser for those family gatherings.
Wait, you water down your gin at family events?
@@ChristianBehnke People misunderstand gin and tonic quite a lot. It means "gin for me and tonic for you".
@@andersjjensen lol
Gin and gin you say? Excellent idea
@@andersjjensen 😆
FYI the bottle will be made of Tritan plastic that doesn’t support temperature above 60 degrees C. So no tea or coffee unfortunately.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritan_copolyester
Yeah. I was put off when the premium materials at this price point where plastic and not glass
I'm sad that I'd have to buy 2 to get the design I'd be interested in. Really disappointing because i don't want to have 2, and buying something to throw it away is just bad.
@stevemould for the holes, you're approaching it from the idea you need to plug the hole to select the liquid. Have you considered the opposite approach?
Use two silicone gaskets to plug each of the holes so the liquids cannot escape. You can use a nipple to secure the gasket as a plug so it's always blocking leaks, and when you want to release the liquid, you press down on the nipple, separating the gasket from the lid, allowing the liquid to flow.
Just a thought. Loving your idea!
1:33 Can’t wait for the one made with premium gerbil materials
🐹🐹🐹
"Don't know if you've seen this type of mason jar." That's the main type I see.
interesting, I never seen it before what are they usually the lids on?
Heck! I've still got some jarred green beans from 1989 sitting in my pantry! Glass means no metal poisoning and green beans are healthy. Just waiting for them to mature a bit before I forget about them for another thirty years.
@@gawkthimm6030they’re originally for canning. You can sterilize the glass bottle and you can reuse the lid ring, but you have to replace the flat element every time to avoid contaminating the canned food and food poisoning yourself with botulism or something as nasty. Assassins bottle of another sort, if you will.
@@gawkthimm6030 Same as single piece lids but it's so the seal is more easily replaceable instead of needing an entire new lid. Those discs are meant to be used once so there is a new seal on each use.
Same. That's currently the only type we have in my house. A bunch of glass ones for the kitchen and 3 big barrels for storage.
I can recommend instead of a plastic flap to cover the holes to use a snapping rotating disc like when deodorant sprays let you switch between "open" and "locked" positions. 3:58 looks like it can easily come off.
"Do NOT use this to smuggle alcohol into an event. Or do. I’m not your dad."
Steve, get out of my head.
let me know when its like 5x cheaper
the 2 thumb-holes should be constantly sealed... then, with your thumb, u press the air-valve of the beverage of interest open, so it can flow (if the cap of the spout is off too, of course)... congrats for the engagement of the woman, she played the role good, almost subtle...
Maybe, but at that point you might as well just have a slideable lid that aligns with one hole, the other hole, or both holes - but that ruins the fun.
Dubbing over Micheal's voice is 😙👌
What a beautiful duwang
ゴゴゴゴ
Yes that was cool
@@vendetta1429 chew
I'm so happy that you're becoming progressively more and more openly unhinged. As is the way of the greats young man 🔥
I feel the design could’ve been less janky if they actually hired an engineer. Having a rubber stopper to prevent leakage is just not ideal. A toggle button like a rocker would be better. So you can set it to open or closed just by flipping a switch
I really wanted it, but 90 dollars including shipping to Ireland plus taxes for one water bottle, I’m out.
PSA, don’t drink or eat out of 3D printed items at home. Too many micro cracks that breed bacteria. Looking forward to the professional made bottle though. Cool idea!
generally dont use 3D printed plastic item in wet environments repeatedly, I think you need a "varnish or lacquer" finish to seal the plastic cracks you mentioned from water.
I am not really convinced this is a problem. We have used wooden utensils for even without any issues.
@@Minemac2 Wooden and 3D printed are not even remotely the same thing.
@@Minemac2 Wooden utensils that aren't sealed have this problem as well.
If I'm right, wood has some antibacterial properties.
Plastic from 3D prints has none, that's for sure.
Why can’t we mix and match the bottles and sleeves? I want just the assassins bottle and the knot sleeve. Not the whole set.
same here! was kinda sad to see that since the price sky rockets, especially since the conversion to aud is crazy
Same exact options I want XD
Same here exactly!
Same here :((
The disc-style mason jar is rather common here in America!
Yes, it is. I had seen those most of my life, but had no idea they were considered mason jars. To me a mason jar was always the lever action lid. When somebody first told me that disc with collar style jar was a mason jar, I was like “sorry to disappoint you, but that’s not a mason jar.” Lol. But apparently it is.
So are narcissistic, criminals who lie about election results 🤣🤣🇬🇧🙏♥️
@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker its even the design of the original by mason
They are very common here in the UK too, but I think that they'd be something only people who use mason jars would be aware of. I think a large majority of the population don't use them at all.
That’s what I was thinking! The Grolch-bottle lid style is fairly uncommon in the US. It isn’t as useful for actual canning.
Glass-lidded mason jars also used to be fairly common, you’d use pitch or gutta percha to make a seal on them when canning.
Hope they're easy to clean. Wouldn't want mould getting in them.
0:29 vsauce theme should've started playing lmao. certainly did in my head
Don't turn around.
Since it is a water bottle. You might want to create a sliding cover that can act like a switch. It would be helpful for it's portability options. Just a thought 💭
The final most robust design forgot the element of being able to plug either hole. You should have two separate pluggers with aligned edges instead of one big one
Dude. The humour, the idea, the designs. Absolute brilliance 👌
I just seen the prices and now I understand why they blurred them.
Having to cover holes is a design flaw. Would've been nicer if it was a latch sliding on notches that cover/uncover the two holes.
Two portions for jack and coke.
OMG, you made me realize the beauty of using this without covering any holes for freshly mixed rum & coke.
I totally would. But over 23 bucks for shipping, taxes not included? Sorry, but that’s too steep… 😵
159$ for the expert one... i mean its a very cool bottle, but not worth 159 😂
Make a thermally insulated one so I can choose between hot coffee and icey cool water
5:40 “There is another type of mason jar. I don’t know if you have ever seen this type,”
Steve: Proceeds to show a standard canning jar.
Me: *looks at my shelf with hundreds of jars just like it.
I think a twisting band kind of design for the two holes at the back would be better
Great idea. Think I’d prefer a rotating disc mechanism for the two holes to choose the liquids being poured over flimsy perishable rubber or flimsy perishable fingers.
And you could also adjust the liquid proportions this way!
It wouldn’t be an assassins teapot in that case. This is trying to stay as true to the idea and design of an assassins teapot while being a water bottle. The point of the tea pot is that simply placing your fingers in a slightly different configuration can cause the teapot to go from pouring tea to pouring poison. Your proposed design is unrelated to the whole concept. This is not the first vessel to have two compartments in it with the choice to pick which compartment to access, that’s not an assassins teapot though.
@@giannobong6778 tradition getting in the way of progress. Yet again! 🙄 haha
@@giannobong6778rotating disk with holes spaced in such a way that either A, B or A+B line up.
That’d cover everything
Get to work and make it instead of complaining
Why holes that you cover with fingers or silicon caps? Why not a slider like we have in the vacuum cleaner (the ones that cover the hole that allows "fake" air to enter the vacuum and reduce the pressure). A slider with 4 positions, closed (no liquid spilled), liquid 1, liquid 2, both liquids
I was so excited when I realized that I had seen this video in time to actually order the bottle, and not missed out on the limited-time production run, but I had my heart set on the "assassin's" design shown in the video, with the useful and fun measurements along the side. Definitely can't pay $160 for a huge bundle just to get that though. As many other comments have also requested, please offer an option to choose the other bottle design, without paying the full bundle price!
Was considering buying one, but seeing the tiers locked the decals for no reason, and it's not up to consumer choice. The friction of this needlessly predatory purchasing design. Locking the cooler decals behind the most expensive package. Instead of just leaving this to consumer choice. Naw hard pass now.
This is a pretty cool thing to have made. I'm familiar with the teapot from your other videos of course, but it's hard to make a curiosity into a useful product, so good job!
why not just make the air holes with those little rubber circle flap things so that they're one-way valves. then you don't have to remember to cover them to make it not spill in your bag.
Not the dinner scene having a fourth wall break fleabag moment 😭
Lianne said “like fleabag” when I told her the idea!
82 euro for a water bottle (beginner)... nope
Buying this and only putting water in both chambers
As an assassin, I can confirm this works. Hard part is getting your target to drink from your bottle.
Maybe if you didn't go around revealing you are an assassin, more people might drink from your bottle.
one way valves would work perfectly for the small holes unless I'm misunderstanding, air only needs to go into the bottle and the one way valve would prevent liquid coming out
I guess you're pretty locked in on the design so far, because you're getting ready for production and any large changes would involve HUGE extensions in timelines, but still: Going with holes seems like a weird way, they're pretty clearly not a very userfriendly solution...
I assume you experimented with like push button valves and found that they'd be either problematic or way too expensive to make?
Doubt there was too much experimenting due to costs involved, which is why they went with what was perceived by them as the simplest solution.
As fantastic as the idea is, and as engaging as it is to see your continued excitement for "the Assassins drink vessel"... The collaboration with vsauce leaves shipping a bit high for the British audience, and in keeping with several other comments, I agree the notion of locking the more 'interesting' design behind the need to preorder 2, rather than giving the option of either design when preordering 1 seems rather predatory. If either of, or Ideally both of these issues get sorted out, I'd love to hear an update, but will probably have to give this project a miss.
Edit: The skits were excellent.
2:36 I see a bit of blue water coming out, obviously which stays inside the mouth, before it turns out all yellow. It means if blue is poisonous, you as an assassin will also drink a bit of it.
True but micro dosing to build up poison tolerance used to be a thing. As long as you don't use a poison that is potent enough to kill in such a small amount (such as a couple of drops) you should be fine. Maybe minor illness (vomiting/nausea) but at least not dead.
The WORLD now needs the DONUT WATER BOTTLE !!!!
Right? The instant he said that I am like, toroidal water bottle! I’m totally in!
It's pretty easy to find glass Klein bottles for sale (indeed, Klein Steins).
like a mug?
A water donut?
@@Jiglias A hollow mug
You can put purified water on one side and dysentary water on the other for added stealth.
@@Zimph_ so sick😅... But yes
@@Zimph_ remember to never drink distilled water. That sh*t might kill you (no kidding, since there's Google there are no liers)
that's really cool but $65 for the cheapest option 😩😩😩
Meaning of Limited Edition: Pay more for no reason!
I agree with some of the others here that buttons which are closed at rest would be best. Small spring for each button between the outside wall and the button head. Silicone ring on the inside for a seal. A slide on the outside to act as a lock for the buttons to ensure they don't get pressed in transit.
Cleaner looking and more durable. But I assume the issue is cost to do so.
A hinge lid would have also worked, then hide the buttons/holes in the in-built hinge. Also mostly a cost measure I assume.
Something that would be higher than normal due to small scale factors and the split compartment bottle.
I hope later you are able to revisit this with an improved version, its a fun idea!
@3:00 You spilled it!
The Truman show
Please do more skits with your wife. That’s hilarious!
3:45 Why not make it rotating?
Yea just a ring that can rotate would be perfect
How what do you mean?
I have notes!
1. Why put the holes in the bottle? Why not have the holes in the lid? Holes in rigid plastic like the bottle will introduce stress points, especially if you're constantly apply pressure to the holes... that's the "hole point" of the bottle. The lid already has a complex mold, it's made of less rigid material and extra material can be added around the holes if needed.
2. The holes should be closed-at-rest and you "activate" a hole... Maybe there's a lever mechanism that you squeeze to open a hole. The current stopper mechanism looks really easy to pop open when in a bag, and then you might as well have the teapot in your bag.
I love the fact there's no "i'm doing an advertisement so im going to scream at you" throughout the whole video.
Just calm speaking volume and let the product speak for itself.