Altoids Breath Strips: Curiously weak
Written: Mar 14 '06
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Pros: Compact, less sugar, discreet
Cons: Not as strong as conventional mints, packaging may be hazardous to your health, storage requirements
The Bottom Line: Stick with the classic Altoids. I think the same people who made New Coke® made this product.
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| javajoop's Full Review: Altoids Breath Strips, 32 Srips Per Tin, Peppermin... |
I happened to get this product because I needed to get cash from my check card. So instead of heading to nearest ATM machine, I headed for the market to purchase a modest item, like candy. The cashier offered the Altoids Breath Strips, I relented and got my cash. It cost about USD$1.80 but after trying this product, I'd rather pay the bank fee than having this.
Altoids®, as you all know and may love, are those curiously strong mints that comes in various flavors - peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen & cinnamon (my fav). They are made by Callard & Bowser, the people who make those caramel Nips® that you may love. Those famous tins are really the life of the party. Even the packages brings out a smile or two when you offer it to your friends and folks. Not with these strips.
The strips resemble rice paper, light to the touch and easily soluble in your mouth. It measure an inch long by half an inch wide. I found that each strip are pretty difficult to separate so I do what people do to to take one out - I dab my index finger with my tongue and lift each one out the tin. This is bad.
With each time I do that operation, each wafer becomes more and more damp with time until the wafers stick together to become a nice piece of brick. No wonder. The back of the tin reminds me to keep it between temperature of 55-75 degrees. Can you tell me what other type of breath freshener requires that kind of TLC? The line below that was also an eye opener: Safety Warning: This tin may present a choking hazard. Okay. Game over.
I grant you it does have that minty, sweet taste that conventional mints produce and, yes, the tin offers another cute way to hide certain paraphernalia but where's the fun in that? These wafers aren't as strong as regular Altoids because I believe they offer the essential oils or crystals that makes them robust. The classic mints are also composed of sugar, a prime preservative and not easily succumbing to heat and humidity. Besides, how do I offer my date a wafer? I'm not offering communion.
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