Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders

Re:Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders by jgrahamc on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @06:03PM (#6169522)

Yes, I've read that in the past and without being rude I do not consider that to be 'thoughtful'. It's a repetition of what he's said a number of times about his goals for Soylent, but it does not answer my question.

He mentions Ensure as follows: "I considered Ensure but found it much too expensive, low calorie, unpalatable, and an ingredient make up that was far from complete or optimal." That does not tell me anything about Soylent.

Sure, he wants to make it cheaper. Can he? About a month ago I posted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5875246 The pricing is very close between Soylent and Ensure Complete. Abbott claims you can live long term on it etc.

My suspicion is that he's comparing Soylent with the common consumer "Ensure" product which is relatively low-calorie etc.

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Re:Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders by schiffern on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @09:07PM (#6170230)

4 bottles of Ensure Complete would only be 1400 Calories/day, vs. 2200 Calories for Soylent. You'd have to drink 6/day, making it $66.43/wk for Ensure Complete (cheapest Amazon price) vs. $52.88/wk for Soylent.

Of course, you said that you considered $73.48/wk to be "very close to Soylent pricing". Sure it's in the same order of magnitude, but a 40% increase is nothing to sneeze at.

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Re:Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders by DanBC on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:01AM (#6171788)

Ensure Plus is higher calorie.

You don't want the high calorie versions because people are going to be chugging this stuff to avoid feeling hungry.

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Re:Soylent now accepting Bitcoin for preorders by schiffern on Thursday August 08, 2013 @02:04AM (#6177550)

Ensure Plus contains 350 Calories, exactly the same as Ensure Complete.

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