I'm not so experienced with different lubes, I've only ever used water based. I bought this because it was a huge bottle for a decent price, around $25. I was a bit put off when I realized I didn't account for shipping but thankfully I had a discount and used some loyalty dollars to round the whole price to $30. Not bad at all.

When applying the lube it did get a little messy because there's so much of it and I only needed a little, and it's water based so beware. After some duration you'll need to apply some more but that's natural with water based lube. As far as taste there's no shocker there, it takes just like lube.