What's your opinion on "vitamin water" type drinks?

The only posts I could find about this are about 10y old and about brands that are "more sugar than water", sorry if there was previous discussion on this I couldn't find.

I was in the store today looking at some flavored drinks.

I need to drink more water (a LOT more than I currently do, not just for dieting reasons but also other health related reasons my doctor told me) + I found I remember to drink a lot more when it has some flavor to it. I make tea while at home but sometimes I'm in a hurry to go out and don't have tea ready. If I just grab a normal bottle of water, I end up barely drinking it.

I noticed a section with basically flavored water. I think this would be perfect for me, I can keep a few bottles in my fridge and if I'm ever in a hurry and don't have tea ready, just grab one of these. I am limiting my calorie count but another 100calories every once in a while I can just substitute for my daily snack so it's not an issue.

The label looks decent enough - there are some that claim to have as little as 5 calories in 500ml bottle, like this peach tea version:

https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/5908260253431/vitamin-tea-zero-peach-flavour-oshee-vitamin

Or some that have quite a bit more like this one, about 100 calories in a 500ml bottle (I've tried this one, and personally I would water it down even further, maybe in a 1L tumbler with another 500 ml normal water 😅 because it's delicious but WAY too sweet for me) (it's basically on par with a lot of other iced tea drinks in terms of sugar it seems, though the actual taste I personally find is much sweeter somehow):

https://m.ebag.bg/en/drink-oshee-water-with-vitamins-and-minerals-555-ml/17785

What are your thoughts on these? Here are some specific things I'm wondering about:

Are they healthy-ish, other than the added sugar, or is there anything else to watch for (like how diet sodas contain some very unhealthy chemicals, like aspertame)?

Are the "vitamins" listed actually anything, or is it such a small amount that it's practically just there for the marketing?

Are ones like the 2nd link "more sugar than water" like some of the old posts mentioned (I am still new to nutrition label reading, apologies if it is a dumb question)?

Is there any benefit to drinking something like the 2nd link compared to a regular sugary drink, like ice tea for example, with the same calorie count (like Lipton/Nestea)?

Apologies in advance if my English is bad, I have a headache today so a bit bad at proofreading what I wrote 😅

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