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The downsides are it's just stupid expensive and if for some reason you lose the coolant (water pump, radiator leak, blown hose, etc.) then it's not locally available, so your truck is down while you're waiting for more to ship.
I ignored the downsides until my truck started putting my $30/gallon coolant out. After that I switched to something cheaper.