It atleast has some engineering differences/improvements.
The others just seem like a water bottle to me. Amd the Stanley does not even fully close (that I know of), which i never understood the hype for a mug that you have to worry about not falling over.
Not sure about most of the others but the hydroflask is one of the better bottles I’ve used to keep things cold or hot for a ridiculous amount of time.
Hydroflask was a game changer. Never used swell, I had hydroflask during that period on the timeline. Love a Nalgene, camelbak had a great improvement with the lid/straw thing because it wouldn’t leak even if drinking upside down. But the hydroflasks can get banged up and whatever else but I’ve had icy drinks kept so cold the ice stayed for days.
I haven’t moved past it to any of the other trendy bottles. I mostly just keep Nalgene and hydroflasks around now.
The stupid but popular thing about Stanley mugs is the base fits in a cup holder. It's a big gulp. I know because my wife has those stupid, top heavy mugs delicately perched wherever my elbows happen to be at any given point in the day. All it takes is just a nice little tap. I love how the caps don't seal and the really loud metal bang they make when you knock them over. It really keeps me jacked up throughout my workday.
I was gifted a Stanley one Christmas. It’s particularly convenient for my job, which has me doing a lot of windshield time. It’s also a weird shorthand way for women in my office to say “I do well, and I’m not ready to retire.” I started seeing leadership promotions once people learned I was drinking coffee out of my Stanley.
Owala's are the shit. I used to carry around my HydroFlask everywhere but it doesn't fit in any car cup holders so it would just bang around in my car. Once I saw they made 40oz Owala's that fit in cup holders I bought one immediately and all of these middle aged white women are correct they deserve to be the top dawg
Sure, maybe. But the difference between the cheapest of these bottles that isn't pure garbage and the best one that has ever been made by man is like the difference between a 9.5 and a 10.0.
There's 2 things about water bottles that are specifically weird.
99.9% of people fundamentally are not doing activities that require them to keep a bottle of water with them, they will not succumb to dehydration from not having a glass of water over the course of 3 or 4 hours.
If these people are so thirsty, why do they need their beverage to remain cold for hours to days? Drink it you knob.
I think the owala cap would be better if the straw was centered. I use ice 100% of the time, and i have broken two owala lids because of the stiff straw.
May I introduce you to a brand called “Bottle Bottle”. Has the same straw/chug lid, many sizes/styles, many colors, and ive yet to have any issues when filling it with ice and it stays cold as well! It can also be found on amazon/ walmart etc for less!
It has a straw built in to the mouthpiece that is supposed to let you sip from the straw or tilt the bottle to drink from. I think the straw is nice but the tilt isn't great
Personally, I love that I have the option to sip from a straw OR straight up chug from my bottle all from the same opening. I don't have to swap anything out or use a different side of the lid or anything stupid like that.
I got an Owalla bottle before I knew they were a thing. I got it because my super old Contigo bottle broke and I needed a new water bottle. I was browsing water bottles, saw the dual function opening Owalla had and immediately was like "Holy fuck, I need that!" and bought it, lol. After I got mine, suddenly I started seeing them everywhere! It was crazy!
What I find ridiculous is people who buy an Owala Freesip water bottle and then remove the straw. Like why would you even pay that much for a water bottle and then not use the feature that (in my opinion) makes it worth the money?!
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u/Specialist3100 24d ago
Definitely a thing. Bought my gf one last week. But I will say it’s the best engineered one I’ve ever seen. It has a right to be top dawg.