Yes, it was RTIC, then Stanley, now Owala?? Were the Nalgene ever a thing?
Nalgene was the thing if you were “outdoorsy” in the late 90’s, early 00’s
They’re expensive because it’s the last one you’ll ever need
Every 3 years a new water bottle brand completely oneshots middle class white women like clockwork
There are lots of targeted products and demographics for which this sort of thing is true. My guess is that this is probably very far from the most costly example, though.
My water bottle — I got one as part of a kit for my bike — is determinedly untrendy and plastic, but it looks like these Owala things are $29. If I got one of those instead and did so every three years, that’d be $10/year. Is it necessary or financially optimal? No, probably not, but for perspective, a large pizza is about $30 where I am. The water bottle is probably a healthier unnecessary purchase than the pizza…and I get a pizza a lot more frequently than one every three years.
I mean, the !flashlight@lemmy.world or the !fountainpens@lemmy.world or the !knives@sopuli.xyz or the !EDC@sopuli.xyz people all have their own often-not-really-necessary items that they get and carry around — and most of those tend to be more guy things — that in all honesty are mostly for fun. You could buy a number of these Owala water bottles for what a nice Spyderco knife might run, and you don’t need to pay what a Spyderco knife runs to get a sharp bit of metal to have with you.
You’re going to call out !knives@sopuli.xyz and not !pocketknife@lemmy.world? Hey, now.
We are committed to getting people to spend money on dumb shit over here.
Thanks. Looks like I’m subscribed to both, and just hit the first when searching. The latter does seem to be more active.
And I’m not trying to single out those people. Looking at that community list, I have probably seven or eight pocketknives myself (including two Spydercos), several flashlights (including a tri-18650-cell, Anduril-firmware flashlight), probably a dozen fountain pens (including one gold nib-equipped one), and a multitool that I carry with me. Those are, if I am to be honest, unnecessary toys — I would be at most very mildly inconvenienced if every one of those disappeared tomorrow. Just saying that before we get too enthusiastically involved in bagging on the middle-class white woman who spends $10/year on a not-really-necessary fad waterbottle…maybe everyone should consider their own unnecessary stuff. If they’re truly more disciplined and ascetic, fair enough. But I think on the “toy” scale, the fad waterbottle probably isn’t especially bad.
They just keep getting better at holding water.
I’ve been using nalgene bottles forever because I like my water room temperature. Im probably 80% microplastics now.
I carried one for like a decade, I’ve got a couple of metal bottles that I’ve had for years now too.
I think we are all fully marinated in petroleum byproducts.
I got an owala at sams club ages ago and the isulation is crazy on those things. I once forgot it at work and it still had ice in it a full day (like 20+ hours) when I went to get it
Funny enough this seems rather accurate according to this article. Graphic below from the article linked.
My partner got me a water bottle in the late 2010s, its still going just fine. Few scratches on the paint now and minor dents in places but that is it.
Could do with an insulated flask that can hold strew. Boil some veg/stock in the morning and pour into the flask, it cooks during the day and can have it as my lunch at work. Similar to cooking in a slow cooker or haybox.
Not me still using the nalgenes despite all the ways they’re objectivley bad.
i got a nalgene or seven
why are they bad?
I have a similar number actually.
They’re hard to clean, especially the lid and threads where your lips end up.
They’re strong but brittle, drop a full one on a hard surface and it is likely to shatter
They aren’t insulated, meaning they sweat and the water gets warm.
I have broken more of those stupid little straps that hold the lid on then I care to admit.
These newer water bottles seem to have a lot of nice little features that nalgenes don’t .
Still they are the most practical and straightforward water bottle, they are allergic to leaking and will last forever (given you dont drop full ones on rocks.)
I have had several. The only ways they’ve died:
Getting soft:
- Campers leaving them in the sun for a long time
- Many runs through the sanitizing cycle of the dishwasher
Breaking:
- The tether for the lid
- Once and only once, i had a full, dropped nalgene land on the cap at an angle, and shatter the threads/lip. Nalgene sent me a new one – all they wanted was a picture of the damage.
I have really abused their replacement policy. Gotten like 5+ lids from them and two waterbottles. I took a photo of my brothers 20yo nalgene and they sent me a new one lol.
I did not know they did new caps
They’re pretty tough. I’ve ran mine over with a tractor and it dented the bottom, but was otherwise fine. Had that one for 15 years.
Nalgene are hard to clean, wut? Just put a drop of washing up liquid with water and give it a shake and take a soft brush to the threads. Still 10x easier than any other water vessel short of a bucket lol.
Warm water also hydrates better than cold water when you’re actually in need too, so I never mind that
Warm water, cold water it’s hard to choose when it comes to hydration in a lot of scenarios. Most of the time if you’re sweating a lot, chances are you could use both the cooling effect of cold water and the faster hydration. In cold environments that’s obviously a no-brainer.
Nalgene are hard to clean, wut? Just put a drop of washing up liquid with water and give it a shake and take a soft brush to the threads. Still 10x easier than any other water vessel short of a bucket lol.
Warm water also hydrates better than cold water when you’re actually in need too, so I never mind that
This may be scientifically true, but it can’t hydrate me if I don’t drink it, and I’m about 1,000x more likely to drink it when it’s nice and cold.
Not me, but I’ll respect a difference of opinion. Drinking cold water on a hot day makes me have to shit immediately. Lukewarm water, I can clear my while 32oz Nalgene in one guzzle, no cap
that doesnt seem normal, most people dont have this problem. your bottle could be still dirty, or had some bacteria in it. i often drink cold in hot days, i never get this.
I love a sip of something cold but if I’m drinking water give it to me lukewarm.
I’m with you homie
The water in them tastes weird from my experience when they gave us some for camping.
Plastic. Also, just less easy to drink out of the wide mouth (which obviously has its benefits, and they make the insert to make it easier to drink from, anyway).
I like the wide mouth actually, love the sensation of dripping a bunch of water all over my chin in the summer (not joking.) Makes me feel like some kind of water slut.
this is probably going to be my favorite comment of the day.
Name one 😆
What about the dopper?
Owala actually covering the part that goes in your mouth is pretty dope though. I still use a nalgene that was a swag gift from forever ago, KISS for room temperature water, perfect for the gym.
Yetti rambler for the win, especially with the chug lid.
Based on GP comment’s image, looks pretty similar to the hydroflask. What’s the difference?
I’m big on the magnetic screw off lid that connects to the side. I love the giant handle on the big lid for carrying and ice keeps way longer, but I’m downing like eight bottles a day so that’s not a big deal.
Only thing is, they’re stinky when new. Gotta soak the gasket in vinegar and wash it a lot.
Closer and closer.
Just like cellphones, they get big then shink.
I bought in at S’well, am I an early adopter? I’m surprised Mii isn’t on the list.
I don’t know, that timeline kind of just seems like what’s on sale at Costco, which does seem to rotate every few years. Could be a chicken or the egg kind of situation or just simply a people-like-costco kind of observation too.
As a youth girls soccer coach, I’m so glad Stanley’s finally stopped being popular. Every girl that brought one to practice would inevitably have it too over and spill. It got to the point where I had to tell parents all water bottles had to have a lid that completely closed.
I’m a school bus driver. I could have built a house by now entirely made from the water bottles that kids leave behind on my bus. They wouldn’t work for the roof, you say? That’s what the ear bud cases are for.
Don’t mind me, I’m just a Contigo hipster
As a middle class, middle age white man I stopped at the hydroflask and yeti on that timeline
Work for a tech company long enough and you’ll have a few of each of these
Source: work for a tech company and have a few of each of these
welp. this is my introduction to owala. here we go
I have three of the water bottles on the image and I gotta say, I do really like the Owala. I’m personally a fan of straws but I vastly prefer having something that I can close and throw in a bag without it leaking. The Owala fits that. The only problem I’ve had is if I don’t clean it for a while. I only use water, but after a while the water I drink out of it will start to make my mouth feel dry and taste bad, if that makes any sense at all. I’ve found scrubbing the silicone seal on the lid makes a big difference.
(Also I’m a basic white middle aged bitch so I guess only having three of the bottles in the image is good… right? Bleh.)
plastic caps or parts are likely to get dirty faster, and you have to clean it out everday, i clean it with dish detergent once in a while as well. i use only hot water to clean.
I’ve never owned a dedicated water bottle before and decided to get one. At random I picked Owala. I’d never heard of them but liked the way the lid worked. A few weeks later I see Owala everywhere.
I’m right on the front swell of a trend!
I had some acquaintance who was a hydroflask rep or something in 2017. He saw my 5 year old beat to hell hydro flask ran out to his car and brought me two more for being an “og supporter.” I was like I guess this is cool I just hated my water getting warm in plastic ones.
Missed Sigg in there in the mid 2000s. But it and the Nalgene were BPA sources I thought. The rest are dumb, any stainless with a good seal works for me.
People were drinking water out of those stanley “cups”?
Also as a German, where are:
That last one is awesome but I’ve only seen nerds use them
If nerds are into them, they must be the best.
Nerds contemplate about things before they buy them.
Metal lid? Can’t find that here.
What’s the second one? I’ve been looking for one like that with a metal screw top
I just searched for stainless steel water bottle in german and there’s a bunch like this lol
They are on amazon.com too tho https://www.amazon.com/LyyGuanYoo-Stainless-Camping-Runners-Cyclists/dp/B0DXQCDPFQ/
Hey I got the milk jug one. Got it from a union event
A trend among left-leaning uni students at some point
I’m American and I fucking love those glass water bottles. I use them everyday, that exact kind.
Where do you see them?
Mine were given to me as gifts by my mom, let me try to find them for you.
Edit: I’m gonna be totally honest, I think she bought them from Amazon or Walmart. If you look up swing top glass bottles you should see them, they’re 33 fl. oz.
I got one at ikea
Korken
I just need to show my appreciation for the fact that these were 4 different images that aligned perfectly in height for me.
Ok that’s your client, they don’t align for me :(
Here you go
I’m American and specifically noticed the omission of sigg. I haven’t seen them sold here in years. But it was a distinct phase.
I don’t keep up with trends so much. But when my sigg disappeared, I got a mana? Manaa? Brand. It was just what they had at the store. A couple of weeks later i saw press about it as “the water bottle that can hold an entire bottle if wine.” I can’t say i ever tried it. My primary interest is hydration 😂
That’s so dumb lol, wine bottles are always .75l (in Europe?) and water bottles commonly 1l
Oh, they’re stacked vertically for me (Summit) so I had no idea what you meant by “aligned in height”.
Have you seen comments with several images where they don’t align? I’m guessing it’s an automatic thing where it’ll make them the same height no matter the resolution and/or height.
Also odd of you to not say what client you’re using.It’s a secret I’ll carry on my final voyage to the grave
Grrrr
I’m still looking for a fully stainless steel one with a stainless lid that has an unscrewable spout on a hinge like a metal flask, but large and water bottle shaped. All of these have plastic somewhere in the chain.
unfortunately those are usually the only good ones. i never seen a metal one with a spout. i have one that insulated , ecovessel that is a fully metal cap you can take off and drink from. something similar to the pic below.
I might just have to machine my own one of these days.
Yeah, my current favorite bottle is the yeti, but it still has plastic for the lid. If they ever made a stainless lid it’d be pretty close to the perfect bottle. Wide mouth that’s super easy to clean, indestructible, replaceable seals, doesn’t alter the flavor of the water, even after multiple days. Any bottle with a mouth that doesn’t let me get my hand to the bottom, or doesn’t let me see every part of every internal surface isn’t cleanable enough for me.
Still stuck in the past with a CamelBak
I get most of my fluids from a CamelToe
Oh my god. I’ve seen so many unbranded bottles just like the S’Well one and never knew where they came from. Guess I’m one of today’s lucky 10,000
That chart is a bit outdated. That might be the millennial moms that pick up the trend late.
All the white Gen Z girls at work have HydroJug now. Owala was a a while back. Stanley was more covid era.
My wife has a fuckin entire cabinet dedicated to her damn cups.
HydroJug
Why do they all look like copycats…
Because they basically are. There’s only so many ways to design a double walled vacuum insulated cup lol.
ive been seeing those hydrojugs, they are stand in for stanleys.
If I’ve learned anything over the last 8-9 years, it’s that all these bottles are the same damn thing lol. One brand just happens to capitalize on a design trend first and that’s what lands.
And also blow a boatload of money on influencer marketing
Middle class white women are like men who only play AAA shooters or sports games and kids with most things; they see something that’s becoming popular and latch onto it like parasites and make it their whole personality.
There are many other groups of people loke this bit I’m too fucking tired ATM and already in bed to list any more, it’s all just a never ending thing.I think the owala is almost perfect. Owala is probably the most revolutionary out of all the previous ones. The crazy downside is you can’t put hot water in it
Ofcit’s the most recent one.
It’s always the last place you look.
Care to explain?
- It’s easy to clean, easy to use, easy to carry
- the lid completely covers the mouthpiece
- the new ones have a decent handle
- doesn’t have any wear components. -You can use the straw when driving or reading so you don’t block your vision.
The only real downside is that it can spill if the lid is open and it tips over.
It’s way better then anything else I’ve seen on the market or the camelback one I used for 15 years before I got this one.
Thanks!
It’s got a lock to stop that spill. At least the one I have does.
Not sure if you’ve seen these but you can drink out of these like a normal bottle but it also has an integrated straw. Pretty epic.
That is cool!
Followed shortly by the new, and not better, water holding devices.
I purchased an RTC stainless steel insulated tumbler in 2015. It’s the only cup I ever use and it’s still going strong after daily use and still looks brand new. Was 20 bucks (they were clearly undercutting Yeti at the time). It’s been a solid purchase, I think the same cup from them now runs 40 bucks on Amazon.
Then again I’m still using the same plastic ninja turtle bowl I got from a box of Cookie Crisp cereal in 1988… So anything will last a very long time with care.
Then again I’m still using the same plastic ninja turtle bowl I got from a box of Cookie Crisp cereal in 1988…
Back when there were cool goodies in cerial boxes. I miss those days. I especially remember getting Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 on CD once.
They had to stop that because they were targeting kids and forcing sugary cereal on them with bribes.
Absolute Barbarian Mode: Diet Coke bottle full of water
Barbarians could only hope for all those microplastics. You are one level up, my friend.
I should level up to mason jar and make cops think I’m downing moonshine in broad daylight.
I’m up to three 30oz Yeti “stackable cups”. They’re great–insulated, dishwasher safe, durable, replaceable lids, fit in my cup holder, fits my hand.
And then Yeti discontinued the size. (the 30 oz tumbler is a different shape than the stackable cup, it’s wider at the bottom and too big for my hands). Grumble.
hits Google Shopping, which indexes pretty much anything you can buy on the Web
I assume that you’re talking about this:
https://www.rei.com/product/127087/yeti-rambler-tumbler-with-magslider-lid-30-fl-oz
And not this, which has a wider base:
…though confusingly, it’s the latter called a “stackable cup” and the former a “tumbler”.
This is what I like: https://merc.li/CwgZNBjDb?sv=0 , which is confusingly the same cup as https://merc.li/U7v2s8beb?sv=0 . (Near as I can tell, Yeti changed how they measure volume when they went from straw to mag slider lids)
Rtic>yeti
I’m a poor consumer. I have my first insulated coffee cup from about 25 years ago. I bought a second one for tea about 15 years ago. I have had several water bottles of different sizes all from promos that I have kept and used since I received them - the newest is aluminum and 12 years old. The oldest is 25 or 30 years old. Although my husband may make up for my lack of buying - he is always trying out new hydration systems for hiking & biking.
I used a $10 Wal-Mart brand one every day for a few months to make sure I’d actually use it. Then I upgraded to a Stanley when they were on sale since it’s also dishwasher safe and the lid on my Walmart one was starting to not seal as well.
You can upgrade for cheap to the last fad beverage container by visiting your nearest thrift store. Currently they will a bunch of Stanley cups for very cheap. Your other option is know someone in sales or just walk through a trade show where they will give you swag (junk land fill) which usually includes yeti cups as of late.
