okay i am on the owala hype train not because they are the current thing but because they are simply good bottles
they have a straw and a big enough air inlet that the straw is actually usable, plus you can drink from them the normal way if you want.
the one thing i hate is that they don’t have a locking mechanism. the only way to “lock” them closed is to push the carrying handle down over the release button, which you can’t do if it’s clipped to something and even then you can still easily get it open if you jam your fingernail in there. if there was a bottle with all three features I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
oh lol. they got my wife at stanley.
she bought 4 (one for everyone in the family) at $40 a piece. in protest, I bought about 10 used quality water bottles from my gyms lost and found sale for $1 each.
all u could see in our cabinets were water bottles. I think my wife gets that we have enough now so I’m safe from the next version…
I gave away everything but a bowl to hold my water, but I saw a boy drink water from only his hands.
How have become so materialistic?
Still rocking my canteen
No plastic, no aluminum. No glass either just because I’m clumsy. Wide opening only. If I can’t fit my hand in to clean it, I don’t want it.
I have a 64 oz one, and a 128 oz one. Am aiming for them to be buy-it-for-lifers.
Why no aluminum
I’m a little concerned about the potential for aluminum toxicity.
In what way is aluminum toxic?
Edit- I looked it up. If you have kidney disease it can accumulate and cause other problems, but the amount entering the body from aluminum cooking items is incredibly low. I’d imagine even lower from a drinking cup.
Enh maybe it’s fine. Even so, steel is real.
Aluminum is not strong enough for me. I need to buy the most indestructible products because I will unintentionally break them. I have broken a nalgene already
Funny enough this seems rather accurate according to this article. Graphic below from the article linked.
Don’t mind me, I’m just a Contigo hipster
