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[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 206 points 2 days ago (26 children)

Funny enough this seems rather accurate according to this article. Graphic below from the article linked.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

People were drinking water out of those stanley "cups"?

Also as a German, where are:

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[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just need to show my appreciation for the fact that these were 4 different images that aligned perfectly in height for me.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok that's your client, they don't align for me :(

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] gingersaffronapricat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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 😂

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's so dumb lol, wine bottles are always .75l (in Europe?) and water bottles commonly 1l

[–] gingersaffronapricat@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

That is a funny observation. I’m not sure it holds up here. But it is a type of marketing i see. Water bottle sizes here are chaotic. I commonly see anywhere between .5l and 1.3l.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That last one is awesome but I've only seen nerds use them

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

If nerds are into them, they must be the best.

Nerds contemplate about things before they buy them.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'm American and I fucking love those glass water bottles. I use them everyday, that exact kind.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

Insanity right there.

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[–] Elting@piefed.social 59 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not me still using the nalgenes despite all the ways they're objectivley bad.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

i got a nalgene or seven

why are they bad?

[–] Elting@piefed.social 63 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.)

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.
[–] Elting@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

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.

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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).

[–] Elting@piefed.social 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 9 points 2 days ago

this is probably going to be my favorite comment of the day.

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

HydroJug

Why do they all look like copycats...

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Because they basically are. There's only so many ways to design a double walled vacuum insulated cup lol.

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[–] LurkyLoo@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I ended up getting a Camelbak stainless steel one now. Wide mouth and no flimsy nooks, so it's super easy to clean compared to most of these. I was surprised they're still going strong despite all the new(ish) players.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

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.

Don't mind me, I'm just a Contigo hipster

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yetti rambler for the win, especially with the chug lid.

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