This is the Best Reusable Water Bottle | America’s Test Kitchen
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Another tip, Ive been a long time user of the Yeti especially while driving in Florida. What I do for driving safety is slip a Bubba silicone straw in the top slit. It makes driving and hydrating safer. Lifting a big Yeti over my head behind the wheel is not safe. Both the drinking mug and straws are over 10 years old and still being used nearly daily. I do have a cleaning brush for when I drink a chunky smoothy through the Bubba. Stay Sustainable!
Funny! Just yesterday I was shopping at a local discount store and I convinced a women not to get the Contigo because it's TOO hard to clean. She ended up buying a fuchsia pink wide mouth.
Status symbol, oh america 😂
I USE STAINLESS STEEL BOTTLES STAINLESS STEEL DOES NOT CONTAIN TOXINS BISPHENOL A
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Bite valves are incredible for night stand water. I don't have to sit up while I chug a liter of water in the middle of the night I can just stay in my normal side-sleeping position and go to town.
Yes. Interesting. Thinking that three bottles per family member…91 dollars each…
I’m surprised they did this. I feel like water bottles are very personal so this whole test seems pointless
Interesting review. I tested a bunch of bottles and for me, by far the Owala was the best. But I wanted a straw and I don't mind a little cleaning. The biggest thing for me was straw or just sippy spout I needed to be able to put decent sized ice in. And a lot of bottles the opening is too small for that.
I have zojirushi and it’s the best for keeping water cold for a long time and it doesn’t leak at all
The water bottle you already own is the right water bottle for you 🩷
2:18 omg I absolutely had a Camelback "bite valve" bottle (with straw) at some point. Memory activated. It was the only way to sip from an upright vessel that also wouldn't spill or leak anywhere nmw
For real though, I'm just realizing how associated certain water bottles are with memories and points in life (more innovation, less trend, based changes over the years, which has changed now). A very "30s millennial" experience, maybe?
If you use a wide mouth Nalgene or any other wide mouth bottle I highly recommend getting a Guyot SplashGuard
HydraFlow ?!?!
There's no way they actually even used the Owala and didn't put it at 1
I’ve had the same Nalgene for probably 20 years. If you have a problem with the wide mouth, they make silicone inserts that sit in it that make drinking much easier and less prone to spills. I don’t use it much these days because I’ve also had the same stainless steel Yeti Rambler for the past 5 years, and it’s excellent. They’re pricey, but very worth it because they’re tanks.
The lid makes such a difference!
Big fan of Yeti Products. BUT make sure you buy the product for your use case, given the price point.
When Julia is going over the recommendations, Adam is like “thanks, I just said that.”
I use a very plain stainless steel water bottle no paint no label- single walled with a screw on cap with a metal ring handle that I can get a couple of fingers through to carry it – were about 6$ a pc and bought a case of six. Take them to work – not worried about loosing one. no paint to fade. one was dropped has a little dent. no straws to try and clean. Tastes better to me than the plastic. Have thought it might be nice to have a doubled wall- but would really be worried if I lost it or damaged it. have dropped one got a slight dent. still holds water just fine. In fact liked the stainless enough to go by stainless steel water glasses for home. Got rid of the plastic ones that I had for years.
I have an Rtic, yeti and hydro flask. My favorite is the Rtic outback bottle and it’s the least expensive out of the three . The hydro flask is also a nice bottle and the yeti is honestly my least favorite out of the 3.
I was gifted the yeti yonder plastic water bottle. At first I didn’t like it but then I realized that it actually holds a lot of water and is very easy to clean. So I replaced the whole water bladder in my mountain camelback hydration backpack with this bottle. Te bottle easily slides into the pouch where the bladder used to sit. I usually have a drink only when I’m taking a break so I don’t mind having to take off my backpack for a few sips of water and it stays colder for longer. Those water bladders are a pain to keep clean.
You missed a huge issue with metal double wall vacuum insulated bottles. I've dropped several from less than 3 feet and the dent they get has broken the vacuum seal about 80% of the time, destroying all temperature regulation.
After you dropped yours, you should have poured hot or cold water into them and tried to touch them — it would have shown you which vacuum seals are more durable. Big miss.
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You are dead wrong. Owala is definitely the best.
My friend in high school ran over her Nalgene bottle with her dodge pickup and it was scratched up but otherwise fine. They can be put in your will!
The old reliable wide mouth Nalgene bottles are time tested over multiple decades. Durable, easy to clean and leakproof even years and years after purchase.
Oh gosh, Owala is the clear winner
I like my stainless steel Contigo from Target with a drinking cap. There is a spout in the front and your press a spring loaded button in the back of the cap to open the spout. The only problem is the spout/valve/cap is a bit hard to fully clean. It's stainless steel, keeps stuff cold for a nice long time and only cost me $15. I bought 2.
With the stainless steel bottles, I prefer those that have no seam inside the bottle. I have seen those get rusty over time.
Hmmm. Y'all missed the mark on this one. CamelBak MagChute is by far the best water bottle I've ever had. My favorite part is that you can't lose the cap and you don't get thwacked in the face with it either (nalgene…). The cap allows for a decent chug with much less risk of spilling it all over yourself. To top it all off, it's easy to clean thoroughly and can even go through the dishwasher! I've been using these since they first came on the market (maybe 10 years ago?), and I've yet to break one. I had to replace one of the caps early on, but I think they were still refining the design.
I've had a Nalgene water bottle since high school 15 years ago. They have never failed me and I lose them a lot so it's good they only cost $10.
Stainless all the way, gotta have a widemouth with either a chug cap or stray so that you can easily put in ice but not have it try to come out and smack, or splash, you while drinking. And don't bother with name brands, because they're all virtually identical.
But, requirement #1 for me is, it must fit in my dishwasher. Life is too short to be wasted trying to get nooks and crannies with a brush.
Thrift store is FULL of water bottles.
The worst thing about reusable water bottles and tumblers in my family is the sheer number of new ones they come home with. We have piles of these stupid things.
glad you didint jump on the owala trend train. Yeti is the way to go.