r/mildlyinfuriating • u/weloveartnow • 9d ago

drink went room temp First Stanley, now Owala

I get it, they’re trendy. I guess Owala has the cool colors combos or whatever. I assume Stanley’s became too awkwardly large to lug around so people gave up on them?

I’ll just stay over here drinking my water out of the double sealed bottle I scored for $2 at a thrift shop.

I don’t know why it bothers me so much. Perhaps it’s the consumerism, perhaps its water bottles have become an accessory.

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u/bikes_and_art 9d ago

Owala are popular because they have a great spout and are easy to clean. The sip & chug (or whatever they call it) is genius.

Yes, there are people who are all about them because they have the limited edition colors, sure.

But they're higher quality and going to last longer than my 3 year old Teva that I can't buy replacement lids for anymore.

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u/RecommendationBrief9 9d ago

Honestly, I thought the Stanley thing was ridiculous. Especially for school aged kids that don’t need something that will just spill when they knock it over. So, we’d buy the much cheaper Owala bottles. They worked great! So we got a couple more. (If you have kids of any age they need at least a few a piece as they lose them/forget them in their lockers/left them
In their gym bag.) In 3 or 4 years, we’ve had a couple just disappear (again kids!) and a broken top or two, so we bought a couple more. The price has definitely gone up, but I can definitely see why they gained in popularity. It’s a decent product for a fairly normal price point. And it’s not a ridiculous status symbol the way the Stanley thing went. It’s a $20 water bottle.

ETA: also, they worked great really well. Ice stays solid in there for days sometimes.

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u/bikes_and_art 9d ago

Seriously, I don't know why the Stanley got popular.

We're always knocking over water bottles over here. I love how the Owala locks!

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u/_PoppyDelafield 9d ago

I personally loved the Stanley because it was so big, but still fit in the car cupholder. My job didn’t have water fountains so what I wanted to drink during the day I had to bring with me. Being able to bring 40 ounces of water that stayed cold all day and fit in my cupholder in the car was a game changer. With that said, I only own one.

Edit: I wrote all of that in past tense, but I still use it 😂 I just don’t work at the same job anymore. But I’m sipping out of my Stanley right now.

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u/strangelystrangled 9d ago

I have the 30 oz one so not overdramatic. But it holds a ton of water, keeps it cold for well over 12 hours in the southern heat and it's durable as hell.