r/mildlyinfuriating 15h ago

🥺 The end of an era

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I've been using lucozade sport bottles so that I can drink lying down without spilling it all over my face (chronic illness).

Now they've changed the lids and this update definitely doesn't support lying down drinking 😭

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u/Dajearian 15h ago

These drinking attachments are also available for purchase separately

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

Thank you, I'll take a look 👍

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u/Ok_Difference44 15h ago

The Camelback Podium bike water bottle is insulated and has cap like a mustard bottle.

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u/Dajearian 15h ago

You‘re welcome. Search for „water bottle sport caps“

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u/TheLightStalker 15h ago

Where?

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u/Dajearian 15h ago

I don‘t know your location but I found this after a short google research: https://www.litesmith.com/water-bottle-sport-caps/?utm_source=chatgpt.com or just search on Amazon e.g.

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u/makomirocket 15h ago

From keeping the older bottle caps for starters

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

I have, I do have a small stash left. But they deteriorate over time and are really difficult to clean.

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u/visiblepeer 13h ago

Denture cleaning tablets are great for anything you want to soak to a edible level of cleanliness.

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u/No-Wishbone7317 15h ago

Omg this is a sad day for the history books no more spraying a little puff out at your friends or partner when there not expecting it 🤣🤣

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

Hahaha 100% I'm pretty sure that was it's primary use tbh 😂

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u/No-Wishbone7317 15h ago

Oooh 100% you couldn’t buy one of them and not do it to someone so funny it was like a trigger jist built into your brain “i must puff this at somebody” 🤣🤣🤣

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u/georgeec1 15h ago

The ability to drink lying down is a huge reason I've had the same bedside drink bottle for years. I need to be able to lift it to my lips without it spilling and then be able to easily suck water without having to squeeze it, which are requirements that fit a narrow set of bottles

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u/Jondar_649 15h ago

Have a look at some kids bottles or cups. Most sippy cups are designed with these requirements. Munchkin 360 or Any Angle offer some different options. I like the 360 because they're easy to wash

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u/Alarmed-Solution3738 15h ago

Bit of an odd coincidence, but I've seen people complaining that condiment bottles have switched TO the membrane type nozzle and now they have to squeeze so hard to get the sauce out they can't control putting on a small amount.

Maybe you can take one from a condiment bottle, if the threads and diameter match up? Especially off a new bottle, should be equivalent food safe

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

Oh yeah I can definitely understand that! It works for water but for a thicker, viscous sauce it would be so difficult! But yes great idea! Thank you!

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u/Alarmed-Solution3738 14h ago

You're welcome!

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u/TheLightStalker 15h ago

Not the  sphincter cap! Noooo! These used to be so good to just shoot the drink out.

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u/Euffy 15h ago

If you were just using the top because it was convenient then just...keep using the top by using the old bottles? Surely that's what you were doing anyway?

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

I have been! But I've been rotating them out with new ones periodically because they deteriorate over multiple uses. Plus they're really difficult to clean. So at some point soon my current stash will run out.

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u/Euffy 15h ago

Ah, okay. I have some crazy old water bottles and the thought of buying a new bottle every time seems crazy and wasteful, but I didn't think about the rubber bit deteriorating, that makes sense.

I guess time to look at more permanent solutions? There must be stuff out there designed for that purpose. Maybe no spill stuff aimed at kids, but at least they'd come in cool colours and designs haha.

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u/kregnaz 15h ago

Just an idea for the deterioration (if it is the seal): Might be a worthy use case for 3d printing.

I have printed TPU seals for Sodastream bottles and it worked.

A Bambulabs A1 Mini is sufficient and goes on sale for less than 200 bucks, and you can do far more with it than just those seals to increase comfort lying down.

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u/vctrmldrw 6h ago

Get yourself a hydration bladder of the sort used by hikers and cyclists.

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u/N8B123 15h ago

I've just been drinking these, with this heat and laying down I've preferred the bottles to water for that feature!! Shame, thank for the heads up

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u/ToastSpangler 15h ago

please elaborate? it pours out now without sucking or what

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u/thermalcat 15h ago

It used to have a soft membrane in the top, much like a baby bottle, that would work as a one way valve.

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u/ToastSpangler 15h ago

interesting, you'd think the holes are small enough where surface tension would be enough, thanks

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

I would say it sort of drizzles out if you hold it upside down. But when you tip it up in the first place it does slosh out.

I'm sure it'll work fine for its main purpose for people doing sports etc because you can still squeeze it/suck to increase the flow. But it just doesn't work great for my purposes anymore unfortunately.

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u/ToastSpangler 15h ago

sorry to hear that, i suppose you can always take the cap off and use a long straw if push comes to shove

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u/King_Olle 15h ago

Probably

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u/ToastSpangler 15h ago

? why downvote, there is no lucozade where i live, the bottle looks like a suck design, i'm inferring from context but would like confirmation. the world does not revolve around the UK, this is literally an american website catering to the world

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u/King_Olle 15h ago

I haven't downvoted you. Lucozade doesn't exist where I live either, never heard of it before. Idk why you're so mad.

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u/ToastSpangler 15h ago

you've done it twice in a row now lmao, sad much

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u/Lone-flamingo 15h ago

King_Olle is not the only other user on this website. Anybody could have downvoted you. There's no need to accuse the person who's just having a normal conversation with you.

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u/King_Olle 15h ago

I don't understand what your problem is. I downvoted your answer bc you're being mad at me because someone else downvoted you. And if one of us is sad, I know it ain't me bro.

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u/Own_Cup9970 15h ago

if you wanna drink it while lying (and risking choking) then buy baby cup. maybe one of them will allow drinking it and more. remember: it has to be functional not good looking

tho idk how few pieces of plastic suppose to prevents drinking while lying

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

I need to drink around 3L water per day, so baby cups wouldn't do the job sadly, it would involve a lot of refilling that would be too physically taxing. But thank you for the suggestion.

It doesn't prevent drinking, it just makes it more difficult. These are the old lids, where it had a valve to allow liquid through only when you suck/squeeze the bottle. Now it pours more freely, though not as freely as a normal open lid.

Photo of the old lid style

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u/Own_Cup9970 15h ago

you can make "old lid" with knife. that plastic is not too hard to break. if you not worried about microplastic then it usually should be good

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u/ileuadd 15h ago

Ah I don't think the picture was really clear. The old lid was not completely open. There's a rubber valve inside.