My wife has the Hydra Flask 20 oz wide mouth bottle, this is her second Hydra Flask.
Her first one she had was left behind in a hotel room during a short vacation. So I had to replace it.
Hydra Flask makes a good product. I recommend - however it is pricey. Well I got stuck paying full retail
Myself I buy what is on sale, just last week I purchased a GSI Microlite wide mouth. It works for me. Being “Microlite” (thin wall) it will dent easy.
It fits my water bottle cage on my bicycle.
I have another GSI microlite which I use for coffe, the coffe has permently stained / flavored the gasket - so any beverage other
than coffe gets a hint of coffe flavor.
The GSI website offers replacement parts , I will stock up gaskets before they are discountined
My wife recieved as a gift a corkcicle bottle, with the small narrow mouth we don’t really use it, it is hard to fill and add ice.
The wide mouth bottles are the way to go IMO easy to fill and clean. I use denture cleaning tablets to clean all my bottles,
YETI makes good products as well - If I were to recieve one as a gift I would be very happy.
sip cap seals completely: https://www.hydroflask.com/wide-mouth-straw-lid
unlike most mugs such as Yeti, which will leak in a backpack and must be kept upright, such as in a car, or must be carried empty in a pack.
Yeah…before I started my searching,I thought that YETI was the ‘top dog’ in coolers,although ENGEL is supposed to be ‘right up there’ and I almost bought one of YETI’s large picnic coolers,but the price kinda turned me off.
Don’t expect a speedy reply from Hydro Flask if you happen to ask them a product question or whatever on their web-site.HB
Thanks, I wasn’t aware that Hydro Flask has optional tops to include a flex straw. However, on their own site the reviews are lackluster (3.7 out of 5) and they state “Please note that the Wide Mouth Straw Lid is not leakproof and is not intended for use with hot liquids.”
About YETI, have you seen the Rambler? That seals up completely and doesn’t leak. It has a small screw cap on top of the lid where rotation is short, versus the main cap. There’s also an optional cap with magnetic holder. They also offer a collapsible straw cap that does not leak, HERE.
Frankly, for these sport-cap collapsible straw type lids, I don’t think it’s a wise approach for these heavy steel bottles. If you’re doing an active sport like cycling, jogging, etc., you’ll want a plastic bottle with sport cap for minimal weight. Plus, you don’t need serious thermal properties because it’s not wise to drink very cold water to hydrate during rigorous exercise (you want room temperature water).
Wow… $10 for essentially a rebranded YETI? That’s a steal alright! Will have to check it out. Thanks!
I did an ice test on both Hydro Flask and YETI thermos bottles (totally sealed caps)… and they were very comparable. It wasn’t a scientific test, but after 12 hours they both still had ice floating inside. By 20 hours, the ice had melted but the water will still very cold.
I highly recommend RTIC https://rticoutdoors.com/ I have coffee mugs and water bottles, I live in Texas (Hot) lol…and take a water bottle with me everyday in the car and at work.
Yeah, their prices are really very good. They’d got a steep sale going on.
I like how for most sizes they include 3 cap types—no extra accessory to buy. 4.8 rating on Amazon too. Competitively priced. And some really terrific color options. The labels are laser etched too, which is a nice touch.
i recently got their 1.1 liter thermos… for 10$ the quality was hard to beat…
and i’ve got a few of their regular 18oz bottles / cups too. they’re pretty good. from what i saw they’ve even been updating the caps and style of their bottles…
Alright before I say this, I will say I do not have this brand. But this applies to all metal mugs.
That being said the Big Stanley thermos says you need to “pre chill” the device before putting in your drink.
This allows the thermos to do it’s job of “keeping the drink cold” and it does make a big difference.
Your ice isn’t being wasted on chilling the liner now as it is already cold.
Just put water and a fair amount of ice in it for like 10 min., then drain that out and add ice and your drink and it will stay cold for a long time.
I do this with all my travel mugs now for hot weather and the results are worth the effort.
HTH
According to the Hydro Flask literature,they say no freezer.I usually do that also,chill for a bit then add ice and water,but kinda afraid now,don’t want to wreck the powdered coating and maybe that’s why they say no freezer?
I sent them an e-mail regarding the ‘no freezer’ bit,but I am thinking that maybe they were talking about people filling it up with water,putting the lid on and freezing it solid,which would split it open…I dunno,they don’t seem too ‘fast’ with their replies.HB
This advise won’t work for me: “Big Stanley thermos says you need to “pre chill” the device before putting in your drink.
This allows the thermos to do it’s job of “keeping the drink cold” and it does make a big difference.
Your ice isn’t being wasted on chilling the liner now as it is already cold.
Just put water and a fair amount of ice in it for like 10 min., then drain that out”.
I use bottled water for my drink,plus I used bottled water to make my ice cubes,so I will basically throwing all the ‘good stuff’ ‘down the drain’ if I go that way.
I guess I could try using 4 or 5 ice cubes,with no water and screw the cap on,hopefully that would cool the inside enough before I add water,but I kinda don’t think that would work.
I will try a little ‘experiment’ tonight just to satisfy my curiosity.
I will put 4 or 5 ice cubes in my Hydro Flask with no water and see how much just the ice has melted the next morning(8 hours?)…HF says 24 hours….I doubt it?!Thanks, HB
Just some F.Y.I. ……I had a Doc appointment today,so I took my Hydro Flask 24oz drinking vessel which I put 4 or 5 medium sized ice cubes,plus bottled water,placed it in the car cup holder(it’s a little long and smaller than the cup holder,so it moves around quite a bit while driving)…anyway,when I came out from my appt,maybe 45 minutes later,the sun was ‘full on’,shining on the front seat area and of course,my HF drink container. The black cap was pretty hot to touch and the outside of the HF was a little warm,but the drink(water) was still ice cold and still had loads ice.I can’t say for sure how long the sun was shining on it,maybe 1/2 hour…anyway,I like,(Love)my new HF!.HB
