Yes, it was RTIC, then Stanley, now Owala?? Were the Nalgene ever a thing?
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They're expensive because it's the last one you'll ever need
Every 3 years a new water bottle brand completely oneshots middle class white women like clockwork
There are lots of targeted products and demographics for which this sort of thing is true. My guess is that this is probably very far from the most costly example, though.
My water bottle
I got one as part of a kit for my bike
is determinedly untrendy and plastic, but it looks like these Owala things are $29. If I got one of those instead and did so every three years, that'd be $10/year. Is it necessary or financially optimal? No, probably not, but for perspective, a large pizza is about $30 where I am. The water bottle is probably a healthier unnecessary purchase than the pizza...and I get a pizza a lot more frequently than one every three years.
I mean, the !flashlight@lemmy.world or the !fountainpens@lemmy.world or the !knives@sopuli.xyz or the !EDC@sopuli.xyz people all have their own often-not-really-necessary items that they get and carry around
and most of those tend to be more guy things
that in all honesty are mostly for fun. You could buy a lot of these Owala water bottles for what a nice Spyderco knife might run, and you don't need to pay what a Spyderco knife runs to get a sharp bit of metal to have with you.
You're going to call out !knives@sopuli.xyz and not !pocketknife@lemmy.world? Hey, now.
We are committed to getting people to spend money on dumb shit over here.
Thanks. Looks like I'm subscribed to both, and just hit the first when searching. The latter does seem to be more active.
And I'm not trying to single out those people. Looking at that community list, I have probably seven or eight pocketknives myself (including two Spydercos), several flashlights (including a tri-18650-cell, Anduril-firmware flashlight), probably a dozen fountain pens (including one gold nib-equipped one), and a multitool that I carry with me. Those are, if I am to be honest, unnecessary toys
I would be at most very mildly inconvenienced if every one of those disappeared tomorrow. Just saying that before we get too enthusiastically involved in bagging on the middle-class white woman who spends $10/year on a not-really-necessary fad waterbottle...maybe everyone should consider their own unnecessary stuff. If they're truly more disciplined and ascetic, fair enough. But I think on the "toy" scale, the fad waterbottle probably isn't especially bad.
😅😅😅. Wtf is even this Owala Shit.
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Hello, yes, it's water bottle.
A water bottle designed for people who drink water. You can hydrate fast
😅😅😅. Who's coming up with that shit?
Their FAQs
Does the Owala bottle contain lead?
Like, this is seriously the most frequently asked question?
They don't even have pictures of the opened bottle or how you actually drink from it to show "how to hydrate faster".
The whole thing looks like crazy satire which went to far.
And what a steal. Only 42 € for a fucking water bottle (plus shipping, 'cause why not).
Not familiar with Osaka either, but that question about lead makes sense - as that was the cause for the downfall of the previous fad-bottle brand Stanley.
Hold up, that one contained lead?
They use it as a seal plug on the exterior base for the vacuum chamber which is then sealed.
Not ideal but not as bad as it sounds. But still a silly thing to do, especially considering the target audience.
They weren't exactly the target audience. It was more like when teenage boys started liking My Little Pony. A complete surprise, but they took advantage of it as well as they could.
The lead question is unfortunately necessary. A lot of vacuum bottles have lead
Owala is the best bottle. 36 hours of freezing cold water that doesn’t leak at all. That sounds harder to come by than you’d think.
I've been using nalgene bottles forever because I like my water room temperature. Im probably 80% microplastics now.
I carried one for like a decade, I've got a couple of metal bottles that I've had for years now too.
I think we are all fully marinated in petroleum byproducts.
They just keep getting better at holding water.
I saw one of those 24 bottles on a window sill in the lecture hall. It's Made from recycled Aluminium from 24 Coken cans i believe.
When i returnwd to the same hall two weeks later it was still there in the exact samespot, so i thought "im having that!" and bright it home.
It's excellent,sealsconfidently,tastes amazing out of the fridge.
10/10 recommend.
Karen is in to something!
Just remember that the hard part is not buying the thing, but keeping it clean. I've seen some filthy MFs drinking swamp water with a dash of mold. Some of those chic water bottle designs are nearly impossible to keep clean.
Owala is easy to clean.
24bottles are also easy to clean. Wide opening, gentle threading on the cap, one rubber gasket that can come off. They sell replacement caps+gaskets if you let one get too moldy
I gave away everything but a bowl to hold my water, but I saw a boy drink water from only his hands.
How have become so materialistic?
Quit blocking my Sun.
Middle class white women are like men who only play AAA shooters or sports games and kids with most things; they see something that's becoming popular and latch onto it like parasites and make it their whole personality.
There are many other groups of people loke this bit I'm too fucking tired to list any more, it's all just a never ending thing.
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