Owala or Hydro Flask? Choosing the right water bottle has become intensely personal
If you like to stay hydrated no matter where you go, chances are you have got a reusable water bottle or two. Or 10 – the collectors know who they are.
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Whether you are a tech enthusiast, fashion trendsetter, hiker, commuter or just an eco-conscious consumer,
there is a bottle out there for you
There are bottles that sterilise themselves. Bottles that remind you when to drink. Bottles designed for sustainability. And bottles transformed by a paintbox of colours and imagery into mini artworks.
Hydration has become more than a necessity. It has got a personality.
Kit Dillon, a writer for product review site Wirecutter, says four things make a good water bottle: 'It has the right size. It [is] leakproof. It feels good. It insulates well.'
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Which one works for you depends on what you use it for, he says. Eva Bleyer, who tests kitchen appliances for the American lifestyle media brand Good Housekeeping Institute, agrees.
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