Pluses
Between the Leed-ready bamboo shell and the deliciously nonporous glass liner is a layer of air. The great insulator. And the shit works as advertised. On a steamy NYC day, I still had traces of ice cubes jingling around in there after two hours. Also, the bottle comes apart in a jiff, and every layer except the bamboo is dishwasher safe. Nobody likes a manky water bottle.
Minuses
Glass. Bamboo. Tough plastic. All screwed together. Shit is heavy. And if you drop it? Ten bucks says that glass sleeve is gonna break, rubberized bottom and cushioning ring be damned. Pet peeve alert: The top takes a full 360-degree rotation to unscrew. It may seem like a little thing, but when you’re fussin’ with your packages/driving/dying of thirst, that’s annoying. Simple solution, though: Make the threads coarser and steeper. Maybe in the next version. I’d buy that.
Bamboobottle.com ($US25)
Simon
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 9:54 AMYeah I looked at getting one of these. I thought $25 bit steep but looks nice and will last for ages. By the time you slap on the nearly $32 for delivery to Australia it becomes a joke. $56.92 for a water bottle “tell him his dreaming”.
B
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:44 AMI think your link might be pointing to the wrong site? Shouldn’t it be http://www.bamboobottleco.com?
jeremy
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:53 AMI love a review that says “it will break if dropped” without a shred of proof – drop the sucker, video it :-) My bet – it does not break if dropped from a reasonable height – glass only breaks if the impact is in a small area relative to the force, so bumpers and a shell will stop breakage in many cases.
adrian
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM…. i would drop a $57 water bottle to see if it would break…
why not just use a $1 stubby holder to keep the $2 bottle of water you just bought @ the shell servo cold.
adrian
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 11:16 AMwouldnt…. wouldn’t drop… errk
JB
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 6:03 AMI’ve dropped mine a few times. All good!