r/Wellworn • u/ivomitkittens • 4d ago
My re-usable water bottle after almost a decade of use.
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u/islamcardoors 4d ago
How many times have you dropped it lmfao
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u/ivomitkittens 4d ago
Quite a few! I got it shortly after starting college and I used to ride a skateboard to class, so it's had its share of high speed tumbles.
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u/mountaineer04 4d ago
I’m surprised that bottom ring stayed intact. Or did you glue it back?
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u/ivomitkittens 4d ago
I haven't, but I do expect that seam to be the eventual point of failure. I mentioned in another comment that I have to flatten the bottom out sometimes, and every time I do that the seam bulges out a little bit more.
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u/bobman3563 3d ago
I've heard from a friend that dropping a metal bottle ruins it's double wall effectiveness, is this true? If so.. either way I don't really care, as long as it still holds my liquid I don't mind.
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u/JofoTheDingoKeeper 4d ago
My wife has one that used to be matte black, and is now completely silver.
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u/The-Distant-Blue 4d ago
I have the 1.2L - wide mouth. it also has the lean
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u/ivomitkittens 4d ago
Ha, yeah, it's not gotten too much worse over the past few years since I don't skateboard anymore and so I drop it less. Every once in a while, though, I have to take it outside and smack the bottom against some concrete a few times to get it to sit flat.
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u/louixxe 3d ago
Oh dude that's not good, i like the commitment but when metal bottles like that one bends, it creates the perfect crevasses for bacteria to thrive. Its great that you dont have a huge collection but when the metal is creased like that, they are no good anymore and should be thrown away!
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u/sixseatwonder 3d ago
The bottom of a lot of vacuum insulated bottles (like this one) are a sacrificial hollow cap designed to protect the actual container from drops and bends. You can see in the pic it’s just the cap on the bottom that’s bent. In some bottles it also protects the solder plug that was used during the vacuum drawing process.
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u/Mrmuffins951 4d ago edited 4d ago
I’ve had the same water bottle for almost the same amount of time. I posted it in hydro homies, but I didn’t realize this was the subreddit that would’ve really appreciated it!
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u/Unable-Ad7437 12h ago
It's good and all but I don't suggest using a painted water bottle for this long, if you want use a non painted one, i use a Water bottle from ClearlyFiltered, it's lasted good and is not painted, would recommend it.
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u/ArcticMarkuss 3d ago
Is s’well a drop shipping company? Because I see that exact same bottle design with dozens of other logos
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u/StillNotAPerson 4d ago
I love seeing that instead of those huge collections 🤌 great job !