I left my Yeti on top of my car and drove away 3 different times over a few years, and it never ended up with more than a couple of dents. I retired it because I didn’t want the stickers I put on it to get ruined, but after 4 years of daily use and abuse it was still a perfectly working water bottle. They don’t weigh that much more than a plastic bottle. 10/10 recommend but buy from a reliable retailer so you don’t get a fake.

Ya absolutely. I've carried my 48oz at work for almost a.year.now. it's scratched and scuffed and uglied up but no leaks and no holes.

Bottles tend to fail at the lid. Avoid lids/bottles with moving parts (like foldable handles, pop tops, etc.) - there’s just more to break. Either way, I’d go with something that sells replacement lids. Bottles with built in straws are no go for me - a pain to clean. Same with bottles with narrow necks. I like to be able to actually reach into the bottom of the bottle and scrub with my hand rather then a bottle brush that will eventually need to be replaced or any gimmicky cleaning tabs.

I like the Yeti Rambler series for insulated bottles - I like them for their simplicity. They are wide mouth (easy to clean & accept large ice cubes), the handle-like lid is nice to carry/hold, easier to open with a work glove or bulky winter/ski glove, nice to grab out of a tightly packed bag, and can also attach a carabiner if wanted for extra security (when I paddleboard I can easily leash bottle to board and enjoy ice cold water all day). No problems with lid leaking. I go stainless steel - no paint to chip. I’m active in the outdoors, and very tough on gear and haven’t had any problems but they do sell replacement lids if needed.

Good old Nalgene bottles if wanting something that’s not insulated. Go wide mouth (easy to clean, nice for large ice). replacement lids available. Use and abuse mine, shows wear but otherwise will last for years.

Cool thanks for this

If you want indestructible, gotta have some trade offs.

I watched a YouTube video and thought they looked pretty solid. Have you used one yourself?

Nalgene.

They're the gold standard for a reason. Been around forever and been good forever.

Have not heard of these but will check them out. Good to know they last 10 years at least.

Thanks

Ya the yetis weigh a Lot when loaded.

Yeah I did see these when I was searching but came across a few reviews that said they were quite weighty and don't want to add too much extra to my childs back pack.

Thanks for the suggestion

The original nalgene bottle is still a really good option.

I don’t throw them around daily, but I have Contigo bottles with pop-up spouts from Costco, purchased in 2012, two of four still in daily use. Others lost not broken.

A copy/paste answer I found:

>you can get it to run by installing coin plugs in the slide area assembly or leave the top lock panel open and push the spring arm before each load for personal use.

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I’ve found that this Yeti (different sizes) is damn near indestructible. I have no idea what day to day situation you could be in to break this.

has the quality of osprey decreased after the recent acquisition?

Corelle are great, I see them often at thrift stores for cheap.

We did a 2 year RV Life adventure, and needed plastic microwave safe dishes. We found some at Target, I think they still sell them, pretty colors and they were like $0.79 each. I think Walmart has them too. Daiso (Japanese Yen store on West coast) also used to have plastic large ramen bowls and wood-look large oval low bowls that we used for salad and burrito bowls. Oil and tomato (acid) based sauces always etch and pit most plastic when heated in the microwave, best to use glass or Corelle for things like that. Silicone is also good in the microwave, we had some collapsible food containers that worked great for the RV in terms of space, bonus is that they are nonslip in the RV fridge!

This is kind of funny. Try contacting SQ, and see if you can get ahold of the manual. There's probably a fairly simple change that can be made in order to bypass the coin receptor. If not, have a key made, keep using coins, then whenever it's full, use the laundry money for your pizza fund. On the upside, you have a much more durable W&D unit in your house.

No worries, just making sure it was useable first. (Have seen plenty of people purchase commercial stuff to realize later they cannot use due to voltage being incompatible.) Sorry I can’t help in regards to the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth aspect. I have called speed queen before and they pickup the phone so maybe give that a try?

This is the way

They have a regular residential 110v plug. I’ve had it plugged in and working for about 4 days now, this isn’t a question regarding voltages or power. I know lots of people on BIFL but these and I wanted to give them a try as well :)

Typically commercial uses different voltage then residential…

Timbuk2 makes great messenger bags. They tout an Amazing warranty but when I’ve needed them because the lining inside my bags started to tear apart because of the summer heat they wanted the price of a new bag to repair my bag which just felt super stupid to me. I have a couple of their bags and messenger bags including their laptop bags, but personally I’ve outgrown them.

The recent redesigns are hideous. The older north face backpacks are things of beauty.

Does google not work where you live? This is not a finders subreddit, there are probably 5-10 better spots for this on reddit.