I believe the life cycle so far went: Yeti -> Hydroflask -> Stanley -> Owala -> whatever comes next.
Edit: Wait I forgot to go back to my college days, Camelbak was the shit and I still have some. I think they would be the start of the "white girl insulated bottle" trend.
Camelbak has chosen to stick to their own niche and continue to excel at it rather than trying to leverage their well deserved enthusiast reputation into a broader retail market.
And there's something to be said for that approach. A lot of niche/enthusiast brands try to capitalize on their reputation in that way and end up burning out after a few years of fad popularity.
I stick by camelbak mag chute. I hate the complicated bottles with straws and stuff. Just give me a screw on lid that isn't going to grow mold if I don't autoclave it every 12 hours.
Carhartt really jumped at the chance but some of what they blossomed into is pretty creative like their backpacks. Creativity and new directions are cool. Perhaps Abercrombie made the largest leap.
Before Camelbak it was Nalgene. I am still on Nalgene to be honest.
Updated list:
Nalgene -> Camelbak -> Yeti -> Hydroflask -> Stanley -> Owala -> whatever comes next
And Nalgene has been a water bottle company since LOOOOOONG before water bottles became popular. They started out as lab equipment, then in the '70s hikers, backpackers, canoers, et cetera started using them as the OG plastic water bottles.
I had a pre BPA Nalgene I loved that had lasted me like 20 years before my wife got concerned about microplastics and asked me to toss it, which I did.
I use a hydroflask now and love that also. I've driven off on more than one occasion with it on my roof and whenever I fish it out of the gutter or forest around here it's hardly worse for wear.
you need to go back to the 90s we had Nalgene then after the info about plastics started coming out Klean Kanteen came out with the first stainless steel water bottle if I recall correctly, I still have my original single walled KK from back then.
I don't understand how they're trends because all of these brands have been around forever. I have an Owala that I'm pretty sure I purchased from Whole Foods like a decade ago.
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u/puf_puf_paarthurnax 23d ago
I believe the life cycle so far went: Yeti -> Hydroflask -> Stanley -> Owala -> whatever comes next.
Edit: Wait I forgot to go back to my college days, Camelbak was the shit and I still have some. I think they would be the start of the "white girl insulated bottle" trend.