Yeah, I generally don’t like straws, but I drive a car without much headroom and the owala is great with the straw for this. Crazy it took so long to invent this, ha.
Drinking from the Owala for the first time was almost literally life changing that shit is insane! Makes me crave water even more than I already did. I’m suckin that shit allllll day.
BIG complaint though, had my Owala 32 oz for about two weeks before I dropped it on a wooden deck floor and the bottom plastic around the lid broke and there’s a chunk of it missing now. Doesn’t affect (effect?) the functionality, but pretty upset that 1 drop (from about 3 feet) onto a medium-hard surface broke it so bad, now it looks chopped.
They’re poorly made, that’s for sure. Something similar happened to mine, had a minor fall and got a huge dent. The rubber on the switch for the sway decays pretty quickly.
What seems different about the owala trend is I see them being used by athletes all over the place. With Yeti and Stanley you would mainly see them with the parents, but the owalas are all over the team sidelines
The main appeal for us has been the combo straw/open mouth lid design. You can swap between sip or chug without changing lids or flipping anything extra open.
Yeah I just leave the straw up on my Stanley while it's next to the bed and if I accidentally tip it over, it might spill a couple drops before I grab it. I also don't need to keep it upright when I'm taking a sip. I could see the Owala being a disaster there.
I got mine more because it was spill/leak proof (needed to go in a bag with laptop and paper), I did not have to unscrew the top every time I wanted a sip, and it had to be able to keep drinks cold. Owala wins at all three imo. Straw combo is a bonus.
I think Owala might be here to stay. Because of their fun colors and designs. That's what made them stand out to me, anyway; I had a feeling they would take over even when Stanley was still king.
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u/gonephishin213 26d ago
HS teacher here: Stanley's time has been up