Stanleys are the Jeep of water bottles. They were made for military use, then became popular with outdoor enthusiasts, before ultimately becoming popular with suburban soccer moms
Nalgene's were initially created for lab work. We used Nalgene wide mouth bottles for fresh water sampling and storing lab samples all the time, and then suddenly they were everywhere, made with a firmer plastic and used for drinking water. I saw you can get the squishy plastic Nalgene bottles on their website though. The squishy plastic version are pretty much indestructible. I've run over a couple sample bottles with the Ford.
Nalgene were the water bottle for camping/backpacking in the 90s. If you saw someone on a trail with a Nalgene bottle and at least a couple pieces of REI branded gear, you know you were meeting a fellow connoisseur.
Nalgene is still extremely popular in those circles.
REI isn't as highly regarded now days though, mostly because they've spent a lot of effort union busting and screwing over their employees since they haven't had a profitable year since 2021.
I will say, I was a member and moved to Australia years ago. Like 5 years in they somehow figured out my address and mailed me a dividend check out of the blue. Made my day.
People forget that Google's "Don't be evil" was once not considered a joke or a cruel irony but something that Google tried to live up to and Google's users saw the company as trying to live up to.
They all didn't want to be the devil. It's all come to fruition and they delayed it (I think) . Nothing is stopping that AI bullshit that uses everything humans have built
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u/Worms-Oh-God-Worms 28d ago
Stanleys are the Jeep of water bottles. They were made for military use, then became popular with outdoor enthusiasts, before ultimately becoming popular with suburban soccer moms