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The craze for Stanley stainless steel drinking cups reached new levels last week when a woman was arrested and accused of stealing 65 of them, worth almost $2,500, from a store in California.
Police in Roseville, in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, said Sunday that they were called Wednesday to a report of a theft from a store on Stanford Ranch Road in the city.
“Staff saw a woman take a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them. The suspect refused to stop for staff and stuffed her car with the stolen merchandise,” police said in a statement on Facebook.
Crime aside, if I ever spend $45 on a water bottle, you all have permission to kill me.
Its a pretty good thing to spend money on if you use it on a daily basis. I work in a kitchen and need an insulated water bottle or I will literally die. Instead of using plastic I use a reusable bottle. I bought it a year ago and I have not looked back. Yeah, its more expensive than it needs to be and is a fad, but it’s certainly not the most irresponsible thing you can spend $50 on. edit: removed superfluous an
I mean… It’s a lot of metal… And it’s strong enough to survive the job site for a decade.
As someone who frequents construction sites for my job, and also as someone who has owned a Stanley travel mug and water bottle before whatever the fuck this fad is ( over 10 years… ), they are nigh indestructible, and they keep temperature for longer than either my wife’s Hydro flask or my yeti. So far in that sams period only my, Yeti coffee mug has survived as long. My wife has replaced her hyroflasj twice.
Just anecdotal, but I tend to be hard on things, and it’s stayed with me this long… It’s like $4/year for a coffee mug.
Sure, but there are re-usable metal insulated bottles that are a lot less than $45 and will also last for years. This is $45 because it’s trendy.
Yeah, cant deny that. Relative to no bottle, it’s better. Relative to other bottles, it’s bad. A middle ground would be nice. Id like to think that maybe the fad-aspect of it will increase the amount of water bottle users over all, but I’m very pessimistic about that. edit: spelling
I’ve been reusing my liter bottle of aquafina for months now. Just buy a regular fuckin bottle and reuse it.
Those leach microplastic into your water. Don’t reuse them. Although any $1 water bottle is probably safe.
Honestly the research shows microplastics are already everywhere so I’m not really worried about that
Car exhaust is everywhere. Do you huff directly from the tailpipe?
The main difference is microplastics are literally everywhere.
Bought a plastic wrapped sandwich? Microplastics. Drank from a plastic cup? Microplastics. Ate something that was prepared in a factory with plastic packaging? Microplastics.
Even things that don’t look like plastics like fast food foil wrappers are still full of microplastics.
Idgaf anymore.
You missed a really big one of: did you wear clothing the has synthetic fibers? Bam! (Emeril voice) micro plastics.
I spent like $20 on two off brand metal ones and have used them for years now. Metal is easier to recycle and doesn’t contribute to micro plastics
Not quite that expensive but, my LTT Water bottle is super nice tbh, no regrets
My regrets about my LTT bottle is that it’s LTT. Still a functional bottle though.
I mean it would probably just about last a lifetime. Stanley are good bottles. Do you go through water bottles fast somehow?
You can lose a $20 water bottle as easily as a $45.
Well that’s not the water bottle’s fault. If you’re prone to losing things then yeah a lifetime purchase isn’t for you. I don’t buy nice sunglasses for that reason, lol.
No, I don’t go through water bottles fast, which is exactly why I wouldn’t spend $45 on one.
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You can get highly rated mugs which are just as good for a lot less. You’re paying a premium for a brand name.
Also, even an 18-oz Yeti is cheaper than one of these Stanley cups by $10-15.