vapurize
Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | April 30, 2010
We love our stainless steel water bottles, we really do, but during a recent trip to Disneyland when we ended up toting both our water bottle and those of our tots, well, our back didn’t thank us. And though we’ve no desire to buy bottled water, we do sometimes wish for a slightly lighter, more flexible option. Like the Vapur.
Made from a three-ply, BPA-free polymer, you can fold, freeze, roll and otherwise abuse the Vapur, a portable “anti-bottle” that’s completely collapsible. When it’s full the Vapur stands up, but when it’s empty it can be stored flat, folded or slipped in your pocket. It comes in lots of fun colours, is lightweight and has a handy carabiner clip so that you can attach it to your purse, diaper bag or stroller for easy H2O access. The inner layer is odour, taste and stain resistant and it is top rack dishwasher safe, which is always a bonus.
There are some downsides to all this flexibility. We lost the cap for the drinking spout the first time we used it and so it sometimes comes into contact with things we’d prefer it didn’t. You also need to be sure to hold it from the bottom rather than the top when you drink from it, but it’s hardly a difficult technique to master. And it’s definitely best for older kids and adults, rather than little ones, although they love drinking from ours. We must admit that it looked a little flimsy to us at first but after much use and abuse – we’ve scrunched it up in our purse, banged it around when it was hooked to the outside of our bag and run it regularly through the dishwasher – it’s definitely hardier than it looks.
The upsides? We love the portability and the fact you can freeze it which makes it perfect for travel and keeping cool in the summer. Plus one truck transporting Vapurs from manufacturer to vendor carries as many bottles as nine trucks full of rigid water bottles, adding to their eco-cred. Will it replace our stainless steel bottles? No, but it’s an excellent, and less costly, addition to our ouevre that’ll make it even easier to avoid bottled water, and that’s a good thing. We just wish we were as flexible (and green) as this bottle.
Vapur: www.raspberrykids.com
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We are huge fans of Vapur as well. Also enjoy the lighter loaded bags when out and about. What a backsaver :).