I hate drinking water all the time but when I was pregnant and breastfeeding I carried this bottle around with me everywhere. Even just around the house. My husband bought it for me and I didn''t use it for a year and now I can''t live without it. I gave it only four stars because it sometimes leaks a LITTLE if it is lying on its side, which it rarely is. Yes you CAN buy replacement straws. Maybe not on Amazon but the company coolgearinc.com com sells them, and the range of bottles of course.
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I originally purchased an older version of this water bottle from Kohl''s (in store, not online) and absolutely LOVED it. Something I liked about the original bottle I had is that it was considered "unbreakable" (or shatter proof) and that was a major selling point for me. Well, the water bottle itself is indeed shatter proof, but I tend to drop things quite often and unfortunately the top of the water bottle is not shatter proof. My old water bottle had the handle break and the top cracked so that it leaked constantly if it wasn''t sitting straight up. Sadly, Kohl''s no longer carried this water bottle so I went out on a search online to see if I could replace it with something comparable.I found this water bottle online and it''s the same brand but an updated version (which is weird since I just purchased the water bottle from Kohl''s over the summer about six or so months earlier). I washed it in the dish washer last night and started to use it this morning. It is everything I expected it to be it is just like my old water bottle but "newer" (my old one was gray and boxy, this one is green and more sleek looking).
Here''s my over all assessment of this product: 1. I don''t use the inner core ice pack thingy, it''s tiny and doesn''t keep the water cold long enough but that''s not essential for me. If you need something to keep your water cold for long periods of time, this isn''t it. If you need to keep your water cold then I suggest you add ice cubes. 2. This holds a good amount of water. When I was pregnant, I could go through 5 refills or so during the day. Now, in a normal work day, I only have to refill it once or twice, and I don''t feel dehydrated because I''m getting at least 32 ounces of water during the work day. I refill this at least once in the morning and once at night because I drink a lot of water. 3. This water bottle is kid friendly. For some reason my two younger kids (1 and 3) LOVE my water bottle (the old and new one). They constantly take it from me and drink out of it but I''m okay with that as long as it gets them to drink water. I tried out the new bottle on them this morning and they both liked it. My three year old likes the green color (and so do I but green is my favorite color).
Side note: the picture makes the bottle look more neon green than what is really is IRL. But, I prefer the more muted green as I''m not a huge fan of neon colors. The picture online also makes it look like the top and side grip are blue-ish, but they aren''t, they''re green just like the rest of the water bottle.
So, I think this is an excellent product as long as it''s not dropped :-) If I drop this one again, I''ll still end up buying another one just like it as I do like this water bottle.
Oh, one last comment. This water bottle is better than the older version one I had because the old one was more boxy and wouldn''t fit into my cup holders in the van. Now, this one is tapered at the bottom and fits into the cup holder that''s a plus.
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Good water bottle, but there is no way to buy replacement straws for them. Without that, they are worthless for me.Want Cool Gear 32 Oz Ez-freeze Water Bottle (Solstice) Discount?
Flow rate through the straw is a little slow but other than that it''s a great bottle. Nice grip and fits into car cup holders.
