I’m traveling right now and have been drinking out of my water bottle whereas when I’m at home I drink out of cups. The water bottle is insulated and the water in it stays cold for an impressively long time. It’s awesome.
It’s making me think that back at home I should use the water bottle or maybe a tumbler or something, instead of cups. At least for water that I’m drinking throughout the day. The cost of buying a tumbler, if I even wanted to use that instead of the water bottle, is only $30 or so. For something that I’m going to use every day for many years, I consider that negligible.
I’m not sure what the other downsides would be of a tumbler vs a cup. That it’s heavier? Nah.
The one other downside that comes to my mind is that cups can stack which means they take up less space in my cabinets. That’s pretty important to me. To use a tumbler consistently for drinks other than water I’d probably need a few tumblers and that’d take up more cabinet space than I’m ok with (I live in a small apartment and am a little neurotic about things being too crowded). So I think I will start by using my water bottle to drink water out of and go from there.
Anyway, I get the sense that most people just drink out of un-insulated cups without thinking about the alternative of something insulated—I certainly was in that boat—so I figure it could be helpful to post this.
I drink water out of a large insulated water bottle at home since it lets me keep a significant amount of water near me without having to go downstairs to the kitchen all the time (this is especially nice during work). It’s also nice that it doesn’t have to be upright if I’m doing something like laying on the couch, and it’s not a problem if I knock it over on my nightstand[1].
The downside of a insulated water bottle is that it’s either larger or has less capacity. My water bottle doesn’t fit in a car drink holder or bike bottle carrier, and it’s too big to reasonably use when traveling. I use smaller non-insulated water bottles for all of those cases.
My wife sometimes drinks her morning cold-brew coffee out of an insulated mug since it keeps it cold significantly longer than a normal ceramic mug. I drink my coffee fast enough that ceramic mugs are fine.
I’m traveling right now and have been drinking out of my water bottle whereas when I’m at home I drink out of cups. The water bottle is insulated and the water in it stays cold for an impressively long time. It’s awesome.
It’s making me think that back at home I should use the water bottle or maybe a tumbler or something, instead of cups. At least for water that I’m drinking throughout the day. The cost of buying a tumbler, if I even wanted to use that instead of the water bottle, is only $30 or so. For something that I’m going to use every day for many years, I consider that negligible.
I’m not sure what the other downsides would be of a tumbler vs a cup. That it’s heavier? Nah.
The one other downside that comes to my mind is that cups can stack which means they take up less space in my cabinets. That’s pretty important to me. To use a tumbler consistently for drinks other than water I’d probably need a few tumblers and that’d take up more cabinet space than I’m ok with (I live in a small apartment and am a little neurotic about things being too crowded). So I think I will start by using my water bottle to drink water out of and go from there.
Anyway, I get the sense that most people just drink out of un-insulated cups without thinking about the alternative of something insulated—I certainly was in that boat—so I figure it could be helpful to post this.
I drink water out of a large insulated water bottle at home since it lets me keep a significant amount of water near me without having to go downstairs to the kitchen all the time (this is especially nice during work). It’s also nice that it doesn’t have to be upright if I’m doing something like laying on the couch, and it’s not a problem if I knock it over on my nightstand[1].
The downside of a insulated water bottle is that it’s either larger or has less capacity. My water bottle doesn’t fit in a car drink holder or bike bottle carrier, and it’s too big to reasonably use when traveling. I use smaller non-insulated water bottles for all of those cases.
My wife sometimes drinks her morning cold-brew coffee out of an insulated mug since it keeps it cold significantly longer than a normal ceramic mug. I drink my coffee fast enough that ceramic mugs are fine.
Just this weekend I was visiting my family and spilled a glass of water all over the nightstand and it was really annoying.
Ah, good points the benefit of not spilling and not having to be upright. Those both seem helpful.