Contigo Ashland 2.0 Leak-Proof Water Bottle with Lid Lock and Angled Straw, Dishwasher Safe, Interchangeable Lid, 2-Pack, 24oz, Juniper/Sake

water bottle has non leak mouth piece.
Very good water bottle. I like the color. The mouth piece is water tight and shoulden’t leak.

Very good hydration bottle!
I drink a LOT of water (well over a gallon a day), so my wants with a hydration bottle aren’t so much oriented toward “something I’ll actually use, and frequently,” but more “something I don’t have to refill 10 times a day,” and this bottle fits that really well. The plastic is sturdy, the silicon is shaped well and functional, and at forty ounces I only have to fill it four times a day.The only reason I’ve subtracted a star is because the straw isn’t very well designed. (But it was easy to correct; see below.) The straw is thick plastic, and wide, so that part’s great. But it is centered in the bottle, and the bottom of the bottle has an inverted dimple pushing up into the space, so the straw tens to click into place directly over that raised dimple, which messes with the suction.(To fix this, I just grabbed my utility saw and sawed off about 1/8th of an inch. I initially tried to use heavy kitchen shears, but the straw is just too sturdy. Anyway, it’s very nearly a perfect bottle now, and if the straw had come 1/8th of an inch shorter, I’d give it five stars.)

Durability
Quality

DRIPS and TERRIBLE DESIGN
These are TERRIBLE.We loved our previous Contigo water bottles which finally wore out – we thought these were the replacement. But UGH. We will never buy water bottles online again – always in the store so we can see them from all directions. Of course we still wouldn’t catch the fact that THEY ALL DRIP!1. THEY ALL DRIP! We have had these for months. 2 people, 4 water bottles, and it is rare that they don’t drip when on their side – and possibly it just depends which side it is lying on? One bottle faulty, I could understand (manufacturing fault) – but FOUR?! In four different colors?!2. The “handles” don’t clip. So what is the point? These bottles will hang on a hook, but how many people have hooks to hang their water bottles on? How many people want to carry their bottles by a handle all the time? Maybe once in a while, but, honestly I don’t see the point. The last model we had, had a clip on the handle so we could clip them onto things like belt loops and backpack straps for easy access when out and about. These have to go _in_ a bag, where they have to be dug out and therefore we don’t access them as often as we should and therefore dehydrate.3. (Following from 2) It is difficult to attach a clip. A carabiner can slide off the “handle” when unclipping it from the bag strap. Plus, a carabiner won’t allow the handle to go flat, which makes it difficult to drink from without taking the catabiner off.4. The straw design. You’d think it’s just a straw. The photo shows it going down the middle of the bottle. Nope. The straw angles *away* from the “sippy” part. The result? When you take a drink with the bottle at an angle (don’t most people do this?), you get zero water even though there is plenty in it. You literally have to hold the bottle straight up – or angle it towards you, or drink with the “sippy” on the side opposite your body which is just awkward – just to get the last few ounces out of it!5. (Following from 4). Even when you try to angle the straw so it will point towards you when you’re drinking “normally”, as you twist the top back on, the straw (usually) “drags” along the bottom of the water bottle so once the top is screwed on fully, the straw is again pointing away from you.

At first glance, it seems like a quality product, but Contigo has some serious quality control issues. Out of 3 contigo bottles I have owned in the past 3 years, this is the 2nd that developed issues with seal/watertightness within 90 days of purchase. The other bottle has lasted through over 3 years of abuse (including many drops).This bottle has been lightly used, almost exclusively at home and the leak first became noticeable as air bubbling in with water when sucking water up the straw.

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