So, upgrade your hydration routine today with the Hybrid Bottle and enjoy your drinks with peace of mind! Also, though the lid has a ring that you can turn to track your water intake, in practice we’ve found we barely use it. Flaws but not dealbreakers: This bottle is clunky to drink out of if you use only the twist-off cap (the Element). The screw cap twist and pour stopper means once you’ve properly closed the lid, your drink won’t spill so no sticky mess or stains as the silicone rubber seals the cap lid watertight. The Mira’s tapered shape is reminiscent of a classic 20-ounce plastic soda bottle, and this bottle is nice to hold.

Our double wall, vacuum insulated, stainless steel bottle ensures your drink stays super cool or hot temperature. The HYBRID is the perfect bottle to have with you day or night, keeping your drink cold for up to 24 hours.

In our tests, the liquid in insulated squeeze bottles warmed 17 degrees over six hours, the same as in a glass or unlined plastic bottle. A 50/50 love-hate relationship didn’t convince us this bottle was a reliable recommendation for most travelers.

The lid covers the drinking lip, so no matter where you toss this bottle, the surface that your mouth touches will be covered. Second, although the bottle has alternate lid options, we tested the Flip Cap in 2018, and it leaked.

Though we like the inclusion of a mesh strainer inside the lid of the EcoVessel Boulder, this bottle has the same problem as the Nalgene: The lid is connected with a long silicone strap that doesn’t stay put when you drink from it, unless you hold it down. The Yeti Rambler is “constructed with a copper plate to protect against UV,” according to the company’s PR reps.

If you want a spout lid on a lightweight, plastic bottle: After a reimagining of the lid on the CamelBak Chute—resulting in the addition of a magnet to keep the lid open and out of the way while you’re drinking—we can’t find any serious negatives for this bottle.Purist’s bottle has a (non-breakable) glass interior that prevents flavors from transferring, so there should be no taste issues like you get with stainless steel or plastic. For instance, in 2020 the Takeya Actives became available in a 22-ounce size (slightly smaller than the 24-ounce version, which had been our previous pick).

They’re excellent for carrying room-temperature water and that’s it, since they are poor insulators. The Union spout cap is hollow and raised above the top of the bottle, in contrast with the flat Element cap, which plunges downward. We believe good design is human-centered design, and that you should be able to absent-mindedly screw the top back on and trust that the bottle is properly closed. Both the Vapur Element and the Nalgene Wide Mouth Cantene also leaked from their seams during our twist-and-torque test. The Eddy+ is an updated model, and with this redesign CamelBak has addressed reports of the bite valve’s leaking or not functioning properly.

To make drinking your cold beverage even easier for you, there's a flip straw that pops up with a touch of a button and a chug lid with an easy turn for freeflow drinking. And recently, due to reader comments, we’ve been tracking whether the cap of a bottle covers the drinking surface completely or whether it’s exposed.