Gigantic water bottles

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Prompted by a sign at the train station telling people to always carry a bottle of water with them in hot weather.

I'm rubbish at drinking water, I find it very boring but I try to drink a bottle (500ml, or very occasionally - if its hot, 750ml) a day, mainly to stop me drinking other unhealthy drinks, and in the hope it is doing some good. The only noticeable difference is that I need to wee more often. I don't always have a bottle of water with me on the train though.

My teens are much better than me at drinking water. Dd often takes a small chilly bottle (I think its 250ml) if she goes out. DS drinks water at home or with meals but would only take a water bottle out if he was doing sport.

But I've noticed people with gigantic - like 2 litre - water bottles, sometimes a parent carrying multiple ones for children.My (adult) nephew had one with him the other day at a family BBQ.

But what started it? When I was a kid I never had a water bottle when I was out. (And we didnt really have it at meals ) Then sometime between then and now bottled water became a thing, now I think more people have reusable, much larger, water bottles.

As long as no one is forcing me to drink more water (or asking me to lug around their 2l bottle) then I've got no problem with it, but I'm curious how or why the amount of water we need to drink seems to have increased. (In other ways people are less healthy than in the 80s, but I'm sure "we" drink way more water...?)

It seems to have become a fashion thing over actual biological need.

Gym Bro bottles amuse me. The point of a 2l vat of water in an air conditioned venue with access to water fountains is a bit lost on me. Before running, I drink well in the hours before, take a 150ml bottle or two and that's plenty for a couple of hours running in warm weather.

The Stanley Cups look really cumbersome to lug around. I can appreciate that they have their uses, but they're not that portable really.

They are twits. As if you need to lug that much around with you.

Like every trend I suspect it's about money. It's no coincidence this started when bottled water became a thing and then nice water bottles were marketed more and more once single use plastic was talked about. There may have possibly been a public health campaign about it. I believe it was after late 90s as no one ever carried water around when I was in school or Uni. We didn't all die of dehydration either

I couldn't be bothered to carry around a big bottle, I do take a reusable bottle to work to fill up when I'm there so I don't waste plastic

My husband has a medication that means he drinks 6l a day and loves his new 2l bottle so he's not constantly walking to the tap all day, he used to fill a pint glass and down it before filling it again to take it to his desk!

I am also surprised at the number of people who have the small single use bottles of water with them wherever they go- is it really necessary?

I have a 900ml standard reusable bottle because I'm cheap and don't want to be perpetually buying drinks when I'm out. The giant ones that are the size of petrol canisters are ridiculous. How can the water/juice/vodka still taste fresh when you get to the bottom of them?

People keep parroting the same discredited advice. There have been studies which have pretty much confirmed you’ll be fine if you drink when you’re thirsty.
I think ‘hydrating’ is in the same ballpark as ‘detoxing’ and ‘cleansing’.

I grew up in a hot country where there were public water fountains in the street and fountains at school. We were fine; you had a drink when you were thirsty, usually when you were running around at playtime. Never in the classroom, always with meals.
Nobody carried water around with them.
Unless they were doing a trip across the Sahara.

I have a giant 2.2L bottle, but I only use it at home. I work from home and it stops me from trekking back and forward to the sink all the time.

Maybe they don't want to stop? I drink about a litre in a 30 min spin class at home so have a big bottle to hold it

I remember going on a school residential trip in the mid-80s and on the packing list was one of these bottles to be used as a water bottle. I remember my mum was annoyed as we didn't normally buy dried milk, but specific water bottles weren't really available or in common use. If we went out for the day as a family my mum would fill up an empty squash bottle with squash and take some plastic cups. We never had water bottles at school either, just a drink at lunchtime and the water fountain at playtime.
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As someone who was a child in the 70s 80s I'd say we were regularly dehydrated back then. I know I would not drink much at school perhaps 1 drink. So 1 cup of water from 8 am to 3 pm is not a lot. I didn't make up for it later. I do recall us having. Bottles in later years of my schooling and being more aware (and my mother as usual refusing to buy me one as I "just wanted to be like there other" well yes I did I was a teenager)

Frankly mine got what bottle they wanted.

Same, although I actually bought it before my ELCS for DS2 - I knew I'd be dehydrated after nil by mouth and didn't want to annoy nurses asking for endless refills. It worked out great for that purpose!

Now I have it on my desk in the morning and know if I finish it by 5pm then I've drunk enough that day - without it I forget to drink all day then get super thirsty in the evening and them am up in the night needing a wee...

So it works great for me, although I appreciate it looks ridiculous.

I do carry a water bottle most places with me, but it's 500ml. That's mainly because I don't want to buy one when out.

The enormous ones look silly but it's a fad and as far as things go not hurting anyone so let them at it. I did see a group of teens at the shopping centre the other day with what had to be 2ltr bottles all cradles on their arms. But I'm sure i know I did follow some strange trends in my time

Six litres of water A DAY?

Obviously I'm not arguing with medical professionals, but I thought that level of consumption was considered dangerous and bad for your kidneys?

I think you'll find you need a shiny, late model Range Rover to carry your cup 😆

There are no fortunes to be made from encouraging people to turn on a tap.

I have a Stanley cup but it's nothing to do with trend ffs! 🙄😂 It's purely because it's big and it keeps my drink cool all day. I've always been an extremely thirsty person! Even as a baby when it was advised to give water in bottles (let's not start that debate!) my Mum said I gulped it down. I'm not diabetic I'm just thirsty.
At primary school in the 80s, I had one of those Bluebird flasks that came with the plastic lunchbox and at secondary, I took a used Robinsons cordial bottle filled with....well, cordial.

I think it's mean to apportion anything that you don't do, as just being a 'trend' or a fad.
Either way, surely it's a good thing that kids are more hydrated these days? When I was young, nearly everyone had a 330ml bottle (or can) of Coke from the newsagents. Now they're all drinking either water or juice. Yes, of course many still drink cokes but I think it's a fair assumption that thanks to these cups (which don't cope well with carbonated drinks - I speak from experience 💥💦!) more young people are drinking water & juice. Much better for them!

It's just fashion at the min, in my opinion they look ridiculous 😂😂😂😂😂

Absolutely. And it’s being parroted by a lot of apparently reputable web sites. The idea that we should drink 2.5 litres of water per day came from a publication in the US, but what everyone didn’t take on board was that (a) this included water contained in food, which is more than people realise, and (b) there is a lot of individual variation.

I despair, seeing people buying vast amounts of bottled water in a country where tap water is safe and abundant, and generating vast amounts of plastic waste. It also uses a huge amount of resources to make and transport the bottled water. This has been an amazing PR coup for the companies who sell it. A lot of people now believe tap water isn’t safe and bottled is superior.

There are way worse fads or trends - I'd rather my teens drank water than prime!
But it's more the idea that a) there's are special reminders at the station - our trains have air con - I'm more likely to need a jacket than a bottle of water and b) you need to carry all your days intake in one go!

I'm probably just envious of people who find it easy to drink water --and don't need the toilet 10 times a day! 🤣

I've always wondered about this as well.

The times at primary school we had drinks outside of the water that was provided at lunch time I can literally remember as they were so rare.

In general I do think having a bottle of water with you is common sense, I'm one of those who is constantly having to buy something which is such a waste of money. But equally, I hate having to lug heavy things about when there's no need.

When I go into the office I take a small bottle and fill it when I'm there.

@AffIt it's a kidney condition he has! The medication makes him constantly thirsty!

I have a 2.2L water bottle, I fill it at least twice a day. Had no idea that I was a ‘twit’ or that it was a ‘fashion statement’ until I saw this thread I’m just thirsty! The lengths people will go to to judge others knows no bounds. It’s water 😂