Klean Kanteen Wide Insulated Bottle

I love my S'well bottles, don't get me wrong. But, one super early morning, while getting coffee at a Salcedo Village coffee shop, I heard one of the baristas wondering out loud how she was going to fit ice into my S'well. She wasn't able to, and my coffee that morning was just shaken in ice before it was transferred into my bottle.

This got me thinking on an alternative bottle for my coffee, and yes, milk tea needs. I may have curbed my consumption of plastic bottles from the beverages I often bought before, but coffee and milk tea come in plastic cups, and putting these in a non-insulated Starbucks tumbler wasn't really going to cut.

This is where I decided to buy a Klean Kanteen Wide Insulated Bottle. I was torn between getting the bottle in either Shale Black or Winter Plum, but since it was my first Klean Kanteen product, I eventually went with a neutral color.

I got the 20 oz. size, as a Venti coffee in Starbucks is roughly 20 oz, 24 oz with ice.

It has earned the investment I put in already, as I drink coffee at least thrice a day. My only issue is I might need a second bottle because I sometimes have a coffee drink, and milk tea simultaneously.

Looks like I will be getting a Winter Plum Klean Kanteen after all.

Liberty London and S'well Collaboration

Ever since I got bit by the S'well bug, one of the bottle designs that I set my eyes on was the collaboration with Liberty London featuring a fabric in blue with paisley prints.

borrowed from Pinterest

They called the bottle Marky, and this particular print on the fabric was released for Autumn/Winter 2001. The print was based on ancient calligraphy, and the released an updated look to the fabric. And here I thought they were paisleys... I actually call them polliwogs.

The newer collaboration bottles are sold online in Liberty London's website, I presume that these are available in the store.

The first batch though, the Marky bottle included, was sold in Starbucks.

The bottle was released in 2017, and was also made available locally. I saw this from an announcement made on Starbucks website, and it was priced at PhP 1,995.00 at the time.

I chanced upon a bottle being sold online, and I ordered it.

It arrived today, and it is just as beautiful as its pictures online. This is my favorite S'well bottle.

My next grail bottle is the Kelsey Montague collaboration bottle. I hope I can score one online, too.

S'well Bottles on Sale in Rustan's

The sale in Rustan's is on its last week, and they've slashed prices further. I wasn't really planning on buying more bottles, because I had already purchased three at the onset of the sale, but my boss saw the bottles in my office and inquired about S'well.

Long story short, I was able to influence her to buy a bottle while it was still on sale. She asked me to be the one to go to Rustan's Makati to buy it for her since she couldn't find time.

There's still a sizable number of bottles on sale, but none were as good a deal as the Gray Malin collaboration bottle that I purchased from a week ago, which was at 65% off the retail price.

They had bottles from the Textile Collection of S'well, and I showed her pictures of the Marrakesh and the Mumbai bottle.

I myself couldn't choose between the two, and both are insanely Instagrammable.

I was hoping to buy a Mumbai bottle for myself, while my boss decided to go for the Marrakesh bottle.

Unfortunately, Mumbai has sold out, so I grabbed two of these instead. Below is the bottle intended for me:

The Mumbai bottle which slipped my claws is below:

borrowed from Nordstrom

Each bottle is unique, that's what I realized in Rustan's today. I asked for several Marrakesh bottles because I wanted to be sure I wasn't getting a damaged bottle, and the patterns we're all differently placed. There are slight variations in shade, in the size of the prints, and even the orientation of the pattern. Reading a note on the cylindrical box, the company indicated that the bottles were hand-painted, and that each one is one of a kind and unique.

All I can say is, captured on camera, these bottles are very photogenic.

The sale is only until the 31st, and stocks are now really limited. There are still 25 oz. bottles priced at PhP 1,137.00, and 17 oz. bottles at PhP 1,125.00. Better grab a S'well bottle at these insanely low prices!

New Year, New Goals - Hydration by S'well

I went through a horrible and messy break up in 2017, and the entire 2018 was filled mostly with moving on. Moving on was such a long and tedious process, and now that I'm back, I have also started focusing more on things that will keep me healthy, and keep my idle mind busy.

I rediscovered Lego during the last few months of 2018, and I have been building playsets that I purchased on... yes, SALE! I'll be posting on that pretty soon.

Recently, I resolved that I should be drinking more water. I don't get to drink the minimum number of liters per day, which, disastrously, has resulted to several ailments that plagued me in 2018, one of which was dehydration.

How do I force myself to drink water? I bought a S'well bottle in Rustan's.

I have actually been meaning to purchase a S'well bottle, but thought that the price was quite steep for a bottle, which a Starbucks tumbler, and Starbucks mugs (You Are Here mugs at that) fulfill rather well. If I had so many of the latter two, why was I still not drinking water?

I realized it was because water kept in a tumbler or a mug for quite a time doesn't keep cold. And when I take a sip, and it isn't cold, I don't bother drinking at all. Add to the fact that I'm tamad to walk all the way to the water dispenser (about 10 meters away), thus spelling disaster in maintaining hydration.

Thank Rustan's further for their end of season sale, I could not resist not buying a S'well bottle. The bottle I purchased was steeply discounted, and I was able to purchase it for PhP 1,170.00. Its original price was PhP 2,850.00. It's a crime not to buy it!

At that price, I also bought a bottle for my mom, and a bottle for my outgoing Finance Manager - a despedida gift.

These are all part of the Love Collection of S'well.

borrowed from shefinds.com

I purchased the 25 oz. bottle size, the largest that they have. The black bottle with  hearts design, I had Rustan's giftwrap for my mother, and the white bottle with stars for my outgoing Finance Manager.

I kept the bottle with Cupid's arrows.

(I will update this blog with a picture of my S'well, when I get enough courage to hold a photoshoot on my office table.) Here's a snapshot of the 25 oz. bottle that I purchased from Rustan's:

And to be honest, since there's limited stock, and the price is really affordable for a S'well bottle, if I keep thinking of the white-starred bottle, I might just go and get a 25 oz. bottle of it for myself!

I got so obsessed with S'well, I started researching on it. Because of the its vacuum seal, and its double insulated wall, it can keep cold drinks cool for up to hours. I've tried this in the office, and my 8-hour workday is just a fraction of the entire day that the water is kept cold inside the bottle. On the 2nd day I was using it, I was easily able to drink about 60 oz. of water in the office.

I also did some online shopping, and discovered a seller who had hoarded S'ip by S'well in the US, probably when it was on clearance in Target, and he is now looking to unload some of his stock. He was selling it for such an affordable price, I also ended up buying a Jelly Bean Green S'ip by S'well bottle - not for me though, but as a gift for someone.

There was a gentleman who messaged me inquiring about my Bencab Swatch watches, and he reminded me of how much fun I had blogging. This is why I started writing again as soon as I got home. Hope you find a pair of the Bencab Swatches!

Update for January 13, 2018

I went to Rustan's Makati today as I had decided to purchase the 25 oz. gold-starred bottle. Guess what surprised me on the S'well table:

They had brought out 17 oz. bottles. My head went into a tizzy. They were only PhP 1,237.50. 

I had no choice to but to pick one out from the three designs. Since I had been viewing videos of S'well online, prominent in the videos was the Ombre Speckle water bottle. I scooped it up, and brought it to my office. 

And here it is, sitting proudly on my desk!

I washed it and am now leaving it uncapped for air-drying, and will fill it up for the drive home. The size is handier for traveling, and I'm sure it'll fit better in the cupholders compared to the 25 oz. bottle.