Giotto Large Half Gallon/64OZ Motivational Water Bottle with Paracord Handle & Straw - Leakproof Tritan BPA Free Fitness Sports Water Jug with Time Marker to Ensure You Drink Enough Water Daily

I'LL START WITH THE PROS: love the large size of water bottle, the innovative design including deep, vibrant colors of the bottle to choose from, the motivational sayings & time of the day to drink, the curved sides for easy handling & holding while drinking from it and never seems to feel slippery while holding it, the high quality & very sharp looking (attractive) paracord also with beautiful vibrant colors and not overly bright or cheap looking, the really nice & durable feel the paracord has to it, the option to remove the paracord and use a clip so if you wanted to clip the bottle onto a backpack, bookbag, etc you can, the big opening at top of bottle that allows for you to use much bigger ice cubes rather than just ice cubes from a standard sized ice cube tray, and lastly the option to use it with or without a straw.NOW FOR THE CONS 😒: I've had the water bottle for a few weeks now and from day 1 the locking latch wouldn't stay put at all times as supposedly designed to unless you're physically pulling the latch down to unlock it (meaning the lid can easily pop open UNINTENTIONALLY and spill the water all over anything nearby the water bottle, as I've experienced in the following situations: sitting on seat or floor in vehicle, as bottle is obviously too large for cup holder in vehicle, or in a large purse as I often carried 32oz stainless steel water bottles with no trouble (but twice now this water bottle has leaked in my large purse as well as inside a back pack due to the poor quality latch & lock mechanism) and this option is a must for me (ability to carry in large purse, backpack, or overnight type bag) when leaving home. The lid also opens at random times while carrying it by paracord due to push button on lid brushing or pressing up against me, or while water bottle is hanging on backpack with a clip since the latch on lid won't stay locked! Furthermore, the developer / company needs to go back to the drawing board to redesign a better functioning & hygienic straw OR part that truly enables 1 handed use of the water bottle & drinking from it, as the current one needs work! Especially during a pandemic when you have to be afraid to touch anything outside of your home (or anything recently delivered to your home) and then yourself or any personal items such as a water bottle or mouthpiece attached to straw inside that water bottle that you then plan to put inside your mouth (not at all hygiene friendly, let alone pandemic safe)! The 4th picture shown in both product summary & product details sections for this water bottle specifically shows the white mouthpiece that's attached to straw as if it's locked into position, with no worry of it moving around or being necessary to use your hands to reposition it (pulling it up thru the lid in order to drink from it). Based on the picture, it appeared as if the white mouthpiece attached to straw either stayed in place after closing lid or as though closing the lid pushes it down & reopening lid somehow makes it pop back up to drink from it, but that is NOT the case. Upon receiving the bottle I had thought I was misunderstanding how to use the straw with attached mouthpiece and almost confident they wouldn't design such an innovative water bottle that would require you to touch & fumble with the mouthpiece attached to straw prior to taking a sip of water each time, as the straw moves each time you close the lid ! What is the point of developing a water bottle that allows a person to easily open the lid of the water bottle with 1 hand, the same hand you're holding the water bottle with if you still have to stop & use both hands to readjust the mouthpiece nearly every time you go to take a sip of water. I have tried adjusting the mouthpiece attached to straw at so many different positions on the straw (as well as the silicone piece at the bottom of the straw) with the hope of getting it to a position that would no longer require me to touch it prior to drinking from it, but I'm now convinced that no such position exists... The straw and silicone pieces together don't reach high enough to be able to use the straw without mouthpiece attached to it. I don't know if this occurs because the full mouthpiece is unable to fit thru the opening of the lid and therefore it somehow shifts on the straw itself when the lid is closed & putting pressure on it, if it's the materials used to make these 3 pieces (mouthpiece attached to top of straw, straw, or silicone piece at bottom of straw as you can see in review pics), or if I received a defective product, but it's terribly frustrating... And the use of a FUNCTIONING straw is a deal breaker for me because I can drink much more water (or any beverage) in a shorter period of time with the use of a straw than I can without a straw! Last but NOT least, the water bottle reeks of plastic 😤. With each daily use (again from day 1) there's an overbearing smell of plastic with every sip of water I take. And as soon as the ice melts inside the bottle I'm left with plastic flavored water 😝 I purchased this water bottle for the sole purpose of motivating me to drink at least 64 oz of water per day and believing that I could with the use of this large sized bottle, straw, & motivational sayings. But the smell & taste of plastic does the opposite of that. I would have never purchased this item if the product details didn't specifically inform of the following info: "Made of quality food grade eco-friendly reusable tritan plastic, this water bottle is 100% BPA & TOXIN Free, ODOUR FREE and healthy for your daily water drinking." It is by no means odor free!! I have hand washed it numerous times (as I wouldn't trust putting in dishwasher), soaked it with hot water & dish soap (mild soap such as Dawn) by itself for several hours multiple times, and left it air out several days prior to use again, and still no change 😫, the end result is still the smell of plastic and plastic flavored water! I knew from the start my filtered water (or any water for that matter) wouldn't taste as good drinking it from a plastic bottle as it does when drinking it from a stainless steel bottle that keeps water and other beverages cold for up to 24 hours based on which one I'm using, but I was willing to accept that for the other benefits advertised with this motivational water bottle.. However, I am not prepared to drink from something daily that reeks of plastic and makes my crisp clean filtered water taste like I'm drinking plastic flavored water!! I don't even use plastic ice cube trays to make my ice, as many of them make ice cubes taste like plastic, as well as any beverages that you put those ice cubes into. I use silicone trays for that very reason, to avoid that plastic taste that standard ice cube trays tend to create when freezing water into cubes. For any of you interested in this water bottle that may also use silicone ice cube trays or spheres, or extra large cubes in general, please see attached pics, as that is one of the perks this water bottle does have to offer, the huge opening at top of bottle that allows for you to use extra large cubes (I've used 2.5" sphere ice cubes with room to spare at the opening of the bottle, as you can see in my review pics)! I wish this could have been a raving product review, as I honestly couldn't wait to get this motivational water bottle. I can't truthfully say that I'd recommend this water bottle, unless the seller can address the list of problems or possible defects I mentioned in my review.

Nice colors, sorta bulky. Haven't used it yet.

64oz Water bottle ... Absolutely Love it! The marked reminders keep you motivated to keep on chugging away throughout the day. If I can get through one of these on a daily I have done my job with my water intake. Leakproof & Travel Resistant. I literally take this think everywhere. Easy to wash & reassemble.

Love it so far, have had a few problems with leaking but nothing major.

Love this but the bottle does sweat so that's the only downside. Great for knowing I got my water in!

This motivates me to drink more water. I've also had a few compliments

It’s hot and the reminder to drink water is helpful. Works like a charm.

My family and I love this bottle and we take it everywhere! Highly recommend!

Súper buen material.

Hab ich mir nur wegen Bad bunny gekauft - muss aber sagen, dass die Flasche super verarbeitet ist und ich definitiv mehr trinke. Also Wasser.

This bottle looks pretty, but it leaked through the button and lid. I will not purchase this product again unless these issues can be fixed.

The straw has a strange black stain/mark that doesn’t clean off. I am worried it’s not safe to use.