Best Insulated Water Bottle? Yeti vs Hydro Flask vs 12 Other Brands! Let's find out!

insulated water bottles are very nice to have but there's a huge difference in price the least expensive brand we'll be testing only cost eight dollars and the most expensive 140 is there really any difference well let's get the testing underway and we'll find out we'll first test cold temperature performance we'll then test hot temperature performance we'll test the durability of each brand we'll cut open the bottles and see how they're constructed finally we'll see if the toughest brands can survive the farmer bago at a price of only 7.99 this bubba brand water bottle is the least expensive brand we'll be testing stays cold leak-proof bpa-free guaranteed for life made in china the bubba is very light at 273 grams at 11.59 this contigo is the second least expensive brand we'll be testing 24 hours cold 10 hours hot 20 ounces made in china the contigo weighs about 50 grams more than the bubba at 324.7 grams at only 14.65 cents the third least expensive brand we'll be testing is made by coleman 31 hours cold 11 hours hot spill proof 24 ounces made in china the coleman is the heaviest yet at 407.7 grams at only 18.99 the fourth least expensive brand we'll be testing is made by east rim keeps liquid hot or cold double wall and vacuum insulated extra wide mouth for ease of use responsibly made in china the east rim weighs 327.7 grams at a price of only 19.91 is this aquatics brand eco-friendly personal hydration 12 hours hot 24 hours cold double wall vacuum insulated the aquatics holds 21 ounces responsibly made in china the aqua tix weighs 334.7 grams at a price of 19.99 is this thermoflask brand which holds 24 ounces according to their website it keeps beverages cold for 24 hours and hot for 12. made in china the thermoflask is the heaviest yet at 408.2 grams at a price of 22.95 is this 22 ounce hydrology brand vacuum insulated 18 8 stainless steel according to their website it keeps beverages cold for 48 hours and hot for 12 made in china the hydrology weighs 381.4 grams at a price of 23.72 is this brita brand unlike the other brands this one has a built-in filter that's supposed to last up to 40 gallons the 20-ounce brita bottle is supposed to keep beverages cold for 24 hours the brita is made in china the brita weighs 391.6 grams at 27.95 is this clean canteen brand 10 hours hot 65 hours cold 20 ounces won't chatter we're going to test that bpa and toxin free made in china the clean canteen weighs 359.8 grams at 29.95 is this 18 ounce yeti rambler it's actually dishwasher safe made with 18 8 stainless steel made in china no information on the website regarding how long this is supposed to keep products warm or cold the yeti rambler weighs too much for the scale so i weighed the thermos in the lid separately all together is by far the heaviest yet at 562.4 grams at a price of 31.99 is this under armour brand 24 ounce vacuum insulated bottle keeps cold 20 hours made in china the under armour weighs 424.8 grams at a price of 32.95 is this hydroflask brand we'll be testing two different hydroflask containers this one has the standard mouth it claims colder hotter longer 21 ounces the hydroflask uses temp shield double wall vacuum insulation our unique insulation keeps your drink cold or hot for hours so you can stay refreshed for any adventure cold for 24 hours hot for 12. the hydro flask is made in china the hydroflask weighs 333.1 grams at a price of 35.95 or three dollars more than the standard mouth is this hydroflash with the sport cap 21 ounces 24 hours cold six hours hot made in china the hydro flash sport only weighs 310.7 grams the second lightest at 39.99 the most expensive brand we'll be testing is made by stanley they claim their water bottle is the easy clean 25 ounces 11 hours cold 36 hours iced stanley water bottles have survived minus 70 windshield speeding bullets 4 000 foot drops category 5 hurricanes built for life lifetime warranty the stanley is dishwasher safe made in china the stanley classic weighs 482.3 grams so if weight is a big factor the bubba is the lightest at 273 grams hydroflash sports second at 311 contigo third at 325 east rim fourth at 328 and the hydroflask with the standard mouth fifth at 333 grams in the first test we'll compare how well each brand performs for keeping water cold i placed a six gallon container inside a fridge and then adjusted the thermostat that caused ice to form inside the top of the container the water is between 32 and 33 degrees after filling the containers i placed the containers upright and spaced them several inches apart the ambient temperature inside the shop is very close to 80 degrees fahrenheit it's been right at 30 minutes so let's use a thermal camera and we'll see how well each of these containers is insulated wow a lot of heat loss is taking place with bubba the ambient temperature in the room is approximately 80 but the outer layer of the bubba is in the low 60s the contigo is doing much better with most of the efficiency loss coming from the cap on the container which is around 67 degrees the coleman definitely seems to be doing the best so far with a small amount of loss at 71 degrees from the cap but the container seems to be at ambient temperature with the east rim the lid is at 68 and the top the container is also pretty cool so the east rim doesn't seem to be doing as well as the coleman aqua tix is definitely doing the best so far the lid is over 70 and the container seems to be doing a terrific job containing the coolness of the water the water in the thermoflask definitely seems to be warming up faster than the aqua ticks very much like the thermoflask the hydrology seems to be transferring heat into the container through the lid in the top two inches of the container the brita is definitely warming up more than some of the other brands clean canteen is definitely doing better than average wow the yeti is definitely warming up quickly the lid as well as the metal near the top of the container is quite a bit cooler than most of the other brands the under armour seems to be doing fairly well the top part of the container seems to be slightly cooler than the rest of the container the hydro flat standard mouse seems very similar in performance to the under armour with the cap and the upper metal portion slightly cooler than the rest of the container the hydro flask sport seems to be performing about the same as the standard mouth hydro flask the stanley definitely seems to be doing a pretty good job it's been right at 24 hours so let's see which brands did the best at keeping the water cold beginning with the least expensive brand the bubba brand the dual insulated bubba really struggled at 72.1 degrees fahrenheit the very affordable contigo did much better at 58.7 coleman which is also very affordable did even better at 54.5 and moves into the lead east rim really struggled at 60.6 so coleman is still in the lead aquatics did an amazing job at 52.8 and moves into the lead over coleman the thermal flask was quite a bit warmer at 56.7 hydrology is at 57.1 which isn't nearly enough to take the lead from aquatics brita is at 57.5 which isn't quite as good as most of the other brands clean canteen did really well at 52.9 but that's not enough to take the lead from aquatics the yeti rambler which is by far the heaviest also struggled at 57.9 under armour did better than average at 55.7 hydroflask with the standard mouth did really well at 55.4 the hydroflask with the sports mouth did identical at 55.4 and the most expensive brand the stanley classic did the best at 50.6 degrees and takes the lead from aquatics so the most expensive brand the stanley classic came in first at 50.6 degrees aquatics which cost half as much came in second at 52.8 lean canteen 3rd coleman 4th and both of the hydroflasks tied for 5th since bubba and bretta aren't designed for hot contents i'm leaving them out of this next test i preheated the pyrex container that we'll be using to fill each of the containers also the water is at 207 degrees fahrenheit all the containers have been empty and sitting for 24 hours to make sure that the inner part of the thermoses are right at ambient temperature sometimes i'm in a hurry and i just don't have time to preheat the thermos so this next test will let us know which container provides the best pour and go performance if you don't preheat a cool thermos the thermos will immediately cool off the hot beverage that you're adding to the thermos just a little so the next test we're not going to preheat the containers but instead add water that's near boiling point and then place it in the freezer that's set to minus 40 degrees fahrenheit for four hours it's been right at four hours so let's see how each brand performed beginning with contigo the water started out at 207 degrees fahrenheit and is now at 129.2 a loss of almost 78 degrees coleman did quite a bit better at 136.7 a loss of only 70 degrees eastrim didn't do quite as well as coleman at 132.7 a loss of 74 degrees aquatics did nearly identical to coleman at 136.6 a loss of 70 degrees thermoflask is at 132.2 a loss of 75. hydrology is at 143.8 a loss of only 63 and moves into the lead clean canteen is at 134.8 a loss of 72. yeti really struggled at 119 a loss of 88 degrees under armour is at 135.9 a loss of 71. hydroflask with the standard mouth did the best yet at 150 which is a loss of only 57 degrees and moves into the lead hydro flat sport is at 150.5 barely edging out the hydro flask with the standard mouth stanley classic is at 134.4 a loss of 73 degrees so the hydro flat sport came in first with a loss of 56.5 hydroflask standard mouse second at 57 hydrology third at 63.2 coleman fourth at 70.3 and aquatic's fifth at 70.4 so will preheating containers change the outcome let's find out with the lids off the water was stored inside the containers for 24 hours and all the water inside of each of the containers was right at 72 degrees the freezer is 112 degrees colder than the water so let's do some testing after five hours inside the freezer once again the flask sport came in first only losing 16.5 degrees hydroflash standard mouth came in second at 16.8 hydrology third at 18.3 coleman fourth at 19.9 the exact same order for the top four brands as in the previous test preheating really helped the stanley as it finished in eighth place last time and this time finished in fifth in the next test we'll test the durability of the bottles by dropping them 36 inches onto this angle iron each container is full of water the bubbles survive the impact with minor damage which we'll check out later in the video contigo also survived with a very small dent stanley is a tank and experienced very minor cosmetic damage east rim also did very well in this test the aquatics experienced a pretty large dent the hydroflask experienced a pretty large dent too hydrology held up really well with only minor damage brita experienced a rather large dent clean canteen experienced a large dent as well the yeti is also a tank and experienced very minor cosmetic damage under armour experienced very minor damage the hydro flask experienced a pretty large dent the hydroflight sport also experienced a pretty large dent the stanley experienced a moderate sized dent let's drop the bottles on the lids to see how they hold up bubba has more bounce than an overinflated basketball well the bubba survived but it definitely caused quite a bit of damage especially to the lit area you can see the lid broke but it's still functional things did not go well for the contigo as it began blowing water out everywhere the contigo did just fine with the blow to the side it actually totally destroyed this thermos and it no longer will hold water the plastic at the top of this thermos just totally disintegrated things went a lot better with stanley with just a little water seepage as you can see a very small crease to the side of the container the little mouthpiece did come detached but i think that can be pressed back into position the east rim survived without any issues the east rim is also very durable very small crease to the side of the container the lid did come partially off went ahead and unscrewed the lid and screwed it back on and it's sealing up just fine things went poorly for the aquatics as it begins spewing water everywhere i definitely say the aqua ticks falls into the light duty category unfortunately the lid on this thing is broken as well as there's quite a bit of damage to the side of the cooler the clean canteen held up just fine other than a little bit of cosmetic damage the clean canteen held up very well quite a big dent in the side but other than that this container still holds water the cap on the thermoflask held up just fine the thermoflask also held up very well with the crease to the side but other than that the thermoflask still holds water the cap on the hydrology lids shifted out of position and a little water leaked the hydrology experienced a little bit of cosmetic damage and the lid is on a little crooked i don't think there was any damage to the hydrology i'm gonna put the lid back on and see if it still holds water okay other than a little bit of cosmetic damage to the hydrology it held up very well other than a small loss of water on impact the cap stayed intact but it actually held up very well with just a couple of dents but it still holds water other than a small loss of water on impact the cap stayed intact when it comes to durability the yeti is up there with the coleman this is a very durable thermos no damage to this thing other than a very small crease in the side of the container things did not go well for the under armour with quite a bit of water loss upon impact unfortunately the under armour did not do very well with regard to the cap the cap did get cracked and is no longer going to hold water hydroflash survived the impact without damage i don't think i've ever seen a hydro flask that didn't have a dent in it this one actually held up fairly well with a very small dent compared to some of the other brands and it still doesn't leak the hydro flash sport also held up really well other than a little bit of cosmetic damage the hydro flask held up very well the stanley did just fine on this test the stanley glass it claims to be durable and that proved to be true very little damage to the stanley classic with just a little cosmetic damage to the side a very small crease also no damage to the lid it still holds water hydroflask did very well in this showdown so let's cut it open and see how it's designed wow there's really not much to hydro flask as you can see there's the inner part of the container as well as the outer skin and there's an air gap between them this is a very thin aluminum outer layer and it's just not going to be very durable however it does a terrific job of containing cold as well as warm temperature the yeti definitely did not perform nearly as well as a hydro flask and it seems to make sense once taking a look inside there just isn't as much of an air gap between the inner container and the outer skin the inner part of the hydro flask is about .44 millimeters the outer skin is about the same at point four five wow the yeti is nearly twice as thick at point eight eight for the outer layer the inner layer is quite a bit thicker as well up next let's see if any of the containers are pharmabego tough the farmer bagel will be traveling at approximately 50 miles per hour when it makes impact with the containers [Music] standard claims your bottle survived a minus 70 degree windshield a speeding bullet 4 000 foot drop and a category 5 hurricane but the question is can a stanley bottle survive the farm a bago all i can say is that's a lot of damage the stanley was definitely not up to the pharmabego but then again none of these water bottles could withstand the fierce force of the pharmabego thermoflask didn't do too well either the lid did stay on though however this container is definitely ruined obviously the wheels did not pass over top of the brita or else there'd been a lot more damage unfortunately the under armour is in pretty bad shape as well so which brand is best i think that really depends on what you want the hydroflask is a very light thermos and it did a terrific job but it's definitely not as durable as some of the other brands the stanley did a great job as far as cold temperature performance but then again it's very expensive and it's a pretty heavy thermos the colon seems like the best value overall it does a terrific job with regard to cold as well as warm temperature performance and it's extremely durable i was really surprised at how well the hydrology did it also did very well in most of the testing and is very durable all the videos on this channel including this one are viewers suggested so if you have a video idea i hope you'll take time to leave a comment i read and reply to as many comments as possible thanks so much for watching please take care and i look forward to next time

Channel: Project Farm

Views: 2,437,984

Keywords: project farm, Hydroflask, Brita, Aquatix, Bubba Flo, Under Armour, Yeti, Hydrology, Coleman, Klean Kantine, ThermoFlask, Stanley Classic, East Rim, best insulated water bottle, insulated water bottle review, insulated thermos review, best water bottle, best thermos, best insulated thermos review, yeti vs hydroflask, yeti vs hydro flask, hydro flask, hydro flask review, hydro flask vs yeti, yeti rambler vacuum insulated water bottle review, contigo insulated water bottle

Id: a6j1NJkNzwI

Length: 15min 51sec (951 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 03 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/mud_tug]

Project Farm FTW

[u/James718]

TL;DR

Coleman is the best overall value, the Stanley was the best at keeping things the coldest but is the most expensive.

[u/olioster]

Obviously it's the ones at LTTstore.com...

[u/chineseouchie]

Here is one with comparing Japanese and USA bottles but not as detailed as OP version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZJDY2afCk

[u/portar1985]

How can someone be so enthusiastic in EVERY sentence they speak?

[u/Penguiin]

Had my money on the Coleman from the start. Good video!

[u/xflashbackxbrd]

My yeti kept coffee warm over 24 hours so no complaints from me. It can also function as a respectable cudgel so it has that going for it too.

[u/ignost]

I want to see a table for all of this:

Bottle | dishwasher safe? | hot temp | cold temp | side drop damage | top drop damage | price

Instead I'm skipping all over the video trying to get the info I need if I actually want to buy one.

Start a site and put a summary on it. Include affiliate links and make a little money off stuff like this. Don't feel the need to start sentences with a laugh if there's no punchline.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, still do the video. It's a good test and good content. Some people will want to see the whole thing. Just suggesting how he could make more money and be more useful on top of it.

[u/1893Chicago]

I love Project Farm's videos. He is super thorough, and somewhat entertaining to watch.

I wrote to him asking him to do trash bags, and he wrote back and said it is on the list of videos he is working on. I buy my trash bags in bulk on Amazon - VERY large and thick and heavy-duty... and asked if he would include those in the review, and he said that he would!