![]() The 25-ounce bottle fits perfectly into my tiny hand, in the cupholder of my car, and in my heart. Those factors aside, the Yonder is gorgeous. (I also use mitten clips with my kids, in case you were wondering,) I’m exactly the kind of person who would unscrew the lid, take a swig, and accidentally send it tumbling down the slope directly into the face of someone right behind me. Far be it from me to tell Rodden what to do, but it makes me really nervous to see people climbing on cliffs with water bottles with detached caps. It’s also not backward-compatible with Yeti Rambler accessories, like my old Rambler cup cap, which makes sense, since I can’t use it to serve my children tiny cups of hot cocoa when we’re at the zoo.īesides Jimmy Chin, I also saw pictures of my personal hero Beth Rodden drinking from a Yonder on a multi-pitch climb, then clipping it onto her rack with all her gear. The Yonder is also dishwasher-safe, though Yeti’s FAQ does specify to not use it with hot or carbonated beverages, or as food storage-no keeping your granola bars in it and using it as a tiny bear box. If you have a bottle with a loop cap, you can take a long stick or a pen, slide it through the loop, and use it as a lever to open a bottle you might not be able to open with your hands. Sometimes water bottles seal shut with temperature or pressure changes, like when you're on a flight. But this is also helpful in a less obvious way. You can use the loop to clip your water bottle on the outside of a bag. It opens easily, but the Yonder also has a cap with a loop. ![]() That’s fine if you’re in a car, on a boat, or pulling it in a wagon, but carrying that much weight on your back for an extended period is grueling. Yes, the Rambler is a perfect water bottle, except for one factor-its weight. The Rambler is also insulated, and I can fill the whole thing with ice and refill it several times during the day and the ice won’t melt. I will undertake this task for my kids, but not for myself. I need specialized brushes to scrub the mold out of all the tiny valves and tubes, and then air-dry them every night. The Rambler is also dishwasher-safe! While my children use straw-cap bottles for their ease and convenience, I loathe cleaning them. ("Put to mouth, then drink," I repeat to myself, to no avail.) The chug cap is a good compromise between being able to swig water quickly and not drenching myself with a single careless movement. I’m also a talky, distracted drinker who has a tendency to pour water straight down the front of my shirt at the gym. I used to have a Nalgene, but it wasn’t insulated, and hot Nalgene water tastes just like taking a long lick off the bottom of a sticky McDonald's ball pit. I have weirdly specific water bottle requirements. But when I’m out of the house, my previous favorite water bottle was a 26-ounce Yeti Rambler with a chug cap. When I’m at home, I mostly drink from a Stanley tumbler. The 25-ounce Yonder is now my emotional support water bottle. I picked one up and have simply never put it down. The first thing I saw was the gigantic, full-color visage of climbing and skiing luminary Jimmy Chin, with his signature reckless grin, looming over two water bottles that were the color of sea glass before a storm. Rinse and repeat when I first opened the box for the Yeti Yonder water bottle, which looked more like a sarcophagus hand-carved for the boy king Tutankhamen than a shipping container. As I wandered the aisles picking things up and putting them down again, I felt a deep, primal yearning for a Ford F150 and a fly-fishing vest. A cooler! It's just something to put your Coke and bait in! Yet everything was so exquisite, so heavy, in just the right colors. On one level, I find it repulsive to make such an ostentatious production out of spending so much money on the company's signature cooler. I even forced my husband to make a pilgrimage to the Yeti flagship store in Austin, Texas. It pads over every small rock and blade of prickly grass, and it has its own sling carrying case! And the Yeti Lowlands? I carry that heavy-duty blanket to every festival and camping trip. ![]() It's five years old and looks as good as new. I had to take my daughter’s roller skating gear out of it, and before that 15 tiny soccer balls that I took to the park to play with kindergarteners. Just this morning, I used the Camino Carryall to drag my climbing gear to the gym. The problem starts when these products become the most useful items I own. My house is full of hilariously overengineered, overpriced products. Bar none, there is no company that’s easier to make fun of than Texas-based Yeti. ![]()
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