Giveaway: Two Thinksport Insulated Sports Bottles
December 4, 2009 by Sheri
Filed under Feature, Green Home and Garden, In A Vegan House, Nifty Reusable Items, Reviews/Giveaways, featured post
The generous folks at Thinksport have offered up a fabulous giveaway this week!
Thinksport is giving away two (2) Thinksport Insulated 25 ounce Sports Bottles:
(Giveaway details at bottom of post).
I received a Thinksport Insulated Sports Bottle to review, and this is one fantastic reusable bottle.
Here’s my sleek stainless steel bottle. I *heart* it.
This bottle has some pretty awesome features that stand out from the average stainless steel bottles.
Looky here:
Impressive list, huh? I thought so too.
The highlights:
- free of BPA (bisphenol-A), cadmium, nitrosamines, phthalates, lead, and PVC
- solid stainless steel inside and out
- comes in four funky colors
- has a 2-piece lid
- wide-mouthed (ice cubes fit inside!)
- double-walled and heavily insulated
- no mysterious chemical lining inside the bottles like some reusable bottles have. This is stainless steel lined.
- has a cool little steel mesh screen to stop tea leaves or ice cubes from being swallowed.
I usually use Klean Kanteen stainless steel bottles, and I really appreciate the differences between my trusty old Klean Kanteens and this Thinksport Bottle. Most impressive to me is the fact that it is double-walled. This means that I can pour icy cold water into the bottle AND add ice cubes, and the outside of the bottle does not get cold or sweat. Double-walled also means that I can pour boiling water inside the bottle and the outside of the bottle does not get hot. I REALLY like that feature, since this has become my hot tea bottle — I never ever burn my hands on the bottle. Which is great, because I hate when that happens.
This bottle is vacuum-sealed and HEAVILY insulated. And when I say “heavily insulated”, I’m not kidding!
I can pour boiling water into the bottle and add teabags or tea leaves at 7 a.m., pop the cap on, and leave the house shortly afterwards for a full day of homeschooling activities and classes with my kids. Sometime around 4 p.m., I usually remember that I brought myself some tea to enjoy…and that tea is still WAY too hot to drink. Like, mouth-scalding hot! After 9 hours in the bottle, it is still almost as hot as when I made it.
Is that not SO impressive?
My second favorite thing about these Thinksport bottles is the little steel mesh screen that snaps into the mouth of the bottle. This is a clever little design and it really is wonderful for keeping ice cubes or tea bags/tea leaves from entering the spout and being swallowed. LOVE that wee mesh screen. Love it!
So, before we get to the giveaway, let me show you how I’ve used my Thinksport bottle lately. This bottle ROCKS.
The cap can be removed two ways, depending on your needs.
There’s a spout if that’s what you like:
Or you can unscrew the wider part of the lid (see the wee mesh screen in there?):
Take 2 organic green tea bags:
Remove the cute mesh screen and stuff the two tea bags into the bottle, like so:
Pour in some boiling water:
Pop the mesh screen back into place:
Put on the screw cap and your tea will steep while staying nice and hot (and I do mean HOT) inside the bottle.
Nice hot green tea (and I do mean HOT!) after 8 hours in the Thinksport bottle:
I also like to make tea by adding bulk organic rooibos tea leaves to the Thinksport bottle:
Add boiling water:
Put the mesh screen back in place:
Let it steep with the lid on as you carry on your merry way. This rooibos tea was SCALDING after 8 hours. That’s some impressive insulation!
And the little mesh screen worked perfectly — I had no tea leaves floating in my tea or stuck in my teeth afterwards. BONUS!
One last hot beverage that I like to make in my spiffy new Thinksport Bottle….
Luscious, creamy, dreamy vegan hot cocoa:
So there are my Thinksport Action Shots. My bottle gets plenty of use, and this is an excellent insulated steel bottle — I am very happy with it! If you celebrate the holiday season, it would make a fantastic stocking stuffer or gift for anyone on your list. It runs about $20 or less on most sites that I’ve seen it on. It’s easy to clean, keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold, and comes in 4 eye-catching colors.
Would you like to have your own spiffy Thinksport Insulated Bottle?
Thinksport is offering up two fabulous bottles — two winners will each win a 25 ounce Thinksport bottle. Winners will have a choice of the 25 ounce (750 mL) Metallic Purple or Metallic Blue color (no black or silver bottles available at this time).
Contest will run through Thursday December 10th, and two winners will be picked by random number generator.
To enter, simply leave a comment on this post. For an extra entry, tweet this contest and come back and leave me a link to your tweet.
Good luck! Two lucky readers will soon be sipping in style!
I love the mesh screen, this is amazing
looks great!
Wow, what a great giveaway! I hope I win! :]
Love the mesh screen
wowee! i’d like to adopt one of those babies!
Ooooo! I would love a bottle for hot and cold beverages depending on the time of year!
I would love to win! Those look great. My only complaint with my Kleen Kanteen is that the wide mouth sometimes means that I “water” my entire face instead of just getting a drink.
amazing waterbottle! would be thrilled to win
love the design features!!!!! finally a way to take hot tea when cross country skiing or ice cold water for summer hiking!!
What a great idea for a bottle!
These look awesome. The mesh screen is a great idea
I’d like to win the bottles!
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! I love it! Here’s my twitter post:
http://twitter.com/bsanchez45
wow
how clever
I love that it can be used hot or cold and how adorable is the mesh strainer!
I’d love one of these. I’m busy chasing a 3 year old and a 3 month old, so my tea always gets cold…with this I could just pour out a little at a time.
Love your blog!
i love tea and travel, so thinksport would be great for hubby and i!
That’s the most fantastic bottle I’ve seen! I would love to get my hands on one of those.
Wow – you are a spectacular saleswoman – I’m sold
Thank you for introducing us to these bottles. I would love to win one, but if I don’t (and I won’t because I never win anything) I will buy one for my daughter. They really look fantastic. xo
holy faux-bologna! i want one of those.
Kristen
Sounds great…I hope I am one of the winners!
Wow, looks like everyone would like to have one of these spiffy bottles! – me included. I love roiboos tea – it looks so good in your picture, will have go out and get some. The bottles sure would make it so easy to have loose tea to go. Thanks!
Looks awesome!!! Leaving a comment for a competition entry
I want this!!
Those are wonderful!
What a brilliant idea! Even if I don’t win one, I’m sorely tempted to put it on my Christmas wish list. Such a great idea for tea.
Even with so many comments, I’m throwing myself in! If my name isn’t drawn, this is going on the top of my Christmas list. Right next to a calculus tutor. Not even kidding.
I hope I win but if not, I’m gonna get one. It looks great!!
Sheri, I have been coveting the Thinksport since I first heard of it, over a year ago.
It was more than I wanted to spend on a water bottle, so I cheaped out and got a regular stainless steel one, and have regretted it ever since! This could be my chance to redeem myself. lol
Thanks!
Alissa
Those are genius! I’d love to win them as well!
Looks like a great product! Can’t wait to have one.
I drink a lot of tea. The bottle looks perfect for a busy mom.
This bottle is awesome! It has so many uses! I would love to use it at the gym as my water bottle!
http://twitter.com/veganmami
Tweeted the contest… extra luck for me!
that mesh screen is the cat’s meow! LOL I love the idea of the double-walled, insulated bottle… my SIGG bottle (just got a new one with BPA free liner) ’sweats’ and it’s awfully cold when filled with cold water…
geez, nearly 300 comments… still, hope I win!
happy holidays to you & your LOVELY vegan family!
~n~
My wife actually told me what she wants for Christmas! This bottle is one item that if I don’t get, I am in bigger trouble than trying to guess what she would like. Great contest.
crossing my fingers and leaving a comment for a competition entry
thanks for featuring this– i’m glad i so accidentally ran across it & your page! blows my siggs away. i will absolutely need to get some!
Definitely a wish list item for me now!
SIGN ME UP!
Definitely would like one of those!
too late?
I love the Klean Kanteens but this insulation is a super added bonus!
I love that you can put hot beverages in it!
I think I have checked out this post too many times in a week. These bottles look awesome and I so want to get one. I love the little strainer that fits right inside.
I’ve been searching all around for this info. Thank goodness I discovered this in Yahoo.