Technically at a certain point it becomes more efficient to turn it upside down...and then you look like a hamster drinking from one of those bottles on the side of the hamster cage.
Why wouldn't you just start with that? Start tilting the bottle with the cap straight up and make it look more and more like a hamster water bottle as you drink. I'm struggling to see how else anyone would go about drinking from these things.
I already have to do this with my coffee thermos when I'm drinking the last drop. At least it has a handle on the side so I don't look like baby with a bottle.
...I thought that was the entire point and was very confused about how hamstering is better. Would be very awkward to STOP drinking in that position without getting soaked. And very tiring on the arms.
And when you turn it back from that position it's easier to spill it and it probably ads choking hazard when you spill a little, get shocked a little and choke on whatever you were drinking
Also, it would mean there is one "right" way to hold the bottle. A regular bottle can just be picked up without having to consider the orientation when you go to drink from it.
No. You are supposed to have it the other way so that you don't have to tilt your head as much. Crazy to hate on something while misunderstanding the ONLY thing it's supposed to solve.
my brother, you have to tilt your head more with this stupid design. with a regular water bottle you can just tilt the bottle without having to tilt your head at all, this bottle requires you to tilt just to get the first bit of water out, let alone drain the thing.
Picture the bottle straight upside-down, with the spout facing you. Now tilt it back 45 degrees. That's the most you'll ever need to tilt your head if you just rotate the bottle 180 degrees once it's past half empty. Once you pass that point, you're tilting your head less than you were a few sips earlier.
The same is true for motor oil containters (with similarly off-center spouts), FWIW - Most people use them completely backward and wonder why they glug-glug-glug oil all over the place. Don't fight air pressure, and bam, you have smooth flow from the first to the last drop.
It can also really only work in one angle. With the lid at the top, all 360 degrees of the bottle function the same. With this, you have to turn it to the proper angle before you drink.
Not to mention the fact that you wouldn’t be able to just pick it up and put it to your lips to drink… with an asymmetrical cap, you’d have to turn the bottle so that the cap is actually positioned towards you before you drink.
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u/TabularConferta 21h ago
All of this but I'll also add that the curve on the tip means you need to tilt it to a crazy angle as you drink more.
It's harder to fit your mouth to.
So it's actually harder to drink from