![]() Don’t loose or damage it because you can’t go to the closest electronics shop to get another compatible cable! You will need to pack a dedicated cable for charging the bottle if you travel.The puck does not store measurements in flash so any data recorded before the battery died but not yet synced to the phone is gone. If you don’t charge the puck in time, you’ll also loose automatic tracking of consumption… with little or no notice from either the puck or the app.defeating the entire point of the bottle! During this time you’ll have to manually track any consumed water…. Anywhere from 1-5 times a week you’ll need to remove the sensor from the bottle.Hidrate spark was inspired to also win such an award! src: YouTube/Tony H Ignoring the shameful and unnecessary use of a non-standard USB micro/C port for charing, you now have to wait a few hours for the battery to charge during this time, the puck can’t be inserted into the bottle so it can’t record data while it’s being charged.Īpple won all sorts of 'asshole design' awards for this. Worse, this connector uses prone-to-failure Pogo pins. To charge the battery, you need to remove the sensor puck from the bottle and then attach a fiddly and proprietary USB connector. I have lost data because the warning came less than an hour before the battery was dead and about 9 hours before I’d be able to charge it again. The app will inform you when the battery is low, but sometimes the notifications come far to late to be useful. The primary and obvious downside is charging the battery □.ĭepending on how aggressive you have the LEDs configured, the battery will need charging somewhere between 1-5 times a week. It is not without some drawbacks, though. If you don’t value any of the reasons outlined above then we agree… this is a silly water bottle and you don’t have a good reason to own one. I’m not going to entertain the “now you’re just being silly there’s no need for a water bottle to have a radio or battery in it” crowd. Now as for why you’d need to bolt a kitchen scale and a BTLE radio onto the bottom of a water bottle in order to record this, there’s really only one reason: Automation. In the same vein, your levels of hydration can effect: cognition, blood pressure, mood, blood glucose levels, energy, complexion and more.Personal curiosity / quantified self: If you’re already tracking other aspects of your physical/mental health throughout the day, knowing when/how much water you had makes for some more interesting graphs. ![]() A bottle that knows how long it’s been since your last drink is a very effective way to mitigate these side effects.
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