Tap Water™
Racquel Youtzy of Toronto, Canada designed the Tap Water™ bottle in response to the growing demand for safe refillable water bottles:
"Everything on the market seems to be geared towards the sports side of the business. Even the high end metal water bottles still have an obvious “sports feel” about them with the wide neck and stubby appearance. If you want a bottle that can be used on your table during a dinner party, on your desk at work, or even used when you are out shopping the “tap water bottle” is the product that is needed. The bottle is stylish with both a modern clean design and a retro flip cap giving it a universal appeal.
The text is crisp white on the clear bottle with the “tap water” in large letters so there is no confusion as to what the user is drinking. There is also a cheeky message on each bottle reminding the user why plastic bottles are bad:
About that fancy bottled water that came from France... it’s pretty much the same thing that comes out of your tap when you wash your hands after peeing, only with less minerals. Minerals your body needs. The major difference? That French stuff came here on a boat. A boat that didn’t need to travel thousands of miles to bring you french tap water in a plastic bottle that will end up in a landfill that does need any more plastic bottles. Not so fancy."
Several more images after the jump.
Andrew Gibbs
Reader Comments (13)
As for the Sesen bottles I would rather get the Tap Water ones as even though the bottles appear the same I much prefer the logo and want people to know it is Tap Water as opposed to the Sesen whcih people will think they are just drinking a new brand of bottled spring water..
But, one can buy fluoride filters which are expensive, yet effective.
As far as the bottle goes, it's nice but I feel I can accomplish it in so many different ways without having to purchase a new bottle. No real need or oomph in its presence.
Maybe I could tattoo Tap Water TM on my hand and charge a fee to people to drink from their faucets. That way no product was created which is way greener... kidding, kinda.
life is full of choices: big and small. sometimes a small choice, like choosing to buy bottled water over drinking tap water, casts a big shadow. making this small choice means you're supporting an industry that ships billions of tiny bottles of water overseas, often taking it from people without access to clean drinking water and selling it to people with access to so much of it, they flush it away. hmmm. small choice?
no mention of peeing anywhere. guess they got the hint. and who cares it was just one white word barely visible.
life is full of choices: big and small. sometimes a small choice, like choosing to buy bottled water over drinking tap water, casts a big shadow. making this small choice means you're supporting an industry that ships billions of tiny bottles of water overseas, often taking it from people without access to clean drinking water and selling it to people with access to so much of it, they flush it away. hmmm. small choice?
no mention of peeing anywhere.
I think it is great that they are bringing back the old water bottles. This is not new and makes a lot of sense to store water in, that or a stainless steel bottle.