I thought $15 was a lot for a water bottle, but I'll buy anything with the logo of a blogger on it. And after giving this a try, I realize that the product is way underpriced. I'd buy it even if it was $150.



First off, I went to fill up the bottle with my custom-made, low-osmolality sports beverage of choice. To my surprise, this 23oz bottle fit over 50oz of fluid in it! Not sure how they did that. When I picked up the full bottle, the fluid didn't slosh around, as if it's suspended in animation, just waiting for me to consume it and replenish vital amino acids.



On my short warm-up ride (around Lake Washington) I found myself getting a bit parched, so I went to reach for the Purist Hydroflow bottle. Without even needing to reach down to my water bottle cage, this marvel of engineering leaped up into my hand. Finding the bottle practically weightless, I lifted it to my lips and let the space-age valve automatically inject hydration into my body. Like Romulus and Remus suckling from the teet of a giant she-wolf, I found myself nourished beyond my wildest dreams. I picked up my pace from the usual 22mph to about 30mph, and began passing all Priuses on Juania Drive NE.



Like the Tour de France competitor I could have been (if it wasn't for my little doping fiasco in '96), I tossed the Purist Hydroflo bottle on the side of the road. A few minutes later I heard a hollow rolling noise behind me. I looked back, and there was the water bottle rolling behind me! It caught up and did a little somersault maneuver right back into my water bottle cage.



When I got home I found the water bottle just as full as when I started, as if it somehow refilled itself. I also checked my email and found a letter from Garmin asking if I'd like to join their bike team (they're kicking Vande Velde off to make room for me).



This product should not even be called a "water bottle". No, it should be henceforth dubbed "magical decanter lv20"