Holds 22 fl oz. The HydraCoach is the world's first Interactive Water Bottle. It calculated your personal hydration needs, tracks your realtime fluid consumption, paces you throughout the day and motivates you to achieve and maintain optimal hydration. Doctors, nutritionist and fitness trainers all recommend that we drink more water yet there has never been a device to help us adhere to the expert's recommendations. The HydraCoach is the only product of its kind and a breakthrough in personal hydration monitoring. Easy set up and operation. Soft silicon mouth piece. Simple to clean and fill. Robust nylon finger ring. Durable polycarbonate bottle. Proper hydration is critical to the health and well being of all people regardless of age, sex or level of fitness. However, most individuals find it difficult to simply remember to drink fluids on a regular basis, especially during exercise, let alone calculate and track their daily intake. HydraCoach hydration monitors are capable of all this and more, allowing users to develop and easily adhere to customized fluid intake plans.The HydraCoach hydration monitor is a revolutionary interactive fluid measurement device that automatically calculates, monitors and provides instant feedback on fluid consumption for athletes, medical professionals and other health conscious individuals. Determined by a users weight and duration of exercise (sport version), the product will generate a personal hydration goal for the day. The monitor can be further adjusted
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Product Details
Product Length:
10.08 inches
Product Width:
2.76 inches
Product Height:
2.87 inches
Product Weight:
0.46 pounds
Package Length:
10.5 inches
Package Width:
3.2 inches
Package Height:
2.8 inches
Package Weight:
0.4 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 32 reviews
Features
Calculates your personal hydration needs
Tracks your fluid consumption through the day
Paces you to ensure hydration goals are met
Motivates you to stay properly hydrated
Enhanced strength and endurance
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36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
A Great Idea, But Somewhat Inconvenient and Ultimately Not Worth The Cost Jul 05, 2008
By Dancin Phil My experience:
The Hydracoach is a great concept, but I don't think it's a very reliable piece of equipment. When you receive it you go through a very simple programming process, similar to setting a watch. You enter in your weight, the time and date, and your desired water intake per day. Then you start it and as you drink it'll track your progress towards your goal. Within the first two days I noticed that the LED would randomly reset itself...this would require me to go through the programming process again, as well as completely lose track of my water intake, thus entirely defeating the purpose and rendering it useless. I just reprogrammed it a few times and endured, but it continued to do this so I followed the return proceedure and shipped it back to the company at a cost of $7. Their return policy indicates that they pay for S&H on returns if it's for a defective product, however I was never reimbursed. They did send me a replacement within a week or so and it's been more stable than the original, but not without problems. The LED reset again within a month and the "low battery" icon started flashing. I found myself really disatisfied with the product at this point...considering that the LED is as simple as a wrist watch, and offers no backlight, the battery should last for at least a year or more. I had to replace the battery which cost about $3. The Hydracoach worked pretty reliably for about 4 months and just recently reset itself again with the "low battery" icon. I know this can't be the battery, so I re-programmed it and it's continued to work well since. I've come to the conclusion that this random reset is just an issue with the software and will just have to be put up with once in a while.
So here is the BAD:
- $29.99 for the product, $7 to ship the return, and $3 to replace the battery...I just paid $40 for a freaking water bottle. The product has ultimately been more of an inconvenience than it's worth, and I think it's way overpriced.
- The 22 oz. size, although convenient to hold and carry, is rather small for someone who has a hydration goal. You will easily chug a full one of these and it will therefore require several refills through the day to reach your goal.
- If the lid is screwed on too snug it will make sipping from the bottle nearly impossible. This isn't a negative as much as a note. It took me a while to figure out, but don't tighten the lid all the way in order to get maximum water flow.
- The software is unstable and will randomly crash which renders this as good as a plain plastic water bottle from time to time.
- Overall: It's simply not worth the money. If you can muster just a little extra motivation you can keep track of the amout of water you drink throughout the day without this, and honestly all you really need to do is approximate.
Now the GOOD:
+ I will say that when this was working properly it was really helpful in meeting my hydration goals.
+ Being able to see your water intake percentage throughout the day is really great for keeping you motivated and helping you pace your water intake.
+ I can see where it would be nice for someone who is on a very strict diet or has a required water intake due to doctor's orders, or a medical condition.
39 of 40 found the following review helpful:
This is the best Jan 02, 2008
By J. Dyer
"hoseb"
My wife produces kidney stones like the local movie theatre makes popcorn. One of the best defenses to kidney stone formation is drinking proper amounts of water. Half a person's body weight in ounces is the daily target. My wife does not like drinking water. This is a problem.
We have tried cajoling, rewards, encouragement, exhortation and rebuking to get her drink more water. Not happening.
I bought her one of these for Christmas. Now it's a game to see she how much of her daily water that she drinks. Way cool!
I bought one for my daughter and myself. Now it's a game with competition. Even better. Every day she is trying to beat us and in the process drinking the proper amount of water. (If you want some info on water consumption order the book "Your Body's many cries for Water" here at Amazon. It will blow your mind.)
I can't recommend this highly enough. It is an answer to prayer.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great awareness tool Aug 23, 2007
By Becky C
"honest reviews given"
This product is so cool. I work in an office and never keep track of my water intake, but with this product its a no-brainer. The Hydracoach does the tracking for you. Easy to program, and ready for use.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great idea, needs improvement Jun 16, 2011
By Nathan A. Price My wife and I have had our HydraCoach water bottles for a couple of years now. It is a great idea, but due to the nature of how you have to drink and the overall inaccuracy of the product, it needs a lot of improvement and the hassle of using it outweighs the benefits. You need to train yourself before you can use this. You have to suck through the top a certain way and it takes a lot of effort. Essentially, you are sucking water through a small turbine that spins and then through a one-way valve. That creates quite a bit of resistance that you have to overcome by sucking harder than is comfortable. If you take small sips all the time, the turbine won't spin enough and won't register enough water flow and will be very inaccurate. If you take large sips and drink a lot of water in a short amount of time it will be relatively accurate. The idea of a turbine to measure water flow seems rudimentary at best. Based on the technology out there for measuring liquid flow rates you'd think there would be a much better option, albeit I suppose this is the cheapest.
Also, you MUST take the top apart and clean the turbine device often or it will clog up with gunk and eventually stop spinning (and stop registering flow). This is especially true if you don't use filtered water or you put sugary sports drinks in it, which is not recommended. I just soak everything in a scalding hot 50/50 vinegar/water mixture, the same way you clean the scale out of the inside of a coffee maker. This is especially true if you don't use filtered water or you put sugary sports drinks in it, which is not recommended.
Another thing that really bugs me is the LCD screen. When the stopwatch timer is stopped or paused, the LCD should go blank after a few minutes like modern day cell phones. The LCD screen stays on permanently until the battery dies and of course drains the battery that much faster. If you leave the timer running all the time it will also drain the battery much faster, so I always start it before I drink, then stop it right after, which is also inconvenient.
Overall, the idea of the product is great, but it needs a LOT of refinement for it to work well enough to where it isn't so inconvenient that it's not worth using.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Decent Jan 28, 2008
By Jeremy Gollehon At only 22oz, I find I have too refill this thing to often. Also, water stays up in the mouth piece and the next time you take a drink you get a mouthful of warm water before the fresh stuff comes up the straw.
Other than those couple qualms it does what it says it does (measure water intake and remind you to keep on a daily consumption pace) which is always a good thing.
based on 32 reviews
A Great Idea, But Somewhat Inconvenient and Ultimately Not Worth The Cost Jul 05, 2008
By Dancin Phil
This is the best Jan 02, 2008
By J. Dyer
"hoseb"
Great idea, needs improvement Jun 16, 2011
By Nathan A. Price
