Sportline HydraCoach Intelligent Water Bottle

by Sportline

Product Features

• Calculates your personal hydration needs
• Tracks your real-time fluid consumption throughout the day
• Paces you to ensure hydration goals are met
• Motivates you to stay properly hydrated
• Measures in metric and standard formats

Product Description

The Sportline HydraCoach Intelligent Water Bottle is the world's first interactive water bottle that thinks while you drink! It calculates your personal hydration needs, tracks your real-time fluid consumption, paces you throughout the day and motivates you to achieve and maintain optimal hydration. Doctors, Nutritionists and Fitness Trainers all recommend that we drink more water yet there has never been a device to help individuals adhere to the expert's recommendations. The HydraCoach� is a breakthrough in personal hydration monitoring.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B003YMPKP6
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,110 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Great Idea, But Somewhat Inconvenient and Ultimately Not Worth The Cost, July 5, 2008

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Dancin Phil (Utica, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sportline HydraCoach Intelligent Water Bottle (Sports)

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.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best, January 2, 2008

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J. Dyer "hoseb" (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sportline HydraCoach Intelligent Water Bottle (Sports)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great awareness tool, August 22, 2007

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Becky C "honest reviews given" (West Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sportline HydraCoach Intelligent Water Bottle (Sports)

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.

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