College students need to stay hydrated, but they also need their caffeine. The Hydro Flask Wide Mouth Bottle will keep water ice cold for 24 hours and coffee hot for 12.
Hydro Flask has recently become a household name when it comes to water bottles, and they do live up to the hype. When you're on a college campus, days are so busy that you can easily leave your dorm or apartment while it's still dark and return back after the sun sets. The Hydro Flask Wide Mouth Bottle is designed to keep water cold up to 24 hours, so students can fill it up before they leave in the morning and have cold water all day. Add some ice cubes through the wide mouth in the morning, fill it up, and they're set.
We like that this is a simple bottle that is built to last, so it can take students well beyond their college years. It has a powdered coat that makes it easier to grip than many other stainless-steel options, and it also has a convenient carrying handle. The standard version has a screw lid, so students will drink out of the wide mouth opening, but you can also buy a straw lid or a flip lid. As with our other picks, there are multiple color options.
Another reason we love this bottle for college students: coffee, coffee, coffee. Unlike many of the water bottle options out there, the Hydro Flask Wide Mouth Bottle can hold hot liquid as well, and is designed to keep it hot for up to 12 hours. Start off with hot coffee in the morning, give it a rinse, and finish the day with ice cold water. Or, you know, just drink coffee all day.
Verywell Fit named it one of the best stainless-steel water bottles of 2019. They wrote: "Hydro Flask insulated water bottle is truly exceptional when it comes to holding a drink's temperature." Hydro Flask also takes the Nos. 1 and 2 spots for bestselling water bottles on Amazon, and over 5,000 5-star Amazon reviews can't be wrong. We like the 32 ounce version to last college students the whole day, but some reviewers mention that it's a snug fit to put it in a backpack's water bottle holder, so the 18 ounce size would be better for that purpose.
Pros: Keeps drinks hot or cold, durable design, easy to grip, wide mouth
Cons: The 32 ounce version might not fit in a backpack water bottle holder