I wanted a durable sustainable large light bottle and found these ones from Spain. Large dog and me consume a lot of water so I opted for a one liter single walled that would still fit in my bum bag bottle holder. Despite not a thermos it keeps refrigerated water cold for at least an hour or more in the current 28°C heat so I’m happy.
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Edit: response from Laken customer service:
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Is it really made in Spain ? I’m pretty tired of the ‘Designed in Germany…Made in China’ / ‘Responsibly made in PRC with Swiss technology’ macro-bullshit.
From their FAQ:
Most of our products are manufactured in Spain, where product design, quality control, and a significant part of our production take place.
Some of our stainless steel bottles and other products are manufactured in specialised facilities in other countries, all operating under our strict quality and traceability standards. In every case, product development, technical supervision, and quality control are managed directly by LAKEN.
Reading that i assume their product page will show you the trace of their strict quality control.
Does it?
I’m not sure what expectations you have for a water bottle but it feels very solid and doesn’t leak.
I’m not sure what expectations you have for a water bottle but it feels very solid and doesn’t leak.
Hm, i dont know, what about actually being produced in europe when your post is in … c/buyeuropean …
No? Too much for you?
Not at all
Struck a nerve didnt i? You should have started with that instead of being all pissy letting me live rent free in your head
And you could not be a dick when people are trying to be constructive and helpful and do good things.
But hey. We are what we are, aren’t we.
It is produced in Europe. Why are you being such a dick? Does it make you feel big and important to act like an asshole on the internet?
It’s made in China like every other metal bottle maker.
So present some alternatives then.
Manufactured in Spain. It doesn’t feel “designed” as in contemporary lifestyle design but rather like a classic old school rugged outdoors thingy that might as well be a flea market find from the sixties except it is new.
They sell them on many platforms, but their website is here - https://www.laken.es/
I had no idea Laken was from Spain, no wonder it is maybe the only brand I’ve seen since childhood.
You’ve never seen a brand since childhood?
What? No.
In other words, me being from Spain, Laken is the brand of canteens and metal bottles I’ve seen my whole life. They are everywhere in Spain and I don’t think I could name any other brand. Maybe Quechua the store brand of Decathlon, but I don’t count those.
28 ºC? Where are you?
Nonetheless, is this bottle wrapped or is the metal coloured? Mine is wrapped and when it’s dented the wrap will crack and peel away
Sweden. It is aluminium with a painted coating of the sort that was common on mid century devices for professional use in workshops and such.
Very interesting. I hope it will still be around when I need one
Pretty sure most aluminum is recycled as its one of the only metals thats 100% recyclable.
And it is very lightweight and durable as well. Beats plastic for a water bottle imho.
Absolutely. Its just a little marketing gag that its recycled. ;)
That color and textured finish looks great!
Yeah, and it is really tactile and nice grip without getting neither slippery nor clammy!
It reminded me of back when Stanley made their bottles here domestically in the US, but with an even cooler looking amphibian green color! Yours looks much more svelte though, and being aluminum instead of steel, much lighter I’m sure as well.
I use a sturdy plastic bottle because I like to see through it, and I drop it way too often, so I didn’t want it all dinged up or making horrendous noise when it happens. 😄
I came back to the thread to see other people’s reactions to you nice looking bottle, but wow, what a direction other people decided to go with it! Some people will seem to take offense to anything… Well, I’m at least happy for your bottle!
On the US web lists “MADE IN SPAIN” hidden slightly under the specs section, but the Spanish website has a big graphic with “FABRICADA EN ESPAÑA” right there under the price. The price itself is lower than I expected, and you look to have many neat designs that I didn’t see available for us either.
Oh, that is a beautiful thermos. I am reminded by an old Primus thermos I had that got lost at some point in time. It has since been replaced by a newer Primus.
They’re iconic here. They were made in the US from 1913 to 2002, when the company was bought out and now they are made in China. I remembered them being still well regarded, and looking up some recent reviews, they still seem to get the thumbs up. People are still getting replacements for vintage ones under the lifetime warranty, and they say the new ones are fairly identical looking and keep things hot/cold at least as long as the old units.
I’m sure my dad’s thermos from the 70s/80s still exists somewhere. My dad and grandad used them, along with the companion lunch boxes. I don’t remember which model they had, but they came in 2 styles, thermos in the lid and thermos snapped on top. They fell out of fashion probably in the 90s until maybe the 2010s I’d guess, as the Buy it For Life trends started picking up. When I was little though, every house had these.
That is a very nice set. A lot of these things are coming back into fashion again. The newer Primus thermos was actually a present from a friend that got it from a flea market and refurbished it for me. It’s very similar to the contemporary double walled aluminium lightweight line but you can tell it is of older design. Something with the shape and the slightly different shade of green.
I grew up with Great Depression era grandparents that I spent a lot of time with and my dad and his parents were antiques dealers, so I got used to appreciating old and classic stuff that lasts forever. I’m glad to see some of it coming back.
I have a ton of oak furniture that I love that is over 100 years old and looks new, but I get why it’s not as appreciated these days. It’s heavy and of a definite (though classicly styled, in my opinion) time period, and it isn’t really meant to be changed out with the times and it’s hard to move now that people seem to be much more mobile than back in the pre-car era when this stuff was made. And there isn’t much point in buying something built to last generations if the future generations don’t want it or feel burdened by it.
Both the thermos and the lunch box are heavy duty enough to be used for self defense, should the need arise! It’s a ton of material that I feel it would be better if people just didn’t buy them if they want multiples or buy them and not use them. My wife has a growing collection of heavy duty double walled bottles and tumblers that are increasingly taking up space, and it just feels so wasteful to me just to have a different color or whatever the reason is for having multiples.
Buying used, like your Primus, is really good though that it has lasted long enough to find someone to appreciate it again while consuming no new material/energy.
Ha, smack them in the face with the lunchbox and then take a lunch break sitting on their chest while they are down.
I’m expecting proper furniture too to return to fashion now that people are starting to realize that the cheap furniture they have gotten used to is garbage. Even IKEA that used to be ok quality and all right looks for cheap with particle board and veneer have degraded to cardboard and plastic print that weighs nothing and breaks if you give it a harsh glance.
I’ve got almost exclusively my furniture and plenty of kitchenware and other stuff second hand, except working desks and proper chairs and things like kitchen knives. My furniture pride and joy is a vintage 70s leather sofa from DeSede, obviously with a wooden frame and also weighs a ton. And it is so beautiful and has plenty of character that you’d need to invest €10000-€30000 to find something similar new today when everything remotely affordable looks bland and samey.
That said, I understand your wife. I’ve come to realization several times over the years that I have way more of various utensils that I ever need, but I just didn’t want to see them getting scrapped for no reason. I really loathe the wasteful culture of today, seeing people tear out beautiful mid century modern kitchens to keep up with this season’s shade of greige. I’ve stopped looking for more stuff, but still when I see nice kitchenware in the dumpster, I sharpen the kitchen knives and haul them off to the local goodwill for less fortunate to have good things. Even if they are cheap IKEA kitchenwares, they are still useful for somebody else. At least give it away instead of trashing perfectly good things.
But health has taken a downturn the last years and I can’t go second handing any more like I used to, so I try to buy new stuff that is somewhat sustainable and will last for a long time. Like this bottle that, unless I mess it up, should outlive me and after future adventures eventually be recycled into something new.
It looks nice!
Interestingly, I was looking for a replacement for my pretty banged up thermal bottle, and it seems that their 1l thermal bottle has the same footprint as the generic 75cl thermal bottle sold by anyone else. Great to be able to bring an extra 25% ice cold water for situations where space is at a premium (eg in a backpack).
- 0,35L: Diámetro: 7,3 cm. Altura: 16,5 cm. Peso: 251 gr.
- 0,5L: Diámetro: 7,3 cm. Altura: 21 cm. Peso: 300 gr.
- 0,75L: Diámetro: 7,3 cm. Altura: 28 cm. Peso: 390 gr.
- 1L: Diámetro: 8,2 cm. Altura: 29,6 cm. Peso: 500 gr.
Note that it is single wall though so it won’t stay cold as long and you can’t use it for hot beverages.
But I got it for this very reason.
Yeah I know, I was talking about the insulated bottles from the brand, not yours :)
Laken? Like the German word for a bed sheet? xD
