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12.22.22 Staying hydrated throughout the day should be one of the most important items on your everyday to-do list. And although you’re probably aware that water is the best choice of beverage, you might be wondering what else can you fill your water bottle with that will have the same effect. We get it, water can sometimes become pretty boring and plain, and that’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best (and some of the worst) drinks you can intake to quench your thirst. Water Obviously, plain water still needs to be on this list as it is the number one beverage that will keep you hydrated without adding any other ingredients to the table. Now, that being said, not every water is “created” equally and some might be better than others. Water is a natural resource coming from our incredible planet, but depending on where you bottle it, it can contain more or less health-boosting minerals. When bottled at the source, your water contains a plethora of trace minerals that naturally occur in the soil and rocks the water flows through. The further from the source, the fewer the number of minerals. Trace minerals found in water are important for your overall health and well-being as they help optimize your body systems, helping strengthen your immune function, balance out your hormones, maintain healthy pH levels, and even increase your energy production. Trace minerals like magnesium, zinc, phosphate, potassium and iron are involved in almost all processes in the human body and they’re incredibly important for the optimal function of all of your organs, muscles, and tissue. Many water brands artificially add minerals to their water to increase the overall levels of micronutrients, but since they’re synthetic and not natural, they are known to cause digestive issues in some people who are sensitive. So, when you can, choose naturally mineral-rich water that’s been bottled at the source. Tea Tea has been one of the most popular beverages for thousands of years. Eastern cultures have been using different forms of tea for a large variety of reasons, from spiritual and holistic to ceremonial. Some of these unique and rare teas are still considered to be extremely valuable and special, with prices climbing up to $600 000 per pound.  Whether you choose green, black, white, or herbal, drinking a cup of tea will definitely help keep you hydrated while adding a variety of powerful antioxidants to the mix. Tea is rich in a variety of different polyphenols which are known to help lower inflammation and fight free radicals and their oxidative damage. This is especially important when your immune system is not working in its optimal way and you need help to prevent infections and diseases. Lemonade (Pure) If all you need is a little bit of a change in taste, squeeze some lemon into your water or make yourself a proper lemonade. Just keep the sugar out of it. Lemons are rich in vitamin C and a variety of antioxidants, they help flush out toxins from your system and prevent kidney stones, and they even help increase your body’s iron absorption. You might have heard of the “morning lemon water” trend that’s become popular in recent years, and it’s due to its ability to jump start your metabolism and aid in digestion that more and more people seem to get on board with it every single day. Fruit-Infused Water Adding sliced fruit to your water bottle is a great way of keeping your tastebuds surprised and excited about maintaining your daily hydration levels. And by switching up your fruit choices, you can enrich your water with plenty of different vitamins and powerful fruit micronutrients that can further support your health. Oranges will add more vitamin C, berries will bring a bunch of different antioxidants, and watermelon will enrich your water with citrulline, an important amino acid that may help lower your blood pressure. The best way to infuse your water is literally by slicing whole fruit and letting it steep in your water bottle. Avoid buying artificially-made extracts and sugary syrups as they’re only adding to overall inflammation and even making you more dehydrated. Electrolytes Sometimes your body is in need of deeper hydration due to excessive sweating that’s causing precious minerals, specifically salt, to leave your body. That’s why electrolyte-rich drinks were created to help maintain a healthy electrolyte balance within your body. Unfortunately, plenty of these drinks also contain large amounts of sugars and other artificial additives, so even though they’re a good choice when you’re dehydrated, choose brands that are sugar-free and as natural as possible. Rehydration with  healthy electrolytes helps prevent muscle cramps, reduce headaches, improve your overall energy levels and mood, help increase oxygen transportation, and so much more. Coconut Water Naturally rich in electrolytes, coconut water is an excellent beverage of choice to keep you hydrated during the day. It’s also low in sugar and overall calories, as well as free of fats and cholesterol. Just make sure you’re getting the all-natural kind as there are plenty of coconut waters on the market that contains added sugars, artificial additives, and even high-fructose corn syrup. An extra bonus: if you can simply crack open a real coconut and drink straight from the source, that would be ideal. Smoothies Smoothies are another popular trend that doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon, and for good reason. Depending on the ingredients you use to make it, you can turn your smoothie into a real hydration powerhouse with superfoods that will do wonders for your immune system and overall health. On the other hand, you can also make a smoothie that will hinder your hydration goals, so don’t just choose the first smoothie recipe that you find on social media. Be smart about the ingredients you’re putting in your smoothie and choose only whole foods that will naturally help hydrate you. These include fruits like oranges, lemons, and watermelon, and vegetables like cucumber, celery, and zucchini. Avoid high-sugar fruits and added sugars, as well as any pre-made fruit extracts. Bone Broth Drinking bone broth might sound slightly weird and although some people really do drink it straight from their bottle, others ensure to cook with it and add to their daily hydration goals by sipping on a healthy soup. Whatever way you choose to add bone broth into your diet, you’re doing something extremely beneficial for the health of your digestive system and your gut microbiome. Bone broth is rich in collagen that promotes the health of your skin, joints, cartilage, and even eyesight. It’s also rich in a variety of nutrients and salts, helping you keep electrolytes and your pH at a healthy level. You can make your own by simply cooking animal bones for a long time (about 24 hours) or you can get the store-bought bone broth. Just make sure the formula is as clean as possible and avoid any artificial ingredients, additives, fillers, and added sugars. What Not To Drink When Thirsty In addition to talking about the best possible drink choices to count towards your everyday hydration goals for the day, it’s important to touch on those drinks that you’re best without. These include all artificial sodas and juices, sugary drinks, and of course, fast food milkshakes. Here are three popular beverages many people take daily which can really be harmful to your health, especially if taken in hopes they will quench your thirst. Coca-Cola (And Other Sodas) Plenty of people cannot imagine their day without a cup of this brown, sparkly drink, and although it may be delicious in taste, it’s completely made out of artificial ingredients and chemicals, not to mention way too much sugar. Coca-cola and other similar sodas are known for their potentially harmful effects on your body, from inflammation and digestive disruptions to increasing the risk of obesity. It’s also caffeinated, which furthermore doesn’t help with adequate hydration. And it seems like the sugar-free versions aren’t any better. Store Bought Juices Almost all store-bought fruit juices are full of added sugars, mostly due to increasing their shelf life. Have you ever looked at the expiration date of a store-bought juice and seen two years behind the date of production? The sugar and other added preservatives are mostly why. Stay away from these processed juices and rather invest in a good juicer, get real fruit and vegetables, and simply make your own! Milkshakes Unless you’re making your own milkshake at home, you’re adding way too many sugar-filled calories to your body. All fast-food places with milkshakes on their menu count hundreds of calories per serving and instead of counting towards your hydration, they’re depleting your body of precious minerals and vitamins by causing inflammation and increasing your blood sugar levels. If you’re a big fan of milkshakes, simply blend your milk (or plant-based “mylk”) of choice with fruit, cacao powder, vanilla, or any other real ingredient, and sweeten it with a healthy alternative to cane sugar like yacon syrup, monk fruit sweetener, stevia, or coconut sugar. That way you can enjoy your hydrating beverage with all the health benefits of its powerful ingredients. Final Thoughts Staying adequately hydrated throughout the day is crucial for your overall health and well-being, and choosing which drinks to include in your daily routine and which to stay away from is even more important. Choose smarter and enhance your health instead of putting it at risk of dehydration and inflammation.

12.22.22 Staying hydrated throughout the day is a must, but what about drinking water before bed? Are you one of those people who finds that they wake up super dehydrated and keeps a water bottle near their bedside table or are you better off with having your last sip for dinner? And is one better than the other? Let’s find out! Your Body During Sleep During sleep, your body performs all the most important repairing, recovering, and rebalancing processes that help you conserve and restore energy, improve muscle recovery, promote brain function and cognition, and even help strengthen your immune system. That’s why focusing on improving your sleeping quality is one of the most important aspects of a healthy lifestyle. Sleep deprivation can cause a plethora of negative effects in your body, from activating inflammation and making you more prone to infections and diseases, to causing anxiety, lack of energy, and inability to focus. What Drinking Water Before Bed Does to Your Body? While you sleep and your body undergoes all of these processes, it works in hibernation mode which still requires adequate hydration levels in your body in order to allow the optimal function of all organs and tissues. And during the night, you can’t replenish those lost fluids, which leads you to believe you need to hydrate right before bed. Research shows how your body seems to be a bit smarter than you think and actually kicks in your circadian rhythm for you to retain water if you’re actually so dehydrated that it struggles to perform all of its important tasks. This is why you sometimes might wake up puffier than you would want, especially after a late, sodium-rich dinner that absorbed all the water from your system. So, does that mean that you need to drink up before bed to ensure that doesn’t happen? And is dehydration during sleep that bad? Dehydration During Sleep Even though your body knows how to regulate its water levels during the night through water retention, going to sleep already dehydrated might cause a variety of sleep disruptions. You might wake up more often, experience muscle spasms and migraines, and overall be more restless, causing poor quality sleep and reduced REM phase. REM is an important sleep phase that helps with memory consolidation, emotional processing, and brain development. It also causes dreaming and the less time you spend in it per night, the lower the chances of quality recovery. And studies show how inadequate sleep might have a direct correlation to dehydration as your body might work harder during the day as it functions in overdrive. Over-Hydration During Sleep On the other hand, drinking too much water before bed might cause a more frequent need to urinate which again makes you wake up more often during the night. This biological need might sometimes be ignored if your body is extremely tired, but most of the time it will wake you up and cause you to get out of bed and take a trip to your bathroom. And while some people have no trouble falling back asleep, others struggle with nocturia, sometimes staying up for hours before finally dozing off. This contributes to sleep deprivation and overall poor sleep quality which has a detrimental effect on your overall health over time. Late Night Meals and Drinking Water So, if drinking too much before bed causes you to wake up more often and potentially disrupts your sleep, what happens if you’re used to late-night meals? Should you be drinking water after your dinner? Late-night meals are generally not recommended as they’re known to cause digestive discomfort that can further affect your sleep quality, and adding fluids to the table only makes your body work harder to digest your food before you’re off to dreamland. On the other hand, going hungry to bed might also cause sleep disruptions and negatively affect your sleep. So, what are you to do? How to Prevent Dehydration Before Bed Without Disrupting Your Sleep? The goal is to find that sweet spot of staying hydrated before you go to sleep, but avoiding drinking a whole bottle of water right before you get under the covers. How this looks for you and your daily schedule will depend on a variety of factors, from how you deal with hydration throughout the day to what type of foods you’ve included in your meal plan. Some of the best tips to prevent sleep disruptions either by muscle cramps caused by dehydration or frequent urination caused by drinking too much include: Stay hydrated throughout the day - probably the best tip you can follow to avoid going to sleep dehydrated is to drink plenty of water during the day. If you’re tracking your water intake, don’t leave the majority of your daily goal for after dinner. Rather space it out throughout the day so you’re always working with adequate water levels. Avoid late meals - if possible, try to schedule an earlier dinner and avoid late meals that will make you feel thirsty. Avoid late workouts - again, if possible, try to avoid working out before bed as it will undoubtedly make you intake more fluids than you normally would, causing you to wake up during the night. Improve your sleep quality - and not just for the sake of avoiding dehydration. Implementing good sleeping habits will help improve your overall health and longevity, help strengthen your immune system, and lower your risk of infections. Keep your bedroom temperature moderate - a hot sleeping environment may cause you to sweat and lose precious fluid and electrolytes. Avoid caffeine and alcohol before bed - since both are known to have a diuretic effect, they might cause you to wake up and run to the bathroom. Additionally, caffeine is a stimulant and might make it harder for you to fall asleep. Avoid sugar-filled drinks and food in the late part of your day - sugar is known to cause dehydration so it’s best if you stay away from it in the evening and especially right before bedtime. Hydrate in the morning - no matter how well-hydrated you were yesterday, start your day with a glass of water. Not only will it help mitigate any potential dehydration stages during the night, but it will also stimulate your digestive system, jumpstart your metabolism, and help you start your day on the right note. So, When To Drink Water Before Bed? Experts recommend reducing your water intake in the hour or two before you go to bed and slowly weaning out during the day. So, say you’re going to sleep at 10 pm. The ideal time to have your last meal would be around 7 pm, with the latest glass of water shortly after that. If you feel thirsty during the time between your dinner and sleep, it’s absolutely fine to sip some water and prevent dehydration. Just don’t chug a whole water bottle at once. So, When To Drink Water Before Bed? Experts recommend reducing your water intake in the hour or two before you go to bed and slowly weaning out during the day. So, say you’re going to sleep at 10 pm. The ideal time to have your last meal would be around 7 pm, with the latest glass of water shortly after that. If you feel thirsty during the time between your dinner and sleep, it’s absolutely fine to sip some water and prevent dehydration. Just don’t chug a whole water bottle at once. Final Thoughts Dehydration is a serious condition that shouldn’t be taken lightly, so whenever you experience even one of the above mentioned symptoms, take it as a sign to drink up!

09.13.22 A big reason why so many people love the 30 oz & 40 oz. Quencher is because of its handle. Easy to grab and take on the go or have next to you throughout the day, using the handle makes hitting your hydration goals quick and convenient! While readily set up for the right-handed crowd, did you know that you can change the position of the straw on your Quencher to be perfect for someone who is left-handed as well? A nifty hack for hydration-focused lefties everywhere, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! Place your quencher on a flat surface with the logo facing towards you, the handle to the right. Begin threading your lid on with the straw positioned at 3 o’clock. Rotate ¾ of a turn clockwise, and that’s it! Your straw should now be opposite the logo, making it closer to you if holding the Quencher with your left hand. @stanleybrand This one is for the lefties. #StanleyBrand #StanleyQuencher #StanleyTumbler ♬ Canyons - Official Sound Studio Bonus: Repeat the same steps but start with the logo facing away from you and the handle on the left to have your straw end up on the same side as the logo. Now you can use your Quencher with your left hand and have the straw positioned perfectly for staying hydrated and happy. Did you know about this hack?

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HOW TO DISSASEMBLE + REASSEMBLE YOUR TRIGGER-ACTION LID Stanley’s Trigger-Action Lid is designed for easy, one-handed sipping, whether you’re on a hiking trail, road trip, or dog walk. Press the button to open. When you let go, the lid closes tight, so your travel mug becomes leakproof. What makes this two-piece lid so innovative can also make it tricky to take apart and put back together. We’re here to help. For complete instructions, check out the following. To Disassemble For Easy Cleaning: Turn the lid upside down. To separate the pieces, press down on the handle while turning it counterclockwise. To Reassemble: Insert the bottom piece into the top piece, making sure the trigger-action mechanism lines up with the hole. Press down on the handle while turning it clockwise. The bottom piece will click into place. THE TRIGGER-ACTION COLLECTION

HOW TO DISASSEMBLE + REASSEMBLE YOUR NEVERLEAK™ LID Stanley’s NeverLeak™ Lid is true to its name. The rotating lid clicks open for easy sipping, and then locks tight for a leakproof seal—so you can safely toss your travel mug into your bag, backpack, or suitcase.What makes this three-piece lid so innovative can also make it tricky to take apart and put back together. We’re here to help. For complete instructions, check out the following video. TO DISASSEMBLE FOR EASY CLEANING Rotate the top piece counterclockwise, and then turn the lid upside down. To remove the bottom piece, press down on the handle while turning it counterclockwise. Twist the center piece slightly clockwise to unlock it from the top piece. TO REASSEMBLE Line up the bottom piece with the middle piece, making sure the larger tab lines up with the larger hole. Press down on the handle while turning it clockwise. The bottom piece will click into place. Sandwich the three pieces together, turning the top piece clockwise. THE NEVERLEAK™ COLLECTION  

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When you have a reputation for being the“Toughest of the Tough,” people put you through the paces. It kinda puts a target on your back. But at Stanley, we don’t mind getting a little brash that way. We make cool stuff, what can we say? More than just sturdy, our products are made for real life. Whether it’s getting tossed around on the worksite, popped open and passed around at the campsite, or just sipped from leisurely on your commute to work, these are the constant companions: The best friends that never let you down, are always there with hot coffee or a cold brew when you need it, and never forget to text when they’re having a party. That said, as cool as our products are, they don’t clean themselves. Things can still get a little funky if you don’t take care of your little buddy. I mean, who wants to taste yesterday’s skunky old creamer as you’re downing hot coffee from your Vacuum Insulated Bottle in the morning? Or get a whiff of that chicken soup your mom made when you were home for the holidays every time you crack open your Food Jar. Wanna spare yourself the public ridicule and scorn that comes from being the owner of a Certified Nasty Stanley product? Here’s what you need to know about keeping your Stanley clean as a whistle and ready for action. Before Your First Use Stanley’s are technically good to go straight off the shelf, but it still pays to wash all the parts of your new Stanley product thoroughly before you fill ’er up for the first time. Think of it this way: Everyone loves that “new car” smell, but it’s not always the most appetizing taste, y’know? Clean Out Between Each Use And Don’t Keep Food Past Its Prime This should be a no brainer, but you’d be surprised. Since quite a few of our products are known for their industry-leading superior thermal retention technology (translation from science-speak: they keep whatever’s in it real cold or really hot for real long time), people sometimes think that you can just throw your favorite food or drink in one of our products and leave it there indefinitely. Newsflash: Stuff still goes bad, even if it’s tightly sealed. Check the specs on your specific Stanley product and avoid keeping food or drink past its recommended lifespan.  Once you’ve had enough, dump the remainder and clean your Stanley out thoroughly before your next use. Clean With Non-Abrasive Cleaners And Sponges A good Stanley product should feel like a member of the family, and you wouldn’t scrub your poor grandpa down with steel wool, would you? Jeeze, we hope not (for a variety of reasons). A dishrag, soft sponge, or small brush for hard to reach places should do the trick, paired with gentle dish soap. Keep it natural and crunchy, man. How To Clean The “Hard To Reach” Stanley Products (Master Flask, Classic Flask, And Thermoses)  Some of our products are a little trickier to clean but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. To keep your Stanley sparkling, use simple, use this simple cleaning concoction and routine: You’ll need: ¼ cup uncooked rice 3oz distilled white vinegar Instructions: Pour ¼ cup of uncooked rice into the flask. Fill the flask with 3oz of distilled white vinegar. Seal flask. Shake vigorously for 1 minute. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.* Shake vigorously again for 1-2 minutes. Empty flask. Bonus points for composting the rice. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Leave open until dry. Whatever You Do, Don’t Use Bleach We’re hardcore, but not that hardcore. Even though most Stanley products are designed to take a lickin’, harsh chemicals like bleach or chlorine could degrade some of the sealing parts on some products. Bad news for things like leaks and keeping things hot. First, consult your care & use or base artwork, but many Stanleys are dishwasher safe. If your product is dishwasher safe, and if you’re not feeling ambitious, simply separate the different parts of your Stanley and pop it in the dishwasher. It’s that easy. Sure, if your Stanley has a narrow opening or you want to keep the finish or paint looking its best, hand-washing is still your best bet, but sometimes it’s nice to know you can let the dishwasher do the heavy lifting. That’s it, folks. Nothing too tricky. That’s because our goal is to make sure that our Stanley products are built strong, built simple, and built for life. That’s why we include a lifetime warranty on every product we sell. If you ever have an issue with your Stanley, it stops working or something breaks, or just have questions, we want to hear from you: Reach out to our customer service team 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’ll make it right, no matter when or where you bought your Stanley. Bottom’s up. ABOUT STANLEY