Hydro Flask Care Guide

The Hydro Flask is a very durable long lasting water bottle that can keep beverages COLD or HOT for very long periods of time. Although with its extreme pros there are cons and they mostly stem from the cleanliness of the product, since well you drink from it on the daily basis. So here is a little write-up on how to keep proper maintenance of your Hydro Flask to make sure it lasts you a lifetime.

Here is a Review I wrote about Hydro Flask

Two Years and Going Strong!

Routine Care: You should rinse it out after every beverage change / refill. Just a general rinse with warm water should do. By no means should you use Citrus Based dish soap or any soap at all in my opinion!

Daily / Bi-Daily Care: About every 2 days or so you should thoroughly rinse it out and use a bottle brush to get out if any debris or slime gathering at the bottom or sides of the bottle. You can get one for $5 on Amazon.

Funky Dank Odors: Let’s face it sometimes we forget to clean out our bottles or leave it in your backpack filled to the brim with Apple Juice. And it obtains this funky odor powerful enough to revive 1970 music. How you get rid of it?

Step 1: Remove the top from the bottle and fill it with some kind of dish detergent that NOT Citrus Based.

Step 2: Pour boiling hot water into it and fill it to the brim and submerge the top in same solution in different container. NOT sometimes but most of the time the odor hides in the cap.

Step 3: Let it sit for a couple hours or leave it overnight.

Step 4: Then pour the water out and use the bottle brush. And rinse it out multiple times.

Step 5: After leave it out to dry completely dry for about 2 days.

Result: This ensures that all the bacteria is killed off so you won’t get any tummy aches later, also sniff the bottle to make sure the smell is gone, then ask another person to do the same.

Baking Soda / Vinegar Method: Yes, we're going back to Middle School science lab with Jimmy your lab partner / worse nightmare. This method is for those who want to avoid getting Ajax smell inside their water bottle. I actually prefer this method.

Step 1: Dilute 1-2 tablespoons of the vinegar with a cup of water or mix the baking soda and water.

Step 2: Pour the solution into your water bottle

Step 3: Let it sit for 15 minutes

Step 4: Use the bottle brush

Result: You get a water bottle with no weird odor or Ajax and in no time. Some downsides is that it doesn’t clear out the bacteria.