The Hidrate Spark Smart Bottle is a great concept but comes up dry. About two months ago I received my Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle. Frankly I had forgotten I had ordered one perhaps six months earlier. The Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle uses Bluetooth technology to check your water consumption throughout your day. Now I know what you are already thinking, “Can’t you just remember how much water you’re drinking?” Well yes, but I always forget how many ounces I should be drinking.
The Dealspotr community last updated this page on December 31, 2018. On average, we launch 17 new Hidrate Spark promo codes or coupons each month, with an average discount of 10% off and an average time to expiration of 48 days. The Hidrate Spark 2.0 is a smart water bottle that helps you drink more water through tracking water consumption, setting goals, and sending reminding. The smart bottle connects to the Hidrate app via Bluetooth and uses a sensor inside of the bottle to determine how much water has been consumed throughout the day/weeks/months/years.
However, by utilizing my Hidrate Spark Water Bottle, the tracking process, when it works, is simple and for me, what’s more important is the water consumption syncs with my Fitbit app. You see, I’ve been trying really hard to lose weight and slim down as I approach 45 years old this month. When I’m doing really well exercising and eating healthier, the more water I drink the better for me. Perhaps just like me, you’ve heard that we should be drinking somewhere between eight to ten cups of water a day. While that may work for an average person, I’m not an average person. At 6’2″ and about 210 pounds (down 11 pounds in six weeks), I need to drink more water than most.
One of the cool features of the Hidrate Spark Water Bottle is the water consumption recommendations will vary based on height, weight, outdoor conditions (think hotter days, more water) and exercise. But let me digress for a moment. The Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle was first water-birthed (see what I did there) at the Carlson School of Management by a gaggle of entrepreneurial students. After a highly successful Kickstarter, production began. I believe I placed my order on their website during the fall of 2015 and about six month later I was notified my bottle was on its way.
The Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle was very easy to set up. First, you’ll need to download their app. I have an iOS phone. Once the app is downloaded, make sure your Bluetooth is turned on. Open the app and add a new bottle. The sensor stick should already be attached to your bottle (more on the sensor stick in a bit). Make sure you hold your phone next to the cap, because this where the batteries are located in the sensor stick.
Within a few moments, your Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle should be paired to your phone. Calibration is pretty easy. Simply fill the bottle with water and place on a flat surface to calibrate. When I first used my bottle, which is BPA-free, it did smell rather plasticky; however, the smell didn’t impact the taste of the water which was great.
For the first several weeks after receiving my Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle, things were working pretty well. Outside of an occasional sync issue or an app bug or three, I loved the simplicity of no longer having to log my water consumption, especially with the integration with Fitbit. I was averaging about 120 ounces of water a day and in fact, one day I topped over 200 ounces and received a warning message in the app that said something like, “Whoa Sailor, slow down. You’re consuming too much water.” That’s pretty cool. So with all the things that I love about the Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle, why is it that I don’t like it? Frankly, because I’ve had not one, but two sensor sticks fail on me in the past two months. The first failure came about two or so weeks into using the Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle.
You see, there are two batteries inside the cap of the sensor stick which is inside the water bottle. When there is water, things get wet. My first water bottle had to be sent back after about a week of going back and forth with customer service for this small company. Speaking of which, customer service, although slower than I’d like, is excellent. They sent me a free shipping label and about two weeks later I received my replacement bottle. And here is an interesting thing that happened while I awaited my replacement bottle: my water consumption dramatically went down.
After two-week without my Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle, I was feeling parched on my replacement bottle arrived. Alas, after about another two weeks, my second sensor stick failed. This time, it took about three weeks to get resolved and I believe when I get back from my holiday weekend, my new sensor stick is waiting for me. So in the meantime, I’ve been logging my water consumption the old-fashioned way, by using the app. It’s really easy to just give it a tap.
Yet, with my new sensor stick, I hope that their engineering stays on track. Therefore without further ado, here is my poetic review: If you like to drink water perhaps H2O, then the Hidrate Spark is the way to go.
But be patient with their app, don’t get frustrated and stay on track. For if you do you’ll be just like me, going to the loo but feeling healthy. I ordered 2 of these for Christmas for my wife and daughter (wife really wanted it).
I did not really look into it before I bought it. I just thought if you really like it and it will get you to drink more water, fine. Then I found out about it being bluetooth and the app and stuff and was very discusted for not looking at it closer. But then thought, if it gets them to drink more water So I got notification that it arrived at my company and waited for it to filter through the mail room and get to my office.
Three weeks later and several internal emails, the package was finally found. Turns out Hidrate Spark mixed up the address for shipping and billing and internally it was sent to a completely different building on our campus. Upon further investigation of the labels on the package, it was sent to 2 other completely different people before being sent to me. I have reviewed the product on their web page 3 times now. All of them unfavorable. None of them appear on the product page. They are censoring negative review from the product page.
That is down right unethical. I have repeatedly requested a refund with no reply. I strongly recommend you stay away from this awful company and a stupid product that is way too expensive.
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Hidrate to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone-connected Hidrate Spark 2.0 water bottle that’s designed to keep track of how much water you’re drinking each day. First created as a Kickstarter project, the Hidrate water bottle has been around since 2015, but it’s on its second version, the Spark 2.0. The Hidrate Spark 2.0, available in a range of candy colors, features a stylish design, an easy-sip top, and a sensor that’s able to detect whenever you take a sip. The Spark 2.0 connects to an app on your iPhone via Bluetooth so you can keep track of what you’re consumed in the accompanying app, which allows you to make sure you’re meeting your daily hydration needs. It uses a replaceable battery so you don’t need to worry about charging.
In addition to tracking how much you drink, the Spark 2.0 lets you know when you need to take a drink through a built in glow feature that comes on when it’s been awhile since the last sip. You can set your own hydration goal in the app and link up with friends so you can motivate each other to drink more water. The Hidrate Spark 2.0 water bottles are available from the Hidrate website for $45, but we have five to give away to MacRumors readers. To enter to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winner and send the prize.
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