![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-tested-the-air-up-bottle-kids-consider-a-school-must-have-and-agreed-on-one-thing/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_IMG_8414JPG.jpg&description=The latest trend in playgrounds up and down the country is the water bottle. But is it worth its premium price tag? A dubious mum tried it out Whether you are familiar with bottles will depend, in great part, on whether you or your children spend a lot of time on TikTok. The trendy water bottles are a playground must-have in our neck of the woods at least, with kids carrying them into class in a rainbow of colours. But with prices starting at £24.99 before you buy any of the pods that give the bottles their name they're a similar price to a posh Chilly bottle, and I wouldn't send my nine-year-old into school carrying one of those either. Since my children were old enough to drink water, we have unashamedly been a house with a cupboard full of Sistema bottles. They're easily dishwashed, virtually indestructable and cost just a few pounds so if one gets lost or left behind somewhere it's not the end of the world. However, this summer as we began pulling together the school uniforms, new bag and other bits of kit needed for September I got the dreaded request. "Do you think I could get an bottle for this year Mummy?" I wanted to say no. I really did. But having not lost a bottle at all over the previous year and, aware that she's getting to that age having the must-have thing sometimes really matters to her now, I agreed grudgingly to give it a try. Sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants, right? You can get a starter set of an bottle and three pods from about £34.99 depending on the size and style of bottle you choose. Meanwhile, pods start at £4.99 for three. This, of course, brings us to the thing that makes different to other water bottles. You can attach a pod to the mouthpiece that makes plain water taste like its flavoured. The manufacturers say that 80% of what we think of as taste is actually smell, so as you drink the water natural scents are transported through your mouth to your nose, meaning you feel like you're drinking something fruity or cola fla){kind=link}
The latest trend in playgrounds up and down the country is the Air Up water bottle. But is it worth its premium price tag? A dubious mum tried it out
Whether you are familiar with Air Up bottles will depend, in great part, on whether you or your children spend a lot of time on TikTok. The trendy water bottles are a playground must-have in our neck of the woods at least, with kids carrying them into class in a rainbow of colours.
But with prices starting at £24.99 before you buy any of the pods that give the bottles their name they’re a similar price to a posh Chilly bottle, and I wouldn’t send my nine-year-old into school carrying one of those either.
Since my children were old enough to drink water, we have unashamedly been a house with a cupboard full of Sistema bottles. They’re easily dishwashed, virtually indestructable and cost just a few pounds so if one gets lost or left behind somewhere it’s not the end of the world. However, this summer as we began pulling together the school uniforms, new bag and other bits of kit needed for September I got the dreaded request.
“Do you think I could get an Air Up bottle for this year Mummy?”