Design the good and bad

     I have chosen Back packing water bottles for my good and poor designs. When back packing the key usually is to stay light, pack as little extra weight as possible. So my good design in this case goes to the plastic water container where the heavy duty one is going to be the poor design. The Black water bottle as we will refer to it just to be completely clear on our conversation isn’t designed the best for the back packer’s idea of the trip. First of all they do not have anywhere to hook the bottle onto a lanyard or any sort of hook so you must have on your back pack available somewhere to slide the water bottle or hold it in your hand the entire time. When you look at the blue bottle you will notice that it has a hook on the very top that you can hook to any belt loop or lanyard you please making it very back packer friendly.

    Similarity can be found in the fact that they both hold roughly the same amounts of water, but differences apply when you look at the transparency. You never really know exactly how much water you have in the black bottle because you can’t see the water levels. With the blue bottle you always know how much water you have and you never have to guess.

     The simplicity of the blue bottle is above all others, it is a plastic bag that can be rolled up into a super small object when not needed or be folded out to a water bottle when in need. The black bottle must remain that same size and shape the entire time which makes it tough to take everywhere.

     In closing remember this, if you are going back packing, you want to keep your pack light. Choose the lighter style of water bottle and enjoy it. When the blue bottle is empty you won’t even notice it is on your pack because you can fold it right up and make it disapper. Where with the black bottle you cannot exactly make it disappear, nor can you clip it onto you pack because it doesn’t have anywhere to clip to. Stay light and you will succeed.

side notes

Both bottles were sold between the 12-20 dollar range and both had the option of a water filter add on as well.