The craze for Stanley stainless steel drinking cups reached new levels last week when a woman was arrested and accused of stealing 65 of them, worth almost $2,500, from a store in California.

Police in Roseville, in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, said Sunday that they were called Wednesday to a report of a theft from a store on Stanford Ranch Road in the city.

“Staff saw a woman take a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them. The suspect refused to stop for staff and stuffed her car with the stolen merchandise,” police said in a statement on Facebook.

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        10 months ago

        Those leach microplastic into your water. Don’t reuse them. Although any $1 water bottle is probably safe.

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              10 months ago

              The main difference is microplastics are literally everywhere.

              Bought a plastic wrapped sandwich? Microplastics. Drank from a plastic cup? Microplastics. Ate something that was prepared in a factory with plastic packaging? Microplastics.

              Even things that don’t look like plastics like fast food foil wrappers are still full of microplastics.

              Idgaf anymore.

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                10 months ago

                You missed a really big one of: did you wear clothing the has synthetic fibers? Bam! (Emeril voice) micro plastics.

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      10 months ago

      Not quite that expensive but, my LTT Water bottle is super nice tbh, no regrets

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      10 months ago

      I mean it would probably just about last a lifetime. Stanley are good bottles. Do you go through water bottles fast somehow?

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          10 months ago

          Well that’s not the water bottle’s fault. If you’re prone to losing things then yeah a lifetime purchase isn’t for you. I don’t buy nice sunglasses for that reason, lol.

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        10 months ago

        No, I don’t go through water bottles fast, which is exactly why I wouldn’t spend $45 on one.

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        10 months ago

        You can get highly rated mugs which are just as good for a lot less. You’re paying a premium for a brand name.

        Also, even an 18-oz Yeti is cheaper than one of these Stanley cups by $10-15.