The LARQ Bottle PureVis 2 has become my emotional support water bottle, mainly because of its hydration tracking feature.
Whenever I felt tired growing up, one of the first questions my mother would ask me was, “Have you ever been drinking enough water?” In addition, I have been a health writer for the past decade, which has further strengthened my knowledge of how important it is to maintain adequate hydration every day. However, I had never actually tracked the amount of water I drank. I thought my body would tell me when I was thirsty and that drinking water would be enough.
I was wrong. When I first experimented with hydration-tracking LARQ PureVis 2 bottle of CNET List of the best self-cleaning water bottlesI realized that my previous hydration regimen was not interrupted. Now that I have a water bottle to track my water intake, it’s clear that maybe I wasn’t drinking enough water before, and that it was affecting my health.
What I love about my water bottle is the hydration tracker
LARQ PureVis 2 is primarily designed to keep your water clean with UV-C LED technology to remove 99.999% of Salmonella and 99.99% of E. coli. It comes with filtered grass that removes pesticides, chlorine, PFOS and PFOA. The last two are lab-made chemicals that may have harmful effects on health.
However, my favorite feature is that it connects to the LARQ app, which allows you to track your water intake.
To find out how much water you should drink per day, LARQ asks for your date of birth, gender, height, weight and activity level. You can also adjust this value yourself.
LARQ PureVis 2 bottle.
Many illustrations of water use
On the main screen of the LARQ app, there is a percentage, fraction and line graph showing how much you drank today. Based on the time of day, the curved status bar also shows whether you have drunk enough water at a pace that will allow you to meet your daily goal. In the app, you can set your “wake” and “sleep” hours so it knows your timeline.
You can easily see in the LARQ app if you drank enough water to meet your daily goal.
I love that this bottle provides multiple visual indicators to show how much water you’ve had, so I can quickly see if I need to drink again. You can also set hydration reminders that will make the top of your water bottle light up during your waking hours, prompting you to drink more water. This light is incredibly bright, so you won’t miss it.
In the middle of the app’s two tabs at the bottom is a plus sign that you can click to add extra drinks to your water bottle. Admittedly, sometimes I forget to do this. Six options are included — water, coffee, tea, soda, juice and milk — to which you can add the number of ounces and the time you drink the drink.
Focus on your hydration history
At the top, it shows the days of the week, each surrounded by a curved bar, so you can look back at how much water you drank. If I’ve been feeling low or weak for a few days, I often look back at this routine and realize that I didn’t drink enough water, as dehydration can cause fatigue.
In addition to your history, you can view your best and current series.
Below the line graph is a “Streak” section that shows how many days in a row you have reached 100% of your hydration goal and your personal best. At the very bottom is “History,” where you can view each time you drank water from a bottle and how much you drank.
Eco-friendly statistics
If you click on the tab “Devices” in the bottom bar, you can see your device, its battery level, the last time it was cleaned with UV-C LED and information about the filter in your straw, if you choose to use it. When you click on a filter, you can see its age, filtered volume, percent complete and the option to order three packs of new filters ($30+).
My favorite section of the LARQ app is showing your environmental impact.
At the top right, there is a statistics button that shows some of my favorite data. There is a bar graph that shows how many liters of water you drank in the last week, month or six months. Below that, you can see your environmental and financial impact: how much money you’ve saved on bottled water, your reduced carbon footprint and reduced plastic waste.
Long battery life
A single full charge with the included USB-C cable lasts two to three weeks. Usually, mine lasts about three weeks, but I don’t use “self-defense mode,” which requires more power and takes 3 minutes to self-clean the bottle with a UV-C LED. It is best used with less reliable water sources in the backcountry, such as hiking.
Instead, I let my bottle self-clean in normal mode, which runs every 2 hours and 10 seconds. Sometimes I also press the top button once (double trigger adventure mode) to activate normal mode for 1 minute.
LARQ Bottle PureVis 2 with its top button that glows to show it’s in normal cleaning mode.
What I don’t like about this water bottle
Amount: As for the reason why I hate how much I love this water bottle, it’s mainly the price. The 23-ounce version costs $129, and the 34-ounce bottle (the one I have) is $139. That costs a bottle of water. A cheaper alternative would be a bottle marked with time and ouncesbut you will have to track the daily amount yourself. This one and has motivational phrases.
Manual cleaning: Another disadvantage is that you still have to clean the bottle by hand. Even if it is “self-cleaning,” that only works on the water and parts of the bottle that UV-C LED technology can’t reach. Therefore, LARQ still recommends giving the bottle — and especially the cap where buildup is possible — a warm, soapy wash every now and then.
Grass: I’m tired of cleaning the grass, and because I was having trouble keeping it in place in the mouth of the bottle, I decided to remove it. I already fill the bottle with filtered water and avoid using it from less reliable sources, such as running water when I hike, so I don’t feel the need to keep a straw.
Size: Finally, the only downside I can think of is that the 34 ounce bottle doesn’t fit in my car cup holder, so I have to slide it into the compartment in the trunk of my car or put it in the passenger seat. However, it fits in the bottle pocket of my side bag when I travel. It came right out of the package and survived the fall with only a small dent in the stainless steel bottle and a small scratch on the BPA-free plastic cap.
Final decision
I still love the bad ones I listed this is a bottle of water. The hydration tracking feature has helped me make sure I’m drinking enough water each day, which supports my health and, especially, my energy. I also love that it gives me data on how much plastic waste I’ve prevented by drinking this reusable bottle.
Basically, this has become my water bottle for emotional support. I’m thankful that it gives me one small thing to track during the day, albeit one of the most important: hydration.
