Are you a Stanley or Hydro Flask person? What your water bottle says about you

Jaimie Ding | Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES — If you’ve spent any amount of time on TikTok or talking to your 12-year-old niece, you’ve probably heard of the Stanley cup by now.

The 40 oz. insulated tumbler with a handle has led to long lines, fights and a crazy resale market.

We’re only days into the new year, and already some marketers have gone so far as to proclaim 2024 the “Year of the Water Bottle.” Hydration vessels, they say, may be this year’s “most covetable, most fashionable accessory.”

But the Stanley cup is just the latest in a long line of wate...