Yay! SIGG!

Photo by Julia Robbs.

Part of my latest Quarterly mailing was a custom SIGG Bottle. In my letter to my subscribers I explained that I am struggling with keeping hydrated when at the studio. In the mornings, I would get in, sit down at my desk and just be swallowed up by the busy-monster and not take time to walk over to the water fountain. I would literally forget to drink water.

I realized that I needed to trick myself by filling up 2 bottles in the morning when I come in and have them sit on my desk, with the goal to empty them by the end of the day. Otherwise I would not drink enough water. After talking to a few of my studiomates I realized I wasn’t the only one struggling with the hydration problem and so I decided to send out a custom Sigg bottle.

I grew up on Sigg bottles, they’re a staple in every Swiss household. They’re designed and manufactured in Switzerland and the SIGG HQs is a 15 minute drive from my hometown. So, I admit, there’s a bit of nostalgia packed into my latest Quarterly. Yay for things that carry from you childhood into grown-up land. In my case, one of them is Sigg.

(The YAY illustration on the bottle is by the wonderfully talented Jen Mussari)

7 Comments leave a comment below

  1. I have the same problem. I have a little mug of water sitting at my desk and that’s all that gets me through the day. If been thinking about getting myself a super awesome bottle, hoping it will get me to drink more water. Filling up to bottle sin the morning is a great idea.

    Alicia
    Jan 30th, 2013 / 10:57 pm

  2. I just got a new SIGG bottle from my sister for Christmas. It’s “Pretty in PInk”. My old blue one is a beat up and dented, but I still use it as a back up :)

    Silvia McClure
    Jan 31st, 2013 / 2:20 pm

  3. I have the exact same problem with not drinking at all at my desk. Only a few coffees in the morning. I bought a SIGG and I seriously love the thing! Keeps the water fresh, cold and crisp without a plastic taste.. SIGG is great!

    Moretijn
    Jan 31st, 2013 / 3:25 pm

  4. I’m actually a subscriber of Querterly, and I received this Sigg water bottle. It’s really light and I like it for a number of reasons, but there is a weird mold smell around the cap that I can’t seem to shake no matter how much I wash it. If I leave the bottle covered overnight, the moldy smell returns otherwise if I leave the cap off at night then it seems to be okay.

    Gad
    Feb 1st, 2013 / 11:59 am

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    KOR Water
    Feb 1st, 2013 / 6:29 pm

  6. thank you soo much for the sigg bottle! it’s so usefull and pretty!
    take a look at this :D http://www.gethyapp.com/ lot of people with the same problem :D

    Katerina
    Feb 20th, 2013 / 4:47 am

  7. The KOR water bottles are super.

    JB
    Feb 2nd, 2014 / 2:49 am