the cult of the Stanley Cup
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2024
- It's been a minute (okay a year ish) since I have talked about a what's not a cult but feels like a cult product. But then people were SPRINTING through Targets for Stanley Cups. Reusable water cups and people are going feral over them.
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What I find ridiculous is that some people have entire collections. That defeats the purpose of having a reusable mug.
Having multiple reusable cups can just be a practical thing. I keep a spare in the boot of my car o usually have one in my backpack. I live with my family all of us are adults over a number of years you build up quite a collection. Also they are a common give away item and charity fundraising item.
it’s sort of worse, because stanleys are famously indestructible. when all of them get bored and they will need the shelf space for the next fad, these cups will be sitting in a landfill until the end of time
@@maebhryan3040 I think they mean like having 10 not just like 2 or 3
Why? The mugs still exist? They're not throwing them away, they're reusing them.
@@wwaxworkbecause when the fad goes away, people will just throw them away instead of still using them. I knew girls who had collections of hydroflasks who threw them all away because they weren’t being talked of anymore. Those same girls are now collecting Stanley’s
As a hockey fan it took way too long to understand what the hell my co-worker was talking about.
My best friend was talking about wanting a Stanley cup and my first thought was damn, when did you get into hockey 💀
i am crying 😂
Oh I am disappointed that this isn’t about the real Stanley Cup
LOL I tried googling Stanley cup and got results on the hockey tournament, that's legit funny
I def got excited for a hockey video 😂
Apparently, I'm living under a rock because I had no idea these cups existed until yesterday. What's worse is that, in December, I did one of those angel tree things where you buy gifts for a child who probably won't get a lot of gifts. This girl was 13 and her "interest" was Stanley Cup. I assumed it meant the hockey one, so I got her a small, tabletop air hockey game. I'm now imagining the confusion that poor girl felt when she opened that gift.
Awe, are you going to get her a Stanley cup? I feel bad for her. It would be a cool valentine present.
@@hneebrn I don’t know her and I don’t have her address. It’s an anonymous gift giving thing.
@@klc7275 ok. The shelter and the group home I worked for actually got to meet the family the families or teenagers when we did it. Hopefully since you helped maybe they were able to get her the cup. lol or maybe she discovered she likes air hockey. That actually sounds really fun.
I sent this comment to my husband with the context that it was "a video about the cult of stanley cups" and he literally said he was wondering why I was sending him something about hockey. So you are truly never alone in the world 😂
I thought this was about the hockey trophy
Those Stanley cup cleaning tips are really useful for about halfway through this year when I’ll find stacks of them at the thrift store for $2
well the chain thrift stores will overprice them disgustingly but yeah
The REAL problem is that the second these cups are no longer “trendy”, these girls won’t be caught dead using them anymore. They’ll sit in their cabinet and buy the newest model of whatever despite their claims that “Stanley is the only cup that makes my water sooooo good”.
I did wonder how long before I'll see these cups in Goodwill
Ikr I was hit with the hydro flask trend but when Stanley became the thing to have I was like “ I’m not gonna fall for this s*** again”
@@anthonyvenable3048i think the Stanley trend is so much worse than the hydroflask because stanleys have such a distinct (ugly in my opinion) design. Hydro flask design is very simple and inoffensive. And way more practical in my public transport using opinion. Like the logo isn’t big and the shape is just normal and they are nice block colors. Like when I see someone with a hydroflask I think cool and get jealous of their cold water or I don’t even notice it’s different from any other bottle, even after the trend. I think Stanley’s will not be the same.
You just described iPhones lol
Nalgene, Sigg, Yeti, S'well, Hydro flask, Stanley. 🎵 It's the ciiiiircle of life 🎵
It's quite common for children to believe that having random items make them the "cool kid" at school. How adult people can have the same obsession is still so weird for me.
Some people never graduate from High School.
Alexa play Spinebreaker by BTS
Adult children
"Keeping up with the Joneses" is a phrase for a reason. It’s not a new phenomenon
Social media is brainwashing that dissolves the psychological age barriers unfortunately. I do like aesthetics though as an artsy person, but you gotta be very VERY careful about overconsumption.
Valentine's Day being materialistic and making people feel bad is tradition at this point.
This. Valentine's day is cute when you're in elementary school but as an adult it's just another weird "holiday".
@@1800MDGAFnah I think it’s cute if you’re in love and you get flowers and chocolate. But for me it’s not about spending tonnes of money , it’s about the thought.
Isn’t that every holiday though
@radstoditches I don't celebrate it but I love hearts and pinks so it's my favorite time of year to grab a bunch of heart themes
if you look at its history the woman who pushed for its creation regretted it almost immediately due to the over commercialization of it
The thing I find most ironic with the hype about Stanleys is that they’re impractically big. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve seen college students have to carry their Stanley cups with their bare hands walking across campus in the middle of winter simply because the damn thing doesn’t fit in their bag. Risking frostbite for a cup is INSANE
THIS IS EXACTLY why I don't freaking understand nor want one! They're too bulky!!!! I carry a backpack everywhere and thermos bottles are much better for me. I heard the Stanley cups still spill and honestly I drink water as much a day as anyone does with a Stanley cup. Plus, a lot of people need to be washing that cup everyday or two. Not three or a week. Do people not care about still water and bacteria and mildew? Eff that noise!
Before I even realized it's an online trend , I saw a girl with one of these and thought, holy shit that looks so impractical and goofy. I don't know how people could be bothered lugging these around.
I personally think they’re ugly, and look like most other water cups I don’t understand the hype at all 😭 (no shame if you like them, but it’s still too much to literally FIGHT for them at stores imo….)
I mean we have body builders and gym rats carrying full on jugs to college.
@@MADEbySOULthat I can partially understand. if you are super active it makes sense you need more water. but most people don't need that much water.
The weird thing to me is that people were going ferel over a red/pink cup. Like THATS the Valentine’s collection? Not even some cute patterns? No hearts or roses? Really? I'd understand the hype more if that was the case
i just googled it. they're not even red&pink cups, it is 1 red cup and 1 pink cup. That's insane. I really thought Stanley was making cute designs for their cups or something but nah they're actually just plain colours ?
I KNOW, THEY AINT EVEN CUTE???
Stanley actually has some slightly nicer laser-engraved pattern ones on their actual site and had one late last year that was in a similar red color (idk if it's still available or not).🤷
Other than the color, it's just basic...
I own a 1940s super vac cork top stanley. It has been in my family for 3 generations. Been through 2 house fires, car wrecks, and everything inbetween. Keeps coffee hot and water cold. Absolutely no complaints. Its genuinely the best piece of equipment i own and am extremely greatful for it. My grandma sewed a cross body satchels specially for it. Its my most prize possession other than my wedding ring and truck.
This makes me genuinely happy. Keep rockin. 💕
A cork top?? Didn’t know they ever had those, cool
@gateauxq4604 I know! I was confused at first too! When I got it from my dad it hadn't been used in quite a few years so I was really confused lol. I thought maybe the cork was a replacement for the original stopper, but as it turns out it WAS the original stopper. I had to have a new one fabbed out of new cork wood since the old one was a crumbly and smelled like old coffee 😂
This is precisely what these reusable products were supposed to be: sturdy and long-lasting. I love that it has become a heirloom for you.
That is honestly so amazing!! So wonderful that it is still functional and I love that you have a handmade satchel specifically for it!!
Hydroflasks hit several checkmarks for people at the time: it was environmentally friendly, it promoted hydration as self care, and everyone wants a bottle that does a good job at keeping drinks hot or cold. High schoolers, office workers, construction workers- people from all walks of life had one. So it kinda became the universal water bottle for a while.
My daughter brought back a hydro flask from the US in 2019 and I love using it. It holds a good amount and keeps the water so cold for a long time on a hot day. Especially good as we are in the middle of our summer here. I don’t own a Stanley cup. I have enough cups/travel mugs/water bottles now, without buying another one.
Every year to two years there’s a trendy water bottle that drops. Years ago it was Nalgene or Camelbak, then Yeti or Hydroflask… Now it’s Stanley
Hydro flasks aren’t cool anymore?!!?!
I still use hydro flask
I have had my hydro flask since 2013ish, and it still have the stickers from my camp counselor days on it.
The cultification of water bottles is kind of interesting to me. I’m 30 now, so I remember the Nalgene craze when I was in high school, then it was Yetis, then Hydroflasks and now Stanley’s. I’m sure there’s some I’m missing
Edit (1.31.2024) wow thank you for all the likes! 🫶🏻
wrong lol. its the fact they THEY are missing the point that its a fad lol. youre the smart one
the yetis are amazing, I got one for christmas 4 years ago and its been with me everywhere. I dont see a need to buy another water bottle until this one gets lost bc I don think I could possibly destroy it.
yeah I have 2 takeya water bottles and they’re really good I’ve dropped them tons of times and my friend took my bottle and hit it against the library floor and it still didn’t dent lol
Those Swell water bottles were the first water bottle trend I remember from when I was in school
@@rileyemel9913I like them too but mine actually broke after a year (idk how) it doesn’t insulate a cold drink and gets sweaty on the outside..
As someone from Poland I just cannot imagine a trend of teenagers bringing huge drinking bottles to schools and NOT having a scandal when it turnes out at least a portion of these things were filled with alcohol. Like when I was in high school there were regularly people having vodka in their orange juice cartons
Now add to this energy drinks being +18. I can imagine Stanley cups filled with vodka and redbull/monster 💀
@@martynabieniok9669Ah, so homemade 4Loco? As someone who was in high school shortly after the whole 4Loco legal issues, I can definitely believe that kids would make their own.
As a Romanian I truly relate to this. I have heard stories of teens bringing alcohol in schools disguised as other types of drinks. But full blown ass alcohol seems so surreal to me. 😂
@@martynabieniok9669 oh god i keep forgetting they make them 18+ and I literally bought two today 😫
Omg same in Ukraine. I was that girl with my classmates 💀 We thought we were soooo cool lmao. I'm now 26 and COMPLETELY sober for about 7 years. What is it in East/Central Europe that makes us so unhinged _so_ early yall 😭
Most of the time, you'll find that people doing the "lining up/running through store" thing aren't enthusiasts; they're opportunistic profiteers, trying to corner as much stock for quick resale as they can. This explains a lot of the worst behavior as well; as those people are largely nasty pieces of work.
this is a great point i think. i also believe that the videos of people going crazy over trying to get hoards of them does something to manufacture more hype
We’ll put! This is something I’ve been wondering about. Especially those who fill up their trolleys with the stuff
I was a department manager at Target for 5 years. Everything you said is absolutely correct. My department included audio visual. Game/ console and music releases were a living nightmare and the sheer abuse scarred me for life, let alone what I witnessed.
This Stanley cup thing is nuts. They've been around forever. My Pawpaw, who was a farmer, always kept his coffee in a Stanley thermos because it would stay hot all day. Same for my Grandaddy, who was a master carpenter. Those cups have always been a 'working mans' cup. It's nuts seeing people go so crazy for them.
Yep! My dad was a welder and all the guys had Stanley cups. He's going to love knowing he's ✨on-trend✨😆
@@donk8105 How long ago was this? Champion was a step above Russell and actually made well. The sweatshirts had gussets under the arms. I bought only one in my entire life, and it was a Dartmouth sweatshirt that cost about $50 in 1992. Considering who attended Dartmouth, that wasn't a shirt for "the poor kids." Since you trailed off with an ellipsis, I'm guessing you're probably on the older side.
Yeah tbh I know so many people with the more traditional stanley cups so I was so confused when I heard mainly little/teenage girls going crazy over them
@@briancrawford8751Being made well has never influenced teenage trends. I know Champion was at K-Mart …yes now defunct K-Mart….when I was a teen wearing Champion as opposed to trendier brands was deffo seen as if not poor kid gear, very not cool and a cheaper brand. I can’t recall price cause I actually don’t remember. Just know it was cheaper then something like Tommy Hilfigire or FuBu or the like. Yes it was dumb, but so is High School. 😂😂
My dad had the bullet one as well. It was the standard thermos for a lot of tradies. It still is.
Someone I know was just gifted one of these cups, and she's been explaining to absolutely everyone, unprompted, any time she makes eye contract with someone who hasn't heard yet, that she's embarrassed to be seen with it because of the trend but it's a gift and her old mug broke.
See this is kind of just as embarrassing as the people who are desperate to buy 20 of these 😂
"It's a mug, bruh"
If my Stanley cup isn't a 130 year old rose bowl made of Sheffield silver given to me by THE Lord Stanley of Preston then I'm not interested.
NY Rangers, 2024 Stanley Cup Champions, agree
A-friggin-men
@@tispre Yeeees! It's been 30 years too long! They're due (I think I've said that every year since 2001 🤣).
When being a consumer is your most defining personality trait then the hot item is your new heroin.
this
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Yeah, it’s honestly so sad
I read somewhere that the reason it got so big was Stanley hired the same PR company that Crocs to go big and they had similar effects.
They basically give it to influencers and make it go viral
Im guessing that campaign started right before christmas?
now THAT'S an interesting tidbit
This and the Mormons cus the huge soda and flavored water culture cus they can't drink Alcohol. Watertok is mostly just Mormon women from what I heard. Absorb amounts of sugar in those syrups no thanks.
I think resellers are also a big reason why people are rushing out to get things, not just Stanley cups. Reselling is basically a job now for a lot of people and that means they get up early so they can resell something for 3x the price or even more. So theres resellers rushing and people trying to beat the resellers. It's really common within any hobby community right now unfortunately.
The reselling is the thing I cannot stand, artificially inflates the market and means normal people, acting rationally to purchase something can’t. So then you create this hysteria and people paying 4x the price. Like the TikTok’s of people just shopping in tjmaxx reselling shit? It’s really sick. Is your time and energy REALLY worth that Hello Kitty Mug you’re going to pay $30 for?
the type of reselling you're describing is called "scalping"
@@donk8105 i would say scalping is a little bit different since with scalping theres a scarcity and rarity involved (like buying concert tickets when there's limited seating)
but yeah def weirdo behavior, and for a fucking cup 😭😭
As someone who is in college and remembers the original craze of Hydroflasks, seeing the rise in Stanley cups is insane. I cannot stress enough how many, predominately white girls, have these cups. I cannot count the amount of times I’ve walked through my dining hall only to see entire tables of girls with these cups. It’s absolutely baffling how popular these got so fast with so many of my peers.
the craze surprises me too as someone who grew up w a stanley thermos for hiking i rly never considered it could be a trend lmao j seemed like a practical hiking tool
What's funny is I worked at a grocery store right before they were popular, and they gave me a giant lime colored hydroflask for free because no one wanted it 😂
I mean we could say the same thing for tables full of black girls with fingernails that are so long I don't understand how they wipe their behinds.... Different Strokes for different folks
i do yoga and before christams there was maybe 1 stanley cup per class. after christmas, i think every other person in class now has a stanley it’s crazy how fast they grew in popularity 😭
Its the constant seeking of an identity. They're making products their personality.
I think the best take I've heard about hoarding trending items like the Stanleys is that we've created a society that's lacking in a sense of community. We are lacking in 3rd places where you're allowed to just go and *be* without buying anything, and so instead we try and forge community via the commodities we buy. You're signaling to other Stanley girlies that you have something in common, maybe your rare Stanley is a conversation starter. (All of this said as someone who is rocking an off-brand 32oz metal water bottle from Amazon)
This is quite interesting, I can actually understand that given the kinds of women I know who might have some of these are very social and definitely support other women and love community, not at all loner weirdos (like me, obvz)
wow this is such an interesting point. someone send this to video essay youtubers. someone better at writing than me needs to do a deep dive on how the lack of 3rd spaces has shifted the way we find community
@@user_springdaythere are already many videos on the topic here on UA-cam
Good point. If we could somehow bring 3rd places back (preferably free) for kids and teenagers, and heck, adults too, I think our society would be much better off. My town has a rec center called "Kids Group" that kids go to after school. It's a lifeline to those kids. They socialize, do activities and get help with their homework all for free. They get snacks and oftentimes a free dinner. And maybe most importantly, they're off their phones!
Quite a few UA-camrs have covered this! Elliot Sang’s “Nowhere to Go: The Loss of Third Places”, “The Great Places Erased by Suburbia” by Not Just Bikes, Andrewism’s “What Our Cities Are Missing”, and Madisyn Brown’s “teenagers don’t exist anymore”, among others
I was actually gifted a Stanley for Christmas from my boss at work. I don’t understand the hype, because it is extremely heavy when full, and I can’t bear to reach over in the middle of the night to get a sip of water cuz the weight of it wakes me up completely and then i cant fall back asleep.💀 I usually only use mine for my coffee addiction and thats it. And I can’t understand the over consumption of a cup, which was made to cut down waste.
I think they're impractical as well
I have a hydro flask with straw, in which I could use and not worry about spilling
Even though, hydro flask has their verdion
Give it away
This! It only makes sense if you drive or don't have to carry your things. I live in a walkable city and carrying around a giant hydroflask full of water is so heavy and it doesn't fit anywhere!
screaming because i bought my gen z employee a stanley cup as a joint birthday/first work anniversary gift. she had said she wanted one but refused to buy it with her own money. so guess it worked 😂 (she loves it and uses it everyday)
I have the Stanley thermos, like the green one for soup. I think I bought it 10 years ago. It’s pretty great. Now THAT is a cup worth buying.
I have thermos autism and you're right when you bring up the former audience of Stanley. Their 1.5 qt vacuum flask (which used to come with a lunchbox) was a symbol of the working class for a long time, as well as people with hardcore outdoor interests. Love those thangs.
thermos autism... elaborate ( im autistic too)
@@hamflavoredlipbalm6077 one of my major Special Interests is the humble vacuum flask ("Thermos," much like Kleenex or Band-Aids, is a brand name now used to refer to the whole product category, so I'll use them interchangeably). For personal context I'm not some 50-yr-old stuck in the "good ol days" of mass manufacturing, I'm 21 and I just really like thermoses. Vacuum flasks changed the way we eat, in the sense that before every break room had a fridge and a microwave, you would carry in hot or cold food in a personal thermos. It has obvious usage for people who work outside or in workshops and for outdoorsmen, but it was popular with anyone on the go: imagine if all of a sudden, you didn't have to worry about the cost of a hot meal on a long car trip because you've got a whole container of piping hot chili in the trunk? They've been available to consumers since about the 1910s, starting with the Thermos company and expanding with brands like Aladdin (which eventually bought and became Stanley). One cool thing about old thermoses from any brand is that while the outer flask might have been made of metal and/or plastic, the inside flask was _glass_ which is actually still the most efficient material for holding heat. And if it broke, which they often did, the bottom of the Thermos would screw off, and you could buy a replacement inner lining. You could also replace the cup-lids that went on top, and the little piece that screws into the opening of the bottle. Nowadays, you can't repair them at all, so you'd more than likely throw the whole thing away and buy a new one (part of the Planned Obsolescence problem in modern manufacturing...).
The Stanley 1.5qt has, to me, an iconic silhouette, as it's quite large, has a handle on the side, and a sloped metal cup-lid that sits on top. Like I mentioned above, they originally came with a long, rectangular lunchbox with an arched lid that you would actually clip the Thermos up into, and then could put your other lunch foods in the other compartment! It was just as popular to keep a big thermos of coffee and pour it out a cup at a time as it was to keep soup or another hot meal inside. Smaller thermos and lunchbox bundles have long been popular with kids at school, and over the years have come printed with every obscure property you can think of (I had a bob the builder lunchbox & thermos growing up, until I dropped the plastic cup lid on a very cold day and it shattered. It was probably from the 90s).
Because these products originally exploded in popularity in the 1950s, there are lots of extremely goofy retro designs from all of the ensuing decades. I have a big goofy "unbreakable" Thermos from the 80s but someday I'm gonna get one of the hideously iconic ones from the 60s/70s, like wood grain or red and black flannel.
So, the Thermos has shaped American history for over a century, and as someone who keeps an eye on vintage Stanley flasks on eBay or what-have-you, it's wild to me to see modern Stanley tumblers come cropping up for about quadruple the price.
ANYWAYS if you read this far I'm going to share with you that this hyperfixation started when I got really into Sniper from TF2 and in a fanfic I was reading he was in the habit of packing up a thermos of coffee every day before going onto the battlefield and I was like hmm. I should look up what vintage thermoses look like, and the rest is history.
Your main hyper interest.
@@RabbitBwaBBitDaCat no i know! my special interest is music- i just never heard of thermoses as a special interest, that kicks ass
@@RabbitBwaBBitDaCat believe it or not, I'd say my main hyperfixation is online flash games, particularly in the point-and-click/puzzle/room escape genres, from around 2005 through flash support being discontinued in 2020. And marvel comics, especially the X-Men. Thermoses are a more recent thing for me ;)
So...I have a Stanley that lives at my day-job desk. The ONLY reason why I got it was because a small business decorated it with the Jurassic Park logo stating "motherhood is a walk in the park" with a fun scale pattern. I didn't know it was a Stanley until AFTER I paid for it. Will I get any other Stanleys? No. Not worth it.
But one I get it, but to buy everyone that comes out!?!? Thats not sustainable. Like our cloth bags that are 33 cents that only fit a box of cereal a 2l milk and maybe 3 bananas.. then let's talk about the amount of uses it takes to become sustainable. But leaving out the amount of germs so there for need laundry soap, as well as, machine or time to hand wash them.
Wait I want that!!!! Haha
@@NotVille_ all 2 videos...sure
that cup sounds like the absolute definition of amazeballs holy moly
That's not just a cup, that's now a family heirloom
If I ever feel compelled to run through a store for literally anything, someone better slap me lmfao
sure thing, but im holding an exception for medical supplies, bathroom runs, and safe methods of birth control/protection
Other than a few exceptions
IDK, I've had some health issues that had me running to the pharmacy section and that was necessary and beneficial for everyone involved.
Only to grab the last box of pancake mix on the empty shelves in the zombie apocalypse.
I stood in line one time back in the day for zhu zhu pets for my kid. It’s an experience I’ll never repeat unless it’s for a necessity item. I’ve only done black Friday as an adult once. And that’s because I was on holiday at a beach town by a mall. Because it was mostly by a retirement town that place was empty and it was really nice. I guess the thing I’m really guilty of is half off day at goodwill. That was pre covid and pre resellers when the good goodwill stuff used to be in the stores and not online.
57 yr old farmer we always had Stanly thermos and when them travel cups came out we bought a couple to take on the tractors with us, to see people going wild over a cup made for farmers and truckers is very funny. It's a cup a great cup but just a cup.
I won’t touch a reusable water bottle unless it’s easily put in the dishwasher. I’m not pulling apart a bunch of little rubber bits to clean my bottle by hand, I’ll never feel like it’s clean.
As a Target worker, I was there for both the Valentines and Starbucks stanley release. For the Valentines day stanleys, many people ordered the cups online before the store even opened, some people ordering 10+ of them. The stanley girlies were STARING me down from outside as I was grabbing them off the shelves. As for the starbucks stanley release, we also had people waiting in line outside the store AT 4:00 AM IN WISCONSIN WINTER to get a chance at a cup. It was insane.
'the stanley girlies were staring me down...' is hilarious
Those people ordering a ton of them are resellers
@@novaangle2183 Oh yeah, for sure, I was well aware. No one needs more than one
I just don't understand the obsession. Even if someone had several I could understand but to be this obsessed is confusing
Wow. Just wow.
The wild thing was seeing people try to resell the valentines Stanley cups for $200+
What’s even more wild is people buy them for that much 😅
@@MikaylaRae86 what’s actually wilder is I’m looking on eBay and some valentines ones are going for $4,000 to $10,000😀
@@eddiethewhale3268that's normal ebay shenanigans. There was a pencil listed for one million dollars once.
I have to admit, I bought myself a Stanley cup for Christmas. I did discover the Stanley through social media, but its popularity is not the reason behind my purchase. I drink an insane amount of water on a daily basis, and I found myself having to refill my other cups many times throughout the day. For someone who works from home, it's really convenient begin able to drink continuously from one cup instead of going to the kitchen a dozen times and refilling throughout the day.
Same I kept trying cheaper versions but they didn’t workout
S A M E instead of filling up my water bottle 8 times a day I fill up my Stanley like 3-4 and I'm set! It keeps my drinks cold and it's huge without being super cumbersome!!
Exactly. I’m someone that when I buy something I want the most quality version, and while Stanley is super trendy it’s also been around for decades and does have the quality behind it versus just hype. I really don’t care if it’s cool or not, I just care that I saw it and I I liked it, so I bought it. Social media was just a means of getting it in my radar.
I'm skeptical that you actually drink that much water.
And that’s fine. But It is ridiculous though seeing there are other cups that hold just as much water for under half the price of a Stanley.
As a man with a stanley i bought it because my wife who is a nurse had one for work, which she bought because of other nurses at work. I like that it fits in my cup holder and that it matches the color suit i wore on my wedding day.
my wife and I have 3 stanley’s total (i have 1 she has 2)
they are most definitely our emotional support water cups 😂
Just wanna say it’s really cute that you specified it matches your wedding suit love that for you
I was genuinely disappointed when my mom put a Stanley cup on her Christmas list after buying 10+ other reusable cups in the last few months for 4 people in the house.
And what’s hilarious is she literally admitted to only wanting it because everyone else had one. My disappointment was immeasurable.
"Mom, I'm not mad.... I'm disappointed" 😂
I have a few! I got this bright pink one it’s an ice flow one, I have a purple one as well. And a few of the tumblers. I seen the recent one that came out the holidays. it was a light purple, almost lavender color, could’ve been a light purple with a pink hue. I was drooling over that cup. I had to tell myself no! You don’t not need it, why do I need it, what’s wrong with my other cups, and all I can say was, I like the color, and I don’t have that color. I felt so stupid by getting over excited over a cup, and having this feeling of anxiety on how much I felt like I needed it. After that I was like nope! I need a break. This is getting sad.
@@vanessasampayan4587 i feel you, seeing hte shiny new thing and drooling over it! its not cups for me, but sanrio stuff.... so what i do is make a list of things i want to buy, wait a week (or a month if its bigger) and see if i really do still want it. even then i might go, eh i dont really need it and tell myself to let it go. but i definitely feel that! if i didnt budget and monitor myself id spend all my money lol
The Stanley Cup craze reminds me of how in American Psycho (the novel specifically) Patrick Bateman and the other yuppies obsess over the "right" bottled water to drink, there are multiple pages dedicated to a conversation about bottled water that Bateman has with one of his coworkers, where the guy is almost driven to tears because he just can't understand the hype around *the* bottled water everyone drinks.
Now let's see Paul Allen's Stanley cup
i remember a tumblr post that essentially said that those clean girl/it girl tiktokers are so much more like patrick bateman than those 15 yr old "sigma" boys will ever be
Funny enough the author was a woman too
I think what's weird about this for me is the fact that growing up, Stanley cups were the ones you bought when you couldn't afford a Yeti/Hydroflask. It was a cheaper way to get a decent tumbler without having to pay the price of the bigger/more popular name brand. And now Stanley has become the exact thing the other brands were. I feeeel like there'd a conversation to be had about the co-opting of brands/trends/etc. that were accessible to lower-income folk by people of influence/rich people, causing the poorer ones to be pushed out of the one thing that they had access to, but God knows I'm not smart enough to start that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thought about that exactly too when I watched the video, thinking hey isn't that the cup that was like a cheaper hydroflask? Pretty sure I would see them at Marshall's too. But what you said rings true for other inexpensive/affordable things that go viral. Thus making them unattainable for the people who couldn't afford the more expensive option.
It's like when Champion was like $5 in Wal-Mart and you got teased wearing it to basketball practice because it wasn't Under Armour or Nike.
Well... you can still get a cup like this for 10 Dollar if jou want. Stanley produces in China richtig now and this means the brand is literally worthless. Get a noname-cup and it might be a Stanley without the logo. 😂
I won mine in a raffle last Christmas, and I am only NOW finding out how to properly clean the damn thing. Thank you for saving me from toxic mold, Swell.
I have a Stanley and its great! That being said, it works so well that I genuinely don't understand why anyone would need more than one. It's a good quality cup, you genuinely only need one unless you wanna have one at work and one at home or something. I get that they have all of these cute colors that make people want to collect them, but there is NO NEED to overconsume a REUSABLE water bottle.
THIS. it’s-like- they’re supposed to be utilitarian. that is the appeal of reusable products especially Stanley ones- it’s about lasting a lifetime. as soon as you start buying one for every outfit, it is the opposite of utilitarian 😭
@@unfortunatelyiamsaneIf it helps any some of us wear one color so could do both the things.
@@NotVille_ Why reply on the same thread copying my comment word for word? That's incredibly weird
Yes! I am in nursing school and the Stanley is so cute and handy for my long days, but I don’t understand having 10 of them or attacking Targets for them.
Ah thank you
I teach middle school in a town where in the same class I have kids that live in multi million dollar mansions and kids who sleep in cars. The rich kids show up after winter break showing off Stanley's, everything from Sephora, and new $700 shoes (true story, and he wore them to PE class) and the kids from lower income families just have to watch. We had an angel tree in our office for those kids, not a single parent bought for it, it was all supplied by staff. It hurts to see people with so much care so little.
That's disgusting that the rich parents won't help out their community...
I love that my Stanley keeps water and ice cold for so long, fits in cup holders, and has an ergonomic handle. I also like that my dad who passed out and was admitted to the ER last year for dehydration loves carrying his Stanley around and it helped his hydration. However I did buy it because I was persuaded on Tik Tok. Not because I wanted to “be cool” but it just looked like a good product. Although I use my simple modern more because it’s more leak proof
Something very fascinating to me is how Stanley has been trending with different products in different countries according to specific cultural aspects. In the US it's that tall, 40oz tumbler cup with a handle and a straw, that people will use to carry their beverages on a daily basis... That one seems more focused on a "productivity" kind of mindset, where you HAVE to have your drinks handy at all times because you can't bother to go refill it every 30 minutes as you work or study.
While here in Brazil it's the 16oz "beer pint" type of cup, that people will take to more social gatherings, whether it's to keep their drinks cool at a barbecue cookout, or at the beach. I've seen people even take them to the night club! It started a few years ago and now pretty much EVERYONE here has one of these, haha. It all started because someone found out that you can keep your beer cold for over 8 HOURS in those cups. And that's true, I can attest to that... but like... Why would I need my beer to last for that long? lol. I don't know ANYONE who will take longer than 20 minutes to finish a glass of beer, but go off I guess.
I still own my Hydroflask to this day and it still serves me its purpose very well... I just use it for water, though. That's the only thing I drink out of it, that I need to carry with me up and down throughout the day. I guess I don't reflect the majority of the audience since I don't like coffee, but as of now I don't see any reason to retire my good ol Hydroflask. It's still doing the job for me. 💁♀
I love this comment and agree so much. I have an animal crossing themed thermos style bottle from Controller Gear that was like $20 and it's worked so well for me. It's compact enough I can put it in any size backpack. I don't need any of these expensive items to be happy. Had some friends try and convince me to get a Stanley and then I saw the price and I laughed. The black mold part too like many of these people will buy for the trend and never care to learn anything about it. Even I knew that to take all the little parts out. I cannot stand the smell of mildew in any way. I am fine with my "shitty" thermos I don't care it's cute 💅🏽
I'm just surprised so many people don't know you need to regularly wash your reusable water bottles. I've gotten lazy before and not done it for like a week, but I never let it get too nasty. YOU GOTTA CLEAN ALL THE PARTS OF YOUR BOTTLES YALL. ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS A STRAW OR OTHER DRINKING MECHANISM.
Especially if they’re mixing all kinds of syrup or powders into their water too!
I think a big problem is that people don't realize that these things come apart.
literally 😫 also why i love hydroflask- their straw caps come apart completely for ease of cleaning
This is precisely why I hate water bottles with straws or anything like that. They’re a pain to clean! Just a regular old water bottle is far easier for me
It really shouldn't be such an issue, especially as one of the big pros of a Stanley cup is that it's dishwasher safe. Throw the stuff in your dishwasher, wash the straw, and you're good to go.
not having tiktok and not having friends who are into these trends means i wasn't even aware of stanley cups as an item until i started seeing viral tweets about people going insane over them. it's fascinating how trends like this can become so prevalent but if you don't occupy the right corners of the internet you won't know about any of it lol
I had thought this was a viral marketing stunt at first. The cups aren't even a cute design. It was Black Friday for water-tokers. 😂
THIS!!!!!
same… i only hear about trends like this through commentary here and on instagram somewhat after the fact. not having tiktok can definitely make you feel like you’re in an entirely different world socially lol
me too! the first time i've even heard of this brand was because of the whole watertok thing (and because of commentary youtubers lol)
Same. I literally had no clue Stanley cups were a trendy thing until this whole Valentine's debacle.
In Depth Review:
My boyfriend, the sweetheart he is, worked at Target a few months back and remembered I said I was going to have to get a new water bottle soon because my one and only Thermoflask started leaking from the bottom. On his break one day he bought me the "Target exclusive" light pink color, because I like pink and he got an employee discount. I never said I wanted a Stanley, and honestly after seeing the craze I actually never wanted to get one, I had just planned to replace my cheap Thermoflask. When he got home he washed it and filled it with water for me to surprise me (which meant it couldn't be returned anymore). I was very grateful regardless, and after having it a few months, I get why people like it on a basic level.The thing I like most is how much liquid it can hold, because I have always drank a lot of ice water by choice, it's literally my favorite drink. Besides that though, I honestly don't think its practical.
Pros:
-The bottom is smaller for cupholders
-it's 40oz which means refilling it less
-The straw makes it easier to just take a sip rather than having to open a lid
-Keeps it cold for an extended amount of time.
Cons:
- It is my "at home" cup because traveling with a big tall cup with a straw that sticks out in the cupholder is annoying, bulky, and in the way.
-I can't take it out and move it out of the way to the seat because if it tips over or is knocked over, water leaks everywhere; it has to be upright.
-I can't carry it around campus in my backpack, I have to carry it in my hands.
-The straw is exposed unless I pay more money for accessories to cover it which just adds to the high price.
-It cost $45 which is crazy, my thermoflask was given to me for free and I used it everyday for 6 years before it finally broke.
-Bigger equals heavier, especially when it is full.
-Most people following this craze have more than one. You really do only need one. Just get one in your favorite color and you'll be good for years.
-Takes more time and effort to properly clean it, as opposed to a screw top bottle
-The straw is plastic; seems sturdy, but it can easliy break. If you use this cup long enough as intended you will probably have to replace the straw at least once.
-Handle seems sturdy, but I have seen many people's break off, so there is potential for that. It is also somewhat slippery to hold without the handle.
Overall, it's nice for what it is, but overpriced, overhyped, and leaves room for broken parts that may need to be replaced if used for a long period of time. Would I ever buy another one? No. Would I have ever bought this for myself? Also no. I think there's much better out there. Yes, let people enjoy what they want, but for day to day function there are much better and cheaper options to consider. In a couple of years though, it won't matter anyway because just like squishmallows and all other fast cycled trends, they will soon be at your local second hand store, or half off on Mercari and Facebook Market place because people are trying to sell them to get some cash back to purchase the next water bottle trend. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hi! Just want to say that your video helped me out with the loss of my tumbler recently! It's not a Stanley cup (it's just a sakura print tumbler lol) but I bought it with my own money and took really good care of it. Last Sunday my mom usedit without my permission and it came back with the paint chipped in a lot of places and it's dented in a couple of spots. It's absolutely wrecked now, which made me really upset, but watching your video helped me see that maybe what got me attached to it was the social currency of the thing (because it was limited edition, etc etc) and it's helped me detach a little from the thing. Thank you!
Aw, 😢 I'm sorry to hear that, I think you being upset is understandable and not just because of the cups perceived value! I would be mad if my objects got dented or chipped as well, regardless of its price
As an NHL fan, you have no idea how confused I was when this first came out. I thought a bunch of little girls were getting into hockey and were getting mini Stanley Cups for Christmas. Oh, how I was wrong hahaha
Exactly!!!
I heard about the Target Valentines Stanley Cups and was interested because I thought it would be something cute to buy my husband for Valentine’s Day. So much Valentines stuff is feminine, and we have gone to the hockey museum in Toronto and saw the real Stanley cups. I was so disappointed.
Dude, same
same lmaooo
I thought that too, when they first got popular.
It was my 9yo daughters first time saving up for a high dollar item. She hustled too, helped the neighbor. I am very proud of her.
I definitely tried to talk her out of it, because it's a trend and I feel like she'll leave it somewhere, but she hasn't let it out of her hand in the last 3 months.
So maybe it's teaching her some responsibility.
I just refill plastic water bottles - but I should stop doing that. ❤
Hopefully she’ll have that cup forever. It’s a great feeling to save up for something as a kid you really really wanted and finally buy it. Even if she doesn’t use it for years, it’s still a nostalgic thing to have. The cup should last forever too.
My mom donated and threw out so much stuff of mine when I was in college, and I wish I’d been able to save some really nostalgic stuff of mine.
As someone who was still a tween during the Hydroflask craze, yeah. She probably is just going to leave it somewhere. 😂 But it is a good lesson to learn to choose utility over trend. One day when I’m older, I think I’ll understand that more, too.
Refilling a plastic water bottle isn't good for you because those micro plastics are just breaking down constantly, they're more of a one time use only, so maybe the Stanley cup is the better option.
Refilling plastic bottles you already had to buy for one reason or another is a good thing! Reusing that bottle does far better than "recycling" it / putting it in the recycling bin and hoping it doesn't just go to the dump . Just avoid buying new ones as much as possible, and if you have non left to reuse, buy a washable bottle
@@chaoticneutralsheepwe have micro plastics flowing through our bodies already. If she’s reusing plastic bottles I think that’s a good thing.
For someone who has always either observed or participated in cup trends: when I was in elementary school, it was Swell cups (loved them but the mouth was too small for ice cubes). Then in middle and high school, it was Hydroflasks (I LOVE my Hydroflask and I have been using the same bottle for 4-ish years) or Yeti cups (wasn’t interested in a Yeti because it was basically the same as my Hydroflask which works fine). And now it is Stanley Cups (I have finally grown into realizing I don’t need a new brand of cup for every trend and have stuck to my Hydroflask). The only reason I can see why I would replace my still functional Hydroflask is because of the Stanley cup’s ability to stay cold for days. While my Hydroflash keeps things cold, it is older and isn’t keeping things as cold anymore but I doubt I am replacing it for a Stanley cup because I have an ego and I refuse to follow trends.
I'm with you on Hydoflask. I got my first one at Whole Foods about 8months ago. It was the 16 oz coffee flask. Thing worked so well I ordered 1 more and haven't needed another since. I work in a restaurant so refilling with ice water all day is no problem. It does go with me everywhere, but at 58 I know better than to follow fads.
My dad had a one of those big green Stanley for so much of my life because he was an electrician. I didn't care about it in the slightest other than (as a wilderness/camping enthusiast) as an effective thermos. After we lost him in October, I see it and wish I had his Stanley solely because I remember mornings getting ready for school and work together and him filling his with coffee and it makes me smile to see it at those precious memories. But never would I ever stand outside to get some random cup or run down an aisle for it. My feelings are tied solely to a single, twenty year old cup sitting on my mom's counter lol
“If someone falls down help them up”. Getting a Stanley cup officially needs mosh pit rules.
The fungal infection story is horrifying because those can go sooo badly. I live in a big city, one of our hospitals receives clients from all around if they need more help than a rural hospital can provide. A kid came in with multiple organ failure because out where they lived they got a respiratory infection, their doctor gave them antibiotics and steroids, the antibiotics did nothing while the steroids increased their blood sugar, feeding the mold. The hospital I was at eventually did a exploratory laparoscopy to visualize the extent of the kids infection, they were literally filled with mold. The kid did not survive.
💔💔 oof, what a horrible way to exit this world. My heart goes out to that kiddo. 😢
That is absolutely tragic.
my god. that is so terrifying. this poor child's family.
this is my reminder to clean my hydro flask😅
That is why, conceptually, the Last of Us is so terrifying. Fungi don't fuck around.
I got one for my wife. I just got lucky that they restocked while I was walking by the display in target. She loves it! She also has two but only because my grandmother got her one for Christmas. I don’t get the hype but it made her smile real big so I don’t care about much else🤷🏾♂️
I found out I was pregnant February of 2023. I had bad all day sickness from 7 weeks to about 20 weeks. The only thing that helped my situation and made me feel better was super cold water. I’ve drank out of mason jars my whole life but I can’t take a mason jar in the car. So, I switched from a mason jar to a Stanley and this is how I chose. Whatever reusable cup I bought had to meet this criteria - it had to be able to fit in a car cup holder and it had to be 32 oz or more as I was trying to drink over 100 oz a day. Color didn’t matter too much and yeah it’s clunky as hell but I swear it got me thru the nausea and throwing up.
I can't believe you didn't even talk about the girl who LAMINATED her cup paper wrap to put it back on so now 'it won't get ruined'. Good vid
I work at Target and we got soooo much drama from guests because we refused to sell them more than 2. We wouldn’t sell them online, either. They were still gone in 10 minutes.
You’re fighting the good fight against scalpers lol
I bet that was so annoying. My store didn't get them thankfully, but I spent the entire day disappointing people in store and on the phone. It was the end of the world for sure 🤣
I love telling customers no when they ask for something stupid/against the rules XD
Just so you know they just make several accounts with different names and cards so...yeah they are getting more than whatever any limit is everywhere. They're are even videos about it...they also get someone else to go into the store for them so the limit is actually pointless. It's what people have always done for everything 🤷🏾♀️
Just let them buy them all and be done with it in one transaction
I’m not gonna lie, I bought a Stanley (the 20 ounce Tumbler in tiger lily color for those who care that much lol) because I was influenced. This is literally the product that I have bought off of total influence. I actually have been looking for a personal cup to carry with me, and I was debating on getting an Owala bottle but settled for the one I have now. I have been drinking more water than usual (not really but you get what I’m trying to say), and the 20 ounce one is pretty adorable compared to the 30 and 40 ounce ones. Now am I gonna buy another Stanley? Nah, I’m pretty content with what I have now. Maybe later on in life when I’m in a different era lol.
I don’t technically have a Stanley per say. A few years ago before they got big, I bought two 40oz stainless steel handle tumblers that are almost identical to the Stanley’s. So I will tell you why the features are actually incredibly useful to someone like me. I’m a mother of young kids. If I have a cup of water, my kids are going to take sips. Constantly. If I use a smaller size, I am constantly running back and forth to the water filter to refill it. The large 40 oz size allows me to need to refill less often. Yes if it falls over it leaks a bit. However, knocking over a wide mouth open water bottle like a Nalgene or Swell bottle or a hydropeak dumps out a whole bottle’s worth of water and I need a full size towel to wipe it up. (And my kids have done that.) So a tiny leak that I can wipe with my cuff is actually preferable. I also like the ease of the straw where I can sip at my convenience instead of having to open the bottle every time I want a sip. It’s so fast and easy to use. I drink a lot of water so that matters, especially when driving. And speaking of driving, I live in a rural area where I need to drive at least 30 minutes to literally everything. Off I bringa small water, I run out quickly. Not worth my 40oz’er. Now…cleaning. I LOVE how easy it is to clean. Unlike water bottles where I need extra long (and extra expensive) bottle brushes that sometimes don’t even reach all the crannies, I can stick my whole hand in there with a sponge and really clean it out. I use vinegar on the lids and straw brushes are pretty cheap. I can keep these way more sanitary than tiny mouth water bottles or ones with attached straws or push button openings that I can not disassemble and just hope I’m getting to all the moldy spots with my tiny brush. And finally, yes, they are cute.😊
“The idea that there are certain products you can buy that make you better than other people” I think this really explains my disdain because the reasoning behind trendy purchases are so obvious. Some people on tiktok are more concerned with looking wealthier, cosplaying as something else, that they’re losing all sense of individuality and identity.
When I was a kid, Stanley was the brand my dad and his 3rd shift worker buddies at Dekka battery used. They took hot soup to work in the winter because the factories got really cold, and the thermoses kept the soup hot until their lunch break. In fact he had basically the same one as the one shown in the "big stanley" tiktok you showed.
Watching mostly rich women buy up something I have, for my whole life, associated with blue collar working dads and people who go camping, in such troves has been this insane whiplash feeling. It's bizarre to me, and I cannot wrap my head around how insane it is that these people have collections of these things.
My boyfriend told me a funny story about his dad's old leaky Stanley thermos that he'd bring to school (about 25 years ago) it was kind of leaky and he didn't know it and he thought at first his mom already put the soup in the bowl for him and it became a funny story he likes to tell people. The thermos was already 20-30 years old so it just leaking a little was a testament to how well those things held up. But he admitted the thermos kept soup warm like nothing else so as long as it was kept upright, things were fine.
@GraniteStateVictoria yep. My dad's I'm pretty sure he got when he was in boy scouts in the 70s, he at least had it for a long long time before my earliest memories of it (probably around 2006?) And even after all that time it kept soup hot until he was ready for it. That's what gets me about these collections people have of stanley products now- they're literally meant to last lifetimes. You can literally pass a functional stanley down to your grandkids and they can probably someday hand it down to theirs with no quality drop. Stanley is a great brand, but it's always been the brand you buy knowing you won't need to replace it for a long time if literally ever.
@@odyssey_eight I should ask my boyfriend if he still has it. If so, it's probably an antique at this point (he's 38, which means the thermos is probably over 50 years old) and he could probably fetch tons of money for it on eBay if he no longer wants it (just from the name alone).
@GraniteStateVictoria honestly lmfao, and If he's gonna sell now is probably the time. I worked at a camping store for a while around Christmas and literally ANYTHING with the brand name on it we couldn't keep on the shelves even at the stores inflated prices 🥴
@@odyssey_eight Haha yes, I think I'm gonna talk him into it. I'll laugh if he sells it for $10,000 and the buyer thinks they got an "amazing deal".
im so glad im not on tiktok wtf, these kinds of trends just give me such a dreadful feeling. but watching these and being baffled at em can be so entertaining, which is why i like your videos because of how in depth and throughly-researched you try to make em. thank you for another good video :)
also, thank god i watched this, i also had no idea i could remove the silicone stopper and ring from my owala bottle?? thank god it was only a bit gross (only hard water it seems, somehow. ive had and used it for a year.) its horrifying that i dont remember it having an instruction for that on the label though?? maybe i just missed it but jfc...
There's no way I can even GET a Stanley Cup. I've ice skated a few times, but I can't play ice hockey at all. I don't have time to practice, get really good and win a Stanley Cup in the championships. Everyone is a pro hockey player apparently. Enjoy your trophy. I'm not jealous.
I remember when the Hydroflask craze was going on, everyone had one regardless of their personal style, subculture, etc. It didn't matter if someone was preppy, goth, "country", or anything else - Hydroflasks seemed to be universally popular with everyone, girls and guys alike. But now I work at the same university I attended and it's only the sorority girls who are carrying Stanleys. It almost seems like an initiation thing.
dang miranda sounds like you never matured past age 19. we should go scooby-doo those "country" girls to find out if they hazing and snitch to the authorities
that's really interesting for me bc in my country the stanley cups became an item mostly cherished by the preppy kids for some reason ?
“I fully believe in side quests to live a healthy and fulfilled life in adulthood” is now my life’s motto
I'm just a simple guy in Europe who loves Stanley products, not because of the hype but because of the quality and usefulness. As a outdoor enthusiast, and often working outside, I can really appreciate the Stanley, Thermos, Nalgene, and Klean Kanteen (isolated) bottles, mugs, tumblers, and flasks. Most, I use for specific purposes, like only for water or coffee.
Cleaning them is absolutely very important, especially the ones with a lot of small parts.
Fun fact: We had a Stanley mug craze here in Brazil a few years ago pushed mostly by basic bros using their own mugs in bars and clubs to keep their beer cold
The biggest thing that concerns me is how younger kids are obsessed with them as well. I was a counselor for an overnight week camp for sixth graders and their teacher specifically told them to not bring their stanly cups and bring an actual water bottle because we were in the woods and I still saw like 10 or so kids with them.
Their parents probably made them take them. Also it’s not the worst thing to be obsessed with.
Kids have always wanted the “adult thing”. It’s silly and harmless
The instruction was "bring a real bottle, not a Stanley cup." Having met 6th graders, I can guarantee that instruction never made it to the parents ears so the cup girlies could get away with bring their clout bottle @@saiikik2727
yeah stanley cups are NOT made for active sports like that it WILL leak... and just in general, this whole craze is just teaching kids from a young age to value consumerism and trend cycles like this. same vibe as all the drunk elephant 10 year olds going around right now. if you want to be a cool kid you basically HAVE to have what the tiktok girlies are using.
What do you mean an actual water bottle
What really kills me about this is while there are these folks sprinting for CUPS, all the isles of actual life essentials (detergent, deodorant, shampoo, baby formula etc.) are locked up and impossible to access cause you need a staff to unlock it. Like we truly live in a hellscape.
Gosh idk where you live but where I live on the west coast I’ve never seen any essentials locked up, just electronics and pet medication
@@thylionheart i also live on the west coast, and i work at a retail/grocery store and they recently just implemented locked doors on a lot of the skincare, baby formula, lego sets and i think a couple of other things. i heard that other places have locked up basic necessities like detergent like the original comment said, and i've seen this happen in other grocery/retail stores like fred meyer and target. i think the it depends on the area you live in and the theft statistics
@@thylionheart I'm a West Coaster as well, and a lot of necessities are locked up over here. Vitamins, baby formula, razors, and a bunch of personal hygiene items.
I get your point but what is the correlation
I live in NYC upper east side & I have never seen anything locked up in Target here. But in Miami FL area I saw stuff locked up
Love how in that first video of the girl listing things she loves about her Stanley, 2/3 of the reasons are "handle" and "support grips" because it's cumbersomely heavy haha
As a side note, my parents have had their Stanley Coffee Thermos (the one that TikToker was laughing about getting for Christmas) for at least 30 years and it's pretty amazing. We'd do winter camping as a kid and put soup in there and drink it out of the lid, lots of fun memories with that thermos.
Amanda: I've never seen people go this crazy over a cup
All the Finnish people: You've clearly never heard of the *Moomin* mugs...
Just found out, there's a Moomin mug insurance you can get.😳
Atleast the moomin are cute
i’ll look that up when i finnish this video
As a recent immigrant to Finland I'm just very happy to see someone talking about my new country 😅.
They are also all the rage in Iceland
As a hockey player and hockey fan, the Stanley cup craze has been very confusing for me 😂. Hearing about randos online with “their Stanley cup”, thinking they were a hockey player, then realizing what was actually happening…I can’t keep up lol.
Literally me when I heard about this craze.😂
as someone who grew up with a Hockey dad, I too was confused at first to see a bunch of women youtubers I followed talking about the stanley cup until I actually watched a video. lol.
Me too!! I know nothing about hockey, I still think they are talking about the competition every time. I am not on tiktok I guess.
I heard the google term is now about the cup over hockey.
I feel better now, I'm glad I checked the comments
I have one mini Stanley- like 20oz one I think- and I like mine in particular because it’s small enough I can fit it upright in my school bag, it keeps ice for a long time, and it makes me drink more water… but I initially bought it because it was my favorite shade of pale pink 😂
Same !
Now if the cup was shaped like a mini Stanley cup Trophy maybe if I was into hockey I would buy ths
Honestly, if it wasn't for the people overconsuming these cups by buying multiples and buying from starbucks, I feel like this trend is pretty harmless. Some people are irate over people buying a cup, the anger feels misplaced tbh. Like genuinely who cares people. I bought a hydroflask during the tiktok hype and I loveeee it I still use it everyday.
(I am NOT defending the over consumption and buying from starbucks though you don't need more than 1 reusable water bottle)
I think a lot of people are rightfully mad that people are buying the Stanley x Starbucks cups since Starbucks is known to support Israel, and there is a boycott going on against Starbucks. At least that’s what I’m annoyed about, personally, not the cup itself but rather the morality behind it.
@@faeriegloss665 oh ya no i 100% agree with the starbucks stuff, people losing their morals for a cup is not cute.
But like i saw videos of CHILDREN opening them for christmas and the comments were full of adults just insulting them to no end. That to me is too much
i’ll add the starbucks part to my OG comment that’s a good point
i don’t think anyone is irate over A cup, this whole discourse is about the people camping out and having she
ves full of stanleys.
nobody bats an eye if someone has one cup and it’s a stanley
@@cashmerenerd you obviously have read any comments sections on tik tok or twitter
@@cashmerenerd i disagree almost every single comment section on tik tok and twitter under videos of children receiving these cups for christmas is overwhelmingly negative
as an Oregonian, the obsession over camping gear is hilarious to me
I saw someone say “first carhart and now Stanley’s these girls wanna be welders so bad” but all I could think was these girls wanna go camping!
That and camouflage
I’m a now ex-Oregonian but oh my god same. It’s so damn funny. I do get Hydros, I have one myself and knew some people in uni who had theirs go through farming equipment and come out intact (albeit very dented lol) but I also don’t understand why it’s trendy beyond that… like it’s a water bottle
as a fellow oregonian i agree lol
It's also a Texas thing since hunting is big here
Not just an Oregon thing
my boss bought the big gulp one for everyone in the office with our left over budget at the end of the summer and it’s pretty good at keeping the liquid cold and ice icy. i’m always genuinely worried that i will go on autopilot and accidentally chomp down on the straw, embedding my tongue with plastic shards. if it was not gifted to me, i would not have one.
I think about the notion of trends often and can often fail to wrap my head around it, namely when people buy clothes or items just because they're popular, regardless of their own opinion. I've seen friends be disappointed when a certain aesthetic is no longer the trend, as if they can't still express themselves that way if it makes them feel good. Wtf
This also isn't me trying to be righteous or shame people for following trends, but it boggles my mind when people do stuff like that when it's not something that personally gives them joy or personal expression.
I originally bought a Stanley cup due to the hype on TikTok, but even if the hype died down I would still continue to use it. It’s helped me increase my daily water intake in a more convenient way (the large size definitely helps). That being said, I still think the amount of hype and social status attributed to these cups is rather absurd. At the end of the day, it’s just a water bottle.
Same!! Got one last Christmas since I needed a new insulated cup to have with me during my long production days. Holds a shit ton of water and I loveeee crispy cold water. Still use it every single day and it’s as good as the day I got it, keeps me hydrated AF since I procrastinate on refills. Fits in my car cup holders and I loveee the handle.
Not gonna lie though, as a 30 y/o girlie who doesn’t love over the top mainstream consumerism/brand name hype… starting to feel a liiiiittle embarrassed to be seen with it outside my house lols - “oh you have the coooool cup, huh?!” lol whatever, finding it hard to give any fucks - I love my cup, okay?! Haha
I bought a knock-off from a decent brand and keep it on my desk at work. It does help with my intake of water, but my goodness it is not at all convenient to take out and about.
You can still just get a really good reusable cup for half the price. Stanley cups are like buying designer brand… you’re paying for a logo and a status symbol. Seems silly to me.
former camp counselor here! still use my scratched up nalgene from like 2016. my rule of thumb for water containment vessels is that if it’s too expensive to cover in stickers, I don’t need it
former camp counselor with gwen campcamp as their icon, very fitting!
Hey microbiology person here, if you do end up with mold/bacteria growth in your cup soak it in white vinegar! Take every piece apart as much as you can, scrub clean, and then soak in vinegar. Scrubbing should disrupt the biofilm if present and then vinegar is a good disinfectant that also is not harmful if ingested in small amounts.
Does regular soap not do the trick? Because I only use my cup for water and just constantly refill and noticed there was a stain on the bottom and cleaned it and it was orange. Genuine question cuz idfk
Not being rude but look up the science of soap! It doesn’t disinfect, it traps germs in hydrophobic lipids and then gets washed away but it doesn’t trap all bacteria. And vice versa vinegar won’t clean everything without a good scrub.
Hey, just found your content after watching the Smosh Pit Reddit Stories episode with you in it and enjoying it so far. The reason I have and like my Stanley cup is #1 the warehouse I work at has regular sales of merchandise that goes through the company, where we can get a discounted price for a slightly damaged product, the profits of which go to a charity so I'm more than happy to buy, and #2 it holds a lot of fluids and can stay cold for very long periods of time, sometimes a full day. I've never been one to jump on trends so I didn't know much about these cups, however I am glad you mentioned the mold story, cause I had no idea about the little silicon piece. Keep up the good work and hope you continue to make content for the foreseeable future.
Edit: the reason my warehouse started getting the Stanley cups was because of the Tik Tok trend, so by proxy I unintentionally got one because the trend.
My theory is that after the '08 recession people became weary of spending money on collections of "frivolous" things, but still want to. So instead they deceive themselves that it's okay to spend money because they're buying things that are "useful" and "lasting" but are actually just buying collectibles in an adulting cosplay.
The washing thing is wild to me. At the summer camp I work at, we literally have to restrict the types of water bottles that teens bring on our backpacking trips because kids will try to bring literally the most impossible to sterilize waterbottles of all time and i have to tell them that they will literally get giardia. Thats why im a nalgene girly becausr they are so easy to clean
Tbf one time i got bacterial pneumonia from a moldy nalgene 😭 twas horrid
@@loganlloyd6930 i mean, you still have to wash them 💀 it's just easier to clean a bottle that is essentially just a big ol' cylinder compared to other water bottles that have those rubber gaskets you have to remove
I can totally understand being selective about water bottles when working with teens & it’s awesome your summer camp at least cares enough to save the kids from poisoning themselves. But man for grown adults, if you somehow don’t realize you need to take apart & wash each part of a water bottle I kind of feel like that’s your own fault 😂
I have one Stanley cup, and I got it because I do a lot of driving for work and realized I needed something I could drink out of easily while driving. The straw makes it simple--no buttons to press, lids to unscrew, or mouthpieces to flip up. Plus, the Stanley fits in the cupholders. It allows me to drink water easily and safely on long road trips. I still use other water bottles (a Nalgene and an unbranded vacuum seal stainless steel one) for hiking and other pursuits where the leak-proofness is necessary.
it's wild hearing about hydroflasks as a high school thing because when i was in high school it was yeti cups all the way. it was kind of wild since i hadn't seen a thing like that since silly bandz or those sequined ugg-like boots justice used to sell
I was JUST talking to my co-worker about how ridiculous the obsession is. My “knock off” holds water just as good as the real thing.
My wife asked me if I knew about women always having a stanley cup walking around. I asked why are women so into hockey? She explained it to me and now we count how many stanleys we see whenever we go to places. There is always at least 1
This will be my new hobby-Stanley spotting. Lol
There actually is a professional women’s hockey league now. Maybe Stanley should partner with them!
The phrase you were looking for at the 14:00 mark is "conspicuous consumption" . The use or purchase of stuff in an inefficient or wasteful way to indicate status or wealth. Love your videos!
So I have the Owala version of the Stanley cup. I was always buying new types of water bottles because I have ADHD so 1. If the bottle is not easy to use and transport I will forget to drink any water for an entire day 2. I take a stimulant medication which acts as a diuretic, so access to a lot of water (like 40oz) at once is a good thing (it fitting more also means less times a day I have to fight against my lack of ability to task initiate when I have to go refill it). But I saw the blue owala stanley on sale at target, and it’s worked for me since, there really is something about the design (I think the handle and straw combo) that somehow makes it way easier to bring with me and drink water a lot through the day.
Last year I noticed the trendification of drinkware and also began to think about getting something similiar. Rather than buy anything from these massive brands, I supported a local business and bought a tumbler from a small shop at a convention and it perfectly fits me. Not only do I carry around a (horror themed) tumbler that suites my style and stands out from others, but I know my money went to directly support and make an impact on someone.
I got a custom Beetlejuice tumbler from a local seller to celebrate my new job about 3 years back, and it's been my mainstay. My friend got a Ghostface one to match. It's nice, it does what it's supposed to, and it's nice to be able to say "Yeah I got this from so-and-so. She even makes ones that glow in the dark!" It came out almost 20 bucks cheaper than the average Stanley. Sometimes I wonder if it people just want a really cool travel mug and don't realize tons of people do customs, so they buy 10 different colors instead.
Minor irony of this for me is that I bought a Hydroflask when I was in college. At the time they WERE a small, local company for me. Look at them now lol
the SECOND I started seeing those insane videos of people fighting over the cups in Target, I thought "ooooh I can't wait to watch Swell's video about this"
That plastic ring gasket should be cleaned too! Even treated water on a PWS Public Water System should not let water sit in closed containers without cleaning in between. I work in the water industry.
The hilarious part of this video is that you have a Nalgene which was very much on trend as the it water bottle when I was in high school or college (at least in CO). I’ve lived through Camelback, Nalgene, Hydroflask, and now the Stanley cup water container trends 😂
I am currently a high school senior. Last summer, I was babysitting a nine year old girl (yes, NINE) and she bragging to me about all of the Stanley cups she and her mom had. Then she asked me how many I had, because every teenage girl has Stanley cups, right? Well… no. I don’t have any, let alone several. The couple of water bottles I already have work just fine
oh my god fr though i feel bad for the little girls that got drifted into these sort of useless trends, including the drunk elephant girls 😭
I understand the getting super into certain items and trends, what I don't understand is why these grown adults are spending money on expensive shit for their kids
I used to work at a starbucks back in 2020 and the same craze was going on with our pride collection one year bc of color changing cups. Its so silly having to tell adults no you can't have all 17 of them, like the selfishness is just insane. I can say i own more than one reusable cup, i think 4 or five, some for hot drinks specifically, but at some point I know they'll be donated or recycled before I get a new one, I don't get having THAT many
I literally loled 😂
“No, Barbara. You can’t buy our entire stock.”
I worked at shoppers drug mart during the wii craze. We had like 3 wiis that came in. Not only did one person try to buy all 3 (we refused to sell him all 3), but I apparently have ruined so many kid's Christmases because I could magically build a wii in the mythical back room.
I can understand a video game craze more than a reusable cup craze though.
I have ONE Stanley cup, which I bought in Oct 2022. I had been using an off brand Yeti-type tumbler with a lid that didn't fit, and my significant other and I had to go through security while I had it with me. Rather than go back to the car or leave it outside to pick back up on the way out, he threw it away (!) I ordered the Stanley as a replacement because my cousin and aunt had just bought some and were talking about how great they were. I love that it has a handle, it keeps my water cold, and it fits in my cup holder. I use it daily and have no plans to get another.
waiting so patiently for a swell stanley cup lead update
I'm so baffled by this. As someone who has had a Stanley Cup for about a year and very much does enjoy it, I do not understand the desire at all to just...hoard a trove of them. It's a good cup! you don't need more than one!
Edited to answer amanda's question! I do like the cup. I had been gifted other water bottles in the past that never quite worked. Either they were too bulky to carry around or stash in a cup holder (especially if they didn't have a handle), didn't stay cold, or were a pain to drink out of. I'm someone who--not really sure the psychology of this but haven't found a brain hack around it--if I'm going to regularly drink water I really, REALLY need a straw. If it doesn't have one I just sort of...don't. I set out to find one to buy for myself finally and based on what I was able to find at the time, the Stanley cup seemed like the highest quality option that ticked all the boxes: handle for easy carry, straw, stays cold, big but fits in a standard cup holder. I just have the one and have been using it almost every single day for a year now. (Don't worry it gets plenty of washing too). My need for a straw basically rules out any cup ever being fully leak proof, so that doesn't bother me. I also don't TikTok! So TikTok definitely didn't make me buy it haha
Small caveat that I went for the smaller, 30oz, option rather than the big 40oz. Once I saw it in person the 40oz just seemed like a little too much to carry. The 30oz is very similar in style just smaller.
everything you said is exactly how i feel about mine (but i just got mine for christmas lol) -
mine just has a nj devils sticker bc i like hockey and i think its hilarious
in addition to your cups, if you have a water fountain for your pets, clean the pump! like disassemble the pump and scrub everything. the brand our cats' fountain is from sells a cleaning kit, but i didnt bother buying it bc we have the skinny brushes for metal straws and it worked perfectly. CLEAN YOUR FOUNTAIN PUMPS
Being a urologist I highly value once ability to intake sufficient amount of water during a working day. Within the last couple of years I have bought a couple of Stanley mugs. They were quite affordable. Yet I was very impressed with the quality. And then there is a texture... Somehow it is very pleasing to hold these Stanley products. This coating is quite unobtrusive yet very grippy. And somehow this surface is very pleasant to hold in hand. Gives out the feeling of something sturdy. Previously I had Sunflower vacuum bottles. Sunflower is well-respected Chinese brand, that produced well made products. But it lacked some Brand identity... Like the red trackpoint on a thinkpad or this texture on a stanley mugs and bottles.
I think that just like Rolex watches Stanley has very big chances to became luxury brand not at least because the products were (and still are) very high quality in the first place. And when you add some hype into the mix the new Ultra luxury brand is born
why would you willingly turn piss into a career
I got my first one as a gift for Christmas 2022, because my friend knows I struggle with water intake. I used just that cup for months because filling it up 3 times got me 100-120oz of water a day. The water stays cold, I can take the cup with me anywhere because it fits in my cup holder, and a bonus is that it’s cute.
I own a handful of cups now because I have ADHD, and hand washing a cup daily is daunting.