Do you have a Hydro Flask at home?
Do you even know what it is?
Me? I did not know about this wonderful item until a few months ago when a friend suddenly mentioned how amazing it is.
If you need a coffee on the go or a cold bottle of water for your running or jogging sessions, then Hydro Flasks can be a great help to you.
Are you suddenly intrigued?
Good!
Let’s start from the beginning, shall we?
What is a Hydro Flask?
I already mentioned earlier that a Hydro Flask is a type of water bottle that can maintain liquid temperatures— hot liquids are kept warm for over 12 hours and cold liquids are kept cool for over 24 hours.
So how does it keep temperatures steady? It’s because of its food-grade stainless steel with a double wall vacuum insulation.
Hydro Flask s the lightest bottle in all insulated hydration category and has a small metal disk which absorbs gasses and moisture in the vacuum process. The thin wall design of a Hydro Flask will keep your hot beverage warm even in winter and your drink cold on a sunny day. And when you add ice on your Hydro Flask, it will stay there and will not melt for hours.
The outside temperature will surely not affect your drinks. Whatever temperature of your drink or the outside has, the bottle will be comfortable for you to hold.
Moreover, a Hydro Flask is highly resistant to absorbing tastes, odor, and bacteria and is also 100% recyclable. All Hydro Flask bottles are guaranteed BPA-free making it safe to hold your drinking water and other drinks. (BPAs are industrial materials used to make plastics)
Why Do I Need A Clean Hydro Flask?
This might be a dumb question, but let’s tackle it anyway.
So, why do you want a clean Hydro Flask?
Bottles are handy to have around. You can carry it with you anywhere you go. Filling it with various types of drinks can expose the bottle to contamination since food can spoil. And because you drink in a bottle, your mouth and saliva will come in contact with the bottle and spreads germs. If that is not enough, bacteria will start to accumulate.
Therefore it is important to clean your Hydro Flask for the following reasons:
1. Hygiene
This is obviously the number one reason why you need to clean your water bottle. Constant exposure to saliva and food contamination can make your Hydro Flask prone to bacteria buildup. And because you carry it with you anywhere, it is always exposed to germs. Cleaning your Hydro Flask will ensure good hygiene and can help prevent any threat to your health.
2. Odor
Filling you Hydro Flask with drinks and continuous usage can leave an unpleasant odor. And for this problem, you will need specific cleaning agents to target removal of odors.
3. Discoloration
Filling your bottle with colored drinks such as juices and coffees can cause discoloration. If you leave it uncleaned for a long period of time, the stain will be harder to remove or worse, it will become permanent.
5 Efficient Ways to Clean a Hydro Flask
Cleaning your Hydro Flask not only ensures hygiene but it is also a way to maintain your Hydro Flask in good shape. Here are 5 efficient and safe ways to clean a Hydro Flask:
Method #1: Baking Soda + Warm Water
A popular disinfectant and cleaner, baking soda is a baking ingredient making it safe to use as a cleaning agent.
- 1Fill the Hydro Flask with hot water.
- 2Add two teaspoons of baking soda and cover the Hydro Flask.
- 3Let the mixture sit in the flask overnight.
- 4Wash and rinse the Hydro Flask thoroughly in the morning.
- 5Let it dry by turning it upside down without the cap.
Method #2: Baking Soda Paste
By making a baking soda paste, you can clean the insides of the water bottle more thoroughly. For this method, you need a bottle brush to use as a scrubber.
- 1Combine water and baking soda in order to create a paste.
- 2Get the bottle brush and dip it in the paste.
- 3Using the bottle brush, scrub the insides of the water bottle.
- 4Rinse it well.
- 5Let it dry by turning it upside down without the cap.
Method #3: Hot Soapy Water
Using a soapy detergent to clean a Hydro Flask is the most common and simplest way. However, be sure to use only mild detergent.
- 1Combine mild detergent and hot water.
- 2Use the mixture to wash the water bottle from the inside to the outside.
- 3You can also shake the hot soapy water inside the flask.
- 4Rinse well.
- 5Let it dry by turning it upside down without the cap.
Method #4: Using Lemon
Lemon juice not only acts as a cleanser but also works in removing stains and odors from your Hydro Flask. Its acidic nature makes it a good anti-microbial agent, but safe to come in contact with any food containers.
- 1Get a lemon and cut it in half.
- 2Squeeze the juice into your water bottle.
- 3Pour boiling water into the flask.
- 4Allow the mixture of lemon juice and hot water sit in the Hydro Flask for about half an hour or more.
- 5Rinse well.
- 6Let it dry by turning it upside down without the cap.
Method #5: Using Distilled Vinegar
Like baking soda, vinegar is also a known cleanser and disinfectant. When you use distilled vinegar in cleaning your Hydro Flask, it can help remove stain and odor.
- 1Pour ½ cup of distilled vinegar into the water bottle to be cleaned.
- 2Cover the Hydro Flask and shake or swirl the vinegar inside.
- 3Allow the vinegar to sit inside the water bottle for around 5 minutes.
- 4Using warm water, rinse the vinegar off from the water bottle.
- 5You Repeat this process if there are still stubborn smell or stains in the flask.
- 6Let it dry by turning it upside down without the cap.
Extra Tips on Cleaning Hydro Flask
The Dos and Don’ts in Maintaining Hydro Flasks
In order to make sure that your Hydro Flask can serve you for a very long time, here is a list of the dos and don’ts for proper maintenance of Hydro Flasks.
Dos
Don’ts
Filling it up
And that’s everything you need to know about Hydro Flask and its proper cleaning maintenance. I hope that this article helps you keep your Hydro Flask the same as it was when you got it. If you have any suggestions or questions feel free to fire up the comment section below.
Now, go get that bottle brush and get busy scrubbing!
