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The LARQ Bottle PureVis 2 has become my emotional support water bottle, specifically thanks to its hydration-tracking feature. Anna Gragert/CNET
Any time I felt tired growing up, one of the first questions my mom would ask me was, "Have you been drinking enough water?" On top of this, I've been a wellness writer for the last decade, which has further cemented my knowledge of just how important it is to maintain adequate hydration every day. Yet, I'd never actually kept track of the amount of water I drank. I assumed my body would tell me when it was thirsty and that drinking water then would be enough.
I was wrong. When I started testing the hydration-tracking LARQ Bottle PureVis 2 for CNET's best self-cleaning water bottle list, I realized my former hydration method wasn't cutting it. Now that I have a water bottle to track my water consumption, it's clear I probably wasn't drinking enough water before, and that it was negatively affecting my health.
What I love about my hydration-tracking water bottle
The LARQ PureVis 2 was primarily designed to keep your water sanitized with UV-C LED technology to remove 99.999% of Salmonella and 99.99% of E. coli. It also comes with a filtered straw that removes pharmaceuticals, chlorine, PFOS and PFOA. The latter two are lab-made chemicals that may have harmful health effects.
However, my favorite feature is that it connects to the LARQ app, which lets you track your water intake.
To establish how much water you should be drinking each day, LARQ asks for your birthday, sex, height, weight and activity level. You can also adjust this amount yourself.
The LARQ Bottle PureVis 2. Anna Gragert/CNET
Multiple water intake visuals
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