HidrateMe

Smart water bottle with mobile app & reminders (pre-launch)

6 followers

Smart water bottle with mobile app & reminders (pre-launch)

6 followers

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Launch tags:Health & Fitness•Drinking•Tech

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Dear Holmes

I struggle with dehyrdration whenever I travel to very remote places. When the water isn't cold (without refrigeration), it's very hard to remember to drink, and to be sure you're drinking enough. This is also fantastic for golfers and athletes. I don't know if this has enough value for most people to justify purchasing it, but I can certainly see some niches where this would be awesome. You're already doing quite nicely. Well done, @Nadyanguyen. Could you ever realistically get the price down to $25? I feel like there would be more opportunity at that price point.

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11yr ago

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@msitver I might be an outlier but the price seemed pretty low to me. I'd expect to spend about the same amount for a decent water bottle—in fact the last good one I bought was around $30 and I have used it for ~5 years. Somehow I don't lose water bottles I guess.

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@msitver You hit the nail on the head there! It's surprising to know how many of us don't drink enough, despite the common knowledge of how important hydration is. As far as the price go, we can't drop the price due to our manufacturing/assembling/handling cost, unfortunately. But thank you for the suggestion! :)

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11yr ago

Dear Holmes

@nadyanguyen @msitver I wasn't saying to drop it now. As a new product, your introductory price is more than reasonable. I was just saying in a year or two, with the economies of scale, and decreasing component cost.

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@msitver Sorry I didn't answer your question! Our cost will drop a little bit with scale, but considering our current unit cost & future retail margins, we probably won't be able to get close to $25, at least with the BOM we have right now. However, if you have any idea on alternative product line or other ways to achieve a lower cost, let us know!

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

Thanks for hunting us @mager! Hi Product Hunters! We all know that drinking water is one of the best things we can do for our health and cognition. But with daily distractions, millions of us simply forget. That's why we built HidrateMe, a connected water bottle that makes sure that you're hydrated all day long. The sensor stick inside our bottle automatically tracks your water intake and syncs that over to our app, which is available both for iOS and Android. And here's the best part - the bottle glows if you haven't had enough water for a while! The Hidrate app calculates your daily amount based on your gender, age, weight, and height. Our app also syncs to your favorite wearables to adjust your water goal to your activity level. Lastly, it considers your location to adjust your daily amount based on the temperature, humidity, and elevation of your surrounding. Please let us know what you think! We're very excited to hear your thoughts and questions! :)

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11yr ago

Max & Mila

@nadyanguyen Is this a real product?

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@jannis Yes! We already finalized our tech & design, and we're putting in our first production order in July! You can learn more about our production timeline on our Kickstarter page: kickstarter.com/projects/582920317/hidrateme-smart-water-bottle

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11yr ago

Max & Mila

@nadyanguyen Nice! I'm assuming this is targeted at caretakers of people with disabilities (dementia, etc.) to monitor their water intake? It would be great if the data could go from grandma's bottle to their childrens' phones through the internet, so they can give them a call and remind them to drink their water. Is this possible, or is it cable/bluetooth only?

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@jannis Thanks for the question, Jannis! Right now, our bottle connects to your phone via BLE, so it can't work for that use case yet. But if grandma had a smart device in her home like an iPhone or an iPad it could sync the data to her children from there. That's not a function we can promise at launch right now, but its on our list of continual new features to develop once the product is out :). Let us know if you have ideas/suggestions to solve this problem!

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11yr ago

@nadyanguyen @mager I see you take orders now... but does this mean you ship ASAP? What's the ETA on shipping for current orders?

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10yr ago

Product Hunt

This would be perfect for our office. We dedicated a whiteboard at one point to track everyone's hydration.

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11yr ago

Prime

@brittanymetz Interesting, did you do this as a competition?

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11yr ago

@brittanymetz That's awesome. The closest we get to tracking fun office metrics is a virtual ping-pong league.

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@brittanymetz Haha that's awesome! +1 on what @willimholte asked here - did you guys compete? :)

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@urbnist We did something similar at TechStars too! Although I never got any close to the top...I think I failed at being Asian here :(.

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@brittanymetz No way that's awesome! Hopefully HidrateMe will make it easier for everyone in your office!

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11yr ago

Will be interesting to follow this emerging vertical. This reminds me of a friend's product, LifeFuels: https://www.lifefuels.co/. I'm more and more intrigued by quantified-self insights and management tools, especially after donning an UP3 band a few weeks back. Automation and passive value-add is important to me, though. Whoever can maximize value while minimizing time and attention.

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@urbnist Thanks, Lucas! Wow, you put it very eloquently here. You're spot on - we are working on delivering more quantified-self insights by connecting hydration to other aspects of health, such as performance, weight loss, and more. Stay tuned! :) Out of curiosity - what kind of insights and correlation/connection would you like to get from your fitness/health trackers?

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11yr ago

@nadyanguyen More specific hydration prompts might be useful. For example, anyone can tell me to drink 8 glasses a day or some such rule of thumb, but if Hidrate intakes my individualized activity level via things like my Up band or Run Keeper, then maybe it can provide more hand-tailored suggestions relative to that activity level.

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@urbnist Yes! We're working on integrations with fitness trackers. Stay tuned! :)

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11yr ago

PERI Duo Case

@nadyanguyen It would be great to hear about how you went about promoting Hidrateme. Did you sign people up in advance of the kicktstarter? Identify prominent fitness bloggers and reach out?

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@scorinth Yes! We did 80% of the work before our Kickstarter even started. Collecting sign ups, finding the right channels, and lining up bloggers & reporters were key!

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11yr ago

Linear

Very cool! Added to the Quantified Self Collection :)

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@lehrjulian Thanks, Julian! :)

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@lehrjulian Thanks Julian!

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11yr ago

Tomorrow: To-Do List, Focused

Can't tell you how often I've thought about doing something like this! So great seeing it happen and executed so well. Keep up the great work & stay motivated!

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11yr ago

HidrateMe

Maker

@xmcgraw Thank you, David! We're really excited to see Hidrate coming to life :).

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11yr ago

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