Often, I’ll head out the door first thing without taking a sip of water, and I’d find by the time I got to my desk at 9 a. Our bottles are made of a lightweight, recyclable plastic and are considered "disposable" packaging. As well as keeping an eye on your hydration, the app also has a number of training programs, devised by well-known athletes. Personal hydration recommendations are generated using algorithms co-developed by Smart Design and the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, and used by professional sports teams. That required a familiar-looking bottle with a lot under the hood: sensors, embedded microprocessors, LED indicators track your progress towards your daily hydration goal, batteries, and wireless connectivity—seamlessly integrated, and waterproof.

Gatorade says the Gx smart bottle syncs with the Gx app every 30-60 seconds to keep track of your hydration progress. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.Additionally, with the connection to the Gx app, a hydration schedule can be recommended based on sweat profile, activity, and environmental and heat conditions. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. We were inspired to make a smart bottle that is unique to each individual athlete’s needs,” said Huls.

ThisIsWhyImBroke is reader supported, some products displayed may earn us a commission if you purchase through our links. Sure, in the run-up to a race I’ll add some hydration sachets to my water, but most of the time I drink to thirst. We do not recommend reusing our bottles because they cannot be properly sterilized or washing in a hot water cycle of a dishwasher as the plastic may distort and/or shrink. Once you charge the bottle, press the button, and sync it to the Gx App, color-coded LED indicators pulse on around the drinking spout. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved.Editor's note: It's been reported that the first batch of Smart Gx bottles had leaking issues, though the bottle that we received did not. If you’re dehydrated on the start line, the same running coach used to say, no matter how much you drink on the course, you won’t be running at your best. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Each year, Gatorade is presented with thousands of requests for product donations and event sponsorships from dedicated individuals, teams and organizations.

Dehydration not only causes headaches, lethargy, and muscle weakness, but studies have proved it can reduce your exercise endurance by nearly half. To test this bottle, I put my everyday Chilly’s water bottle to one side and filled up the 30 fl oz Gatorade bottle with water.

Like everything else on the planet, these days we have a number of technical devices to help us keep an eye on our hydration levels — from apps on our phones, to notifications on our best fitness trackers and best running watches.