Vapur Bottles – China knockoff industry approves
[Update, 10 June] I blogged about my experience with a real Vapur bottle here. You can also find out where you can get your own!
This year, my mission is to travel more and travel lightly. I am envious at how some people can jump on the plane with one small backpack. I used to be able to do that, but I managed to fail rather spectacularly in my last one or two trips. In an effort to put on a serious “I’m a minimalist traveller” face, I was reading blogs on travelling light when I came across Vapur, a reusable and foldable water bottle.
Yeah, foldable. Like a tube of spent toothpaste or a Capri Sun drink pack. I love space saving and environment friendly ideas so I went about seeing how I can get one. At USD9.99 (RM30.48), I thought it was a steal for such a great idea, but international shipping was nearly USD30! Uh, guess not!
But I couldn’t get it out of my mind so I searched around to see if there was a stockist in KL or Singapore. And guess what? I found a seller in KL via an online marketplace.
The seller was using the photos from the official Vapur site but the price was suspiciously low – RM9. I figured it can’t hurt to take a look at one, so I ordered it and it arrived today.
It looked like the real thing but there was a couple of obvious giveaways to suggest that it isn’t.
Don’t think. Just jump.
How one might look when about to take a flying leap off the top of a cliff:
How one might look when taking a flying leap off the top of a cliff:
Langkawi Canopy Adventure. Just a little something to dare yourself with.
Blog posts will resume soon. Just been travelling a lot more than usual and generally enjoying life without stopping to record every detail.
Skyride
SKY HIGH: The Indonesian journalists in the Skyride bench somewhere above Sentosa, in the few seconds when Nancy didn't look like she was about to die. If you can't tell which one is Nancy, she's doing good. We're on our first free day in Singapore for a medical tourism familiarisation tour.
