Smart cup tracks liquids automatically... Good idea or not?

zsgreenwell

What does everyone think of these?

Useful or not?

https://www.myvessyl.com/?referral_token=8env7qJmXBxciPGRr2YrmA

kaseyr1505

I'm not $99 impressed.

I think it's a cool idea, but overall it's not something I would spend a lot of money on or want as a gift.

zsgreenwell

I saw that they are retailing for $199... the $99 is the presale price. It is an interesting concept but the price is out there a bit.

Rianne90

Never EVER would I pay $199 or even $99 for a friggin' cup xD.

But then again, I don't drink much else than water and coffee from cups (wine I drink from wine glasses and not some plastic cup so I wouldn't use it for that, I'm fancy like that :drinker: . Beer I drink from the bottle/can so no go either:drinker: :drinker: ), so I suppose it wouldn't be of much use to me anyway.

zsgreenwell

I never thought of that. I have a tervis and drink almost everything out of it. But because of that, if I do drink tea or a soda, I end up not measuring it. I thought it was interesting how it could track homemade shakes and such.

Thanks for the feedback, I just thought the thing was an interesting development.

mshurricane09

I think this is good for people who are trying to track their caffeine intake, but still stupidly priced. I doubt this is going to catch on.

chivalryder

How about this: If you work at an office desk, get a 1 litre (32 oz) bottle. When you first arrive, fill it up. Drink it all before lunch. After lunch, fill it again and drink it before you leave.

Boom! 8 cups of water and it only cost you $10 for the bottle.

AprilRenewed

Never EVER would I pay $199 or even $99 for a friggin' cup xD.

But then again, I don't drink much else than water and coffee from cups (wine I drink from wine glasses and not some plastic cup so I wouldn't use it for that, I'm fancy like that :drinker: . Beer I drink from the bottle/can so no go either:drinker: :drinker: ), so I suppose it wouldn't be of much use to me anyway.

All of this, including the wine (minus the beer. I favor wine). So...yeah. Not worth it. Wine wouldn't taste the same in a cup like that. Cool idea, though.

Rianne90

I thought it was interesting how it could track homemade shakes and such.

Wouldn't you have to enter the ingredients for a homemade shake somewhere? Like you would with the MFP recipe editor (or tracking the separate ingredients). If so, how much use would it be to have the cup track that instead of just entering how much you made in MFP?
I don't think the cup could just 'detect' the ingredients you put in your shake. On the website for the cup I saw it comes with some sort of app, I think that instead of the cup automatically 'knowing' what you're drinking, you'd have to tell it what you're drinking on the app and it would measure how much of it you are drinking, which makes it more of a fancy overpriced measuring cup than anything else.

skippygirlsmom

At 13oz I would be filling it up every half hour, I'll stick to my free 32 oz Newk's cup...especially for $99.

zsgreenwell

Thats a good observation. It says that it can automatically detect the homemade shakes etc. But I don't know. Your idea of adding it via the APP is probably what would be happening.

BattleTaxi

Cool concept; I would use one in future when they are more affordable and had different designs.

Holly_penguin

it's really cool. But the price point? Ehhhh? Not sure anyone except the super techy/independently wealthy would buy in. I certainly think $99 for a cup is CRAZY.

JoanaMHill

I've seen similar ideas for a lot less than that at Wal-Mart, but I'm personally content with what I have. Then again, I only tend to drink calories once in a while.

GiveMeCoffee

$99 for a cup to tell me all the same things I can do by entering it for free on here. I'll stick with free.