Organized Empire Insulated Water Bottle Holder with Shoulder Strap Sling + 2 Freezable & Microwave Gel-Pack Sleeves for hot/Cold Use as Breastmilk Cooler Bag, Portable Bottle Warmer or Drink Carrier

Whether you freeze or heat the gel packs they become room temp faster then you would believe. Was hoping they lasted longer.

Helps for walking without carrying a bottle.

This water bottle holder is an answer to a 2 year search. In 2017 I left my original water bottle carrier in the Leaky Cauldron at Universal Studios in Florida (too bad I couldn't just "Accio Water Bottle! to where I sat at the other side of the park!). I was really bummed because that holder was spectacular in that it had a nice strap, was insulated and held big bottles of water. Now this Organized Empire water bottle carrier doesn't allow me to hold as large of bottles or my Grand Canyon metal water bottle, but I really appreciate all of the thought that came into designing it. First off, it is made very well. I LOVE the fold over part of the carrier since that keeps the bottle safely tucked inside the carrier. I also love the two gel packs that come with the carrier. Now if you use the gel packs to keep your water cold, just realize that this will limit the size of bottle that you can use. I could use a gel pack with a smaller bottle of water and the 20 oz bottle as shown in my photo, but you can't if you use any larger size bottle of water. I also appreciate that it comes with a strap so you can sling it over your shoulder, although I will agree with another reviewer that I wish the strap was thicker. It feels a bit flimsy at about 1/2". The strap would feel much more comfortable at a 1" width I think. I also like the hand holder in the back and the phone holder at the front (even though I certainly won't be using either of those since I like the strap better). I purchased 3 of these for my mother, my roommate and myself for our recent trip to Washington DC and all 3 of us loved them. Sometimes we stashed them in our backpacks and sometimes we just had them slung over our shoulders. Some of us used the gel packs and some didn't. Overall we were extremely pleased with the way they worked. I absolutely 100% recommend this product. And if they come out with a larger one for larger bottles (hint! hint!), well, I would most certainly buy one of those!

I use this with a 16.9oz bottle of Diet Coke. Before this I would only drink 3/4 of my drink because it gets warm/not refrigerator cold and I don’t like it warm. I would dump out the 1/4 and move onto the next one.This gets my drink so cold and tastes so much better that way.2 downfalls...It’s really big and bulky. Wish it were made and sized perfectly for my soda bottle & the Velcro is not far enough down to get a tighter hold on the bottle. This leaves the extra fabric at the top of the bottle making it that much more bulky.I still love it and will use it every day!😍****update****I just purchased my 3rd one in 3 months. The gel packs end up leaking. I have started to be more cognizant of how much gel is at the bottom of the packs. I make sure it is evenly distributed to the top. I have also started putting a water bottle in the gel pack when I freeze it to make sure it keeps it round shape while freezing. We’ll see if this makes the gel packs last longer.

I bought this because bottled water from the shops is expensive and wasteful. I use my own reusable water bottle but I am always out for long periods of time and my water never stays cool for long enough. I tried this out yesterday and my water bottle stayed cool all day! And it’s brilliant that they give you a second gel-pack because Yep! I forgot to put the first used one back in the freezer last night. So its great that I can just rotate them in and out from now on. Shoulder strap is handy but I won’t always need it, so I’m glad it can easily be unhooked and detached. I haven’t used it for hot drinks yet, but I’m sure it’s going to be great to keep my travel coffee flask hotter for longer on the long trips to work and I have already told my friends with babies of how great this would be as a bottle warmer for their baby bottles!! A little more expensive than others, but lots more features and inclusions and the quality seems really good, I think this is going to get used a lot in our household!

I already have an insulated stainless steel Hydroflask water bottle that keeps its cool pretty well, but this holder seriously keeps it cool all day!! Its Genius! The ice-packs that wrap around your bottle seem really good quality and well made, and I like how everything fits and feels, they don’t take long to freeze either. Stitching seems good quality too and the neoprene is thicker than i thought it would be. The shoulder strap is really handy because I always have my hands full, and I use the mesh pocket for my car key when I’m out walking so that it isn’t rattling in my pocket.Shame it doesn’t fit my other big chunky Nalgene bottle, but I didn’t expect it to.I like how I don’t have to get it in and out all the time and I can just drink from the bottle while its inside the holder.Really impressed with this product and I will be buying a couple more to give to friends as gifts very shortly.

Review update:Seller contacted me and is sending a replacement. Sarah was very polite and customer service oriented.I really wanted to give this product a good review but my experience has not been the best one. First, I bought this product to keep my infant’s milk warm. I warm up his formula at work and I need it to stay warm until I get to him at the daycare. I’m sad to say that it won’t last warm longer than an hour and it takes longer than an hour to get to him. Also, one of the gel packs bursted already.

This is a great insulated bottle holder, however the freezable gel pack inserts became useless in just less than 2 months of use. Actually I alternated the use of the 2 gel pack inserts each night, so you could say I used each gel pack around 30 to 40 times before it leaked and had to be thrown away. I use them to keep my baby's formula cool primarily overnight in our bedroom, and occasionally in my baby bag when I run errands. Over this past week, both of the gel packs failed within a couple days of each other. In both cases, the gel packs failed at the bottom seam, which makes a gel mess and needs to be thrown away. So now I need to come up with another cool pack that will fit inside the holder and leave enough room for my baby's bottle.