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Breakbottle: Twist Open. Clean Easy. Travel Light.

Created by Jonathan Cottom

A full-sized water bottle that opens with a twist. Cleans easily, dries quickly and works with hot or cold drinks.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Packaging, Production and Payments
over 1 year ago – Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 03:08:39 AM

Hey all

This week we've got a new, improved packaging design to share with you, an update on production and a little reminder that your cards are being charged when we ship your bottles out to you. Let's roll.

New packaging, who's this?

We shared our packaging for your feedback a few weeks back and whilst there were mostly positive reviews (big thanks for taking part), we still didn’t feel it was quite right. So we got together as a team (me and our temp employees, Raghav and David) to brainstorm alternatives and came up with some really great ideas. After a eureka moment on the layout, we then found a really talented designer to help bring our vision to life and we’re very happy with the new result. 

Check out the new, improved packaging below...

The eureka layout

It looks better, works better and recycles better, happy days. We've just got a few minor changes to make pre-production and then they're good to go. 

Don't forget to give this update a like if you’re a fan of the new result..


Production finalising in under two weeks

This week there is a national holiday in China, but once they are back working, we expect the bottles to be finished and packaged by 18th October.  Then they’ll be sent to our shipping provider to make their merry way to you but I’ll make sure they get some pics to share before the world's first Breakbottles all get sent out!

So the expectation is still mid/late-November for UK and non-UK backers but I’ll keep you posted every step of the way as soon as I have an update. Huge thanks for your patience over these final steps.

Payment cards charged soon

Your cards will be charged for your delivery fees as per Backerkit and any additional add ons (including extra bottles) that you’ve purchased once we ship out the products in just under two weeks. If your payment bounces, you’ll likely get some automated chasers from Backerkit (or a friendly check-in from your friendly founder if we still haven't heard from you) so that we can collect all your payments before we send them back out to you too. 

Now, here's a fun Breakbottle pic just for good measure for everyone feeling funky that it's Friday.

Big thanks for reading and speak to you again soon.

Jonny

Compliance passed ✅ Production commences ⚙️
over 1 year ago – Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:30:13 AM

Hey all

Now there have been some big steps taken this week which we're very excited to share...

✅ We passed all our regulatory and compliance tests 

⚙️ Full production commences (yes, you read that correctly)

🙋 + a reminder to let us know what you'd like to see in future

Plus, a few pictures and some sharing the love. Because, why not?

Passed with flying colours

We received the great news today that we've passed all the compliance tests performed by our 3rd party testing house. This means the bottles are certified safe to sell. We were never really in doubt as our manufacturing partner is so experienced but now we've got an expert 3rd party to agree (plus a fancy certificate which says so too).

As we mentioned last time, we didn't HAVE to do this but we WANTED to to make sure we're giving you the best, safest product we can. A big part of our company values is doing what's best for you in the long term, without cutting corners, and so thanks for your patience whilst we got this over the line.

P.S. I know all this testing and compliance talk is boring, but it's a big part of any production process so just keeping you in the loop.   

Production begins

And sooooo, drum roll please. That means we're ready to hit go on full production. Breakbottles very soon to be inbound! Now that's exciting and so here's a little GIF of some jumping for joy on our recent photoshoot.

 With that in mind, if all goes well we're on track to get your bottles roughly in line with the updated timeline sent in the last update. Given that shipping can sometimes take a little bit longer for smaller shipments like ours, it will likely be November that all backers (UK and non-UK) receive their bottles. 

So they'll 100% be in time for Xmas. You must all be on Santa's nice list this year...


What would you like to see?

Thanks so much to everyone who answered the survey last time. We used the feedback to decide which packaging option to proceed with so thanks for that.

For anyone yet to complete it, we'd love your feedback to know which accessories, products, or partnerships you'd like to see in future. 

TAKE THE SURVEY HERE

Big thanks in advance and you can ignore the packaging questions unless you really want to give your opinion too. Cheers to you.

Cheers to you

I'll reach out again soon with another update on production, timeline, and anything else you'd like to hear about.

Big thanks and speak soon.

Jonny
 

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Production timeline, feedback time & more....
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 12:26:08 AM

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Delivery updates and how Breakbottle is better for your holiday
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 11:51:36 PM

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It's time to check your delivery charge... & how to look after your Breakbottle
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 08:10:58 PM

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