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New Stanley cup colors for 2024 are selling out quick: Get them while you can
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Ever since social media influencers became Stanley water bottle obsessed, retailers have struggled to keep the brand’s tumblers and water bottles in stock. Limited-edition Stanley cups, like the recent Stanley x Starbucks quencher, went viral for the bedlam created when the shiny pink tumblers went on sale.
Stanley enthusiasts have been known to go to great lengths to get their hands on the trendy water bottles, too. Someone was recently arrested in California for allegedly stealing 65 of them.
While we don’t recommend taking the law into your own hands to score a Stanley water bottle, we do suggest acting fast. There are new colors on Stanley’s roster this year, and they’re already selling out.
New Stanley cup colors for 2024
Nabbing a Stanley cup, especially one of the water bottle brand’s just-dropped colors, can be trickier than scoring tickets to Super Bowl LVIII. No longer seen as just a water bottle, a Stanley is one of the hottest accessories of 2024. Stanley keeps a core collection of water bottle colors in its rotation (which are easy to find), but the brand often drops new limited edition colors and patterns.
In honor of the new year, Stanley dropped its Clean Slate Collection, now available at Stanley1913.com, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Public Lands. The new Clean Slate colors feature eye-catching pastels and artsy brushstroke designs: Choose from bloom, mint, heather, cool serene brushstroke and warm serene brushstroke. Soft rain bloom and soft rain mint are also included in the Clean Slate Collection, but are only available on the Stanley site.
Clean Slate Quencher H2.0 FlowState tumbler
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Dive into 2024 with a fresh start and a clean slate courtesy of Stanley’s latest pop of pastel. More than just a trendy water bottle, a Stanley tumbler keeps water cold for up to 11 hours and iced for up to 48 hours. A Stanley even fits in most car cupholders. You’ll stay hydrated longer and need less refills with your Stanley in tow.
Stanley’s Clean Slate tumblers are available in 30-ounce ($35) and 40-ounce ($45) sizes. Some sizes and colors are temporarily sold out. We’ll update this article as sizes and colors become available again.
Top features of the Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState tumbler:
- Stanley’s tumblers are made from double-wall vacuum insulated stainless steel, so they keep your drink hot or cold longer than regular cups.
- This tumbler features a slim base, which fits in most car cupholders.
- The FlowState lid rotates through three different positions: a straw opening that keeps the reusable straw in place, a drink opening and a full-cover top that helps avoid splashing.
- In 2022, Stanley upgraded its design adding a comfort grip handle and 90% recycled materials.
Stanley Clean Slate alternatives
If your Stanley Clean Slate color choice isn’t in stock right now, the famed water bottle brand still has plenty of terrific colors available, including limited-edition tumblers.
Deco Collection Quencher H2.0 FlowState tumbler
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One of Stanley’s most unique color drops to date, the Deco Collection features gloss color finishes with striking gilded accents. Stanley’s Deco Collection is available in five color choices: blush gloss deco (pictured above), black gloss deco, forest gloss deco, cream gloss deco and nightfall gloss deco.
The Deco Collection carries a slightly higher price tag than other Stanley cups — you’ll pay $50 for the 40-ounce size.
Customizable Quencher H2.0 FlowState tumbler
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Stanley’s customizable 40-ounce tumbler provides a terrific alternative to the Clean Slate drop. It also makes for a great Valentine’s Day gift. Stanley offers eight customizable tumblers with four currently in stock now: alpine, charcoal, cream tonal and tiger lily, the vibrant orange color pictured above.
You can personalize your cup with a graphic, message or monogram. It costs an extra $10 to add text or one of Stanley’s graphics; it costs $12 to upload and use your own graphic.
Allow three weeks for your customized Stanley tumbler to ship.
Are Stanley water bottle bottles worth the hype?
Though trendy, a Stanley water bottle or tumbler lives up to the hype. The double wall insulation is a hallmark of a Stanley water bottle, though top-tier competitors like Yeti and Hydro Flask feature thick, high-quality steel wall insulation as well. Your drinks will stay warm or cold for hours.
Stanley offers a wide variety of colors from cool pastels to bright metallics. Stanleys fit comfortably in most cup holders thanks to their small base. The upgraded comfort handle makes newer Stanleys easier to carry than their predecessors.
Stanley’s FlowState lid is what sets a Stanley apart from other reusable water bottle brands. With the ability to rotate into three different positions, Stanley cups promise not to spill or leak with the rotating lid in place. That’s a major upgrade from other water bottles that promise to be leakproof, but aren’t.
If there’s a downside to a Stanley cup, it’s the weight and size. Though you’ll refill it fewer times throughout your day than a smaller bottle, this is not a light water bottle you throw into a backpack or tote. Weighing over a pound without water, a Stanley Quencher may give your bicep a run for its money by the end of the day.
Is there lead in Stanley tumblers?
Some social media users recently raised the question as to whether or not there is lead in a Stanley water bottle. Very high levels of lead can affect the body’s organs, can make people anemic, can cause stomach issues, brain damage and can cause seizures as well.
Stanley does use a small amount of lead in its stainless steel water bottles to help with insulation, a company spokesman said. A small lead pellet is used in the bottom of the water bottle, but the small lead pellet is completely enclosed by a stainless steel barrier and does not come in contact with water in the tumbler. According to Stanley, the only way for the lead to come in contact with your water is for the stainless steel barrier to get damaged.
If your Stanley water bottle does become damaged, tap here to submit a warranty claim.
How do I clean my Stanley water bottle?
According to the Stanley website, Stanley should get a bath after each use, especially the FlowState lid. Do not use bleach.
Stanley recommends you use a mix of one-quarter cup of uncooked rice and three ounces of distilled white vinegar to clean the hard-to-reach areas of your cup. You’ll want to vigorously shake the mix in the (sealed) cup for one minute, let it sit for five to ten minutes, and then shake again for another one to two minutes. Then, rinse out your Stanley with warm water, and leave it open until it dries.
A passenger successfully landed a small plane on Friday after the pilot had a medical emergency, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 90 was traveling from Henderson Executive Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada to Monterey Regional Airport in California, with a pilot and one other person on board, the FAA said.
The pilot suffered an unspecified medical emergency while flying, the FAA said, forcing the passenger to take the controls and make an emergency landing at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, California.
The Kern Fire Department told CBS News affiliate KBAX that firefighters were called to a report of a medical emergency on the plane. The pilot was reported to be “incapacitated,” the fire department said. Firefighters saw the plane approach and land safely, then “chased” the plane down the runway in emergency vehicles to meet it.
The FAA did not release the passenger or pilot’s identities nor give an update on the pilot’s condition. The pilot was taken to an area hospital by ambulance. The passenger did not report any injuries.
The FAA and the National Transportation Security Board will investigate the incident, the FAA said.
Congolese authorities began vaccination against mpox on Saturday, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization.
The 265,000 doses donated to Congo by the European Union and the U.S. were rolled out in the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, where hospitals and health workers have been overstretched, struggling to contain the new and possibly more infectious strain of mpox.
Congo, with about 30,000 suspected mpox cases and 859 deaths, accounts for more than 80% of all the cases and 99% of all the deaths reported in Africa this year. All of the Central African nation’s 26 provinces have recorded mpox cases. Officials in Congo previously told CBS News that they’ve struggled to diagnose patients and provide basic care in the vast country of 100 million people, where a fragile, under-resourced healthcare system is also burdened by the stigma associated with the virus.
Although most mpox infections and deaths recorded in Congo are in children under age 15, the doses being administered are only meant for adults and will be given to at-risk populations and front-line workers, Health Minister Roger Kamba said this week.
“Strategies have been put in place by the services in order to vaccinate all targeted personnel,” Muboyayi ChikayaI, the minister’s chief of staff, said as he kicked off the vaccination.
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At least 3 million doses of the vaccine approved for use in children are expected from Japan in the coming days, Kamba said.
Mpox, also known as monkeypox, had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Africa before the disease prompted the 2022 global outbreak that saw wealthy countries quickly respond with vaccines from their stockpiles while Africa received only a few doses despite pleas from its governments.
However, unlike the global outbreak in 2022 that was overwhelmingly focused on gay and bisexual men, mpox in Africa is now being spread via sexual transmission as well as through close contact among children, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups, Dr. Dimie Ogoina, the chair of WHO’s mpox emergency committee, recently told reporters.
More than 34,000 suspected cases and 866 deaths from the virus have been recorded across 16 countries in Africa this year. That is a 200% increase compared to the same period last year, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
A lack of diagnostic materials and basic medicines to treat the virus, which can improve survival rates, have also hampered efforts to contain the outbreak, and access to vaccines remains a challenge.
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The continent of 1.4 billion people has only secured a commitment for 5.9 million doses of mpox vaccines, expected to be available from October through December, Dr. Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa CDC, told reporters last week. Congo remains a priority, he said.
At the vaccination drive in Goma, Dr Jean Bruno Kibunda, the WHO representative, warned that North Kivu province is at a risk of a major outbreak due to the “promiscuity observed in the camps” for displaced people, as one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis caused by armed violence unfolds there.
The news of the vaccination program brought relief to many in Congo, especially in hospitals that had been struggling to manage the outbreak. Doctors with several charities working in the country have told CBS News they’re overstretched and short on supplies, even having to use tents and mattresses on the floor of makeshift isolation wards to treat a constant influx of patients.
“If everyone could be vaccinated, it would be even better to stop the spread of the disease,” said Dr. Musole Mulambamunva Robert, the medical director of Kavumu Hospital, one of the mpox treatment centers in eastern Congo.
Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for years, with more than 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich area near the border with Rwanda. Some have been accused of carrying out mass killings.
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