--- description: Find out why Owala FreeSip is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: Owala FreeSip: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt318db59479bfa1f4/698a417147ca38b2933bb3d7/best-inventions-2023-owala-freesip-water-bottle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # Hydration Made Fun Owala FreeSip by Jessica Klein  Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME **_These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser._** A water bottle must be something special to merit a hashtag (#owala) that’s been viewed 272 million times on TikTok—not to mention a resale value of roughly $400 for limited editions. Trove Brands’ stainless-­steel Owala FreeSip is leakproof and offers two drinking methods—a straw and a larger opening for guzzling that conforms to the shape of the user’s mouth. A variety of color palettes with fun names like Shy Marshmallow have helped the bottles go viral. “We took boring,” says inventor Steve Sorensen, co-founder and CEO of Trove Brands, “and added a little magic.” **Buy Now:** td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}Owala FreeSip on [Amazon](https://amzn.to/4091qfl "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324400/owala-freesip/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324400/owala-freesip/"},"headline":"Hydration Made Fun","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:40.014Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324400/owala-freesip/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt318db59479bfa1f4/698a417147ca38b2933bb3d7/best-inventions-2023-owala-freesip-water-bottle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt318db59479bfa1f4/698a417147ca38b2933bb3d7/best-inventions-2023-owala-freesip-water-bottle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324400/owala-freesip/","name":"Hydration Made Fun"}}]}] ```