The craze for Stanley stainless steel drinking cups reached new levels last week when a woman was arrested and accused of stealing 65 of them, worth almost $2,500, from a store in California.

Police in Roseville, in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, said Sunday that they were called Wednesday to a report of a theft from a store on Stanford Ranch Road in the city.

“Staff saw a woman take a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them. The suspect refused to stop for staff and stuffed her car with the stolen merchandise,” police said in a statement on Facebook.

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      Its a pretty good thing to spend money on if you use it on a daily basis. I work in a kitchen and need an insulated water bottle or I will literally die. Instead of using plastic I use a reusable bottle. I bought it a year ago and I have not looked back. Yeah, its more expensive than it needs to be and is a fad, but it’s certainly not the most irresponsible thing you can spend $50 on. edit: removed superfluous an

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        Sure, but there are re-usable metal insulated bottles that are a lot less than $45 and will also last for years. This is $45 because it’s trendy.

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          Yeah, cant deny that. Relative to no bottle, it’s better. Relative to other bottles, it’s bad. A middle ground would be nice. Id like to think that maybe the fad-aspect of it will increase the amount of water bottle users over all, but I’m very pessimistic about that. edit: spelling

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        I spent like $20 on two off brand metal ones and have used them for years now. Metal is easier to recycle and doesn’t contribute to micro plastics

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      I mean it would probably just about last a lifetime. Stanley are good bottles. Do you go through water bottles fast somehow?