Kiyo UVC Bottle(Set)

I absolutely love Monos products and I've been using the Kiyo water bottle for a few weeks now. Overall I think it is a good v1 of the product — with some quirks and minor issues.

First off, it's beautiful. I love the calm, natural feel of the bottle's color and textured finish. It looks and feels solid. The bottom has a silicone pad on it so it is kind to any surface you set it down on and does not make the loud/obnoxious sounds many metal water bottles make. The rubber loop to hold on to — at least on mine — mostly matches the color of the bottle and is functional. The finish of the loop is a little rough compared to the rest of the bottle, but it's only noticeable on inspection.

A couple of things to note:

1) The cap protrudes quite a way into the bottle, so you need to be careful to not fill it too full with water. I've occasionally filled it too full, resulting in water overflowing and going everywhere when you put the cap on. You need to get used to not filling it up as high as you would with other bottles.

2) The aforementioned finish on the rubber loop.

3) The swipe area on the top of the cap is *really* sensitive. I find it's almost too easy to activate, resulting in multiple minute-long cycles of purification starting — even when not desired. This happens a lot when I'm trying to screw off the cap to drink, which is very frustrating to start another cycle when I often just completed one. This is not a big deal, except...

4) The auto-shutoff for when the cap is…

My Kiyo arrived today and there were a couple features I was very pleased and surprised by. They don't list these in the description, but they really should:

* The UVC light automatically turns off if the cap is not on the bottle. This is a great safety measure as UVC is actually harmful to look at and bad for human skin if exposed too long. I'm glad this feature is there!

* The bottom of the bottle is a silicone pad, so when you set it down on surfaces, it is both stable and *quiet.* No loud clang of a metal bottle being set on a countertop.

I gave this only 4 starts for one annoying thing and one minor (but still noticeable gripe):

Annoying thing: the cap is super sensitive. I can touch anywhere on or around the icon and the blue light turns on. This means when I’m just simply taking off the cap to drink, the light turns on. Luckily, it does have that auto turn off feature so it doesn’t stay on long, but I worry this will just use up battery faster.

One minor gripe: the carry handle is nice but is not as pictured - I have the Salt color and the silicone loop is the right shape, but the blue doesn't match the bottle color and it just seems unfinished - you can see the moulding seams and they are a bit ragged, like they didn't take the time to clean up the loop after the moulding process. Given how sleek the rest of the bottle looks, the cheap look of the loop really stands out. One might believe the loop was a cheap third party amazon buy, rather than something that came…