Not every bag has room for a large bottle, which is where the 500 ml Black+Blum insulated bottle comes in. At 23.3 cm tall and 7.3 cm across it slips into a backpack pocket, a handbag or a bike cage, while the vacuum sealed stainless steel construction still holds cold drinks for 24 hours and hot drinks for 12.

The lid is stainless steel throughout, so nothing you drink passes over plastic, and an artificial leather loop at the top works as both a carry handle and the design detail that identifies the bottle from a distance. Colours run from green through olive green to orange, a warmer set of options than the usual black and silver. It is handwashed and supplied in a gift box.

The smaller capacity makes it the right choice for audiences who move rather than sit: retail and hospitality staff, event crews, cycling and running teams, and school or university programmes. It also fits a gift box more easily than the 750 ml version, so marketing teams use it in welcome kits, press packages and Christmas boxes where space is tight.

The steel body takes engraving, leaving a permanent mark that hand washing will not affect. MerchRepublic matches the colour to your brand, produces your logo in bulk and delivers across the EU, including split shipments to several offices when one order has to reach different teams.