Commemorate America's 250th anniversary with our Special Edition Water Bottle, featuring a festive blend of red, white, and blue frit. Originally created as an exclusive offering for our Visitor Center, this patriotic piece quickly became a customer favorite. Due to overwhelming interest and requests from fans, we're excited to make it available for online purchase for a limited time.
A note from Blenko Vice President, Dave Wertz about our Patriotic 384 Water Bottle:
Like Washington’s foes at the Battle of Trenton, we did not see this coming.
Seriously though, y’all caught us by surprise.
During last Saturday's 4th of July sale, we put out an extremely limited run of the Special Edition Red, White, and Blue 384 Water Bottle - assuming the gift shop would be quiet with everything else going on that day. Instead, our parking lot filled up so fast that our own staff couldn't find a spot! We were floored.
To everyone who made the trip to be with us that day: thank you. That kind of turnout means everything to us.
And to everyone who drove out, waited, and left empty-handed: we are sorry. That one's on us. We underestimated how much you'd want this bottle, we made too few, and we didn't put them online. You made the effort, but we let you down. There's no way around that, but we do want to try to make it up to you.
Here are two things we're doing about it:
First, we're making more so that anyone who wants one can get one. This Friday we go into production on a made-to-order run of the very same Red, White, and Blue 384 Water Bottle. You can order online here and like always we'll ship on a first-come, first-served basis starting next week. No cap, no scramble. If you want one, you'll get one. They will also be stocked in our gift shop, but please call ahead - we'll have firsts and seconds available as production allows.
Second, we're dropping the price. These sold for $205 in the gift shop on the 4th. To help make it up to those we disappointed and to celebrate the founding of our great nation, moving forward this bottle will be permanently priced at $177.60.
If you already bought one from us that day, we've got you covered. If you paid by card, we're automatically refunding the difference to your original payment method. Keep an eye out for an email from us soon, and you won't need to do a thing. If you paid cash, we'll honor it too, and we'll reach out by email with your options.
This is also just the start of what we have planned for America's 250th. More on that soon.
Thank you for showing up for us the way you did. We're going to make it right.
