Guyot "standard" model available again

[Magnaminous_G]

I recently received my Guyot Designs "standard" 38 oz stainless bottle. As you may have noticed, it's become available again through a few retailers (I bought mine on Amazon). It doesn't have the Nalgene logo on it anywhere, so I'm not sure if it's brand new production (which I guess would mean that Guyot has split from Nalgene; the Guyot website is still non-existent with a notice that it will be up in Spring 2012) or pre-Nalgene production from several years ago that was discovered in a warehouse or something. I thought that Nalgene used up their last stock to make their special "eco awareness" run and then completely ceased selling of the "standard." They still sell the much-maligned "backpacker" model with the tapering base.

I'm not ruling out that it could be a fake, too. But the steel is definitely 18/10 and noticeably beefier than my Klean Kanteen 40 oz (made of 18/8). Does anybody know the scuttlebutt on the newly-available "standard" models? By the way, I hear a lot of people pronouncing it "guy ought" in reviews. It's French: "ghee-oh"

 

[Tixx]

Not sure. I picked up 2 and they seem solid.

 

[Magnaminous_G]

update: I called Guyot Designs today and actually spoke with Josh Guyot. The production ceased for the longest time because of production issues. Basically it was too expensive to make the bottle. After they teamed up with Nalgene in a distribution agreement, they were able to better negotiate cost with the manufacturer. The current stock that people -- including me -- have bought recently is old production. But production has resumed and should be available through Nalgene within the next few weeks.

 

[grunt soldier]

I love my standards. I have broke 2 unfortunately lol. one got ran over, I dropped one and it landed on the concrete and was full and busted. I was very unhappy with myself as they are definitely my favorite bottles.