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Engraved Water Bottles and Lunch Boxes: How It Works

Stainless steel lunch box with the name Elias engraved into the lid, lying on sand between palm fronds

You searched for an engraved water bottle. So you already know what you want, and the open questions are the practical ones.

What can carry a name. Where it goes. How long it takes. And what you cannot undo.

Two fonts, one name, engraved into the steel with a laser. Not printed, not a sticker. It does not wash off, and it does not wear off.

Stainless steel lunch box with the name Elias engraved into the lid

What can be engraved?

Four products, and each has its own engraving option.

The salad bowl is the one exception. It does not take an engraving.

Not sure which bottle to put a name on? Which stainless steel water bottle should I choose?

In the shop you add one engraving per item. Two lines on the same product is a corporate option, not a shop one.

Where does the name go?

On the lunch box you choose between four positions. On everything else there is one fixed spot.

That difference matters more than it sounds, and it is the thing most often stated wrongly. Four positions are the lunch box only.

Two fonts today. The selection grows over time, and symbols and drawings are planned. We are not going to give you a date we cannot keep.

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How fast is it?

Order by 1 PM PT and we engrave it the same day, in our own facility in California.

After that cut-off it goes the next working day.

Note the wording: engraved the same day, not shipped the same day. Those are two different clocks, and we would rather name the one we control.

Vacuum insulated stainless steel water bottle with an engraved name

Before you order, one thing you cannot undo

Engraved items cannot be returned.

Everything else in the shop has 60 days. An engraved bottle does not, because it now belongs to exactly one person.

So check the spelling twice. Then check the position.

The preview is there for exactly this. Type the name, look at it, delete it again. It costs nothing and commits to nothing.

What people actually engrave

Mostly a first name. Sometimes a surname for a household with four identical bottles.

In a daycare cloakroom there are twenty bags on the same hook, and two boxes inside look exactly alike. One of them has her name on it. That is the whole argument.

For the daycare and school picks themselves: the best lunch box for kids. And the best water bottle for kids.

For a gift, a date works well: a graduation, a first day at a new job. The thing outlives the occasion, which is the point.

And nobody engraves something they plan to throw away. That is really why the engraving belongs on this steel and not on a plastic box.

Double vacuum insulated stainless steel water bottle with an engraved name

Where to start

If it is for you, take the bottle you would carry anyway and put your name on it.

If it is a gift, the lunch box gives you the most room to place the name. Which size to give is in best stainless steel lunch boxes for adults.

All of them are in the custom engraving collection. Try a name in the preview first.

Questions people ask

Can you engrave a stainless steel water bottle?

Yes. The name is lasered into the steel, not printed, so it does not wash off or wear away. Two fonts to choose from, one fixed position on the bottle. Order by 1 PM PT and we engrave it the same day, in our own facility in California.

How many engraving positions are there?

Four on the lunch box, and one fixed spot on everything else. That difference is stated wrongly a lot: four positions are the lunch box only. The bottle, the double vacuum bottle and the food jar each have one.

Can engraved items be returned?

No. Everything else has 60 days, but an engraved item now belongs to one person and cannot go back. Use the preview before you order: type the name, look at it, delete it again. It costs nothing and commits to nothing.

Which products can be engraved?

The stainless steel lunch box, the vacuum insulated water bottle, the double vacuum insulated bottle and the insulated food jar. The salad bowl is the exception and takes no engraving. All of them sit in the custom engraving collection.

Can I engrave two names on one item?

In the shop you add one engraving per item. Two on the same product is a corporate option rather than a shop one, so write to us if you need it for a company order.

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