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hydrapak.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202619 issues · 57 checks
This review found 19 issues worth fixing on hydrapak.com, 7 of them high impact, across 57 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 9.4 MB. Google's speed test didn't respond, so speed is not measured here; your full playbook measures it. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
Not scored yet: Google's speed test didn't run in this review. Re-run the review to get a score.
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 140 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Not measured in this review.
Core Web Vitals
Tap response (INP) got 19% slower for real visitors
+19%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 120 ms to 140 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on your site (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 138 ms
138 msReal visitors wait 138 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 433 ms
433 msReal visitors wait 433 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors
-18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 9.4 MB
9.4 MBYour homepage downloads 9.4 MB on a phone, 4.7 MB of it images (51%). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images over 500 KB
2 images weigh 2.2 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
5 images far larger than shown
1.6 MB5 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example HP26_Rover_Food_Water_2-Pack_Detail_HighRes-1.webp at 2,500 px wide, shown at 80 px. Resized copies would save about 1.6 MB.
11 images in older formats
11 images (3.3 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
5 images below the first screen load straight away
5 images further down the page (2.0 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.7 g of CO₂ per visit
2.66 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.66 g of CO₂e: 318.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Interactive controls must not be nested (1 element)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 36 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
54 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 54 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Title is long (66 characters)
Your title is 66 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “HydraPak | Performance Hydration Reservoirs, Soft Flasks & Bottles”.
Meta description is long (316 characters)
Your meta description is 316 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
109 internal links, 15 external
The homepage links to 109 pages on hydrapak.com and 15 external pages.
5 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.hydrapak.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.hydrapak.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (717 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
3 pages without a meta description
/pages/rewards, /pages/packflask%E2%84%A2 and /collections/bundles have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example /pages/packflask%E2%84%A2, whose canonical is /pages/packflask%e2%84%a2. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
2 pages without an H1
/pages/warranty and /pages/packflask%E2%84%A2 have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 46 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
13 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 13 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net/company/TYYSc5/images/6f4857a1-e0fe-4e46-b645-d44ed1e29993.png.
13 small tap targets
13 of 60 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught TypeError: $ is not a function”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
About 643 words of copy
The homepage carries about 643 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More” and “SHOP ALL”.
27 calls to action
The homepage has 27 calls to action, for example “Learn More”, “Shop” and “SHOP ALL”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 4 mores (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
27 cookies set on arrival
27Opening the homepage sets 27 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
63 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 63 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at hydrapak.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- adastra
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 2 open roles
- Job board
- careers page
- Careers page
- hydrapak.rippling-ats.com (opens in a new tab)
Company
- Employees
- 47
- Founded
- 2001
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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