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Reusable water bottles
After reading about the amazing island of trash floating in the Pacific, I have made the descion to kick out bottled water once and for all. I stopped buying it for home over a year ago, but my job provides us with them and so I've been drinking it there. They're recycled (two HUGE bins emptied daily) but I want to take these bottles out of my life completely. They provide countertop filtered water for those that don't want to use plastic, so now I need to find a good water bottle. What should I look for? I read that aluminum isn't okay, is that true? Is there something I should avoid completley? TIA
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Re: Reusable water bottles
I have a Sigg bottle and a bpa-free nalgene bottle.
I haven't heard anything about aluminum being bad so I'll be watching this post.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
I like my Stainless Steel Klean Kanteens, but I don't like the metalic taste or drinking straight from the bottle. The caps are ok.
I think the deal w/ aluminum is that there is a liner. The liner is not known to be dangerous.
I prefer KKs to Siggs because I don't like the small openings to siggs for cleaning.
I like Nalgene's BPA-free plastic ones too. Lighter weight and don't get freezing cold like the metal ones.
I have a Kleen Kanteen and like it very much. I only use it for water. I bring my lunch drink to work with me, usually apple cider from the Farmer's Market in the fall/winter and juice the rest of the year. I reuse Lipton Iced Tea bottles for that, because I'm worried about the acid in the juice messing with the SS for some reason. I can also put these in the dishwasher. I don't want my KK to get messed up (our DW sucks), so I handwash that. Once the repurposed iced tea bottle gets too funky I recycle it.
ETA: Good for you kicking the bottled water habit!
I have experience with Nalgenes and Klean Kanteens.
My husband has a wide mouth Nalgene. We replaced his old one with a BPA free one. He'd had his old one for 10 years, and aside from scratches and general beatings it was well loved. It cleans perfect in the dishwasher and doesn't leak, either. The widemouth is easier to clean, but harder to drink out of when you're driving a car. That being said, you can now buy BPA free inserts that fit into widemouth Nalgene's that make it easier to drink out of and they work great.
I had a narrow mouth Nalgene. It was easy to drink from, didn't leak, but was hard to clean. I would put it in the dishwasher on the top rack and would end up with floaties in it if I didn't rinse it out after it was washed. I'm lazy, and I won't handwash them, which also made me a little wary about drinking from plastic that had gone through the dishwasher.
I recently replaced it with a Klean Kanteen because it wouldn't fit in the pocket of my backpack, and was tearing it because it was too wide. I bought a Klean Kanteen rather than a SIGG. I didn't like that the SIGG had to be lined with something, and that they recently had a recall of the liners. It is a widemouth bottle, because I didn't want to have floaty issues in my bottle and not be able to see them.
I don't like drinking out of it as well as the plastic. The entire bottle is narrower, which is easier for me to hold than the Nalgenes, but I hate that none of Klean Kanteen's lids attach so they can't be lost.
So, I went ahead and replaced my official Klean Kanteen lid with one of these tops. I love it, and I think it would work perfectly on a Naglene like it says it will. It makes it possible to have a widemouth bottle with a normal narrow mouth place to drink. It's plastic so it feels nicer to drink out of. But, it's not designed to work on a Klean Kanteen, so it does leak now and then. However, it's something I can live with until I find my perfect bottle.
Thanks!
Okay, so I'm even more super confused about what to get. I really don't want a metal one, becuase like pp said, that would get wicked cold. Do water bottles have bpa? Can I just reuse the same bottle until I make my choice?
I just thought of something else, the only bottled water I like is Ozarka. It's spring water, not filtered tap with minerals added. My mind has often wondered to how this one spring can replinish the amount of water that is pumped out? How is it possible that they can produce enough water to send to all corners? It might take some getting used to (I can REALLY taste the diffrence in waters, that's why I only drink Ozarka), but I think filtered water will have to be the way to go.
After the BPA scare came out, nalgene (and many others) did away with using BPA in their plastic water bottles.
They will have a "BPA FREE" label on them so you will know.
I have a BPA free, nalgene and I love it!
I'm sorry if I confused you more! I don't think my metal one gets wicked cold. I fill it up using the in-door dispenser our fridge has and I can tell how full it is by the temperature of the bottle. It does seem to keep the water cooler longer, but it's definitely not so cold that you have to worry about sticking your tongue to it and getting stuck.
I don't know if regular bottled water bottles have BPA in them, but you can definitely reuse them.
I think some companies make filters that go in the bottles, too, so you just refill and it filters instead of having to refill it out of a Brita or something.
You mentioned aluminum... the concerns for that is that aluminum may be linked to Alzheimer's.
I have Kleen Kanteens and just love it. Some have mentioned the metallic taste, which goes away with a quick rinse with vinegar.
I have also read reports that SIGG is not BPA free as they originally claimed. I don't know if this has changed.
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Oh, and another great thing about KK is that they can be recycled!
I've read reviews on amazon that people weren't happy with KK b/c they get banged up--I've dropped mine, and it's banged up and chipping, but it still works great.
Wed to M on 11.05.05
A, born July 30, 2007
E, born April 20, 2010
The aluminum issue is more with things like deodorant and Alzheimers.
I use KK and Water Week Reduce bottles (BPA Free plastic 5 pack that have a holder for the fridge to hold all 5). Love the later and the KK is very good. I just like the size of the WW bottles.