Do you prefer your water bottle to be made of metal, plastic, glass, or something else? Straw or no straw? How big would you want it? Should the bottle taper down in the bottom, or do you think the sided should stay vertical? Are any of you one of the few people who would like that weird rectangular bottle? Or maybe one of those squishy fold up ones for travel? No handle, flip up handle, mug style handle, or little loop?
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My old army canteen has worked just fine. At the gym I use an old plastic orange juice bottle. Makes literally no difference to me for as long as it holds water.
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a metal one that is sturdy that can hold hot liquids, im using one right now. plastic ones tend to cause irritation, allergy overtime, due to them trapping bacteria, or other things in the defects of a plastic rim.
I seem stuck using nalgenes. They’re not great. I tried switching to glass carafes but it didn’t work out. The metalic lids would rust out on to the lip and could not be cleaned. The nalgenes are durable(ish) and versatile which keeps me stuck on em. 1 liter is the perfect amount of water, the loop on the top is a nice low key handle, and they’re water tight as anything, even when the threads have been smashed. Just forget about the microplastics.
Nalgenes are solid, usually polycarbonate so can handle a few knocks without disintegrating, but a point of contention is that they’re not insulated.
For summers I’ve got a 2L Wild Roots insulated flask that has withstood enough time on the jobsite to gain a few scratches, no serious dents as of yet
Metal. Though there is a collective of glass blowers in my home region that make decently priced, handmade glass bottles and will actually make you a new one for free if you break it and ship them the pieces ! I might get one at some point, but seeing how I manage to put a disturbing amount of dents in my metal bottles in record time, these are probably not right for me.
For me it’s a glass bottle with a wide brim. I hatld one of those, and my biggest problem was that i was worried to break it. And i did, and it sucked to clean up, because i didn’t want someone or something to step in.
Made out of glass, holding about 1 litre and a half and pretty on the table.
No need for carrying it around all day, if I’m that thirsty I’ll find a drinking fountain, they’re commonplace where I live in Spain.
Probably the massive Tal metal thing I got from Walmart like 5 years ago. I’ve had it so long and used it so much that the outer coating is showing some rust. I should… probably get another one. I got my use of of it.
I love these because I don’t feel bad when it tumbles and gets a dent. Easy to replace, and potential weapon.
I just buy a water from the convenience store with a good lid and use it till it falls apart or gets lost. I’m on 1.5 years of a “disposable” “one use” bottle. Doesn’t need to be fancy, just hold water.
I did that for a while until one day I had a sniff from the old bottle right before the new one. The difference smelled disgusting
Well you gotta occasionally wash it
I was young back then ! I wash my reusable bottles with diluted bleach now but I think it can damage the plastic in water bottles.
can fault the logic here
*capitalist hate this guy
Microplastics love this guy
I recently picked up an Owala 40oz that tapers to fit a cup holder. Stainless with double wall insulation. Lockable lid. Replaced the plastic straw with a stainless one. Having the option to chug or suck on a straw is really nice. I just wish the lid and mechanism for drinking was also stainless instead of plastic. I also prefer a paracord handle that detaches on one side so I can attach it to a bag instead of the ridged attached one.
IKEA had 0,75L glass waterbottles which I loved. Dropped mine a while back, went to get a new one and they replaced them with plastic ones, and I dislike it a lot.
Just give me a simpel glass bottle with a looped cap on it and I’m happy.
Mine is a repurposed glass olive oil bottle with a swing top lid.
Il Casolare, for anybody who wants to get in on this, and you need to replace the swing top bit initially for a standard one as the one it comes with is leaky, and then the rubber seals every few months as they get gross eventually.
I want a goat story mug that accepts a contigo autoseal top. That curved shape fits perfectly on my hip and the contigo autoseal keeps my stupid ass out of trouble. I messaged a company that does food safe 3d prints and they quoted me $600 at the least and I don’t even really have the skills to 3d print something let alone select the right material, make sure the nozzle is lead free and has never been used for anything else, then sand and seal (and I’d have to make sure the threads still accepted the cup after sanding / sealing). Alas, it is but a dream.
I have a handmade, leather waterskin.
1.25L stainless with a stainless/plastic lid. I use it a lot. Carry it everywhere. It’s dented and has stickers. Big drawback is where the lid seals there is a rubber gasket. That gasket is impossible to clean and molds over time. You can’t buy a new one. You have to purchase an entire new lid.
