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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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.
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 have a handmade, leather waterskin.
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.
The perfect reusable water bottle is the one you already have 👏 stop buying more waterbottles
Why no one mentions Klean Kanteen. Just get a big one just stainless steel without any coating and a wide opening. Lid only needs one small rubber and closes perfectly. Maybe one of my best investments ever.
I second that. I use the insulated 32oz or uninsulated 40oz on my bike, both fit a nalgene sized bottle cage.
I love mine, I’ve had it since around 2013 and it’s been used daily the entire time. I’ve only had to replace the seal once. Really a perfect bottle.
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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Klein shaped
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.
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.
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.
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glass, textured sides
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swing top
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1 quart min 1 litre maximum
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tapered top, kicked bottom
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basically this
I often kept some smaller versions if these in my fridge. I could easily grab a bottle of water whenever I wanted instead of filling it with plastic one time use bottles or cans of pop.
Can’t you just fill it from the tap?
The bottles were filled from the tap. But this meant I had cold, convenient water I could just grab a drink when I was thirsty.
Also, having items in a fridge makes the fridge more energy efficient.
It’s the perfect size for icing a 24z pot of tea.
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Depends on the use case. I default to my 1L Nalgene or my metal 0.75L generic metal bottle I got at a museum for daily use whilst sitting at my desk at work. For hiking, I prefer the larger capacity Nalgene (I think 1.75L), and possibly an additional 1L for longer hikes. For cycling, I have a couple squeezy plastic bottles that fit nicely in my bottle cage.
I do like the idea of a glass bottle with the rubber/silicone guard thing and thought about getting one, but decided to stick with Nalgene when I had the replace my old 1L.
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
