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What do you use for a water bottle?

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And what water do you put inside? – Dean Jun 16 2011 at 13:04
Arrg - I wish somebody made a steel bottle with a steel straw or a steel bottle with no plastic parts (like a cap)!!! – Lady_Arwen Jun 1 at 0:34
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kleankanteen.com/products/accessories/… – Eric Jun 1 at 4:41
kleankanteen.com/products/special/reflect.php – Eric Jun 1 at 4:41

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I use a stainless steel canteen and it goes with me everywhere. I'm seriously never without it. I've been though a few of them over the years and I've liked some more than others.

The Kleen Kanteen that I had was my least favorite because I never liked the size of the mouth piece; it was too big to get my mouth around, and too small to sip from so I'd inevitably drip water all down my front every time I tried to drink.

The Sigg (not stainless, but coated aluminum) was just too questionable with it's secret recipe inner coating that erodes and probably poisons the water.

I liked my Earthlust, but the cap doesn't have enough threading and it pops off by itself all the time.

The one I use now is from Ice Age and it's almost perfect.

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Sometimes I think I'd like to get one of those leather bladder style canteens that have the shoulder strap. I'd totally use something like that. – lunabelle Jun 16 2011 at 8:50
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What's almost but not quite perfect about your current water bottle? – Kamal Jun 16 2011 at 16:17
It's some sort of promotional thing for a bottled water company so it came with water already in it, which weirds me out a bit, not to mention it says "Ice Age" down the side. A friend of mine sort of sprang it on me because my stupid Earthlust kept popping open and getting me wet, so I feel like I didn't have enough choice in the matter. But despite all that, it's a great size, it has the right amount of threads so that the top stays securely on, it fits into my cup holder in my car, and it keeps me consistently hydrated. :) – lunabelle Jun 16 2011 at 19:03
Do you get a metallic taste from it? I've never a big fan of stainless or aluminum bottles as they always seem to leave a taste in the water. – Caveman formally known as Dan Jul 22 at 19:58
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I use a Bubbie's sauerkraut jar. Sans sauerkraut, of course.

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stainless steel bottle with an annoying cap...

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I feel your pain. +1 – Ben Jun 16 2011 at 13:48
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I have a stainless steel bottle from target with a cap that you can drink through, it would also fit a straw if I were a straw person. – sherpamelissa Jun 16 2011 at 15:52
same here, but no one looks hot sipping a straw. :P – Leanne Jun 18 2011 at 7:30
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I also use camelback with the silicone nipple straw thingy. At home I drink out of old mason jars.

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That nipple straw thing confuses me! I know it doesn't link, but my mouth does not want to do that much work just to get a drink. – sherpamelissa Jun 16 2011 at 15:53
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haa! you have to BITE IT before you suck! – being Jun 16 2011 at 16:30
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I have one of the Camelback nipple-straws at home because I felt weird sucking on an adult sippy-cup at the office. It's great for workouts, though. Now at the office I just have a standard BPA-free Nalgene, and often manage to spill all over myself more times than I care to admit. – grrleigh Jun 16 2011 at 20:01
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I use a glass water bottle that has a silicone sleeve. It's awesome

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Life factory? I have one too, it's great but too small for me. – Danielle Jun 16 2011 at 8:02
Ditto. They come in different sizes. – stephthegeek Jun 16 2011 at 14:40
I got it about a year ago when they just had the small. The new 24(?) oz is too small too. I hope they come out with a liter bottle. – Danielle Jun 17 2011 at 2:31
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I have a 1 liter yellow "life is good" bpa-free nalgene bottle. I drink so much water that a running joke between some friends is "where's my water?" my water bottle is like my child. I'm surprised no one's stole it as a joke.

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I used to use big Braggs ACV glass bottles at home. Now I use exclusively Camelback Podium bottles. No worry of breakage, no spills, no lid/top to fiddle with, easy to grab and go being that they fit in standard cup holders. They are the bomb :)

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I use a glass bottle that formerly had milk or juice in it. Glass-Healthy-CHEAP!

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I have a little stainless Kleen Kanteen, a big Sigg, and a medium stainless with what might be called a nipple (?) - it's the pop-up sippy thing. I always keep a straw inside the first two, because I like using straws, and I also like not dumping water all over my facechinneckchest, which is what seems to always happen when I try to drink out of them with my mouth.... yes, I'm special. The small opening of the Sigg is pretty manageable even without a straw though, as compared to the wider ones of KK or god forbid, my old nalgene - what a mess.

What I'm trying to say is I like straws. No wait, what I'm trying to say is they all work, for different reasons. Except the ones that leach. Those are bad.

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What I hated about my Kleen Kanteen when I had the "nipple" top is how damn LOUD that thing was to drink from. No stealth drinking with that thing! It's like a freaking cartoon slurp-gurgle noise! – lunabelle Jun 16 2011 at 23:42
Right?? Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the niptop. It's good if you can't be bothered to screw on/off i guess, but I don't find that so terrible. My li'l KK is a screw cap. I keep a cut-down straw inside so I can sip like a lady. – g. Jun 16 2011 at 23:52
I use the screw cap on the Klean Kanteen. – Eric Jun 17 2011 at 6:02
Lunabelle the embarrassing slurpy sound of Kleen Kanteen caused me to remove the cap each time to drink! LOL! – Lady_Arwen Jun 1 at 0:15
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Im deployed so there's water everywhere! I cant ever stop drinking it! Ive only been up 4 hours and I had 6 cups of water already going on 8.

When I'm at home I use a Nalgene bottle. It's easier to keep track of my water intake like that :)

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Most days I use a stainless steel bottle when I'm hiking I use Platypus bladders to refill my nalgene bottle.

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I use a 1L glass bottle similar to this one:

http://www.ikea.com/at/de/catalog/products/50108908

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I have a Sigg which is pretty, but it's too big to fit in the carry pouch on my bag and it doesn't have any way to clip it to anything. So I now have a Nathan BPA free one with a rubber straw top which I quite like.

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I like the camelback bottles with the nipple because I can't spill them. I am mostly in front of electronics all day so that is a wonderful feature for someone who is as klutzy as I am.

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I like bottles with straws built into the lid, and I have two bottles like that. One is polypropylene from Rubbermaid. The other is no-name brand, BPA-free, hard plastic.

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I drive to different sites throughout the day, some may not have filtered water, so I use a Camelback Groove filtered waterbottle - it has a built in Charcoal Filter to keep the fluoride, chlorimines, associated other nasties away.

no commercial affiliation, here's the link tho...

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flouride and chlorimines? are you sure? the reviews i read said it only improves the taste of tap, but that's not the same thing as filtering out the nasties I assume – JoeBranca at paleoplusone.com Jun 16 2011 at 16:34
Ahh... it removes chlorine/chlorimines, but does not remove fluoride as fluoride won't bind to activated charcoal. – Joshua Jun 16 2011 at 21:59
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1 liter stainless steel that I use all day. smaller stainless steel bottle for 1 to 3 coco water/regular water plus sea salt for post strenuous wods. 1.5 liter bottle I use for long road trips.

supposedly "BPA free" plastic bottle for the road bike. steel just doesn't work on bikes.

and straight up toxic plastic camelbaks for my backcountry bags. no better options there unfortunately.

and at home I use a heavy glass 1 liter bottle that used to have organic cream in it.

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Plain old classic Nalgene 1L bottles. Not the best, but the easienst nad it kinda feels weird drinking out of anything else since I've used these for so long. I upgraded to the BPA free models a couple years ago, might be time for some new ones.

On the bike, Camelbak Podium bottles are the vessel of choice. Mainly due to the valve, rather than bottle composition. Filled with plain water or occasionally Nuun tablets for hotter days/longer rides.

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Camelbak Podiums are hands-down the best bike bottles on the market at the moment. Have a handful of these, and they go to yoga with me pretty regularly too. – Scart Jun 17 2011 at 13:53
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Around the house or driving, I use a quart canning jar. They're not unbreakable, but they're pretty tough. Maybe a little heavy for biking or hiking, though.

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I start out my day with a big mason/canning jar- usually with tea in it, then refill with water from the fountain at work. It's a bit awkward for me, though, when I'm not in the office, so I've got a couple stainless steel ones and a camelback with the bite-valve straw (because I'm a klutz). I also just got a 2L camelback back-pack thing for hiking- i'm looking forward to actually getting to use it this summer!

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I used the Camelbak Better Bottle, which is lexan (same thing as Nalgene bottles), so completely BPA free, and it doesn't hold the smell of anything else you might put in it (lime, lemon, fruit juice, etc.)

http://camelbak.com/Sports-Recreation/Bottles/Better-Bottle-75L.aspx

They're 14$ at REI, EMS, Dick's, etc.

Stainless is a better option as there is some evidence that lexan isn't perfect (I know, I know... a plastic based product that's not perfect? Whoda thunk?). Stainless is completely inert. Camelbak makes the Better Bottle in stainless as well, completely with bitey-straw-valve thingy.

http://camelbak.com/Sports-Recreation/Bottles/Better-Bottle-Stainless-Insulated-5L.aspx

$30, but may be worth the extra cash. I like these a lot. Have about 20 other Nalgene bottles floating around, and still use those regularly too.

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I use what a lot of body builders were using in the day< I think they called them "grails".

http://www.fashion-victims.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pimp-cup-0.gif

Truth.

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Contigo water bottle. Cheap on amazon.

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A Braggs Raw Apple Cider Vinegar "With The Mother" 1 Qt. glass bottle. It had an inch of ACV in it when I filled it with water.

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I use the following water bottle:

http://www.kleankanteen.com/products/special/reflect.php

They now sell the lids as an option as well:

http://www.kleankanteen.com/products/accessories/klean-kanteen-caps-classic.php

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