I’ve been using a reusable 36oz/1L plastic “flip lid” bottle from Bezos’s market - this is my third one (sadly replaced almost on a yearly basis) since I keep accidentally breaking the lids.
It practically comes everywhere with me - walking, cycling, in my backpack. This lid is starting to crack at the hinge and the latch though, but don’t really want to replace it with the same thing again.
How long have you had you had your current bottle, and how are you finding it so far?
Get a good stainless one. Something with a wide mouth so it’s easy to clean, and from a good name like HydroFlask, Yeti, or Simple|Modern.
They are (mostly) dishwasher safe and they hold up forever. My yeti tumblers get used nearly every day for almost three years, get loaded into the dishwasher, and just show a little finish wear from scraping it with my keys or my wedding band.
My kids use Simple|Modern bottles and they hold up quite a bit more. The kid-style prints don’t last as long, especially with kids that drop and scrape them all the time. I have a SM one too (larger one) that has held up pretty good so far (and uses the same lids as the kids, but I’ve only got a year or two on it.
Nalgene for life. Lifetime warranty, BPA free, and durable as all hell.
Nalgene sounds like something you shove up your bottom to cure piles
My only problem with them is that the little rubbery plug in the lid trap water. The trapped moisture is perfect for black mold to grow.
Gross. I used the widemouth, so there’s now rubber gasket to trap water.
I have a free one I got from the Library that’s also BPA free and seems to last forever. I’ve had it for… 7-ish years maybe?
I bought a Silo once, like twenty years ago. Dropped it on asphalt and they replaced it. Dropped that on asphalt and they sent me two. Dropped one of those on concrete and they sent me two more, one in Tritan and one in polypropylene.
Apparently I’m not allowed to not have a Nalgene. I lose them all the time, but never for long.
I buy aluminum exclusively, no plastic.
Plastic doesn’t age well and isn’t as recyclable.
Buy a hydroflask or other similar double walled insulated metal water bottle. They last forever (albeit with a few dents), you won’t be ingesting plastic, and it’ll keep your water cold for at least a full day.
And a company like Hydroflask offers replaceable lids. So if you do lose it or break it, you can replace just the lid rather than the entire bottle.
They also sell sippy straw lids if you lose the lid a lot
Nalgene covered in stickers, as was the style at the time. Somewhere around 5-6 years old at this point? Been through quite a lot.
This. I bought a 32oz Nalgene when I was in high school. Lost it on a camping trip in my early twenties, and replaced it with the exact same one. I’ve had it and used it daily for over 15 years now.
Have had my 330ml insulated bottle from a mystery brand for 7 years now. Paint is chipped and looks quite sorry in general, but I love it. I carry it around everywhere.
I also have a 630ml one from Quokka for very hot Summer days.
Lastly I have a 500ml Chilli’s for my job, which I also use daily.
For cleaning the bottles, I suggest using those tabs that are sold for cleaning dental accessories like retainers. If you use something to scrub them from the inside you can create little lines that end up catching bacteria.
It’s a glass jug, so forever.
I use an insulated Contigo Autoseal bottle that I’ve had for at least ten years. It keeps water cold for quite a while. Its big virtue is that it closes itself automatically if I let go. I’m not all that clumsy, but I have dogs that sometimes decide to poke my hand unexpectedly.
I have 2. 1 from previous work which I’ve using from past 3 years and the other I got when I joined the new workplace. Fuckers asked me to choose between a coffee mug or water bottle so I chose water bottle.
I didn’t even think about it until now but I think it’s been about 4 years on my work water bottle
It’s metal and has lost a lot of paint and gained and lost a lot of stickers
Edit: At this point I don’t even know the brand as that has also worn off.
Bought my current Simple Modern 24oz steel double-wall insulated water bottle over four years ago. I buy silicone sleeves for it to keep it from making too much noise and from being banged up, and I have bought many replacement lids (I prefer flip-top lids and they’re prone to breaking), but the bottle itself has been my constant companion over these four years.
It keeps ice water so damn cold all day long. I love it dearly. It is my emotional support water bottle and it supports me emotionally.
Bought a 360 Degrees 1 litre stainless steel vacuum one from a hiking shop. 37 Euros. I could keep water cooler by storing it in my armpit. It’s absolutely fuckin rubbish
Emailed the company, ignored. Emailed them reminding them they’d ignored me, ignored
Definitely won’t be buying their overpriced shit again
360 Degrees bottles Cost $3 dollars to make!
I have a few bottles which ranges from 1-5 years old. Mostly plastic of the brand Camelbak. They are good, and I don’t know what more to ask for in a water bottle. However, more often than not I just end up reusing an old soda bottle.
1.5l SIGG for about 20 years.
Insulated Klean Kanteen. It’s got about nine years worth of debts and scratches.
I’d like the bigger capacity I could get from a non-insulated bottle — as I really don’t need the insulation anyways — but I have become sentimental towards this old thing.
