Water Bottles: What do you use?

[KITROBASKIN]

Interesting choices.

Here's something I will not be getting, but copper lovers might. I thought too much copper internally was a not good thing.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B7J92N1/?tag=cpf0b6-20

 

[5S8Zh5]

For cycling - Polar. Made in the U.S.

 

[KITROBASKIN]

From the polarbottle website: How cool is that?

[FONT=&quot]All Polar Bottles are manufactured in Colorado, USA with parts sourced from Denver, CO and Garden City, MO.


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[FairFrank]

For cycling - Polar. Made in the U.S.

Agree, it's a wise pick

 

[fuyume]

For clean water storage, two Nalgene HDPE 1 L, which are half the weight of the polycarbonate versions, but I carry a polycarbonate one to actually drink out of, because they are transparent, and I often mix drinks in them, so it's easier to see if there's any growth in them. The HDPE ones get water only, and I don't even touch a mouth to them. I also carry a green HDPE one for a urine bottle, because I hate getting out of my tent in the middle of the night to go pee.

 

[thermal guy]

The ones that the water come in😁

 

[woodsmith]

The last couple years I refilled empty gatorade bottles (actually made it over a year on the same one) but this spring I saw Nalgene Oasis 32 oz in a local shop so I've been using a pair those. I like that they are a bit more narrow so easier to fit in pockets. I actually prefer the rectangular bottles that seem to be standard issue for wildland fire but the caps on those are crap. I think I still have one or two bottles but no caps.

A few years ago I found a new version of a Platypus bottle that was a softer, more pliable plastic then the ones I had way back (late '90's?), with a hang loop at the top. I really liked that one for work but punctured it...when I went back for a replacement, all the Platy bottles were made from that old, less pliable material, so I didn't get one (thus my interim use of Gatorade bottles).

Does anyone know if any of the currently available Platy bottles are made from the softer material?

 

[KITROBASKIN]

From: https://www.babycenter.com/health/safety-and-childproofing/phthalates-what-you-need-to-know_3647067

"Phthalates (pronounced "thah-lates") are chemical plasticizers that have been widely used since the 1950s to soften plastics that would otherwise be brittle and crack when bent."

Maybe this is why a person can't get the more pliable Platypus bottles/bladders?

 

[Hooked on Fenix]

I use a couple bpa-free Nalgene 1 liter water bottles. One has a two stage Lifestraw water filter in it. I gave up on hydration pack water bladders when one leaked on me 25 miles back on a backpacking trip.