Klean Kanteen bottles...I'm a convert...

[dirtylicious]

edit:

so 1 full year later and I've already converted to a Klean Kanteen water bottle...(got it for Xmas as a gift)

I wasn't really worried about the BPA issue...but my bottle kept popping open in my bag and figured better safe than sorry..

great bottle...durable(I don't have to worry about it shattering if it drops) keeps the water colder a bit longer(but not by much.).

My only (tiny)issue is keeping track of the cap.

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I used to just reuse plastic bottles....but I bought a nalgene bottle Xmas time since I had a gift card...

helps me to drink more water
reusable and dishwasher safe
I hardy use plastic bottles anymore.

the only negative thing I can say is that a bottle is relatively expensive...I don't think I would have boughtone if I didn't have a gift card...too bad they aren't cheaper...I'm sure more people would buy them if they were.

 

[rocathajordans23]

how much?

 

[dirtylicious]

that particular one was $8.99

the regular ones with the screw top lid is $6.99

 

[docsback]

I don't know. I've used them before and don't get the hype. Wasn't there some kind of boycott or something about these bottles last year?

 

[cicco1212]

Why would this make you drink more water, all i need is a poland spring bottle.

 

[damnthosejs]

ehh, I've had mine for a while, it's alright. the Nalgene logo is already washed off. I can say it's better than your regular watercontainers/bottles because it doesnt trap in odor.

 

[doublejs07]

Dirty....as much as I make fun of KLV, and his "earthy" ways....I too converted to carrying a Nalgene bottle about 2 months ago. Even though they dorun close to $10, I save weekly because I am not taking 2-3 Deer Park bottles with me to work during the week. When you add up the $5 you spend per week on the24-28 DP bottles, that adds up...$20 per month, and $240+ (tax)...you are saving over $200 per year.....it just made more sense to get the bottle.


Dirty...another thing...I think I read somewhere that you are renovating your kitchen. I don't know what type of fridge you have, but it's a MUST tohave a fridge that dispenses water.

 

[prurientsole]

Originally Posted by DocsBack

I don't know. I've used them before and don't get the hype. Wasn't there some kind of boycott or something about these bottles last year?

After years of wear and tear, Nalgene bottles and other plastics may potentially pose significant health risks.

Multiple turns in the dishwasher of plastics and popular water bottles distributed on campus- namely Nalgene bottles-have been linked to an increase of aneuploidy, a condition that is a major cause of miscarriage, birth defects and Down Syndrome.

In 1998, researchers at Case Western Reserve University, performing a study using mice, stumbled onto the discovery when their control data went awry.

"We found that a stronger alkaline detergent, more basic than acidic, was being used to clean the mice cages and was breaking down the plastic," Case Western geneticist and professor Patricia Hunt said.

Bisphenol A (BPA), which was released from the plastic caused by the breakdown, was unexpectedly traced back to the increase of aneuploidy in the mice.

BPA is the chemical compound that makes up the Lexan polycarbonate found in Nalgene bottles, and is known to interfere with natural hormone activity.

According to some researchers. BPA may also cause hormone-related problems such as premature puberty and weight gain, breast cancer, low sperm count and an enlarged prostate.


Just Google "nalgene + BPA" and you can find more information.

Water coolers at the office and gym, FTW!

 

[wildout4]

^ i remember hearing about that.

i use nalgene containers as my nug jars.

 

[goodfellaz86]

Originally Posted by cicco1212

Why would this make you drink more water, all i need is a poland spring bottle.

Because your suppose 2 drink like 64 ozs of water a day and with the OZ on the side of the bottle it actually allows you 2 know how much your drinking,instead on some water bottles its in liters or pints and you gotta convert nonsense

 

[dirtylicious]

Originally Posted by DocsBack

I don't know. I've used them before and don't get the hype. Wasn't there some kind of boycott or something about these bottles last year?

after years of reusing plastic bottles...having a container that I can use over and over again is quite useful in my book

Originally Posted by cicco1212

Why would this make you drink more water, all i need is a poland spring bottle.

It helps me drink more b/c it holds more and it's just nifty to have so I carry it more with me...plus... I have my water cooler right outside my offoffice door...but sometimes I get busy so I don't get to refill as much...since it holds more than a poland spring bottle...

I used to reuse the poland spring bottles...but you can only reuse them so much until you have to throw them away.

Dirty....as much as I make fun of KLV, and his "earthy" ways....I too converted to carrying a Nalgene bottle about 2 months ago. Even though they do run close to $10, I save weekly because I am not taking 2-3 Deer Park bottles with me to work during the week. When you add up the $5 you spend per week on the 24-28 DP bottles, that adds up...$20 per month, and $240+ (tax)...you are saving over $200 per year.....it just made more sense to get the bottle.


Dirty...another thing...I think I read somewhere that you are renovating your kitchen. I don't know what type of fridge you have, but it's a MUST to have a fridge that dispenses water.
I hear you.... I didn't really spend money on bottled water b/c I have the water cooler at my office...but I definitely see the ecological andeconomical advantage to having one. plus the one I bought doesn't look so 'crunchy granola' to me

and yeah...my fridge has the water dispenser already... essential!!!

Originally Posted by PrurientSole

After years of wear and tear, Nalgene bottles and other plastics may potentially pose significant health risks.

Multiple turns in the dishwasher of plastics and popular water bottles distributed on campus- namely Nalgene bottles-have been linked to an increase of aneuploidy, a condition that is a major cause of miscarriage, birth defects and Down Syndrome.

In 1998, researchers at Case Western Reserve University, performing a study using mice, stumbled onto the discovery when their control data went awry.

"We found that a stronger alkaline detergent, more basic than acidic, was being used to clean the mice cages and was breaking down the plastic," Case Western geneticist and professor Patricia Hunt said.

Bisphenol A (BPA), which was released from the plastic caused by the breakdown, was unexpectedly traced back to the increase of aneuploidy in the mice.

BPA is the chemical compound that makes up the Lexan polycarbonate found in Nalgene bottles, and is known to interfere with natural hormone activity.

According to some researchers. BPA may also cause hormone-related problems such as premature puberty and weight gain, breast cancer, low sperm count and an enlarged prostate.

Just Google "nalgene + BPA" and you can find more information.

Water coolers at the office and gym, FTW!



I have a water cooler too...but really...the nalgene bottle is really quite convenient... say on a bike trip or a hike...I can easily attach it to my packwith a carabiner

As for the BPA risk...I'm not entirely concerned...I don't wash the bottle all the time in the dishwasher....it's not the plastic itself...butthe heating and washing with the dishwasher that promotes the breakdown. If you just hand wash it... you're good to go.

 

[cutthroat417]

^ I'm about to convert too, anyone try running a truck over a bottle? I wanna see how indestructible they are

Co-sign on the BPA stuff, small amounts won't do anything, it's not like you try to eat the bottle like babies do.

 

[prurientsole]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious


I have a water cooler too...but really...the nalgene bottle is really quite convenient... say on a bike trip or a hike...I can easily attach it to my pack with a carabiner

As for the BPA risk...I'm not entirely concerned...I don't wash the bottle all the time in the dishwasher....it's not the plastic itself...but the heating and washing with the dishwasher that promotes the breakdown. If you just hand wash it... you're good to go.

Ah, so it's the heating, combined with the washing, that produces the BPA. From what I'd read, it was just the washing, like the acidityof the soap alone would be enough to break down the plastic. But what if you hand-washed it in hot water....?

Either way, I wouldn't be worried if I owned a Nalgene bottle, just wanted to post something that would answer dude's question.

Admittedly, I don't bike or hike much; anything athletic that I do, there's normally a water fountain within 50 feet of the court or field, andI'm sure there's much worse stuff in city tap water than anything that broken-down Nalgene plastic can produce.

 

[docsback]

Originally Posted by Cutthroat417

^ I'm about to convert too, anyone try running a truck over a bottle? I wanna see how indestructible they are

Co-sign on the BPA stuff, small amounts won't do anything, it's not like you try to eat the bottle like babies do.

As I read this I thought of the scene from Napoleon Dynamite where Kip drives over the bowl, breaks it and then drives off. haha.
To each their own withthe way they like their water. I enjoy drinking water out of coffee mugs myself.

 

[wikipedia]

I go to school in Vermont, so everyone has a Nalgene being that this state is so green and environmentally friendly.

 

[mangudai954]

Originally Posted by PrurientSole

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious


I have a water cooler too...but really...the nalgene bottle is really quite convenient... say on a bike trip or a hike...I can easily attach it to my pack with a carabiner

As for the BPA risk...I'm not entirely concerned...I don't wash the bottle all the time in the dishwasher....it's not the plastic itself...but the heating and washing with the dishwasher that promotes the breakdown. If you just hand wash it... you're good to go.

Ah, so it's the heating, combined with the washing, that produces the BPA. From what I'd read, it was just the washing, like the acidity of the soap alone would be enough to break down the plastic. But what if you hand-washed it in hot water....?

Either way, I wouldn't be worried if I owned a Nalgene bottle, just wanted to post something that would answer dude's question.

Admittedly, I don't bike or hike much; anything athletic that I do, there's normally a water fountain within 50 feet of the court or field, and I'm sure there's much worse stuff in city tap water than anything that broken-down Nalgene plastic can produce.

This is the reason I stoped reusing water bottles. Its worse when the plastic is of a lower grade as well.

 

[swoshmn]

Been using them forever. I don't believe you could be an athlete and not want to carry one of these around.

Being a rower. We would be on the water rowing for two hours straight, you can't exactly walk to the water fountain during breaks, so you absolutely needsomething like this to carry a cooler of water with you.

 

[iceman3699]

wow, i need to look into this.

 

[gko2408]

What I roll with. Needed a way to save money on water and and going through a case of poland spring every week or so was not helping. I was about to get theNalgene bottles but I heard about the possible dangers of it's material so I went metal.

 

[justtogetby]

I used a Nalgene probably 8 years ago. Sigg bottles are where it's at now, check em out...

www.sigg.com

"A ground-breaking interior lining is 100% effective against leaching and combats residue build-up, so your SIGG Lifestyle Bottle is easy to clean andensures that all you taste is the water, juice or the energy drink that you just poured into the bottle, even after its been sitting in the Sun"

 

[roback1991]

I've used nelgene bottles ever since a teammate of mine on our soccer team got sick from melted crap in his water bottle.

 

[ghenges]

Sometimes at the office I will stack two styro-foam cups and fill it with fruit punch or iced-tea or whatever and just take it with me around the officeeverywhere I go. No one gets the reference..but I'll get a puzzled look from people sometimes...and I just

 

[ddot7]

Dirty...I have that exact one you posted, I probably got it about 2 years ago. It wasn't expensive, under $10 and I use it at the gym all the time.It's perfect too because it's slimmer than a lot of the other Nalgene bottles, fits perfectly in the treadmill holder and it's not a screw top.Defnitely worth the money and more, I just refill with filtered water and don't have to worry about buying bottled water and all of the waste that comeswith it.

 

[dirtylicious]

yeah..I it's not expensive at all...that's why I put "relatively expensive"...I dont' know a lot of people who would drop 9-10 bucks on awater bottle.

 

[typerpinoy]

Originally Posted by Cutthroat417

^ I'm about to convert too, anyone try running a truck over a bottle? I wanna see how indestructible they are

Co-sign on the BPA stuff, small amounts won't do anything, it's not like you try to eat the bottle like babies do.

didnt run a truck over it but i have dropped one off the 10th floor of a 10 story dorm with no problems