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?
Back in 2009, I went disc golfing with a friend and while walking back to the car, I saw a dark blue nalgene in the grass. I was poor and in college and had always wanted a nalgene bottle, so I took it.
Today at work, I filled that dark blue nalgene up with water and drank the whole 32 oz over the course of the day.
its been a great water bottle for these past 14 years.
I have nalgene bottles older than my kids!
I have bought 5 in my lifetime, the first 3 were lost (stolen) over the course of several years of use. Even though they had my name in sharpie, stickers making it clearly unique… they just seemed to get lost at events with lots of people. Then I bought two bright pink ones and somehow have not “lost” them since!
I promise I didn’t steal yours! It was completely bare haha
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.
I buy aluminum exclusively, no plastic.
Plastic doesn’t age well and isn’t as recyclable.
I’ve got a 1.5L stainless steel. It’s got some dents, but it’s still going strong.
I’ve got a few stainless ones and they are 15, some probably 20, years old and still fine. Couple dents maybe, some labeling scratched but perfectly functional.
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.
Maybe six months. I had a flip-top one for a few years, but I wanted a wide mouth
It’s a glass jug, so forever.
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.
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.
I’ve got a ~20oz Yeti vacuum stainless bottle with the small-opening screw-on top. I think I’ve used it for, maybe 5 years at this point? A long while. It’s the right size for casual carrying at work and school, but I use a bigger non-insulated body when doing physical labor.
That poor yeti gets bounced off the back of ATV’s, thrown in toolboxes, left baking in the car, all sorts of shit. It’s dinged up and doesn’t sit flat on a table but still doesn’t leak so it keeps going.
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.
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 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’ve had my 1l Sigg aluminium bottle for about 10 years. The lid broke once when I dropped it and I bought a replacement lid. It’s a bit dented but otherwise still good.
I have 2 nalgene water bottles that I use daily. Ones 20 years old, have bought a new lid a few times. It’s pretty battle worn, but they’re near indestructable.
