Kind of a rant — I drink water and flavored-water beverages, and I don’t wanna buy 24-packs of water and trust my local municipality to recycle. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t. Either way, it’s not recycle, it’s “reduce, reuse, recycle.” I’ll drink a Gatorade (Zero) and reuse it a few times and then toss it.
But if I want a reusable bottle — there’s one by Aladdin (Thermos) I like, and one by Zojirushi, I’ve bought two of each over the years. Just tossed the Zojirushi. Zojirushi is a Japanese brand, very high quality, but a bit over-engineered. It’s got this rubber gasket and plug that, you can clean them daily, they get black spots. Not sure if it’s mould or what, but it’s kinda gross and I don’t like it. The Aladdin/Thermos one is a bit better, didn’t think there was any mould anywhere until I dropped it, the cap flew out, mould farm inside! Nowhere that touched the beverage so that was nice. But I’m kinda done with both of them. I would rather just waste plastic than risk drinking from a mouldy reusable cup.
Are there reusable bottles that aren’t mould farms?
The Contigo Cortland chill. I love this bottle so much if I lose it I buy another. I’ve been using this bottle for at least 6 years now.
Because it’s a button spout it’s very good for air sipping (water falling). Since I don’t put my mouth on it, there is less chance of bacteria developing in the bottle and lid.
The Lid folds open on the inside which makes it easy to clean by hand.
I see they have new filtered variants, I haven’t tried those yet.
I am the same with the steel version from them! I like that it’s made out of metal, but I do eventually fuck up the base because I drop it on the regular.
Same haha, once its so beat up it doesn’t stand up I get a new one.
Mine is the leaning tower of hydration right now