Ok, I give up. What's supposed to be so great about these bottles? I've been using a larger and a smaller one for a year now and I can't tell why I couldn't use any other empty plastic bottle instead.Please enlighten me.
>>2872590it just werks
You see, plastic is actually good but only if its from a brand I like.There is nothing redeeming about Nalgene its microplastic slop like all the rest.
Is this 2007?
go on aliexpress and buy a titanium single wall for the same price. i have one with titanium cap and silicone o-ring, it works. 20 euros
>>2872604neat did they finally invent the see-trough aluminium from star trek
>>2872590Those ones are bad, what you want is the HDPE ones. The hard plastic ones are much heavier and more importantly get brittle in the cold and can shatter.
Hikers have switched to these cheap Smart Water bottle's because the threads work with their Sawyer filters.
>>2872638Hm, valid concern.
>>2872612Mfw… but also they made it.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DduO1fNzV4w&ra=m
>>2872590Nothing. Marketing scam to make you buy them.I use bottle from a detergent. Made from hdpe plastic. Can withstand boiling water. and it is free.
>>2872772>I use bottle from a detergent.I've always thought it'd be funny to clean out a bleach bottle and go around in public drinking from it, but I've never felt confident enough that I could really get all of the bleach out.
>>2872772Ok, that's funny. I was just using used mineral water bottles before, and I'm probably going back to them.
>>2872638thisalso if you're winter camping, titanium/steel/whatever has A LOT of uses
>>2872645Yeah like 15 or 20 years ago, but this is new information on /out/. SmartWater bottles are also lighter and more slender (so the same volume of water takes up less pocket space, and it can slide in and out easier than a fat fuck Nalgene).
>>2872652way cool
>>2872590I've had this one for a decade as the primary thing I drink water out of. You can't put ice cubes in it, and it is harder to clean, but you can freeze the whole thing and it doesn't splash water all over your face when driving. It's been dropped a few times and is still ok.
>>2872590They screw on to my water filter. Very convenient.
>>2872774>but I've never felt confident enough that I could really get all of the bleach outJust rinse it out with vinegar.
I have two aluminium Nalgenes, each about 1l. I don't think they even make them any more, but as it's just metal you can boil water in them easily. When they're full they're heavy enough to club someone to death with, but I'd rather have something solid for hiking than plastic that'll get in my balls and in nature.
Yeah the solder probably has lead in it. IDGAF
The market has moved to stainless steel vacuum insulated tumblers. They are all around better than nalgenes. Nalgenes were good for their time because they were one of the only wide mouth bottles around and the plastic was exceptionally durable. That's it. I don't know what you expected, it's a water bottle all it can really do it hold water and not break.
>>2872645>>2872804years ago, traveling with family, they questioned my beat up smartwater bottles. gave these explanations and they said i was full of shitthen we passed a guy filling a bunch with his filter and i felt very vindicated
