Whether he travels by bicycle or on foot, he uses his experience outside to bring inspiration to all the stories he tells.

The lid covers the drinking lip, so no matter where you toss this bottle, the surface that your mouth touches will be covered. When we make recommendations for larger capacities, such design concerns are a big part of what we take into consideration. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.Klean Kanteen makes bottles in three different sizes — the 18 ounces listed above, a bigger 27 ounces, and a child’s-size 12 ounces — with universal-size lids that can easily be mixed and matched. So if you’re using this bottle for cycling, and you experience a ton of dust and dirt on your ride, some of it may get stuck in that mouthpiece. Every summer, at least one black field cricket gets into my house and seems to gravitate to the bathroom to find water. However, I do make sure the bottles are regularly sterilised so any bacteria which may be starting, can be sure of an early demise. The type of lid on your reusable water bottle will make a difference in how you experience drinking from it.

It has a glass top to provide a smooth and easy-to-maintain surface to set a lamp and a glass of water. Recipe developer and cookbook author Jessie Sheehan loves that its massive 32-ounce size “holds a lot of water, which is helpful for those of us obsessed with drinking eight glasses a day,” but that the HDPE construction means it’s “still so lightweight.I actually looked this up recently because I've had problems with my kidneys for almost a year now and my Mum-in-Law and husband kept saying, "It's because you drink water from the bathroom! It’s a little skinnier than a lot of others, and I never have to worry about it fitting in a cup holder or my purse. Other bottles performed poorly in our insulation tests, including the 25-ounce Fifty/Fifty Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steel, the Laken Thermo Classic (its contents rose by 20. I was always told as a child (a long time ago) not to drink a glass of water that has stood bedside overnight. He also likes that the lid can be opened and closed with one hand, which helps while exercising and in the car.

What elevates a water bottle from just an okay water bottle to an excellent one is, first and foremost, whether it does a good job keeping your water cold. While the likes of Nalgene use “BPA-free” plastic to prevent toxins from the material from leaking into the water, L. But finding the right one to match your personal taste can be a challenge—it depends on what you’re looking for amid the riot of colors, shapes, and features. Trolio isn’t the only one who loves them: In our recent story on what kids are bringing back to school last year, the Funtainer got the most mentions among the preteen set.It’s an insulated, double-walled stainless steel water bottle with a powder-coated exterior (the permanent, lightly textured coating) and a plastic cap. Cookbook author Erin Gleeson says that while her three kids have been especially “hard on water bottles” in the past, none of them have yet been able to make a dent in these “tough” bottles from Yeti.