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Need a new water bottle.
Raburo
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I'm a rather frugal person, I currently do not have a job. I have used a glass sobe bottle as a water bottle for quite some time. I find that it is a higher quality and cheaper water bottle than you can obtain anywhere else. At any local store a reusable water bottle costs roughly fifteen dollars and is plastic. I liked the fact that the sobe bottles were glass because you didn't have to worry about all of the chemicals inside of plastics, besides plastic gives water a funny aftertaste. Unlike regular water bottles the sobe bottle also had a pretty wide mouth, making it perfect for filling up at water fountains.
My mom lets one of her friends stay over almost every weekend. This friend occasionally cleans the house. she usually only cleans when the house is pretty clean to begin with, then makes a really big deal out of it. Unfortunately my sobe bottle is now missing, I suspect that she threw it away the last time she cleaned. I asked her about this, her response was "I picked up a lot of trash yesterday," this really pissed me off. Everyone else in my house knows that particular sobe bottle is mine and that given the option I would drink out of it every day until the end of time. This may seem petty, but I really liked that water bottle. I have grown attached to it.
truthfully I spend most of my time at home. I still like to use a water bottle of some kind. It is distinctly mine, so I don't have to worry about anyone else drinking from it. All of the cups my mom buys have a distinct funny taste when you drink water out of them (that is only a problem for me, everyone else in my family doesn't drink water very much and when they do they drink out of regular plastic bottles).
As you probably know sobe now uses plastic for their bottles. I am unlikely to find a replacement. Does anyone have any recommendations of other drinks that you can buy from stores that come out of glass bottles? Specifically something that is not alcoholic and does not have a particularly strong taste. I don't want to be seen drinking water out of what used to be an alcoholic container, it would give a lot of people the wrong idea. Besides, it took a long time to get the taste out of the wide mouth sobe bottle, I can only imagine how long it would take to get the taste out of most any other bottle, especially one that used to contain alcohol.
My mom lets one of her friends stay over almost every weekend. This friend occasionally cleans the house. she usually only cleans when the house is pretty clean to begin with, then makes a really big deal out of it. Unfortunately my sobe bottle is now missing, I suspect that she threw it away the last time she cleaned. I asked her about this, her response was "I picked up a lot of trash yesterday," this really pissed me off. Everyone else in my house knows that particular sobe bottle is mine and that given the option I would drink out of it every day until the end of time. This may seem petty, but I really liked that water bottle. I have grown attached to it.
truthfully I spend most of my time at home. I still like to use a water bottle of some kind. It is distinctly mine, so I don't have to worry about anyone else drinking from it. All of the cups my mom buys have a distinct funny taste when you drink water out of them (that is only a problem for me, everyone else in my family doesn't drink water very much and when they do they drink out of regular plastic bottles).
As you probably know sobe now uses plastic for their bottles. I am unlikely to find a replacement. Does anyone have any recommendations of other drinks that you can buy from stores that come out of glass bottles? Specifically something that is not alcoholic and does not have a particularly strong taste. I don't want to be seen drinking water out of what used to be an alcoholic container, it would give a lot of people the wrong idea. Besides, it took a long time to get the taste out of the wide mouth sobe bottle, I can only imagine how long it would take to get the taste out of most any other bottle, especially one that used to contain alcohol.
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http://mysigg.com/store/collections/solids/dark-blue.html
http://www.scojuice.com/
It is a nationwide chain, just check the juice section at your grocery store.
Every time he gets high he goes on a tirade about why this is the perfect container for drinking anything. It's pretty entertaining.
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I also happen to like those, but many people are picky about them b/c of what chemicals they may or may not contain and what it does to the flavor, especially if you ever use it for alcohol (which can damage the liner).
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This looks promising, I'll check it out.
I think an Arizona Iced Tea bottle is up your alley.
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Are you sure it's not just your favorite store that switched over?
Those nalgene bottles are pretty awesome and basically indestructible, I remember seeing teenagers years ago going out of their way to try to smash one and they couldn't. Even if she didn't throw away your sobe bottle, because it's made out of glass it would forever hold the possibility of shattering. I know you dislike plastic but that is something to consider.
You could also get a Jones soda bottle if you have them around, they are sold in glass, it's tasty and the cap screws itself back on. It's also a soda bottle so the neck is of course narrow.
powerade bottles are good too
Bad. Advice.
Germs build up in those things like a mofo. DO NOT reuse plastic bottles.
This. This a million times. I have the same one in the photo that's BPA free, and it's awesome. It can also take a helluva beating too. The bastard doesn't break!
Don't EVER ever reuse a regular plastic bottle. It's actually pretty bad for your health, and glass bottles break easily (or maybe I'm just clumsy). The nalgene will last you forever.
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Just replace it every so often.
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The rim is wide and the lid is secure so it is easy to fill and avoid spilling.
If that is does not sound like something you want then I am sure you can find a glass SoBe bottle somewhere. Someone else mentioned it but they still exist some places.
What is the appeal of sigg bottles? Other than having to pay another 10$ for a brush that can actually clean it, and feeling cool for owning one, etc.
A lot of places give those out as promotional items as well.
You can also try the Brisk Nestea bottles. They're a bit smaller but glass also.
But just shell out the extra few bucks for a Nalgene bottle. They're indestructible, and won't be mistaken as trash and be thrown out.
On this idea, maybe one of the aluminum bottled soda/energy drinks could make a good second-hand water bottle. Maybe.
Personally, I use a stainless steel thermos/bottle.
On another note I use a stainless steel bottle, works great but I'm thinking i'm sold on the Nalgene bottle now.
Good luck on your quest.
Oh no, not GERMS!!!
seriously, a few bacteria and viruses are a good thing for the body.
Well you can clean them effectively with a little dish soap and water, but they're not intended for re-use and specifically to get the water hot enough to be effective in cleaning you'll start leeching chemicals from those bottles (they're not designed for re-use remember?).
Rinsing it out and using it for water won't kill you, and as long as you're not drinking stuff with visible bacterial colonies on it you're probably not going to die.
That said. The Aluminium bottles are the best. They are easily worth the money, a lot easier to clean, and don't make water taste quite as funny as the plastic/nalgene ones do. Sigg is also making wide mouth versions of their bottles now (but I think they use a BPA-free Plastic liner inside). They are completely worth the $25, though.
Also, fuck you spellcheck, Aluminium is right.