crocodile creek stainless bottles?

apies · Guru

crocodile creek stainless bottles?

muffy · Guru

Apies -

we use SIGG water bottles here and they are AMAzing! seriously - they get used, thrown, banged up - never had one break. (steel body or plastic tops)

i see in ebay the kids go from about 8-15 bucks. i know you were wanting under 10 bucks, but considering the durability and quality of these you might want to consider paying a little extra.

the sigg site has kids around 18-22 bucks, some are 12 on sale. they do have free shipping if you buy 2 or more.

happylib · Guru

April we have the thermos brand bottles. You can find them at target and I have seen them at TJ Maxx for less. We really like them. I especially like that you can put them on the top rack of the dishwasher and the straw is covered up.

http://www.thermos.com/product_catalog.aspx?CatCode=HYDR&SubcategoryID=25

supergrover · Guru

We like the thermos ones ok, but I'm seriously looking at the Sigg ones.

Koda said to me two days ago "mommy I don't want juice boxes anymore. They garbage the earth and I want to keep it nice and clean". Adorable.

apies · Guru

thanks for the info.

can anyone tell me why i should buy stainless and not BPA free? camelback has some like that.

muffy · Guru

imo plastic gets junky looking after a few dozen washes in the dishwasher, while i have a few sigg bottles for more than 5 years and they still look like new.

supergrover · Guru

apies wrote:

thanks for the info.

can anyone tell me why i should buy stainless and not BPA free? camelback has some like that.

Apies- found this that might better explain:

http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/0902.asp

Also, from my search I learned Sigg is aluminum and there is some concern about the lining and that they have a higher tendency to mold. Cross that off my shoppin list.

(summary of article: when they replaced BPA, there is some concern about what exactly they replaced it with. Some fear it is with an equally toxic chemical/plastic)

Sonya · Guru

We have Kleen Kanteen bottles that have been great (I almost couldnt' buy it because of my complete detest of using Ks for Cs and mispellings on purpose but it's been good). I'm pretty sure they use avent sippy tops (or something like that) so they don't leak.

They aren't lined with any plastic.

One thing I found when I switched to metal bottles is the water doesn't get flavoured by the plastic, especially in the sun. I bought a bpa free bottle to leave at my client site and I can now taste the plastic when I drink out of it.

That and all the plastic scary stuff is my main reason for switching.

We have Sigg too and they've been leak free.

Robin · Guru

I'm also on a mission to find reusable, dishwasher-safe water bottles for my kids' lunchboxes.

I did a search yesterday but I just couldn't figure out what would be best.

They can't look like sippy cups because I don't want the kids to be teased.

They need to be small enough to fit in the kids' lunchboxes but big enough to hold enough drink for their lunches.

They need to be easy enough for the kids to open.

I've been looking at all my regular stores but they don't have anything that looks like it won't spill all over their lunches.

Robin · Guru

Also, many of the sites I found talk about "leak-free" and/or "spill-proof".

What's the difference?

a_mastermom · Guru

I'll second the Kleen Kanteen recomemendation!

daisy · Guru

hi all!!
just a quickie on this topic - i recommend stainless steel over aluminum as well - alum (like sigg) is lighter, but there is question about safety of aluminum (alzheimer's, BPA, etc), while stainless seems to really be problem-free.
also, there are issues with siggs that have a yellow copper color on the inside - these had been recalled by whole foods, etc - so check your siggs. there are lots of articles around to search.
my favorite is foogo by thermos (with the straw) - ours do NOT leak at all, and we've had them for over a year now (i think). they are a little pricey but well worth it - i bought three originally and have not had to replace them.
kleen kanteen seems great - i dont have them myself but i know PBK is selling them (they're pretty up to date on these issues) and i saw them at whole foods as well.