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I drink a lot of water. I drink water quite a bit around mealtimes but also sip it all day long. I know its good to stay hydrated and its good for your body. However I choose to carry a stainless steal water bottle around as opposed to a plastic one. I recently bought a new stainless steel water bottle and so far am really liking it as the wide mouth and screw top are great! I refill the water bottle at work whenever I need to. I really can’t stand store bought bottled water bottles because of how much energy they take to produce, the fact that the water they contain is usually brought in from somewhere far way which requires transportation not to mention that its not recommended to reuse the water bottles after one use as the plastic begins to deteriorate and leaches into your water. So they get recycled which requires even more energy to make them into something else. Our landfills and oceans are chock full of plastic water bottles and I don’t feel a need to add to the pile.
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Not to mention BPA could seep into the water from a plastic water bottle. BPA is banned in Canada, but not in the US.
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Are there any down sides to the steel bottle other than the lack of squeezability?
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You need to make sure the bottle is all steel. Some are made with an inner and outer steel coating but have a middle layer of plastic (no idea why).
I drink a lot of water too. Our company is huge on sustainability (we have a big sustainability departament.) So it banned plastic bottles. Now we have to use drinking fountains. And you know… it feels good.
Some of my co-workers use Brita filter jugs. They fill them up and drink the water @ their desks.
Er, that would be “chock full” not “chalk full!”
I use steel bottles too when I travel, but for bicycling I find I still need a plastic bottle because you can’t squeeze a steel bottle and it’s awkward to use a metal bottle for drinking whle you ride. The best bike bottle I’ve found is the Clean Bottle (http://www.cleanbottle.com/ — you can order from this website and they ship to Canada; the buy three-get-one-free deal is great!). It’s BPA-free and the bottom unscrews so you can clean it out thoroughly, avoiding one of the most common issues with plastic squeeze bottles for biking and running.