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A few of my friends who are doctors told me that more and more studies are coming out saying that drinking out of plastic is a bad idea. So I am checking out a replacement to my dozen Nalgene bottles. Coated food grade Aluminum (like soda cans) or food grade Stainless Steel 8/88…
I got Baptiste a couple of Klean Kanteen bottles with the nipple adapter. For myself I have a Sigg and a Klean Kanteen. The sigg is a very lightweight aluminum water bottle covered in a water based resin (since aluminum is not good for daily consumption). The KK bottle (i hate the stupid K thing…almost to the point of not buying it) is made of food grade 8/88 stainless steel with no coatings and I got the stainless steel lid. The Sigg has the impression of tasting better. The KK has the suggestion of a metal taste because your tongue touches metal when you drink from it. I say suggestion because if I leave the water in the bottle all day (even hot and cold multiple times) and pour it into a glass it has no metal taste. The KK is more thermic, the Sigg takes the temperature of the environment almost instantly. The Sigg is much better for style, the KK looks like a hiking canteen gone wrong. The KK is heavy, and the Sigg is lighter then air – it is the water in any case that has the weight. I think if Sigg would publish the composition of the water based resin I would leave the KK in the dust. They could do what Coca-Cola did in Britain and announce the ingredients and not the proportions (did you know that coke regular is 100% natural – no chemicals whatsoever; just spices, fruits, carbonated water…) Also Sigg should make some nipple adapter tops. The KK you can dish wash and sterilize, the Sigg you have to hand wash and put boiling water in it for 10 minutes to sterilize it (though I can imagine there is a better way – though I have not though of it yet). The Sigg is fine with carbonated beverages (though I would never put a carbonated beverage in it, for some reason the kk is not good with them. So there are give and takes on both. Also the screw tops are lame… get one that is just one turn to open. Otherwise good luck driving and getting some water.
: EDIT : update October 15, 2008
For the record, it seems I may be flip flopping on my decision. (I should move into politics) After continueing to use my bottles the same sigg and clean canteen (yes I refuse to use the K) the clean canteen no longer has that nasty metal taste. So it would seem that when you buy the canteen you should wash it a dozen or so times or let it sit for a while. I did the blindfold test on Anne and she could not tell the difference anymore either. So since sigg has the mystery lining and also got a dent or two in use… I find myself using the clean canteen more and more. Too bad they are not more design oriented. Now I just need to find a metal sport lid for the clean canteen. I got a few little clean canteens for my baby to use a bottles for travel and as a sippy cup later.
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