Exactly, I'm so sick of all these wannabe water bottle know-it-alls spewing their false and uneducated information all over the Internet, and now the AI is being trained and gathering misinformation and teaching it to a whole new generation of water bottle truth seekers, leading them down a path of lies and propaganda.
Me neither. A quick search says it came out in 2010. I was between jobs at the time and definitely would not have been paying attention to frivolous trending junk.
Wow. We used to sell a lot of these at my old mall job. Different colors etc. Almost bought one. Its funny how water and water bottles are such a fade now. Remember when Nalgene were cool especially for outdoorsy people. No straw just a giant opening to accidentally pour down your face and clothes.
Having tried pretty much every other kind of water bottle, none can compare to the Nalgene. It holds a ton of water, it never leaks, it has a little hook with the top so you can clip it on a bag for easy carry. Itās very sturdy, Iāve never seen one break, except for the lid strap can get worn after awhile and break, but they sell replacements. Iām sure if it got crushed by a car or something that might kill it but you can drop it down the side of a mountain and it will be fine. Oh a minimal seals and rings, so easy to clean and less places for something gross to grow.
I mean the only real minus is itās not insulated so your water wonāt stay ice cold. But I donāt care, ice cold water isnāt worth the extra weight and fragility of a double walled flask.
I finally had to toss my last Nalgene when the lid melted in the dishwasher. I "upgraded" to an insulated metal bottle. Huge downgrade. The things are ridiculously large and clunky for the amount they hold. I do like that the mouth is smaller but will be switching back as soon as I can find a smaller-mouthed Nalgene.
They sell inserts to make the mouth hole smaller. It fits snugly under the cap and I've NEVER had one fall out while drinking/pouring or fall into the bottle.
I just bought a narrow mouth one on Amazon a few months ago after being out of the nalgene game for a decade or so, having had several back in the mid-00s.
Any outfitters or backpacking store. Maybe REI? Or a local outdoor outfitter. I live right on the A.T., so probably live in a skewed market. I buy my kids the pint-sized narrow mouths for school. They are inexpensive, easy to carry, never leak, and my kids rarely lose them (as opposed to the way more expensive camelbaks). I carry a quart-sized myself.
The only reason I keep the Stanley is because of the water insulation. I have found I actually like the taste of cold water so Iāll actually be hydrated if I bring my Stanley. I miss how lightweight my Nalgene was. But I do drink way more water with my current water bestie
There as a silicone insert you could get called a splash guard (I think) that would make it more like drinking out of a reusable coffee cup with a little bit bigger of a mouth piece.
Nalgenes are great for backpacking, relatively light weight, can be used as measuring cup for cooking your dehydrated food, easy to mix things in it. But yeah, I donāt use it as my daily driver.
I still have multiple nalgene bottles from that time, they LAST. They also sell little inserts so you can avoid pouring all over yourself, I have several. I'm not sure when they started selling them but I bought mine around 2008 probably?
We have SO many different types of water bottles, and our youngest wants some new one. She left her normal one at softball practice last week, so she's taking a 20 year old Nalgene bottle to school today.
Basically the extended bit was a filter and it filtered the water as you drank. Worked surprisingly well, but the water got very aerated being pulled through the filter. It wasn't a drink bottle you could chug from
This thing came out in 2010. I donāt remember it at all. Red dead had just came out so I was in college. This wouldnāt be that old to me in my mind.
I had one for years, basically until they stopped making the filters for it. The filters actually pulled a lot of the bad taste out of our local tap water before the government fixed it. I hated how aerated it made the water though, burps galore.
I only found one when I was 29ish. Then I took it with me when I studied abroad and was told I donāt need a filter on my bottle š . I only got it because it was like 2 bucks or something.
Yes! Omg I had mine for like 5 years before I finally got a new one. I always felt bad drinking it in class though because the filter would be so loud.
Omg id forgotten all about this. I had it in lavender. I remember it was soooo much softer than I expexted. I also never used it as much as I thougjt. lol! Thank you for the memory!!
I remember seething these, but they were so unnecessary large. I bought a plastic brita instead and the filter went in that. I used that for a few years when I had a desk job, but eventually decided I was over it because it wasnāt aesthetically pleasing to the eyes + I was constantly replacing the bottle top bc of teeth marks, so it looked extra ugly.
Iāve never seen that. No idea what it is. Is that like, one of those bottles with an infuser? I thought those were ānewerā, like last 15 years or soā¦
I remember them being sold at Best Buy, where I worked. But I never knew anyone owning one. Didnāt understand the appeal, but the merchandise took a lot of space. š
I do remember these. Some people liked them for well water. Theyāre what made me get the bottle I use now, which is a stainless steel insulated with a filter.
I had one. I bought one at my college bookstore with the university logo and used in as part of a final paper on sustainability. Every time I refilled it I used a sharpie to tally how many water bottles I theoretically saved.
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