Water bottle poll

[D Towlun]

I just hgot an early Christmas present - a nice stainless steel Nalgene water bottle. Should I take it on my upcoming trip or should I leave it at home and take the old standard plastic bottle? The metal bottle fits my insulator, but I'm worried about my lips sticking to the metal in the cold. Anyone have experience with this? Thanks!

[Heavy Duty]

I've always used a stainless water bottle. never an issue with my lips sticking to it.

[Bothwell Voyageur]

Nope, never. As long as the water isn’t frozen the bottle will be above freezing so not a problem.

[snapper]

I don't have a stainless steel water bottle but I can see the advantage to it over a plastic one since you could put it directly on your stove. Can't do that with plastic. If you get any ice in your new bottle, lay it atop the stove and it should melt right away.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

[4estTrekker]

I’ve actually been looking at swapping my plastic Nalgenes out for metal ones for the reasons given above. Good stuff. 👌

[WoodsWalker711]

I use the Kleen Canteen (metal) year round. I can put it right in the fire to boil my water.

[MRaske]

non-insulated metal containers are pretty nice to have on the stove. I found out how quick it is to stick my lips to a Ti canteen, I would think twice about doing that again.

[berk]

Another vote for single walled SS bottles. No worries about melting by the fire, can direct heat, etc.