Posted by tmarkiewicz on 5/8/2008 on tmarkiewicz's blog
There’s been numerous articles recently written on the problems that have surfaced regarding Nalgene bottles. Since most climbers own one of these, I decided to look into what is actually going on.
I was in the REI in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia recently and I didn’t see a single Nalgene bottle on the shelves. A foreboding sign [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Time to throw away your Nalgene bottles", url: "http://www.allclimbing.com/archive/2008/05/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/" });
Originally published at All Climbing (view original)
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woodchuck07 says:
I saw those stories too, but think that the older they are, the more chance that all the badass chemicals have leached out and been consumed by me already., so, being still alive I'm gonna take a chance again on my bottle. I probably only use it for like 20 liters of water in a season anyway. Since I tend to skip watering up, I think the rehydration will outweigh the nastys from the plastic.
Anykineclimb says:
Camelbak already offeres a Tritan bottle that is BPA free and Nalgene has dropped their Lexan line and going to Tritan also.
That said, I probably won't be getting rid of my lexan bottles for some time and of course replacing them with Tritan later.
woodchuck07 says:
I keep getting these Camelback knockoffs that goo up inside the hose, clog, don't suck water, or leak all over your back. Screw it, I'd rather just use my trusty old 60's Boy Scout 2 qt. metal canteen anyway. Nothing beats metallic taste to your water.
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