this is what happens when you ask your brother, a wilderness explorer, for his opinion on Nalgene bottles
If you've followed the beverage stories here at Say La Vee (she says as though she's some kind of authority) you know that we have a Brita water pitcher. We have two, actually, but the big one is in the basement.
But using the Brita pitcher seems to be a bit of a hindrance to actually drinking the water.
People don't like refilling it and no one is going to bring a glass of water to school.
It's been too easy for my kids to grab a plastic or glass bottle from the fridge and walk away with it. Bottled water, as we all know, is cheap. But I feel terrible buying it. While we are very good at recycling, we cannot ignore the fact that we are buying far too many bottles.
We need to change our habits.
This is how I came to ask B about Nalgene bottles. I'd like to buy three, for the boys, and fill them with Brita water.
This was his response:
I did get some information from readers regarding the problems with plastic bottles leaching chemicals that was also helpful. (Email me if you'd like copies.)
And yes, my brother and I construct complicated photoshopped emails to each other ALL THE TIME.
But using the Brita pitcher seems to be a bit of a hindrance to actually drinking the water.
People don't like refilling it and no one is going to bring a glass of water to school.
It's been too easy for my kids to grab a plastic or glass bottle from the fridge and walk away with it. Bottled water, as we all know, is cheap. But I feel terrible buying it. While we are very good at recycling, we cannot ignore the fact that we are buying far too many bottles.
We need to change our habits.
This is how I came to ask B about Nalgene bottles. I'd like to buy three, for the boys, and fill them with Brita water.
This was his response:
I did get some information from readers regarding the problems with plastic bottles leaching chemicals that was also helpful. (Email me if you'd like copies.)
And yes, my brother and I construct complicated photoshopped emails to each other ALL THE TIME.
Comments
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The OTG is great, I spin with them. They do not leak, but I do not invert them at the bottom of my bag, so perhaps under those conditions they might. The top cleans easily, I wash mine daily, I do use a bottle brush tho... They are just a tad too small, but otherwise perfect.
L.
good luck - i think it's an admirable goal to buy fewer water bottles. :)
My brother doesn't return my emails at all!
And in-depth reportage, with an eye for detail.
My sister forwards me stoopid mass emails with eleventy bazillion email addresses appended. Or the occasional family photo of a trip with the message "We had fun. More latter."
I wish my sister was more like your brother... Or you, for that matter!
2. All of this was worthwhile just for this comment:
I once got doodie square on my water bottle spout...it was awful.
I don't even know what that means, but it made me laugh. And anything that does that at the mo is a good good thing.
Good luck with all the choices. In a few months, will you show us what your boys put on the bottles?
What an amazing email.
And yes he should have a blog!
Love my Nalgene!
My water bottled is tapered in the middle so it's easy to hold, but the men around here like the bigger ones.
I fill up my Nalg every morning and leave for school, however finish it quite early in the day, leaving me forced to fill it with non filtered gross school water.
Why can't Nalgene (or do they already) offer some sort of lid that would filter the water too?
Answer me that, wilderness man.
Please and thank you.