Which Water Bottle? Nalgene? Aluminum?

[capsgirl08]

DS is 2 and has food allergies to dairy, egg, and nuts. I am pretty positive he is allergic to fire ants as he had a horrible reaction to them this week and had Mickey Mouse hand for a few days...

Anyway, we bring his food and water everywhere. We live in Texas, where 98 is a cooler day in the summer. I am looking for a good water bottle that doesn't leak like my previous ones. I have been questioning my current pick, which is Nalgene. It's BPA free, but I don't know about pthalates. I figured you all would be more knowledgeable.

My first instinct is that aluminum is not the way to go---so why are so many people using them? I don't wear mainstream deodorant because of the aluminum, I don't vax, partly because of aluminum, so why I am going to put our water in it?

Glass is great, but even the lid would be plastic, and sometimes we're in a situation where we can't bring glass...

I know I'm not well educated in this subject. Just wondering if someone can fill me in so my next water bottle purchase is more informed.

Thank you very much!

[Magelet]

I use kleen kanteens (stainless steel), mason jars (there is some bpa in the lid), and this other type of glass bottle. Do you know lorina soda? it comes in a bottle like this: http://www.lorina.com/Site/eng/Corporate/index.html the water only touches rubber. I've bought the soda a few times (for like 4 bucks) drank it or emptied it out, rinsed it well, and voila, cheap-o water bottle that looks good, and is super nice. (heavy though.)

I prefer to avoid plastic, even bpa free. I mean, it probably still has next years "big scary toxin in plastic". That said, I almost certainly will buy a bpa free food processor at some point. but minimizing, and there are better water bottle options. kleen kanteen is lighter weight too.

[LorenaAZ]

I did a lot of reasearch when I was looking to buy a water bottle for my DD. The best product I found was the SafeSippy2. It is made of stainless steel, has BPA free plastic mouth piece and handles, and silicone sleeve and valve. My DD loves it.

http://www.kid-basix.com/thesafesippy2.php

[deditus]

We have KK and they are fine except they lack insulation. You can buy neoprene insulating sleeves but I don't really want to buy one.more.thing. Dd has a stainless steel Thermos brand straw sippy (silicone straw parts) and I really like that - it keeps the water cold for a long time. They make larger sizes now too that they carry at Target and I want one for me.

[Annie Mac]

I have a stainless steel bottle that I like a lot. Although it was made in China, so who knows what's really in it. (Can I say that? I don't mean anything racist, just that their track record is not so great.)

[pianojazzgirl]

Another vote for stainless steel here. We use Kleen Kanteen (is that how they spell it?) and some that we got at MEC.

[ThisCat]

It's hot here, so I am all about insulated bottles. Both kids have Foogo stainless steel straw bottles made by Thermos. Love them! Klean Kanteen makes an insulated one now that I'm thinking about for myself.

[rootzdawta]

^^^My two-year old has the Foogo (with a silicone straw) and I love it. My 4 year old has a Kleen Kanteen but I bought the sports cap (which is plastic).

[KimPM]

The Kleen Kanteens look interesting, and now they have an insulated version. One thing to note about them is they are made of 18/8 stainless steel, which means they have 8% nickel in them, for those with nickel sensitivities. Acidic food or drinks in particular will leach the nickel out of the container.

[luminesce]

Another vote for Kleen Kanteen.

[capsgirl08]

Thank you all for the wonderful reponses and links! Time to hit up Amazon.

Yes, I would like to avoid all plastic if possible because of the next discovery of bad junk in it for us, and a few other reasons...

Anyway, I knew I could turn to you all! Stainless steel!

[KimPM]

Bumping this to update the thread with a link to water bottle information:

http://canarypapers.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/7/

(all stainless steel bottles are being made in China)

And BTW, I just LOVE the HercuGlass strengthened glass water bottles and tea mugs they have out now.

They also have HercuGlass strengthened glass baby bottles, for those who pump.

http://www.hercuglass.com/

Edited by KimPM - 1/13/11 at 5:48am