A question about Sigg bottles...

[trimomma]

I also posted in MHM, but didn't get any responses.

Our Siggs just arrived today and I have a question. The information sheet said to consume whatever is in the bottle relatively soon. I was planning on having the bottles in the fridge for dc when they want to go in and get some water. What I'm doing with their current bottles are to just refill them with water when they are running low, then wash them every few days. Does anyone do this with their Sigg? From what I can gather, it isn't recommended to just store water in them for a few days. Am I understanding this correctly?

Thanks.

[the_lissa]

That is how we use ours.

[MomToKandE]

They could get moldy if they were out but as long as they're in the fridge it seems fine.

[Mama2Bug]

We use our Siggs perpetually, often going 2 or 3 days before a wash. DD even uses hers for juice and soy milk (we have a Sigg specifically for each) and I only wash hers every other day. I think they're fine as long as they're in the fridge when not in use. We've never had any problems, mold or otherwise.

[Tofu the Geek]

They say that because ANY liquid in ANY bottle should be consumed relatively soon. Bacteria from your mouth gets into the bottle and grows in your beverage (even water). Think little bits of food from your mouth, viruses you've picked up on your hands and wiped across your mouth, etc. all end up IN your bottle. There was something I read awhile back that compared washing your water bottle daily with washing your hands, basically they both did the same for you in reducing illness.

We wash our SIGGS (or any other water bottle) in the morning before work, school, etc. and refill them with fresh water.

[Individuation]

There are people who don't clean their water bottles after drinking from them? I mean... at the end of the day? What do they do just... refill them? Without washing them?






Ew.

[the_lissa]

We wash them after they are empty. I don't think anyone said they don't, only that they keep them in the fridge full of water for 2 or 3 days.

[Individuation]

Originally Posted by the_lissa

We wash them after they are empty. I don't think anyone said they don't, only that they keep them in the fridge full of water for 2 or 3 days.

Oh, that makes sense. But I think once the bottles touch the mouth, you have to empty and wash them at the end of the day.

[mamamilkers]

We probably wash ours every three days or so.

[klg47]

We wash our water cups/bottles if they fall in the toilet or something equally nasty

[gaialice]

I hope you do not mind if I add another question re: SIGG bottles? (Too lazy to start another thread...)
Do your DC eat (or better said gnaw) the top of the their bottles?
Mine do all the time and I have stopped using them because replacing them was just too costly. Do you think it is OK to use a SIGG bottle which has been bitten? Could it not be that they wind up eating PLASTIC material?

[Tofu the Geek]

Originally Posted by gaialice

I hope you do not mind if I add another question re: SIGG bottles? (Too lazy to start another thread...)
Do your DC eat (or better said gnaw) the top of the their bottles?
Mine do all the time and I have stopped using them because replacing them was just too costly. Do you think it is OK to use a SIGG bottle which has been bitten? Could it not be that they wind up eating PLASTIC material?

I am confused as to what they are gnawing on...the plastic tops that you drink out of? or do they have the screw-off tops and are gnawing on the metal?

[Ackray]

What are these bottles? Someone tell me what's so cool about them. The look fun.

[Mama2Bug]

Originally Posted by gaialice

I hope you do not mind if I add another question re: SIGG bottles? (Too lazy to start another thread...)
Do your DC eat (or better said gnaw) the top of the their bottles?
Mine do all the time and I have stopped using them because replacing them was just too costly. Do you think it is OK to use a SIGG bottle which has been bitten? Could it not be that they wind up eating PLASTIC material?

My DD does not gnaw on the tops of her SIGG bottles. You can order new tops for the bottles without buying a whole new SIGG.

[gaialice]

Thanks, I did not know you could order new tops. Yeah, that's what they gnaw on, the plastic tops. I know that at 5 and 7 they should have STOPPED but they do this in school and much as I tell them not to when they're with me... there's so much I can do about what happens in school