Top 5 Stainless Steel Water Bottles
January 12, 2009 by Alicia
Filed under Reusable Bottles for Adults, Shopping Guides
Updated 8/21/09
While we’re well-known for our Safer Plastic Guides, we actually receive more questions about products made from stainless steel. We also happen to be water bottle addicts and since we’ve tried almost every bottle available to mankind, we thought it would be helpful to share our personal favorites with you. We’ve listed them in order of most favorite to almost favorite 
- Double-wall insulation keeps drinks cold for up to 24 hours and hot for up to 6 hours without transferring heat to your hands
- Wide mouth fits ice cubes
- Drinking spout is the perfect size for swigging
- Internal screen keeps ice from interfering with drinking
- Sweat-proof design prevents condensation on the exterior of the bottle
- Strap is durable enough to use for carrying
- Extremely durable exterior
- All plastic is BPA-free (inner spout and lids)
Thermos Stainless Steel Intak Hydration Bottle
- Slim design fits most cup/bottle and bike holders
- Double-wall insulation keeps drinks cold for 18 hours without transferring temperature to your hands
- Wide mouth fits ice cubes
- Drinking spout is the perfect size for swigging
- Rubber grip on cap makes opening a breeze
- Sweat-proof design prevents condensation on the exterior of the bottle
- Durable carabiner for carrying
- Extremely durable exterior
- All plastic is BPA-free
Thermos Leak-proof Hydration Bottle
- Slim design fits most cup/bottle and bike holders
- Double-wall insulation keeps drinks cold for 10 hours without transferring temperature to your hands
- Flip-top lid opens with the push of a button for one-handed drinking
- Lid seals well to provide leak-proof traveling
- Wide mouth fits ice cubes
- Drinking spout is the perfect size for swigging
- Rubber grip around mid-section provides an easy grip
- Sweat-proof design prevents condensation on the exterior of the bottle
- All plastic is BPA-free
Contigo Stainless Steel Autoseal Mug
- It is actually impossible to spill, and is leak-proof too
- The Autoseal makes sipping easy with its press and release feature
- Double-wall insulation keeps drinks hot for 4 hours and cold for 12 hours
- Sweat-proof design prevents condensation on the exterior of the bottle
- Slim design fits most cup/bottle holders
- Wide mouth fits ice cubes
- Contoured shape makes it easy to hold
- All plastic is BPA-free
- Top rack dishwasher safe
Klean Kanteen Bottle with Sport Cap
- Lightweight and durable
- Slim design fits most cup/bottle and bike holders
- Sport cap makes drinking quick and easy
- Wide mouth fits ice cubes and allows for a big swig when you need it
- Fairs well in the dishwasher
- Can be warmed over a fire
- All plastic is BPA-free
What About Aluminum?
Read more here about SIGG, the largest producer of aluminum bottles and then jump over to Tree Hugger for more info on Laken. Dang, these used car salesman tactics are really getting tiring. While their bottles do not us a BPA-based epoxy lining currently, we haven’t heard positive reports on SIGG’s new EcoCare lining (as far as durability).
Fact: Aluminum food containers require a lining, where stainless steel containers do not. You don’t have to wonder if you’ll find out 2 years after you started using your stainless steel water bottle that – oops! – it did have BPA in the lining – but the manufacturer just “didn’t know.”
