Aluminium drink bottles?

[BekZ]

Hi All,

I have seen these new aluminium bottles popping up around the shops. Are they good? What is the difference in quality between the expensive ones and cheeper versions.

[Olive]

we use the foogoo ones, stainless steele, they keep water cold all day, we love them, not cheap but they have certainly lasted longer than the cheaper plastic ones! o nly had to replace the straw once in DD's straw one, DD2 has teh sippy cup

[Bathsheba]

We use the Swiss made SIGG flasks and are happy to spend the extra money. They don't taint the water with a plasticy taste and are very durable.

[BekZ]

Thanks ladies. I've seen both of those brands.

[Doodlebug]

I think some of the cheaper ones don't have the ability to act like a thermos and keep the drinks cold. Some are just the stainless steel drink bottle which gets extremely hot in the sun!

[Bathsheba]

I figure that if you can taste the plastic then there must be enough of it IN the water to be getting into your body IYKWIM? SIGG has a really good reputation... I figure that cheaper ones are probably not going to last as long, it's usually the way.

[Lulu]

You do usually have to buy an insulating sleeve for them.

Bath, do you have older Sigg bottles? There was an issue with contamination with them and I think even a recall. The newer ones don't have the problem though.

Whatever stops more horrible plastic bottles being made is alll good to me!

[JellyBean]

Make sure you get stainless steel - not aluminium. Apart from keeping things warm or cool - stainless steel doesn't leech chemicals like plastic does. Foogoo does some cool ones - you can view tham on the Natures Child website. The Ecobabe site also has a range I believe.

HTH! XX

[Olive]

sherie just found some at onyabags!! they have 1000ml and 1200ml!

[Trillian]

I just found them too ROFL! I love that they have replacement caps too - always peeve me when the lid of a plastic one broke as you had to replace the whole lot.

[nicjay]

Ecotanka ones are good too, they make a 1 L bottle too You can also buy a special top for them which fits an Avent spout in to use as a sippy cup.

HTH

[Lulu]

Cheeki do them too, and they are Australian.

[Liz]

DH went with stainless steel too, over aluminium. Aluminium ones need to have a lining in it to stop the aluminium leaching into the water.. or something like that. He has a Klean Kanteen. We keep meaning to get the kids a bottle each, but haven't got around to it. The Cheeki ones are cute, but not sure what they're like.