I LOVE the rubbermaid chug bottle. I have about 7 at this point (I go through periods where they all disappear). The only problem I have with them is that they sweat, but I usually keep them in one of those can coolers (not sure what the actual name is), so that isn't really a problem.
I'm a cheap slob chick. I grab an empty used water bottle from whatever brand of water I bought at the gas station recently. I then use it, cram it into my bike's water bottle cage until it cracks and leaks everywhere. My trainer loves it when it happens to bust open at her gym.
Katadyn is one serious bottle (just watched a video on their site)!!!! That would be an awesome investment for DH and I if we were ever to get back into serious mountain biking or camping. Glad to know about it!
They really are awesome. I had one as well, but lost it in a bike crash about a year ago and am too cheap to replace it
When I finally went to replace my cancerous Nalgene bottles all I could find was a brand called Camelback. I am not sure if I like mine- it has a weird rubber mouthpiece you have to bite down on to drink- and i usually just take the lid off together. I think I'm going back to Nalgene.
Nalgene does offer a non cancerous version. It's the HDPE loop top bottle.....
A friend has one and it works pretty well.
I loved the camelbak because of the fact that you had to bite down on it....it doesn't spill in my purse and my 2 y/o can't just pour it out whenever he feels like it.
I have a Sigg with a sport top, was lucky to find exactly the one I wanted in the grocery store, since they weren't (aren't?) selling them online.
I used to have a Camelbak... I liked it, but after a few times leaving it in a very cold car during the winter, and a few times in a very warm car during the summer, water just wasn't flowing through it well enough. I had to suck so hard to get anything out that I gave up and got rid of it (maybe I could have bought a new lid, but I fell in love with the Sigg anyway).
