Advantage Of Stainless Steel Bottle?

Most of them reccomend not to boil water in them, except for Keal Kanteen.

EDIT: Don't know about the Guyot/Nalgene... I only checked for what I can have locally.
 
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PorcupineMtns66 said:
Hot tea on a cold day= happy hiker! The Guyot bottle above nests into the GSI cup i'm drinking from. Even more space saved in your pack.

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I have that same cup! I think I use it more than my mugs for morning coffee at home. Now I definitely have to buy a Guyot to nest in it. What's that knife you've got rigged in the picture?
 
BPA - bla bla bla. For those that have gone away from Nalgene bottles, I'd be happy to take them off your hands. I'll continue to put them to good use.

On multi-week winter trips, I've not had a problem with my bottles freezing. It's all about pack placement providing insulation during the day and keeping 1 or 2 in my sleeping bag at night. On extremely cold nights, 2 hot water bottles at bedtime keep me nice and warm, even at -20F in a 0F bag.

Jay
 
Thanks! I've posted one of my survival kit cartoons on this forum a while back. It's always good to not take everything too seriously every once in a while.
 
I think aluminum is reactive to a lot of acids where steel is not. PLus you can boil stuff in it. I love my Klean Kanteens. I have two of the 28oz and one of the 40oz. They rule.
 
steelheadr said:
As I said, I'll be happy to take any clear Nalgenes you don't want anymore.

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The first thing I did when I found out they were discontinuing the "good" Nalgenes was to go and buy up a bunch. I love them, and the BPA leaching, IMO, is BS. Even if it's true (and I sincerely doubt it), I'm well past child bearing, and don't care a bit. I've found consumer reports to be extremely biased and political, and take a lot of what they say with a grain of salt.

I carry a stainless steel cup for boilling as well. If you use a stainless bottle, make sure it's single walled before boiling! :D
 
are klean kanteens safe to boil water in? i assumed so since its stainless, but i have no idea if its treated or what not. I just got one of their 27 oz ones and love it.
 
From Klean Kanteen website:

In a pinch, single-walled Kanteen™ Classic and Wide bottles with the Brushed Stainless finish can be placed on a fire or a stove as long as you take the cap off. Do not do this with a colored bottle, as it will damage the paint.

But it's VERY important that you know what kind of bottle you have because this is absolutely NOT an option with an Insulated Kanteen. Heating a Kanteen™ Wide Insulated will damage the bottle and voids the one-year warranty.

It's pretty easy to tell what kind of bottle you have, even if you've had your bottle so long the logo's worn off. Insulated bottles only come in the wide-mouth design, so if you have a Classic, a bottle with a long neck and a small rolled lip at the edge, you have a Classic. Insulated bottles also have a separate piece at the bottom and come in different sizes (12oz, 16oz, and 20oz) than the single-walled Wide bottles (12oz, 18oz, 27oz and 40oz).
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So the website says the Nalgene stainless bottle has no lining so... safe to boil? Is there any BPA concerns with stainless bottles?

I havent really drank that much water with the steel bottle yet, but water sure tastes fine out of the Tritan bottles I have.

I'm definitely getting one of those GSI cups.
 
Plastic tastes like crap, go SS if you have sensitive taste buds, eve then steel still tastes better than plastic, at least imo.
 
Jake Bauer said:
So the website says the Nalgene stainless bottle has no lining so... safe to boil? Is there any BPA concerns with stainless bottles?

I havent really drank that much water with the steel bottle yet, but water sure tastes fine out of the Tritan bottles I have.

I'm definitely getting one of those GSI cups.
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You DO NOT want to put a lined bottle in or over a fire. You can pour hot liquids in it but I believe there is a warning about temp limits with lined bottles. Personally, I'd never buy a lined bottle. Only single-walled SS unlined.
 
This thread has me tempted to try a SS bottle. I've been using the same 3 lexan Nalgenes for 10+ years. They all look like 10 miles of bad road, but they don't leak a drop. I like the prospect of heating in a SS bottle, I could ditch the canteen cup finally. I've just learned to live with the lexan flavored water...

I made the mistake of drinking whiskey out of a lexan nalgene one time. My water tasted like jack daniels for days.
 
indian4 said:
I've been using the same 3 lexan Nalgenes for 10+ years. They all look like 10 miles of bad road,
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There's the downside of stainless steel. After 10 months, or 10 weeks if you're hard on your equipment, they look like 10 miles of bad road. Dents everywhere. Plastic bottles, with all of their downsides, hold up to punishment much better than stainless steel bottles.
 
Just a warning to make it perfectly clear - don't confuse aluminum and stainless steel water bottles. All decent quality aluminum bottles are lined, and should not be used on fire or a stove. Many stainless bottles are unlined and fine on a stove.



However, some idiotic companies sell unlined stainless bottles with plastic threads, which makes them worthless over a fire. I was given one such bottle as a gift, and other than the plastic threads it's a pretty sweet design, so it ends up getting used as a water bottle at work or elsewhere where I'm not too likely to be boiling water.
 
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