Boiling in a Sigg bottle

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Has anyone tried this? I don't plan on making it a regular thing, but I am curious. Stainless steel, no liner.

I just got one last night at REI and am curious if I could use it to replace a pot or metal cup on ultra-light trips or as part of a PSK in my daypack.

Thanks

Mike
 
Sigg is aluminum, with some sort of plastic liner. Same goes for Laken. Guyot and Kleen Kanteen are uncoated stainless steel, IIRC.
 
The sigg classics are SS and unlined. You can boil in them if you want. It depends if you have a classic or not..
 
Yeah, I wouldn't boil in a SIGG bottle unless it is the Flask (Oval) model, which is stainless steel. All other SIGG bottles are aluminum with an interior coating. Although they state the interior coating is very durable and wouldn't be affected if placed in a dish washer, I would be leary of boiling water in it over a stove or fire. I suppose though, in a Bear Ghrylls/Les Stroud survival situation, it would probably work.
 
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j williams said:
The sigg classics are SS and unlined. You can boil in them if you want. It depends if you have a classic or not..
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j williams, are you referring to old SIGG bottles? SIGG has a current line of bottles called SIGG CLassics that are aluminum. The current 'Classic' line is available in solid colors, and doesn't have the goofy graphics that a lot of their other bottles have.
 
Hey Mike, perhaps a ss GSI or Olicamp Bottle Cup will fit around the bottom of your SIGG bottle. You can boil water in the cup instead of the bottle, and the setup will still take up about as much space as the bottle alone.
 
Only boil in stainless steel. Doing the same in the aluminum with the coating is not a good idea. I've boiled water before in my Guyot and my Klean but again, both are straight stainless.
 
Thanks. I might bring it back and get a Klean Kanteen. I wish I could find a place in SD to get Guyot bottles.
 
I've boiled water in a Sigg bottle with no problems. I don't know what the state of play is with Sigg bottles now [I haven't used mine in a long time – I can't tolerate the sound of sloshing in a partially full one]. When I got mine they came in two flavours – Coloured ones for drinks, lined so that juice .etc wouldn't corrode them, and plain Alu for fuel. I got the plain Alu fuel ones especially 'cos I would only carry water in them, and boil if need be.
 
The one that looks like a flask is the one im reffering to. Its the retro, or classic, Its a smaller bottle..
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As above, I can't testify to the lined ones, and I'd never hump milk over any distance so I can't really comment on over a long period of time. I've had milk in a small one for short trips because my playmate takes it in coffee. Over a couple of days I don't see it faring any worse than it would do in a plastic bottle. I just take extra care when cleaning them out [handfull of sand + half full of hot soapy and shake]. I've always been concerned about anything that could be corrosive biting in to the unlined Alu. I recall John Fenna [sp] leaking Trangia fuel all over his kit. That said, I've got one that had been sitting with Coleman fuel in it for a couple of years. It bulged but didn't leak.
 
Thats a nice bottle in that link pit! I might have to pick up a couple....

Anyone know if naglene has the guyots out yet?
 
Sorry i just meant for 12hrs at most but using it regular for milk?.
Every other container ive used even with regular cleaning ends up still smelling of sour milk after about 10 to 15 few uses.
 
I carry milk to work in a naglene, and I drink protien shakes from my gnc shaker. When it starts to smell sour, I use a capfull of bleach, and some dish soap and leave them uncovered for a day. It usually works. I also use the denture cleaning tablets, and they work really well for cleaning bottles, and hydration bladders.
 
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