Equipment alert

[Raymond1000]

I once bought some Ridgeway water bottles made by Kelty. IIRC Costco sold them in batches of four bottles. I filled one with water and nested it in a stainless steel GSI Glacier cup. I put the combo into my vehicle emergency bag.

I recently went through that kit, replacing perishables and improving the contents. (E.G., when I last stowed the bag, I didn’t own any Shemags. This time I added one.) When I checked out my cup and bottle I found the cup was—apparently—fused to the bottle. Muscle power couldn’t pull them apart. I tried prying. Forget it. I hit it with a hammer beating a stick. No luck. Eventually I noticed that the cup’s seam was sprung open. At which point I tossed the entire unit.

I replaced the combo with another GSI cup, and a Guyot standard bottle. I hope that will stand up better over the long haul.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Thanks for the Heads Up

 

[Jeff H]

I ordered two Guyot bottles a while back and found impurities (inclusions) in the steel of one, which rusted. I hit up Guyot and Base Gear (from whom I bought them) and both respeonded very quickly with an offer to replace the bottle. I took Guyot up on the offer to replce and they did so, paying the shipping ando told me to recycle the bad bottle instead of paying to sen it to them. Noticed a monnth or so later that the other bottle had the same problem and Guyot took care of that one immediately as well - NO cost to me.
I mention this to highlight their exemplary service, not the original problem, which was likely a fluke. Good folks to deal with!:thumbup::thumbup:

If you store your bottle in a kit, or just between outings, make sure it is DRY before storing it or the insides WILL rust. Yeah, I know, "but it's stainless steel...." It WILL rust. Mine has because it was put on a shelf, right side up and not completely dry.

Store them completely dry, with a paper towel inside (absorbs or prevents odors) and with the cap loosely fitted.

I also got Human Gear "Cap-Caps" for all of mine and everyone in the house loves them. They screw on like the regular wide-mouth caps, but have a secondary smaller screw-on cap (with a loop) that you unscrew to drink out of. Very convenient. My wife and girls even switced to these on their Camel Back bottles in lieu of the flip-top bite valve design.

Thanks for the heads-up on the other bottles. Sucks to lose a bottle AND a cup.

 

[Acetylene]

Good to know, thanks for the intel.

 

[Wildewinds]

From my understanding, it's made by Ridgeway, not Kelty. They're just some how using the Kelty name (which isn't what it used to be). I got one of their tents for a family camping trip (at Costco) and it leaked and collected lots of condensation.