uses for a nagalene bottle other than water

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I was wondering about the different uses that people have for nagalene bottles or new ideas that they could be used for, other than water
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I'm assuming that when you say other uses than "water" that you mean drinking water. That said, I use mine as a hot water bottle to make my sleeping bag warmer. You can pour boiling water into a lexan bottle without damaging it. It adds quite a bit of warmth.

Scott
 
Storing food. Naglene make bottles and jars of all different sizes, but even the regular wide-mouth bottles are great for storing things like spagetti sauce and the likes, eggs (crack them into the bottle at home before leaving on your hike), soupes...whatever.

Another common use is as a pee bottle. Saves nippy trips out of the tent in bad weather.
 
While we're on the subject, they've got Nalgene bottles cheap in the camping department at Wal-Mart, but if you check out the kitchenware section, they're cheaper still.
 
The nalgene bottle is my favorite survival kit storage. I pack it with various survival goodies and attach it to myself while sea kayaking. Then, if I go for a swim and wash up on the beach at least I will have the things I need to hang out for a day or two nice and dry. Including a plastic bag for the contents and a bottle of water!

A stainless cooking pot with lid is my 'land locked' survival kit container.

+1 to the sleeping bag warmer use.
 
I have read that boiling water or harsh cleaning chemicals liberates some mutagentic chemicals from the colored Lexan. The maker denies. Chemists at Case Western Reserve University say it's so. For this reason, I've stuck to Nelgene.
 
Thomas Linton said:
I have read that boiling water or harsh cleaning chemicals liberates some mutagentic chemicals from the colored Lexan. The maker denies. Chemists at Case Western Reserve University say it's so. For this reason, I've stuck to Nelgene.
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huh? could you elaborate on this please.

thanks

Will
 
A small nalgene bottle is ideal for carrying rice or dry noodles. Won't be affected by the wettest weather or an accidental swim.
Lightweight and re-usable, too.
 
Nalgene keeps my chereo's and other dry foods dry and allows me to rehydrate dried milk, vegies, etc. to eat them later. Shaking the water/milk mix entraps air and makes the rehydrated milk almost palatable. You can also grow sprouts in them, good as a salad substitute.
I also use a small bottle for kitchen matches (in the cook kit) and mix pankcake batter & other rehydrated goodies in them.
Enjoy!
 
Will said:
huh? could you elaborate on this please.

thanks

Will
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Happy to do so.

The research is not complete; however, two U.S. university studies and German and Japanese studies have found that heat or harsh detergents (Think dish washer. Most detergents for dish washing machines can etch glass.) cause a leaching of bisphenol A from Polycarbonate 7, AKA "Lexan," the material used for the popular colorful water bottles, including those sold under the brand "Nalgene."

While the plastics industry and at least one other study claim that humans handle bisphenol A better than lab rodents and downplay the results of the studies (Remember, tobacco does not cause cancer.) , the chemical is known to cause human aneuplody, a genetic defect that is the leading cause of miscarriages and birth defects in humans. (Now if we could just get people to volunteer for studies, Nalgene Corp. might be satisfied. :rolleyes: )

The problem does not appear to occur in the old style (more durable and therefore longer-lasting) flexible ("milk jug") Nalgene bottles that have been around for decades. (Marketing Dept: "CURSES!")

References:

Current Biology 13: 546-553
Environmental Health Perspectives 110:A703-707
Human Reproduction 17:2839-41

The advice, is to use HDPE or LDPE bottles rather than Polycarbonate 7. If you must use Lexan bottles, the advice is to hand wash using milder detergents (type used to hand wash dishes), do not use them for hot beverages, and do not use them for microwaving.
 
Thomas Linton said:
Happy to do so.

The research is not complete; however, two U.S. university studies and German and Japanese studies have found that heat or harsh detergents (Think dish washer. Most detergents for dish washing machines can etch glass.) cause a leaching of bisphenol A from Polycarbonate 7, AKA "Lexan," the material used for the popular colorful water bottles, including those sold under the brand "Nalgene."

While the plastics industry and at least one other study claim that humans handle bisphenol A better than lab rodents and downplay the results of the studies (Remember, tobacco does not cause cancer.) , the chemical is known to cause human aneuplody, a genetic defect that is the leading cause of miscarriages and birth defects in humans. (Now if we could just get people to volunteer for studies, Nalgene Corp. might be satisfied. :rolleyes: )

The problem does not appear to occur in the old style (more durable and therefore longer-lasting) flexible ("milk jug") Nalgene bottles that have been around for decades. (Marketing Dept: "CURSES!")

References:

Current Biology 13: 546-553
Environmental Health Perspectives 110:A703-707
Human Reproduction 17:2839-41

The advice, is to use HDPE or LDPE bottles rather than Polycarbonate 7. If you must use Lexan bottles, the advice is to hand wash using milder detergents (type used to hand wash dishes), do not use them for hot beverages, and do no use them for microwaving.
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Thanks Thomas. This is definatly something ot think about.

I use both Lexan and HDPE nd LDPE bottles, but rarely, if ever, have I wasehd them in a dishwsher. The regular polyethelene bottles are fine for most purposes, and the LD (low density ones) are a must for any squeeze bottle.

Nalgene market their more expensive Lexan bottle are stronger, and claim they don't hold the taste of food/drink as much as the HDPE ones. (And recently have started making them in a varity of girly colors.) I find that in frigid temps the Lexan is stronger, and, when water freezes in them the bottle stretches to accomodate it rather than cracking like the PE ones do. Note that this stretch is not elastic, it perminantly deforms the bottle so you can't get away with it too many times. Best not to fill it all the way if expecting cold temps.

Will
 
Not exactly a Nalgene bottle but I have an alternative use for my Platypus bags. I fill the bag about 3/4 full and slip it inside the back pocket of my "Ziggy Pillow". This makes the pillow large enough to support my head when sleeping on my side and there's no lumps.

All water carriers, if empty and sealed, will help your pack float if you have to ford a river or cross a lake. Mac
 
I wrap duct tape around my Nally bottle. It comes in handy every now and then. Not a ton of it, but 4 or 5 wraps around the middle will do.
 
I've loaned my Nalgene to a guy who needed a way to keep his cell phone dry while playing around in a river. He put an extra pair of socks into the bottle, along with the phone, and when he got done with splashing around, he had a functional phone and some clean, bone-dry socks to put on. Moral of the story: Nalgene can keep sensitive things dry when out on the water. :)
 
I'm assuming that when you say other uses than "water" that you mean drinking water. That said, I use mine as a hot water bottle to make my sleeping bag warmer. You can pour boiling water into a lexan bottle without damaging it. It adds quite a bit of warmth.
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Add some hot chocolate mix into the boiling water and then if u start 2 get cold during the nite drink the hot chocolate and you get the extra calories and the warmth of the drink itself
 
I sometimes do the same thing as sarguy, especially with the non-Lexan bottles. Those traditional style bottles are not very UV resistant and the duct tape has the added benefit of protecting them from getting brittle as the result of sun exposure.

The tech guys at Nalge Trail Products told me that alcoholic beverages will eventually lose potency if stored in the bottles made out of the flexible material whereas they won't lose potency in Lexan. They also told me that many cooking oils will eventually degrade the flexible material but not Lexan. Of course, it probably doesn't make a big difference for short-term storage.

DancesWithKnives
 
1 smallmouth Nalgene bottle, 1 12"x12" piece of fine mesh screen, 4oz of cotton batting, 1 roll of electrical tape, 2oz water, 1 Ruger Mk2 bull barrel pistol with the front site removed. 1brick of eley subsonic .22's = hella fun use for a nalgene bottle.

:eek: not that ive ever tried that. :eek:
 
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