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Who Needs a Dog or a Baby?

I took a red eye flight last night from LA to NY. Personally, unless you are landing in a foreign country or are STARTING your trip, not ending it, I think one should avoid redeyes at all costs. It's just too depressing to show up at dawn and start a work day.

In spite of the woman who threw a hissy fit and had to be taken off the flight before we could take off (true story), I did, however, have quite a nice flight - partially due to the fact that people couldn't get enough of my water bottle. In a world where apparently you are supposed to have a toy dog or a baby in order to get picked up, I learned last night, that it's really the water bottle that does the trick.

Apparently, I am not the only one who has a mad love of my SIGG water bottle - nearly everyone who saw me sip out of it remarked on it and asked where they could get one. I was a one-woman marketing machine for SIGG.

-Heather... of to download LA photos...
Posted by: jboulden on 02/28/2006
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It used to be practically a requirement for the eco-conscious urbanite to lug water everywhere in a colorful hard-plastic bottle. Studies now show these and other bottles can leach potentially toxic chemicals. Choose stainless steel or glass instead.
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Sab  on February 28, 2006 at 07:46 AM 1
While I applaud your tip on leeching Nalgene bottles, I am disappointed to see that you did not offer any creative ways to reuse Nalgene bottles. These bottles aren't recyclable, at least not in my area, and they don't exactly biodegrade. So your tip implies we should all do away with our chemical Nalgene bottles, but what do we do with them?? You can use them as flower/plant vases; maybe even paint the outside of the bottles if you have the dull grey bottles. Use them in your garage for storage: nails, rubber bands, etc. Next time you have a tip like this please offer some alternatives so we are not adding to our landfill piles. Thanks.
Kris  on February 28, 2006 at 08:17 AM 2
I am LLBean's biggest fan...Stainless Steel is the way to go. Hot stays very hot and Cold stays very cold. I have 4 Stainless-Steel Canister Mugs that my husband and I use everyday for coffee, tea, soup, snacks, etc. $14 each. I also have 2 Stainless-Steel Vacuum Bottles for water. $19 or $22 depending on size and comes with carry bag. Great investment...lasts forever...easy to wash and use!!!
Lee-Anne  on February 28, 2006 at 08:17 AM 3
Now I am confused. I recently purchased polycarbonate #7 water bottles (New Wave Enviroproduts) because they were non-leeching. I thought this was a better alternative than having my kids drink out of the drinking fountain at school. YUCK!
stephanos  on February 28, 2006 at 08:25 AM 4
the water linked below is is very streamlined and supposdly enhances performance. i've dropped their bottles and they remain intact. i've also placed freezing cold bottles in hot water and hot bottles in the freezer.
Bari  on February 28, 2006 at 02:22 PM 5
Sure hate to see you give a plug of any kind to Nalgene. They make the stocks used to restrain animals for laboratory tests. I will continue to boycott all Nalgene products until I learn they have stopped supporting animal research. For more information: http://www.rmad.org/nalgene.html
Kristina  on February 28, 2006 at 02:41 PM 6
how do these alternatives rate with not tainting the flavor of the water? That's always been a big plus to the traditional Nalgene bottles. I can see glass leaving it taste-free but then it's dangerous (not to mention heavy!) to carry around. (yeah yeah, I know, then I can buy another bag to house and protect the glass bottle. personally, i'm sick of carrying around so many little satchels.) The designs on the stainless steal look cool but I feel weird drinking even soda out of aluminum, let alone clean and pure-tasting water. My friends and I have been using and re-using the #2 plastic SmartWater bottles, but after a few re-uses they can get trashed (er, recycled). I like the idea of re-using Voss bottles. There is something so clean tasting about drinking out of clear, clean glass or sturdy plastic.
Alec  on February 28, 2006 at 08:58 PM 7
Kudos to stephanos- this was the first thought that went through my mind as well. Though I can hardly blame ya'll for promoting them as I only just found out about their tie to vivisection. I definitely encourage anyone that doesn't support animal research to stop buying from Nalgene. Do check out the website posted by stephanos.
Alec  on February 28, 2006 at 09:00 PM 8
and when I referenced stephanos I meant to reference bari... lo siento.
sara  on March 01, 2006 at 10:53 AM 9
I'm having a hard time remembering what we all did before all of the bottled water products on the market, and all of these various bottles for transporting water. Thermoses? I ditched the Nalgenes when I saw an article at mindfully.org about these leaching into water, and just carry around a couple glass juice bottles now. It is heavier than plastic, but I didn't have to go out and buy 'em, which is good. (and the info on vivisection and Nalgene is greatly appreciated, I hadn't seen this mentioned before). FWIW, you can get away with reusing the PET water bottles a couple times provided you don't expose them to temperature extremes. Extreme cold (i.e. putting your bottle in the freezer), and heat (using super hot water to sanitize) will cause the coating on the inside to deteriorate.
Marni  on March 12, 2006 at 09:39 AM 10
Thanks Heather for the "SIGG" link included in you initial post. The site this link goes to, reusablebags.com has a basic stainless steel bottles too so I was able to get a bottle my husband would use too along with the gorgeous SIGG bottle I got for myself and kids. No more plastic!
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