Alloy Drink Bottles

There has also been a lot of studies on the use of plastic recently. Google it. You can chose whether to believe it or not but I like to err on the side of caution, especially when it is about my health! Not sure if those Gatorade or similar bottles are designed for repeated use and if you have left them in a hot car, get rid of them. I still say stainless is the way to go and you really don't need to keep replacing them, unlike plastic.
Amanda

Ummm ... the OP was regarding ALLOY bottles, not plastic. So the majority of your post is somewhat irrelevant.

Alloy (actually Aluminium alloy) is not totally immune to the growth of nasty bugs on the constantly wet sirface insode. Best treatment would be to fill with weak bleach, leave for a bit, empty and rinse over and over and over until there's no bleach taste left - and a couple of extras just to be sure. Then, and this is important, leave it to dry out completely.

Nalgene bottles are a bit exy, but are light, and very safe to use. They are a plastic bottle and I'd still leave them to dry out completely every now and then, just to be sure!

If they are empty wouldn't be much to see :)

Me too...they are very good, though have a few metal (stainless) ones as well for more important cargo such as port.

Cheers
Greg

As said before there have been many stories from both sides. Our daughter in law said "If you won't feed a baby with it then there must be something suspicious - why take the chance!. And didn't use google. Good girl. Get rid of it, use glass or toss it out after each use.

Greg! Port in a metal bottle. Shock horror. Either in a stone jar as I use or the original bottle. Never in a bladder either.

Took a 20 year old bottle of Brown Brothers Milawa to the CSR. Nice . . .

..sorry should have clarified..I typically only decant port out of its original container into stainless steel or plastic bottles when doing multi-day hikes. Glass or stone bottles would be somewhat cumbersome in your backpack. I should also point out that the port is for medicinal purposes only.

Cheers
Greg

But officer I have to partake of a dram now and then for my heart problems, cholesterol and cancer!!!! Yeah right!!

We only go by car - can't walk far and no hiking so we are at an advantage when it comes to carrying food and beverages.

Catchya

The build-up of Aluminium Oxide & it's effects on us is the reason Aluminium cooking pots are no longer used.

These days you will be hard pushed to find any cooking impliments made of plain Aluminium.
Although the alloy (mixture of metals) that is used to manufacture Aluminium has progressed considerably with different combinations making far better quality metal.
There are several things such as sandswich presses & frying-pans that are fully coated with non-stick surfacing.

The Aluminium drink bottles are predominantly manufactured overseas in countries where the actual make-up of the alloy used to make the Aluminium, which in turn is used to make the bottles, is not scrutinised to the extent that it should be & so can be inferior.

What I've said to people is "There's a lot of iron or other vitamins that a Doctor will tell you that need more of but I doubt that you will ever hear them say you need more Aluminium in your diet".

"Aluminium is 8% of the earths crust, so one would hope we evolved to tolerate some exposure."

Sunlight makes up nearly 100% of light we are exposed too..evolution has indeed had a crack at reducing potential impact but I wouldn't recommend over exposure to anyone in a general sense, though obviously some are better adapted than others...could be same for other things (and you may not be able to see the difference). No idea of real impact of aluminium but you could be right. Just food for thought.

Cheers
Greg