Nalgene Bottles!

College Saver on Nalgene bottles. If you’re a PF Blogger, I am sure you drink lots of tap water. (Will that be filtered or unfiltered?) Read more here. It’s the reason I picked it as my best advice for saving money.

I love my Nalgene. It’s easy to clean, goes anywhere, handles warm beverages or being stuck in the freezer. It has marks on the side so I can use it as a measuring cup on camping trips. It does not impart a funky smell or taste to your water. There is a reason why Nalgene bottles are used in labs to store chemicals and reagents. However, keep in mind that I’m talking specifically about the clear Lexan bottles, which is actually a different kind of plastic.

They come in cute colors now, but I prefer the smoke Lexan 32oz wide mouth bottles, although I actually use a narrow mouth one since that was all they had in stock when I bought it, oh, I don’t know… 7 years ago?? These things really last a long time. Short of you carrying it by the lid strap and breaking the loop, you’ll probably never really need another one.

I like dumping a little drink mix powder into it, but I religiously rinse it out. Otherwise, I never put sugar into it since that’s what makes bottles get sticky and moldy. Ewwww.

Care well for your Nalgene and you’ll save a lot of money. Yes, I know they are more expensive than pull top water bottles, but I promise they will not get icky unless you neglect to clean it. Those pull tops get nasty anyway. How do you clean them except with bleach? (Cue song “I’m so bored I’m drinking bleach” by the Dead Milkmen)

One last point: I have a small 16oz one that was a trade show freebie. I made a mistake thinking that I could put some soda into it and take it to work. Wrong. It fizzed out everywhere. However, this was not a Nalgene brand bottle and the seal at the top leaks whether you put fizzy soda or tap water into it. Make sure you are mindful what you put in the bottle and don’t overfill.

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