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But in their case, dishwasher safe means safe for the bottle, not for your endocrine system.

People paying way too much money for absurdly large cups because "influencers" told them to.

Don't get me wrong. If someone wants one of those things, they can go right ahead. Not my business. But, every day I watch my 15 year old get out of the car and carry one of those things into school with her and all I can think is that it seems like a glass of water that markets inconvenience as a feature.

The funny thing about that is that it could've been any properly made thermal cup in that place and results would be pretty similar. So it was pure luck that Stanley not some other brand got such big ad

I love my Nalgene; it's survived countless blckpacking trips and accepts a variety of water filtration systems.

But it sucks day-to-day in a domestic situation. The screw cap is inconvenient, there's literally zero insulation, and I've knocked it over in the middle of the night while reaching ior a drink of water mutiple times, dumping a liter of water oveg my nightstand, books, and carpet.

So at home I'm using a Coleman with a self-sealing top. Insulation isn't spectacular, but I can take a quick sip of water fron any position and just drop it whereveg with no concern for spillage. I wouln't take it backpacking, though.

The right tool for the job.

Can't you just put the bottles in the dishwasher?

I won't really worry about it until there is evidence that there is anything to really worry about.

Technically, the Nalgene in the picture is the revised Tritan BPA-free design. But your point still stands. BPA or not, the less plastic touches my food and drink, the better.

Nalgene has been BPA free since 2008, don't hate on them!

Additionally, the minimal materials and manufacturing process are more environmentally friendly than metal vacuum seal bottles.

Vacuum seal bottles use a lead plug in the bottom, not so healthy when things go wrong with them.

Or Hydro flasks. Those were a thing a few years ago.

The same Stanley. They still sell those giant green thermoses our fathers and grandfathers used to take half a gallon of stale coffee to the coal mine or steel mill.

The same Stanley and these specific ones recently became insanely trendy.

Where are people getting HFCS drink mixes? Are you talking about the sodastream type bottles of mix? I only ever see people with the artificially sweetened tiny squirt bottles of flavoring. Which, healthy or not is up for debate but they've gotta be better than 150% of your sugar for the day in liquid form from HFCS/soda (in whatever container).

They're fine. Stanley has made perfectly decent, tough thermos products for a century. The green coffee thermos has been a staple for decades.

My biggest fear of this craze is that it'll kill the company when the fad ends and their stock drops and they get bought out by Chinese conglomerate number 8762.

What? You don't stan for bottles? You're not a patriot if you don't have an assortment of stickers on your rear window that include:

• Jason silhouette
• Calvin pissing on Ford/Chevy
• Bill Murray silhouette
• Punisher
• Glock Protection
• YETI

And coming soon the Stanley logo over a scratched out YETI sticker.