Alternatives to Nalgene Lexan Canteens?

Row said:
Sigg was mentioned earlier- they make good bottles- You cant boil in them but since u had a nalgene before i guess it wouldnt be a big deal- but the sigg bottles are good, dent easily, but won't break and you cant taste that there metal
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My biggest concern is that several members of my family use SIGG bottles for stove fuel, and I'm a bit nervous about all the possibilities for a mix-up. Even if you didn't drink the Coleman fuel, you could still be hurting if you found out a little too late that you had a quart less water than you'd thought.
 
i carry a nalgene, along with a host of constantly changing refilled water and gatorade bottles.

i am looking into getting one of those metal drinking containers like the guyott

very good info in this thread, thanks everyone.
 
I've really dug the nalgene cup. I buy them now standard for all my bottles.

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Wow, those Guyots are heavy, about a pound for the liter size. The clean canteens aren't much better at 12 oz. FYI Nalgenes are 6oz and platypus is 1oz.
 
hollowdweller said:
I like the Platypus bottles:thumbup:
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DITTOS !! i have several bottles in two sizes, they are of high quality and are tough as nails. i like the fact that they can be used as hot water bottles to warm up at night or ease a bad back. they can be very quiet if you sqeeze the air out and seal it tight, no sloshing around.

they also have a great line of accessories, such as, patches, drinking tubesw/ bite valves, filter hookups, carry bags etc. they go great in survival kits instead of condoms and such. just get the .5 L or the 1 L size and roll it up. they are VERY light weight and roll into a small package.

you cant go wrong with a Platypus! - Eric
 
Return of the J.D. said:
That's a good question. The ones I see lately seem to be plastic--but the old ones were aluminum, no? Do they also nest into those cooking pots in a belt pouch, or am I thinking of something else?
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you got it right. The ones they issue now are some kind of thick plastic and nest inside a kidney shaped aluminum canteen cup which fits in a pouch with the canteen. Most of the time the canteens have a cap with a little valve in it that accepts a straw which goes from the canteen to a similar valve in a gas mask.

That being said camelbacks have started replacing canteens for the most part.
 
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