Comments on: CamelBak Better Bottle – Lose the Bottled Water

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:52:35 +0000

I can take the plastic smell. I’m concerned about the potential harmful chemicals that could be leaching out of the plastic and into the liquids I’m drinking.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:38:50 +0000

That’s for sure – my Coleman coffee maker has a glass carafe and I’m just sure I’m going to break it one of these days! I’m just not very sensitive to the plastic smell – probably due to my Army days. Any water without chlorine tablets is a bonus – heh!

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:26:02 +0000

Hi Roy – I’m considering getting one of those aluminum bottles. I still use plastic bottles when hiking, but I’ve switched to using well-washed glass juice jars for the water I drink in the car. (Gotta be careful with glass though)

By: admin

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:48:12 +0000

Hey John – I do think that the CamelBak’s have a plastic smell to them, but my sensitivity to the smell could be completely different from yours.

You could always skip the plastic altogether and go with a Sigg – those are awesome (albeit $20) water bottles and all aluminum.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:20:08 +0000

I’ve been increasingly concerned about plastic containers and the potential health risks from chemicals that can leach from them into their contents.

Although it’s not scientific, I like to use the sniff test. Do the camel bottles have an odor?

In response to your main question, I never drink bottled water. I drink the tap water from my house, or water from the springs at the headwaters of the Upper Sacramento River in Mount Shasta City Park.