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  h4lcyon on 13/11/2009 - 10:06

  I bought one of these at Anaconda for $1, well I think it's stainless steel although it might be aluminium.

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    Associatedsamsoft24 @ dinkythings.com.au on 13/11/2009 - 10:09

    +1

    Yeh Aluminium is cheaper than Stainless Steel. Aluminium bottles corrode and also poses some health risks.

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    Mikinoz on 13/11/2009 - 10:18

    +1

    funny thats what i was thinking

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  daydream on 13/11/2009 - 10:40

  Still need to clean out any type of bottle and ones with a narrow neck design make that harder.

  Makes me angry when I see someone throw a plastic bottle in the rubbish because they can't be bothered reusing a plastic bottle or at least putting it in a recycling it. Lazy…

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    Associatedsamsoft24 @ dinkythings.com.au on 13/11/2009 - 10:51

    +1

    Yeh.. plastic bottles are only good if you use/refill it about 5 times.

    Check this link.. http://www.bpafreestainlesssteelwaterbottles.com.au/why-bpa-…

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      anthony on 13/11/2009 - 11:19

      +1

      Well of course a website called "bpa free stainless steel water bottles" is going to be anti plastic bottles.

      I wonder what type of plastic they are using for the lid, hard plastics are more likley to contain BPA..

      Or how many times you need to use a stainless steel water bottle before the total energy used to produce it equates that of producing one plastic water bottle.

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    auscadian on 13/11/2009 - 12:08

    Reusing plastic bottles is BAD for you.

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      anthony on 13/11/2009 - 12:13

      Read what i have said below.

      The bottles you buy already filled with water are perfectly safe to use again and again and again and again

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  anthony on 13/11/2009 - 10:51

  I have seen numerous people whith these.
  I never really understood the need to have one when you can simply buy a bottle containing water and then reuse that.
  Being plastic it will be a bit lighter and if you dent it the cost of replacing it is minimal.

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  CyberMurning on 13/11/2009 - 11:00

  +1

  but i heard we cannot re-using even plastic bottles for TOO long… after sometimes, it is recommended to throw them and buy new bottle..

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    anthony on 13/11/2009 - 11:16

    +5

    It is not re use that is an issue for BPA it is heating the plastic.

    A water bottle which you care never going to put in a dishwasher or microwave is fine to use until you accidentally step on it.

    Something like a baby bottle you use to heat milk and the place in the dishwasher is what the concern is about.

    A study done in 2008 took new and used water bottles and filled them with room temperature water. Both bottles leached the same amount of BPA.
    Using the same test however with hot/boiling water the bottles leached about 60 times more BPA than those bottles with room temperate water.

    Plus it is not your normal Mount Franklin water bottles which are the issue, they are a different type of plastic called PETE (Recycling 1 logo) which do not contain BPA.

    It is the hard plastic bottles/containers with a recycling 7 logo on them which may contain BPA
    The recycling 7 logo looks like this if you do not know what i mean http://www.lime.com/files/Plastics_7.gif

    These are the sort of bottles which can contain BPA
    http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/02/bispphe…

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    daydream on 13/11/2009 - 20:08

    erwhinsie, no one should ever "throw out" a plastic bottle in Australia (even if you don't want to reuse it) given all the recycling bins around (or take it home if you're visiting a desert). Anyone caught not recycling a plastic bottle should be made to bend over and have it…

    We shouldn't have to come spend taxes on picking up rubbish, drain filters or 5c refund schemes because of lazy so-and-so's couldn't be bothered. Fine the ones responsible big (there is no excuse and a fine is pointless if it doesn't deter) and the problem will stop overnight.

    I reuse any small plastic drink bottle I buy
    (not many)/am given. I fill it up just before drinking and don't leave it for periods or in the sun/car. Store it empty in a cool place for use the next time I exercise/need it. If I get any smell from it I recycle it. Any liquid in any container will eventually get bacteria (incl. stainless steel). It's due to the liquids and how they are stored (ie, you can't get an airtight seal) not the container. However in my case I have a new plastic bottle to reuse rather than having to clean out a grungy steel container I cant get/see into. You'll get more sick from bacteria if you don't use/clean any container properly. I think I have minimal impact on the environment (balance with practicality and health considerations) and prefer tap water to any bottled water/sports drinks that come in the bottles but am not a greenie by any stretch. I don't see them selling soft drinks and juice in steel bottles anytime soon either and they are acidic and stored for long periods…

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      anthony on 15/11/2009 - 00:43

      Anyone caught not recycling a plastic bottle should be made to bend over and have it…

      Recycling plastic is a little harder than you think.

      Because there are so many different types of plastic and they are all impossible to sort with a machine a lot of it ends up being melted down and made into other products like railway sleepers.
      The chance that your coke bottle is made from recycled plastic is 0

      Although we as consumers have a feel good demand for recyclable plastic the recycling we thing happens doesnt really happen as we think it does.

      To get the recycled plastic we also need to grow crops to make the happy biodegradable/recyclable plastic (cysill, not sure how it is spelt, is a fairly large plastic crop) is being grown in poorer countries on what was rainforest land.

      I would rather have oil produced bottles over rainforest destruction.

      I don’t see them selling soft drinks and juice in steel bottles anytime soon either and they are acidic and stored for long periods…

      Soft drinks already come in aluminium cans and bottles.
      They are coated with a plastic to stop corrosion.

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  MichaelRoos on 13/11/2009 - 11:28

  This is just SPAM in my book.
  Similar post
  http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/18629
  Just 5 days ago.
  No thanks.

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  bobjane on 13/11/2009 - 12:55

  The appearance of these bottles and lids are almost an exact copy of Sigg bottles.

  To me that's dodgey because 'quality' safety-healthy-enviro companies don't usually go the imitation route.

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  Natt on 14/11/2009 - 21:28

  Aluminium bottles do not corrode - please revise your chemistry

  There is a possible to link to Alzheimers, but the jurys out and a lot of that relates to long term use, and at cooking temperature

  I hate misinformation!

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    StewBalls on 14/11/2009 - 22:26

    LOL. I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings dude, but aluminium does in fact corrode, ever seen that white powdery stuff on untreated aluminium…aluminium oxide (in-and-of itself a very useful compound) which forms in reaction (aluminium is a quite reactive metal) to atmospheric oxygen creating a layer to reduce further corrosion! Chemistry is fun! ;)

    Now, aluminium water bottles are treated usually with a baked-on plastic film/resin or some sort of anodised coating that makes them much more resistant to corrosion, but if that breaks down or is perforated…see paragraph one! :)

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  h4lcyon on 14/11/2009 - 22:17

  About the only thing that is safe without a doubt is glass, unfortunately it is also the most easily breakable and quite heavy.