metal water bottle danger (Siggs, etc.)

[CloudBee]

Has anyone posted this yet?

The main danger is that the bottle doesn't flex, causing very strong suction.

3 days in ICU after surgery because her tongue got stuck in what appears to be a Sigg bottle!

todaynews.today.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285657-rossen-reports-metal-water-bottles-can-endanger-kids?lite

[MrsDarcy]

I saw this on the Today show today. It's awful. Those type bottles are a complete pain in the ass to clean anyway. I'm thinking of throwing our two out/Goodwill.

[CallingAllAngels]

Crap. Time to get new water bottles. Thanks for sharing!

[Ashley&Scott]

I saw this on the news this morning, very scary.

[AAM2012]

Jan 9, 2013 21:22:25 GMT -5 CallingAllAngels said:

Crap. Time to get new water bottles. Thanks for sharing!

They said on Today this morning that you can buy a new cap that converts it to a straw/sippy cup.

[imojoebunny]

While I think the "your young could get stuck" logic is silly, I think those bottles are stupid. There is no good way to clean them with such narrow mouths. dD uses the BPa free Nalgene kids cup and it is much better with leaks and cleaning than any of the other bottles we have tried. The camel backs leak all over the place and the metal ones end up moldy in the bottom of the car, and I can't get the junk out. Money down the drain. I would be tempted to give older kids a mason jar.

[Deleted]

Lol at the mason jar. I use one every day and feel like such a redneck in the office with my tea in a jar. It doesn't leak all over my bag though!

[MamaMaui24]

Jan 9, 2013 21:55:07 GMT -5 @chronoptomist said:

Lol at the mason jar. I use one every day and feel like such a redneck in the office with my tea in a jar. It doesn't leak all over my bag though!

Have you seen these?

cuppow.com/

[MamaMaui24]

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[CloudBee]

I will say I'm annoyed that her parents are talking about suing. The company (which wasn't named) gave a statement that they had pulled that style of bottle from the shelves.

[y4m]

I can never part with my plastic nalgene. Cancer be damned. That bottle has been through life with me. And it never leaks or sucks my face off.

[Deleted]

Jan 9, 2013 22:12:08 GMT -5 y4m said:

I can never part with my plastic nalgene. Cancer be damned. That bottle has been through life with me. And it never leaks or sucks my face off.

Ditto. My Nalgene has super cool band stickers all over it that DH gave to me when we were dating. I love it. :heart:

[pitterwoo]

you can order a bottle brush on Amazon to clean them.
to the main point, I would think going with a sport top or sippy top would be easier for most people anyway.
I remember having a hard time with suction when I was little and learning to drink out of glass bottles. Just making lots of weird sounds and stuff.

[pugz]

I think the water always tastes weird out of metal bottles

[y4m]

Now that I think about it...my nalgene predates my husband.

<3 <3

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Jan 9, 2013 22:12:04 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

Jan 9, 2013 22:08:36 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

I will say I'm annoyed that her parents are talking about suing. The company (which wasn't named) gave a statement that they had pulled that style of bottle from the shelves.

This was the part of the story that got a big WTF from me.

Really? I'm the least litigious person alive and I'd be looking for someone to sue. Sure they are pulling the bottle off the market...it put a kid in the ICU. If it was my kid, I'd want someone to pay.

[Here]

I still like it because the loop on the top makes it easy to carry and it holds water well.

Just change the top for kids. I don't stick my tounge into anything I drink out of.