Recommend your toddler's water bottle

[water*drop]

Daycare wants something that's plastic, has a lid, and doesn't leak. Does anybody have one of the Camelbak or Nalgene ones? Are they good? Any other recommendations?

[panicked]

We have a camelback one and love it

[bunnymendelbaum]

Does anyone have an issue with the camelback ones leaking in temperature changes? I stopped using ours because of that issue.
I like the simple straw playtex ones.
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[deo]

We have a couple of these Nalgene ones and they work really well.  The valve is easy to take out and clean. 

[auntie]

I like Klean Kanteen and Kid Kanteen, but they're stainless.

[pierogigirl]

We have Contigo straw sport water bottles.

[greycat]

Feb 4, 2015 18:07:40 GMT -5 deo said:

We have a couple of these Nalgene ones and they work really well.  The valve is easy to take out and clean. 

We have this one too. DS loves it and I love that the valve is easy to clean.

[sjh722]

We have contigo ones like this:

www.amazon.com/Contigo-Autospout-Bottles-Cardinal-Chartreuse/dp/B00L9Q5S3I

Costco had a 3-pack last year for $15.

[carolinagirl831]

We love the camelback

[ilikedonuts]

The Playtex sippies leak bc of temp change.

We love the camelbaks!

[babyrn]

We love our camelbacks

[mainelyfoolish]

I use the Camelbak Eddy. It doesn't have a lid but the straw flips down to close it. My DS would chew through other plastic straws in minutes, but he doesn't chew through the Camelbak.

[yellowbrkrd]

We love Camelbaks.

[redpenmama]

Another vote for the Nalgene bottles.

[lilac05]

Feb 4, 2015 18:39:39 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

We have contigo ones like this:

www.amazon.com/Contigo-Autospout-Bottles-Cardinal-Chartreuse/dp/B00L9Q5S3I

Costco had a 3-pack last year for $15.

We use these, too.

Anything will leak if you put really cold liquid into it and then it warms up.  It's physics and will just happen.  I put tap water in the Contigo bottles and they don't leak when it warms to room temperature.  We have 6 of them between the two kids (it's all we use now for water) and I don't know that any of them have leaked a drop!

*I also have adult Contigo bottles that look almost identical, but are bigger.  They DO leak if left open and on their side.

[Deleted]

I like the Contigo ones too now that DD is older. Pretty spill proof. I don't love the inner seal set up for milk though, but I think I'm the only crazy with that problem. Ha.

[Deleted]

Feb 4, 2015 17:56:04 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

Does anyone have an issue with the camelback ones leaking in temperature changes? I stopped using ours because of that issue.
I like the simple straw playtex ones.
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We used these exclusively with DD until she was 3.25. She loved those things and I did too. It's all she would take from 12 months on (She didn't like regular sippies). I just got tired of her chewing the straws and having to order replacements. They also started to get gross after 2 years of use so it was time to be done all together.  However, I think I'll be buying more for DS tomorrow as well. He has the same bottle addiction issues as his sister..ha. 

[litasail]

Contigo!

[lilac05]

Feb 4, 2015 21:14:08 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

I like the Contigo ones too now that DD is older. Pretty spill proof. I don't love the inner seal set up for milk though, but I think I'm the only crazy with that problem. Ha.

You're not alone.  I sing the praises of Contigo, but only use it for water.  I only use ziplock take & toss for milk...and only at the table.

[jinxy]

We have contigo and funtainer bottles and both are great. The funtainer ones keep the water cold for hours so I love using them in the summer. No leaking issues with either, but we only use them for water.