Can you put nalgene bottles in the dishwasher

The only question we regularly get about Nalgene water bottles is how to wash them. And really, these questions make a lot of sense. The short answer is yes. This is another common problem. If your bottle has been sitting out for a few days, fill it with soapy water and let it sit for a while. Then put the top on, shake the soapy water around a bit, and rinse it thoroughly. Make sure not to use a lot of soap, as there is always the possibility that it could leave a soapy aftertaste——a bit too clean for our taste.

Austen also recommends rolling up your bag and storing it in the freezer. The brand sells cleaning tablets, or you can fill your reservoir with two tablespoons of baking soda or bleach per liter of hot water. Run that cleaning solution through the tube and into the bite valve as well, let it sit for 30 minutes, and then drain and rinse everything with hot water.

A little squeeze of lemon juice will freshen the taste of the tube and bite valve. Finally, make sure you dry everything. Hydroflask bottles are not. Just remember: stainless-steel bottles use precise welds to maintain the vacuum insulation. Search Search. If that don't kill whatever's in there, it deserves to live. Polycarbonate leeches chemicals that may be harmful. There is arguments of how much it leeches and how harmful it might be.

Bleach is agreed apon to definatly aid in the leeching effect. Personally I'm staying away from them and never saw the big draw compared to a normal water bottle. The tendency of polycarbonate to release bisphenol A was discovered after a lab tech used strong cleaners on polycarbonate lab containers.

Endocrine disruption later observed on lab rats was traced to exposure from the cleaned containers. I once sent my friend some flowers for which she used a nalgene bottle in lieu of a vase.

It took several washes in a dishwasher and a couple episodes with bleach to finally get the smell out. Sigg bottles are good, but they can crack if badly dented, and don't take being full and frozen well. Nalgene for water and juice, Sigg for fuel, Lexan for handiness if you don't have a Camelback. I'm not dead yet. What's the attraction? I just use cups from the cafeteria or glasses at my house. Well the material is actually pretty hard.

So there's that practical aspect of it that makes it quite attractive, but for that hidden feeling of cool.. It would be like someone turning a small glass beaker upside down getting it safely secure on something.. Or say walking around in a lab coat on a windy day.. When I was working in a Science center I'd handle boxes full of Nalgene bottles. And over time almost every employee regardless of their function had one. Reasons the bottles kick ass, IMO: - Wide mouth makes for easy filling - Damn near indestructible - Tight fitting lid so I can just throw it in my work bag, on the floor of my car, etc.

Edit: Most often I carry mine to work full of milk. Wash with warm water and dish soap when I get home for the next day.

Never smells or causes a problem. You should see the number of styrofoam or whatever they're made of these days that are WASTED in my building every day. People use a cup for a sip of water, and throw it out. Literally thousands of cups per week are thrown out from my building as a matter of routine. What is this cleaning you speak of? I just rinse mine out, have been doing so for a few years, and I'm not dead yet.

It's a plastic bottle, plus trendyness. That's it. Well, they are a bit cuter than "opaque white bottle with the logo of some radio station that gives them away free by the thousands.

One of my friends worked as a vet assistant at a racetrack for a while, and as a result I have one of the "official" horse urine sample cups. No no I should bring it to work and use it to drink beverages. I just throw mine in the dishwasher. Which reminds me, I need to make sure its nice and clean, to bring to my new job come Monday.

Is anyone else surprised to see someone ask about washing a Nalgene? Doesn't it seem like common sense? OMG it's made of Nalgene!