Water Bottle: Plastic (BPA-Free) vs Aluminium vs Stainless Steel? Which is safer?

Submitted by Fefolino t3_y9etrw in BuyItForLife

Hi! Can you please tell me which is safer for health, if a Plastic (BPA-Free), Aluminium or Stainless Steel water bottle or if are all ok?

I heard that Stainless Steel are the best if it has to stay under the sun, but I need a water bottle to keep in my backpack, plastic ones are obv lighter, but I don't know if are ok for the health

Can you help me?

Thanks!

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Chattypath747 t1_it571j2 wrote

You've got three choices: Plastic, Metal or Glass.

Glass is best for health but poor for durability in extreme cases.

Metal is good for health, good for durability but heavy.

Plastic isn't the best for health unless you go for a specific type of plastic (not BPA-free, because there are chemicals that can still leech out when plastic breaks down I think HDPE is solid) and is very light and cheap.

Stick with metal. Glass can be cool too if you don't expect to be in a gun fight.

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gavalant t1_it572qr wrote

Stainless steel is the healthiest of the three. They're not very heavy either.

BPA isn't the only harmful thing leeching from plastics.

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mrfluffy50 t1_it583zv wrote

Stainless steel. I use Stanley but it’s up to you! Plus durability, stainless steel will handle drops and dings. I have a old one and it’s so beat up but it tells a story

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I-XIV-IV-XXV t1_it5c54l wrote

I use glass from mana. Very good quality

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Moi_6083 t1_it5dvsl wrote

I’m a Kleen Kanteen person love it - thrown a coffee thermos 30 feet up into a tree to get a disc down that was caught, it hit the ground multiple times, i still use it almost daily for coffee or water. Get double hulled also Fyi

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JuneIsChristmasmaybe t1_it5exbn wrote

Replying to LowGradePlayer (#159,889)

Yeah I love my stainless but I also love my plastic naglene. I think when one eventually breaks, likely the naglene that I won't get another plastic bottle. I think I'd get a stainless naglene as the stainless bottle I have doesn't have the best lid and has a rubber washer that is almost impossible to remove and clean. Not to mention it will decay.

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vacuous_comment t1_it5eys4 wrote

Replying to Chattypath747 (#159,896)

> Metal is good for health, good for durability but heavy.

Errr, WTF? That is overly broad.

Aluminium is a metal and super light, far lighter than glass.

Mercury is a metal, it does not hold water and is super bad for health.

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Muncie4 t1_it5gwmi wrote

  1. Wrong subreddit.
  2. Any bottle is fine. I have yet to pick up a newpaper and read, "Man dies from water bottle". That's not a thing.
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undercoverballer t1_it5im9f wrote

Glass is the best option in terms of potential health toxicity.

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wread017 t1_it5jdvg wrote

Aluminum is infinitely recyclable. Plastic and steel are not. Aluminum also uses a lot less energy during the recycling process than plastic.

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Mtnskydancer t1_it6so2w wrote

Weight wise, single walled metal (stainless steel or aluminum) are light weight, comparable to thicker plastics. Double walled can insulate quite well.

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Electronic_Remove_13 t1_it72gss wrote

Whenever I’ve used stainless the water has had a metallic taste. Does that happen with all stainless or just the one I had? I couldn’t do it.

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herroitshayree t1_it7z1iw wrote

Replying to gavalant (#159,898)

Plus they don’t just take out the BPA, it serves a purpose and the plastic wouldn’t function the same without it (I think it makes it more flexible). Instead, they just use a similar compound that is chemically different enough that they can SAY it is not BPA, but still will have the same effect. In the US, companies don’t have to prove that a chemical is safe before they use it, it is on consumers and consumer advocates to prove something is harmful after the fact. So theoretically, the new chemical might be just as bad or worse than whatever is being replaced.

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RoundPen t1_it8edts wrote

Is copper bottle safe to use? I hear they last a long time but it’s not very light and changes the taste of the water.

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Dynamic-Wanderer t1_it8sfdk wrote

I used to be a Nalgene guy but recently switched to a Swell stainless insulated bottle. I cannot recommend the Swell bottles and tumblers enough!

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laughertes t1_it8xzn8 wrote

Stainless steel or reinforced glass are my materials of choice for portable beverage containers. Heavier, but non-reactive so there is little need to worry about leeching material.

Aluminum and BPA both leach material over time Stainless steel does too (very little, though), but iron in water is a supplement rather than a toxin

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st3phy_ t1_itbpp30 wrote

Definitely stainless steel. And it keeps the cold or hot in for a long time

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zrog2000 t1_itdp3og wrote

Replying to gavalant (#159,898)

BPA has been replaced by almost the exact same chemical, BPS and is causing the exact same health problems.

BPA-free is pretty much a meaningless description.

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BojackPferd t1_itg63e1 wrote

Replying to wread017 (#160,875)

steel is also indefinitely recyclable. The best steel is actually made from recycled steel since the recycling process is quite compatible with the production steps for special steel alloys.

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xXx_Darush_xXx t1_ithrzoo wrote

Replying to gavalant (#159,898)

I've recently replaced my old plastic bottle with a Klean Kanteen stainless steel single wall bottle, and I will never look back. It's surprisingly light, fits a little more water than my old one with pretty much the same height and the taste of the water is just so much better!

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