Item #12 in Running

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Klean Kanteen with Poly Loop Cap (27 oz)

Made by Klean Kanteen

Sales Rank on Amazon.com: 5

Lowest Price: $15.90

Average Review: 4 stars

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Amazon.com Reviews

Average Rating: 4.0 out of 5 Stars

The following review received 30 helpful votes out of 34 total votes:
Review Date: 2008-03-07
"What happened to the stainless steel caps?"

I just received my Klean Kanteen - probably the 15th I have purchased. I own a couple, and have given many as gifts. But alas, the company has done a bait & switch with the caps. What happened to the stainless steel caps??? They used to come standard. The whole idea was to have the internal part of the screw top to be steel, like the inside of the bottle - so there's no plastic touching your liquid. The exterior grip on the lid was always plastic - that's fine. But now, you have to buy the original stainless screw cap, as an accessory, that costs more than 1/3 as much as the entire bottle product. This bottle if great, but now go buy the staibless steel cap for $5.45.
Shame on you Klean Kanteen. 1 star

The following review received 12 helpful votes out of 12 total votes:
Review Date: 2008-01-14
"No worries about leaching chemicals, very durable"

It's durable, doesn't leave any aftertaste to the water, cap is actually a very water-tight seal! Nalgenes may or may not leach bisphenol-A, but the Nalgene manufacturer recommends not filling with hot liquids, cleaning with soaps/detergents, and/or scrubbing with a brush... just in case. Not entirely clear to me how I'm supposed to keep my Nalgene clean with all those restrictions!

The Sigg water bottle (aluminum) is apparently lined with a proprietary plastic-based liner, which kinda defeats the purpose of moving away from a Nalgene/plastic bottle. Sounds like Klean Kanteen is the way to go. I can even fill it with hot chocolate (just use a neoprene-type sleeve for insulation) and rinse it out later with really hot water for cleaning. (Plus now I *really* don't need to worry about cracking this bottle!) 5 stars

The following review received 8 helpful votes out of 8 total votes:
Review Date: 2008-01-13
"Cold, Clean, Tasty water without the chemicals"

I bought this product because I didn't like the taste of the cold water from the water cooler at work. I don't want to use disposable water bottles and I was concerned with the reports of the Nalgeen type bottles. I decided to buy a metal water bottle and found that the stainless steal was the better buy since the aluminum had it's own issues with chemicals seeping in. I fill up my Klean Kanteen at home and drink from it thoughout the day. I like the loop cap because it's easy to hold and if it's ever put on too tight it's easy to get leverage to twist it open. 5 stars

The following review received 7 helpful votes out of 8 total votes:
Review Date: 2008-01-12
"Great water bottle!"

I love this water bottle. It's the perfect size, large enough, yet not so big that it can't slip into my backpack or be carried in hand comfortably. It's stainless steel so it's totally safe to drink from and durable-it should last years and years!

Klean Kanteen makes a good product. 5 stars

The following review received 7 helpful votes out of 7 total votes:
Review Date: 2008-03-23
"Great water bottle"

After going through about 1 standard water bottle a day I decided I needed to follow the 1st and most importaint R of the 3, Reduce.

After extensiveley searching for a nice glass water bottle with no avail I decided to try reusing glass beverage bottles, only to find the cap started rusting after about a week of use. Having quite a delemma I decided to look into metal water bottles, trying to avoid any sort of plastic. Many friends have told me I'm crazy, but I can most definitely taste the plastic leeched into the water from plastic bottlees.

After doing a bit of research and finding that stainless steel is the best material to go with I found the Klean Kanteen here on Amazon, and decided to go with it. I'm very glad I did, the Klean Kanteen is a superb product.

The Klean Kanteen is very durable, "Klean" i.e. leeches no particles into the water (I have very keen taste), comfortable to hold, packs away well into bookbags and the such, and it looks sharp. A great bottle all around.

While I do agree with the other reviewer that it would be much better if the bottle came with the stainless steel cap. It's still a great bottle, and the plastic cap works just fine. Worrying about plastic on the 1" diameter cap at the top of the bottle is just a bit silly in my opinion.

One thing I was wondering when I was buying was what are the exact dimensions? Amazon doesn't include them so here they are: 10.5" tall with cap, 2.75" diameter base. 5 stars