Fresh Look - Sigg bottles
April 24, 2007
Posted by CindyW in : Fresh Look , trackback
Inspired by the information on how many plastic water bottles are being thrown away in the landfill every year (about 1 trillion worldwide), I bought 4 Sigg bottles for my family, 2 adult sized ones (0.6L) and 2 kid sized ones (0.3L). I suppose we could just reuse the plastic bottles. But I couldn’t stop the consumer inside of me! There are a variety of cool designs I got to choose from, for both adults and kids. The bottles are made from aluminum, pretty light. In my camping days, I remember using this type of bottles for fuel. So they are clearly leak-proof. I like the nozzle design for the adult bottles more than for little kids. For my adult bottle with the nozzle design (some designs have screw-tops only), I can keep the nozzle open all the time while having the plastic lid on - no need to open and close the nozzle. For kids’ bottles however, in the open position the nozzle pushes up and there is not enough room to keep the lid on. It means that kids have to turn the nozzle open and close all the time. After an hour playing outside, my kids’ bottles have really dirty nozzles from their muddy hands. I wish when they designed the kids’ bottles, they had considered minimizing the chance for kids’ dirty little fingers to touch the nozzles. Otherwise, we love the Sigg bottles, inspite of the ridiculous price. One note, if you happen to find yourself in Switzerland, besides 17 pounds of chocolate, buy the bottles there. It’s 1/3 of the price.
Curious to see what others have said about the bottles?
CindyW
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I used to think bottled water was so much better than plain or filtered tap water but then I read the statistics on how much waste is generated by supporting bottled water. Plus, one of the best selling bottled water is actually just filtered tap water in a plastic bottle! Now I bring my own water bottle and just ask for normal water with a bit of lemon in restaurants. Guess what. It tastes the same.
I love these bottles too, and have one for each person in our family. I think there are 3 different kinds of tops (we have 2 of them). I just happened upon your blog via sk*rt, and I think it’s great. As for reusing the plastic bottles, it’s definitely an option as well, but after reading results from a couple of studies on it, I’d rather stick with the SIGGs – in spite of the fact that I still have no idea what they are lined with (”proprietary information”).
i bought three sigg water bottles for myself and my two siblings. im also writing a book about plastic water bottles and how bad for the environment they are. definatley stick with the siggs.