I am SO HAPPY that they finally made a glass Camelbak!! I have it in blue but will be getting it in every color because I''m so excited they finally gave me what I wanted. For a couple of years now I had been using a kerplunk glass bottle and just placing the camelbak top/straw on it. But it didn''t fit quite right. This bottle is great. There''s no plasticy or metal taste to the water. Glass is the only material that doesn''t leach a seperate taste to the water after it''s been in there for a while. The only thing is that the straw is still plastic. I actually have some straws made out of glass that I sometimes use with the camelbaks, and they work, but againthere is a fit issue. I wish camelbak would make a stainless steel version of their straw.
UPDATE/ March 2013: for those who are interested, I found a company that makes custom sized glass straws. It''s called "GLASS DHARMA" and they have a website. If you order their "smoothie" sized straws and ask that they be custom cut to 7 & 3/8 inches, they will fit great with these camelbaks. I''ve been using their glass straws for years and they are really durablelast forever if you don''t drop them on a hard floor (they are glass after-all), but this is the first time I realized they did custom sizes. Their straws come with a life-time guarantee. I even dropped my camelbak on the floor once and luckily it didn''t break, but I lifted the lid and checked the glass straw to make sure it was finenot a scratch. If you decide to use these you should wet the glass straw and inside of the camelbak lid before twisting the straw inThe lubrication will make it slide in without you having to worry about being too rough. The straws hold up perfectly inside these camelbaks. (Ohand since they are glass I wouldn''t use them in bottles that you use for sports activities or anything like that.) They look cooler than the plastic straws too because you can see the cloudy white plastic straw through the bottle vs the crystal-clear glass straw that matches better with the bottle (and the water).
I still use the plastic straw when I leave the house so that I don''t have to worry about breakage during transport etc... but when I drink indoors (which is 99% of the time for me) I use these glass straws instead. The plastic straw is fineunlike when I use plastic bottles which give off a plastic taste almost immediatelythe straw only seems to leech a plasticy taste if it''s been sitting in the water for a couple of days or more... but Still I like to avoid plastic whenever possible and if you are like me you might appreciate this alternative too.
Great bottle, nice to hold and drink fromabsolutely no taste from the bottle itself like I get from my stainless steel bottle.
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Because it is glass, it''s extremely heavy. And while it is great to avoid plastic, lets face itthere is still a plastic straw which remains suspended in the water and through which all water consumed must pass. I do not deny, however, that it is an improvement over plastic bottles. Perhaps what I dislike most about this bottle however, is the bite-activated mouth opening. Frankly, it''s difficult to get more than a thimble-full of water out of it at a time. I much prefer the system used by Contigo, which provides a free-flow once the mouthpiece is flipped up.
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I prefer to drink out of glass or ceramic containers. I was hesitant about this one, fearing it might crack. It hasn''t, despite heavy usage. I clean it in the dishwasher, no problem. I''ve dropped it (nothing crazy) -again, no problem. Very happy with this.
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I purchased this thinking i was going to hate it but wanted a glass bottle (reusable, dishwasher safe etc..) It''s really well made, i love the feel of the rubber, doesn''t slip when sweating. The bite concept is a little weird at first but you get used to it and actually really works well.
One of the things you also have to get used to is that the straw goes straight to the bottom of the bottle and when you drink its better not to tilt (which is a natural tendency) the bottle. The straw does come off for easy cleaning. This bottle is a winner for me, I''m considering getting a second one just to rotate them...
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