Klean Kanteen Stainless Steel Water Bottle (40oz)

Pros: safe clean drinking
Cons: expensive and does not fit in cup holders or my hand

Klean Kanteen 40 oz Water Bottle I went on a kick a while back where I removed all #7 polycarbonate plastics from our household. With that event, we lost a lot our beautiful Starbucks water bottles so I needed an alternative to giving my ...

Pros: Huge size, great cap options, helps environment, non-leaching chemicals, does not rust.
Cons: None!

I am always trying to better my family's health and so with the information about chemicals like (BPA) leaking into plastic water bottles, I decided it was time to buy some stainless steel (non-leaking) water bottles to have on hand. I found Klean ...

Pros:

keeps water cold; caps are comfortable for fingers; slim size easy to hold

Cons: may want to bring a magnet with you before purchasing

My first Kleen Kanteen is 18oz purchased from LL Bean. I've had it for over a month and love it, no problems. My second Kleen Kanteen is 27oz purchased from Dick's Sporting Goods. Within 3 days, the inner lip rusted. I emailed Kleen ...

Pros: Easy to clean, high quality materials, wide mouth is big enough to put ice in.
Cons: Sport cap does not work.

This is a nicely made product, but the sport cap does not work as it is supposed to. There is a valve that is supposed to admit air into the Kanteen as water is being drawn out, but the valve does not work right. Maybe Paul Bunyon could suck hard enough for that valve to open, but no normal person could.

The work-around is not to tighten the lid all the way, so that air can suck in around the edge of the lid. This is not ideal, however, because water can equally well leak out.

Kleen Kanteen was nice enough to send me a new sport cap, but it did the same thing.

Finally, note that the 27 ounce Klean Kanteen will hold a full bottle of wine, or a fifth of whiskey.