If the past decade is considered The Era of Bottled Water, then the past couple of years would have to be The Era of the Water Bottle. Big Brother has told use that we need to ‘kick the bottle’ habit and start bringing our own reusable vessel with us. By carrying your own reusable water bottle, one could be “guilt free” of contributing to the waste created from disposable bottled water. The media brought our attention to BPA; which can leach into some plastic reusable bottles. Companies like SIGG, Swiss manufacturer of stainless steel water bottles, were quick to market their bottles as an alternative to plastic and BPA Free.
Two weeks ago SIGG made an announcement that the inside lining to their stainless steel water bottles contain trace amounts of BPA. The shocking part is that the CEO has known about this information since 2006 but chose not to announce it! Customers and retailers alike feel betrayed. The Huffington Post just published an apology from him.
Have an old SIGG water bottle? You’ll want to exchange it for a BPA Free one. Take it into any participating SIGG retailer (Patagonia, REI, etc) and they will send the old one back for you and get you a replacement.
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Why bother with Sigg anymore.
We trashed ours and bought from Botl.
check em out. http://www.my-botl.com. Stainless Steel. Great designs and selection of sizes.
Boo on Sigg.
Check out LOVE BOTTLES— the glass is amazingly fresh to drink out of, no aftertaste no matter what liquid you put in!
Lots of designs, or buy blank (my daughter did her own art). The colored protector rings worn on outside (think DIY friendship bracelet-esque for your water bottle) make this a seriously cool bottle, and keep it from breaking if dropped. Our family is newly hooked!! I think they are the hippest, most functional bottle we’ve found yet.