When we’re at home, we tend to drink out of glass bottles.  I hate drinking from plastic and until we get around to purchasing a home water carbonation kit (we have our eye on one that a friend has recommended), we continue to buy a lot of Perrier in glass bottles.  So, used Perrier bottles are washed and become our home drinking bottles.

The glass bottles are not very portable, nor are the caps intended to be leak-proof, so they work for around the house but not so much for travel.  That’s where the Platypus bottles come in.

We purchased two of these in January 2009 and use them extensively in our travels.  Their best feature is that when empty, they pack flat.  So, there’s never any reason *not* to throw them in the suitcase.

Here’s what we like about the water bottles:

• reusable, and easy to refill
• even partially filled, they stand up so they’re great for on a desk or bedside table
• material withstands boiling (for cleaning) and freezing, BPA-free
• have never leaked (ours are about 16 months old)

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