🧴 Bottles & Flasks: The Lowdown
🔹 1. What's the Deal?
Bottles and flasks let you carry around drinks like water, coffee, juice, or even soup. Bottle is a catch-all term, but flask usually means it keeps drinks hot/cold or has a specific shape (like a hip flask).
🔹 2. Kinds of Bottles & Flasks
✅ What They're For:
Water Bottles – Everyday drinking.
Sports Bottles – Easy to sip from when you're working out.
Infuser Bottles – Space for fruit or tea to flavor your water.
Shaker Bottles – Little ball inside to mix protein shakes.
Thermal Flasks – Keep drinks hot or cold for ages.
Hip Flasks – Small, for carrying liquor.
Squishy Bottles – Foldable to save space.
Filter Bottles – Clean water on the go.
🔹 3. What They're Made Of
🧪 Plastics:
PP – Light, tough, and usually BPA-free.
Tritan™ – Looks like glass, but doesn't break.
HDPE/LDPE – Bendy, for bottles you squeeze.
🧊 Steel:
Single-wall – Okay if you don't need insulation.
Double-wall – Keeps drinks hot/cold for hours.
🔍 Glass:
Doesn't mess with taste, but breaks easy. Usually has a silicone cover.
🪵 Aluminum:
Light, but needs a lining so your drink doesn't taste funny.
🧵 Silicone:
For bottles that fold up; safe to use.
🔹 4. What to Look For
Doesn't Leak – Must-have for travel
Insulation – Keeps drinks hot or cold.
Wide or Narrow Mouth – Wide is easier to clean; narrow stops spills.
Easy to Hold – So it doesn't slip.
Loops / Handles – To carry it around.
Measurements – To know how much you're drinking.
Dishwasher Safe – To keep it clean.
BPA-Free – Safe to drink from.
🔹 5. How Big?
Small: 5–10 oz (like hip flasks)
Medium: 16–25 oz (for everyday)
Large: 33–67 oz (for workouts)
Extra-Large: 100 oz+ (for camping)
🔹 6. What Are They Good For?
Home/Office – Staying hydrated.
Travel – Small and won't leak.
Workouts – Big and easy to drink from.
Outdoors – Tough and keeps drinks hot/cold.
School – Small with fun designs.
Cooking – For mixing drinks.
Alcohol – Hip flasks
🔹 7. How to Clean Them
Daily – Rinse after drinking sugary stuff.
Weekly – Wash with warm water and:
Baking soda
Vinegar
Cleaning tablets
Brushes – For bottles with small openings.
Don't soak lids too long – Can damage the rubber.
Dishwasher – Only if it says it's okay.
🔹 8. How to Store Them
Keep them dry and open to avoid mold.
Keep plastic bottles out of the sun.
Use a drying rack if you use them a lot.
🔹 9. Stay Safe and Clean
Don't share bottles to avoid germs.
Throw away bottles that are cracked or smell bad.
Steel is best for hot drinks. Don't use plastic for boiling water.
🔹 10. Think Green
Reusable bottles cut down on plastic trash.
Glass and steel can be recycled.
Squishy bottles mean you need fewer containers.
🔹 11. Special Bottles
Baby Bottles – Special valves.
Smart Bottles – Track water intake with tech.
Military Bottles – Super tough.
Bike Bottles – Squeeze bottles.
🔹 1. What's the Deal?
Bottles and flasks let you carry around drinks like water, coffee, juice, or even soup. Bottle is a catch-all term, but flask usually means it keeps drinks hot/cold or has a specific shape (like a hip flask).
🔹 2. Kinds of Bottles & Flasks
✅ What They're For:
Water Bottles – Everyday drinking.
Sports Bottles – Easy to sip from when you're working out.
Infuser Bottles – Space for fruit or tea to flavor your water.
Shaker Bottles – Little ball inside to mix protein shakes.
Thermal Flasks – Keep drinks hot or cold for ages.
Hip Flasks – Small, for carrying liquor.
Squishy Bottles – Foldable to save space.
Filter Bottles – Clean water on the go.
🔹 3. What They're Made Of
🧪 Plastics:
PP – Light, tough, and usually BPA-free.
Tritan™ – Looks like glass, but doesn't break.
HDPE/LDPE – Bendy, for bottles you squeeze.
🧊 Steel:
Single-wall – Okay if you don't need insulation.
Double-wall – Keeps drinks hot/cold for hours.
🔍 Glass:
Doesn't mess with taste, but breaks easy. Usually has a silicone cover.
🪵 Aluminum:
Light, but needs a lining so your drink doesn't taste funny.
🧵 Silicone:
For bottles that fold up; safe to use.
🔹 4. What to Look For
Doesn't Leak – Must-have for travel
Insulation – Keeps drinks hot or cold.
Wide or Narrow Mouth – Wide is easier to clean; narrow stops spills.
Easy to Hold – So it doesn't slip.
Loops / Handles – To carry it around.
Measurements – To know how much you're drinking.
Dishwasher Safe – To keep it clean.
BPA-Free – Safe to drink from.
🔹 5. How Big?
Small: 5–10 oz (like hip flasks)
Medium: 16–25 oz (for everyday)
Large: 33–67 oz (for workouts)
Extra-Large: 100 oz+ (for camping)
🔹 6. What Are They Good For?
Home/Office – Staying hydrated.
Travel – Small and won't leak.
Workouts – Big and easy to drink from.
Outdoors – Tough and keeps drinks hot/cold.
School – Small with fun designs.
Cooking – For mixing drinks.
Alcohol – Hip flasks
🔹 7. How to Clean Them
Daily – Rinse after drinking sugary stuff.
Weekly – Wash with warm water and:
Baking soda
Vinegar
Cleaning tablets
Brushes – For bottles with small openings.
Don't soak lids too long – Can damage the rubber.
Dishwasher – Only if it says it's okay.
🔹 8. How to Store Them
Keep them dry and open to avoid mold.
Keep plastic bottles out of the sun.
Use a drying rack if you use them a lot.
🔹 9. Stay Safe and Clean
Don't share bottles to avoid germs.
Throw away bottles that are cracked or smell bad.
Steel is best for hot drinks. Don't use plastic for boiling water.
🔹 10. Think Green
Reusable bottles cut down on plastic trash.
Glass and steel can be recycled.
Squishy bottles mean you need fewer containers.
🔹 11. Special Bottles
Baby Bottles – Special valves.
Smart Bottles – Track water intake with tech.
Military Bottles – Super tough.
Bike Bottles – Squeeze bottles.