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Laken Classic Bottle - 0.6L

Laken Classic Bottle - 0.6L description

So you're looking for a water bottle that won't make your water taste plasticy, but you also want a wide-mouth model. Welcome to the Laken Classic 0.6L Bottle.

Bottom Line: Avoid the plastics-leaching-BPA scare and grab the aluminum Laken 0.6L Bottle.

I bought this bottle and its 1 liter cousin as a result of the recent BPA scare. I'm not one for alarmism, but better safe than sorry. The wide mouth is smaller than a Nalgene's wide mouth, bigger than a Sigg's; perfect sizing, great for cramming ice cubes in and makes cleaning easy. I have the aluminum finish which scratches more readily than the painted variety (my 1L is painted), also the Laken logo is starting to scratch off of the aluminum. Not a serious gripe, just information. The water never tastes like you're drinking from a pool and the bottles are durable (I wouldn't hammer any tent stakes in with 'em or drop them down a cliff face, though) I'm extremely satisfied with these bottles, which are kind of hard to find. So buy them, dig?

On the bottle, it says "World's Finest Bottle", I'm not sure I would agree with that, but it is pretty good. It seems very sturdy. I think it will resist dents more than other aluminum bottles. I like the wide mouth. The only problem is that if you don't drink out of it just right, you may dribble water (or whatever liquid you are drinking)down your chin.

I like the bottle, looks good. My only problem is drinking from the bottle. It needs a different top and I am trying to see if one is available. It is not standard as I have the cap but it screws on from the inside and this screws from the outside. A design flaw I'm sure that was not considered. Overall though the bottle looks good, that is also important to me.