Question from George
I am looking for a water bottle (glass preferably), to have the alternative to stainless steel.
Since I use reverse osmosis water, it can be 6.5-7pH with no minerals left in it (rain water).
Apparently this type of water due to being ‘demineralised’ can react with stainless and make the stainless leach into the water (chromium nickel etc) to balance the water out.
This would result in using a stainless steel bottle 7 days a week for 2 litres of water a day (14 litres of water in a week) a very unpleasant metal flavoured health hazard.
So I look for glass… (alternatives like you said you look for alternatives).
Problem is, every glass bottle has either plastic, aluminium, or stainless still lids.
The ones with silicon lids that I found are narrow mouth and a pain to drink from.
Where on earth can one get minimum of 1L water bottle without the metal/aluminium?
I like Life Factory lead-free glass bottles. Their parts are either made in USA or France (or both). The lids are hard durable silicone (I believe) and there are multiple types of spouts to choose from including bottles with no spouts. I haven’t seen one that holds 1 liter but you can check on Amazon.
Weck, a German brand that manufactures canning jars, makes a small juice bottle that has a glass lid which secures with a rubber ring and 2 stainless clips. The rubber has minimal contact with the contents and the clips have no contact at all. For simple refrigerator storage, you could use them without the rubber ring. I think Williams Sonoma and Crate & Barrel both carry this brand, or go to the Weck website. Their jars are beautiful, come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and are strong enough to freeze leftovers without breaking.
I got 2 bottles with a silicon lid in November of 2015 from bottlesupglass.com. 🙂
https://www.ecopromotionsonline.com/products/borosilicate-glass-bottle-silicone-sleeve-bamboo-lid-18-oz
My favorite (pretty bottles, recycled glass:
https://www.bottlesupglass.com/