Sigg Bottles and Revolution Money Exchange
April 29th, 2008Niall made a post about plastic bottles, and inside that article it talked about Sigg Bottles. They’re basically an aluminum water bottle, sort of like a thermos, except they look really cool. I figure what the heck, I take a new plastic bottle to work every day, and at $3.50 a flat of water, if buying a $25 sweet bottle will help me not use plastic bottles and save money, then it’s worth it. And I’m thinking the aluminum will help keep the water cooler a lot longer, and this way when other people at work also buy Stater Bros water I won’t have to put an N on the lid. So hopefully I refill it everyday and take it to work, look cool in the process, save money after 6 months, and help the environment. Here’s the one I ordered:
I’d also like to advertise a new online money sending site called Revolution Money Exchange. It’s like Paypal, but a better deal. My brother put it on his site, but I’m trying to steal his thunder and get you to sign up and refer me. You get $25 just for signing up, so get on it!
Couple coworkers have these. They’re nifty, and I love the screwtop.
Those bottles do look pretty cool.
$25…hmmmmm.
I think I’m going to need to buy a water filter first.
I’m in the “water club” at work and it costs $3-5 a month to have the privilege of using the water cooler. I’ve been contemplating quitting and just bringing water from home (the pipes in our building supposedly have high levels of arsenic). I might pick a Sigg bottle up and get in the routine of filling it up at night and sticking it in the fridge for the next day.
And signup for Revolution Money Exchange using my link cuz I was first.
I like the fact you put an “N” on your water. It keeps me from taking it!
Now I won’t have to! haha. Hope you enjoyed your conference.
We’ve got a water filter built-in to our fridge, so I’ll just use that to fill up. Usually I go through two 16.9 oz bottles at work (unless I’m bad and drinking mountain dew) so who knows, I might need two of these. They have bigger ones, but the thought of lugging a big bottle everyone isn’t as cool.
So I really need to redo my math. If there are 24 bottles in a flat for 3.50, then it costs me $0.30 everyday to take water. At $25 for the sigg bottle (shipped) it will take 83.3 working days to recoup my costs. That’s like 4 months of work. That means this time next year, assuming I don’t break my sigg bottle, I would have saved something like $30 (and yes, that’s AFTER paying for this first sigg). Hmmm, interesting math!
And during those 83.3 days, you will have single-handedly saved 50% of the planet, estimating conservatively.
I think this size is a nice one. It says “just the right size to hook, via carabiner, on my climbing gear.”
I got a 20 oz bottle, though they have some up to 1 liter, but they sounded a little big.
I purchased a similar Nalgene bottle a few months back for the same purpose. I just wasn’t drinking enough water at work. It was only about 12 dollars from Sports Authority. Hopefully the statements regarding it’s potential toxicity when heated are greatly overstated.
The Siggs are supposed to have a special coating inside that doesn’t leech or change the flavor of the water. They said as a good test, put your bottle of water in the sun for a few hours, and see if it tastes plasticky after. I dunno, should be interesting.
oh my gosh! my aluminum water bottle doesn’t make my water taste plasticky! it’s a freaking miracle of science! Even after putting it in the sun! ZOMG! WOWZERS! With that out of my system, I’ve just been refilling those cheapo sport bottles the church gave us for tj. seems to get the job done, and I haven’t had a problem yet. Even if I did by an aluminum water bottle, I would not leave it in the sun intentionally as to preserve the wicked cool paint job on it. Just get a bota bag. You don’t see those around. Who knows, you may set a trend.
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