I done fucked up. I know some of my drink cups say handwash only, but I thought that was due to their vacuum chambers.
I assumed (wrongly) that these two bottles would be ok. They are clearly not made from whatever Nalgene is made from.
Meanwhile, I have some cheap vacuum wall plastic tumblers from Walmart, going on 15 years now, that I’ve always tossed in the dishwasher.
Also, I’m getting strong deja vu from my shrinky dink bottles. Have I done this before? Or seen a post on here if the same? I can’t recall.
Edit: hello adhd brain, I forgot to provide details. Red 1L Nalgene for scale. The two bottles beside it used to be the same size before yesterday. ☹️
I just decided to buy glass bottles. The are nice ones with a removable rubber cover that can nicely go into the dishwasher. And they don’t taste or smell like plastic after a while.
Perhaps, but I would be too hard on glass bottles while I’m adventuring.
These were free swag though at a volunteer thank you party. I’m only upset that I can no longer covertly signal to the other local volunteers that I’m part of the club. 😄
I have metal ones. Much lighter.
I’m working on ousting all plastic foodware from my life if at all possible. Glass, ceramic, metal, or silicone only pls.
It’s slow going, but there’s some wins.
Some plastic can be remolded because the molecules are long and sleek, others can’t (thermoplasts?) because the molecules all attach together like Christmas trees.
There used to be a show called Street Cents on CBC that focused on consumer and media awareness. On one episode, they torture tested Nalgene bottles.
It’s been a while but if I’m remembering right, I watched them survive:
- being thrown off a building
- being run over by a bulldozer
- being dipped in liquid nitrogen and hit with a hammer
- being heated with a blow torch
The lids broke in some of the tests, especially if they had liquid in them, but the bottles themselves are basically indestructible.
I’ve seen a knock-off bottle break when somebody set a backpack down on it too hard.
Calling “Will It Blend”…!
Nalgene bottles used to be made out of polycarbonate, a particularly robust plastic that they use for all manner of industrial things. Most safety glasses are polycarbonate, for example. It’s nigh indestructible and cheap as hell.
Nalgene now uses a proprietary plastic they claim to be bpa free. It’s likely not as strong as it used to be but probably still quite tough
Btw, LOVE your user name! I call my trusty roadies sippy cups too. I have a shoe organizer full hanging on the pantry door. It’s hard to resist an ultra cute sippy cup.
I am called sippy cup because after a drink or two I typically need one haha
I think it’s the heat that done them in. Sometimes, dishwashers have modes that don’t use a lot of heat, and I think it might also help to put heat sensitive things in the top rack. But even if you do that, I’m guessing that the kind of plastic that melts in the dishwasher probably won’t be safe to drink from, even if it doesn’t look like it melted.
Now you have two bottle blanks. Here’s how they’re turned into bottles. https://youtu.be/kU_gH36GG58
