Easy-to-clean metal water bottles that don't leak or get moldy?

[Anonymous]

Looking for a metal water bottle that doesn't leak, is dishwasher safe, and that won’t get moldy as long as it gets run through the dishwasher regularly (i.e. nothing where you need to be cleaning out straws with little brushes or whatever.)

What are your favorites? The cheaper the better. So tired of our moldy, leaky Thermos Funtainers and hoping for something better...

[Anonymous]

(I assume we should be avoiding straws entirely if we can't keep on top of cleaning them out by hand regularly, yes? But open to any type of top that meets the above criteria.)

[Anonymous]

My son and I both love Simple Modern. Available on Amazon. I have a tumbler that comes with both a sip top and a straw top. My son has a water bottle. Easy to clean, doesn’t leak, and stays super cold. And pretty cheap.

[Anonymous]

My kids have Yetis which fit all your criteria except for the cost. They hold up well and should last a long time so the value is good. Bonus is they run sales when you can get them customized for free and then the kid’s name is on there permanently.

[Anonymous]

We like our Odwalla water bottles.
They do have a straw but it’s hard plastic not rubber and has no rubber parts either. We’ve had ours over a year and I wash them out once a week in the dishwasher, and the straw with a brush once a week. The mouthpiece part I rinse nightly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for a metal water bottle that doesn't leak, is dishwasher safe, and that won’t get moldy as long as it gets run through the dishwasher regularly (i.e. nothing where you need to be cleaning out straws with little brushes or whatever.)

What are your favorites? The cheaper the better. So tired of our moldy, leaky Thermos Funtainers and hoping for something better...

We've used the funtainer with chug spout rather than straw for almost a year now and haven't had any issues. We don't put in the dishwasher but no straw means it's easy to clean by hand.

[Anonymous]

Simple modern da best

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We like our Odwalla water bottles.
They do have a straw but it’s hard plastic not rubber and has no rubber parts either. We’ve had ours over a year and I wash them out once a week in the dishwasher, and the straw with a brush once a week. The mouthpiece part I rinse nightly.

I have had two odwallas this year and they both broke - the spring in the button mechanism popped off - I kept putting it back on but eventually it went kaput on both …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We like our Odwalla water bottles.
They do have a straw but it’s hard plastic not rubber and has no rubber parts either. We’ve had ours over a year and I wash them out once a week in the dishwasher, and the straw with a brush once a week. The mouthpiece part I rinse nightly.

We like Owalas, but you know they have a rubber part that you’re supposed to peel out of the top and clean regularly?

[Anonymous]

I like the ThermoFlask bottles with the sip lid from Costco. Very easy to clean! They are on the large side, so depending on your kids’ ages it may be too big. My 8yo DS has used them for a year now and they work well.

I also have a Funtainer with the spout vs. the straw lid for my 6yo. No complaints.

[Anonymous]

Yeti.

[Anonymous]

To not leak you need some sort of plastic part usually. Those get moldy unless cleaned. I like my thermos no straw bottles.

[Anonymous]

Our swell bottles and easy to clean with a basic brush and never get moldy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our swell bottles and easy to clean with a basic brush
and never get moldy.

And they never leak.

[Anonymous]

We have the Costco thermoflask ones, they come with 2 lids: spout and straw, so could choose which one to use or alternate. My kids prefer the straw and I just put it in dishwasher. It’s relatively wide, so cleans well in the dishwasher.