Do you do new water bottles for the school year? What type of water bottle will your kid use this year?

[Anonymous]

Yeti. Our 9th grader has been using the same one for years. We did buy another one because he needed a lot more water for football practice. They never leak if you screw the top on correctly.

[Anonymous]

My tween is obsessed with Stanley’s but the standard straw top style leaks so I do not recommend them unless you get a screw cap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so interesting. Our school still has water fountains, so water bottles aren't a thing for us just yet.

Do they give the kids water fountain breaks? Like in the 90s?

I dont even think our school has water fountains which I am OK with, those things are germ spreaders! My kids have been lugging water bottles around since age 4.

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Anonymous wrote:Nalgene with a screw top. They don't leak. My kid drinks from the narrow neck style or I put a straw in the wide mouth style.

I'd say they last forever but we did manage to crack one this summer - a brand new one! Otherwise I replace only when lost.

Do the Nalgene bottles fit inside the side of the backpack?

They come in different sizes, so it depends. My kid takes a 32 oz bottle and puts it inside her bag; that one is fat and wouldn’t fit my car cup holder. I think the 16oz would fit a side pocket.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nalgene with a screw top. They don't leak. My kid drinks from the narrow neck style or I put a straw in the wide mouth style.

I'd say they last forever but we did manage to crack one this summer - a brand new one! Otherwise I replace only when lost.

Do the Nalgene bottles fit inside the side of the backpack?

We fit both 16 oz (what my 5th grader uses) and 32 oz (what my 7th grader uses) in LL Bean backpacks. That said my 7th grader just rejected switching to a Jansport because the 32 oz Nalgene and her laptop were going to be fighting for space, even though she could barely shove it in the water bottle holder - the bottle pushed into the side of the compartment.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so interesting. Our school still has water fountains, so water bottles aren't a thing for us just yet.

Do they give the kids water fountain breaks? Like in the 90s?

I dont even think our school has water fountains which I am OK with, those things are germ spreaders! My kids have been lugging water bottles around since age 4.

We never got water fountain breaks. You would just ask for one if you wanted or use it in the way to/from lunch. But honestly, I don’t recall ever specifically asking to use it in my whole time k-12. Maybe we just didn’t drink water in the 90s.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nalgene with a screw top. They don't leak. My kid drinks from the narrow neck style or I put a straw in the wide mouth style.

I'd say they last forever but we did manage to crack one this summer - a brand new one! Otherwise I replace only when lost.

Do the Nalgene bottles fit inside the side of the backpack?

We fit both 16 oz (what my 5th grader uses) and 32 oz (what my 7th grader uses) in LL Bean backpacks. That said my 7th grader just rejected switching to a Jansport because the 32 oz Nalgene and her laptop were going to be fighting for space, even though she could barely shove it in the water bottle holder - the bottle pushed into the side of the compartment.

They even make 14 oz Nalgene bottles. They are perfect for small spaces and my kids carry them. They don’t drink much water during class though and fill up at lunch if needed. But many times they come home with a nearly full water bottle

[Anonymous]

I love Yeti water bottles. They can be heavy in the larger sizes. But they are dishwasher safe, last a long time, and don’t get smelly.

[Anonymous]

Yeti with engraved name. I’ve replaced them when left at a far away field but have never had one leak or break! Chug cap all the way.