Camelbaks

[Anonymous]

My son has several and he is a chewer, but all the spouts still look new and we've never had a leaking problem. He's been using Camelbacks for the last 3 or 4 years. I also haven't had any issues cleaning the spouts - the bottles we have have 2 different types.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has several and he is a chewer, but all the spouts still look new and we've never had a leaking problem. He's been using Camelbacks for the last 3 or 4 years. I also haven't had any issues cleaning the spouts - the bottles we have have 2 different types.

Thanks... That's useful to know that they will withstand chewing. Like OP, I was wondering whether does that enforce the straw chewing habit then? Since its essentially also biting to drink?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has several and he is a chewer, but all the spouts still look new and we've never had a leaking problem. He's been using Camelbacks for the last 3 or 4 years. I also haven't had any issues cleaning the spouts - the bottles we have have 2 different types.

Thanks... That's useful to know that they will withstand chewing. Like OP, I was wondering whether does that enforce the straw chewing habit then? Since its essentially also biting to drink?

You're welcome! My son does both, chews on spouts and straws, and I don't think of it as one reinforcing the other, it just is. I ask him to stop, if I notice it, but I'm not a stickler about it.

[Anonymous]

Not hard to bite and suck at the same time. My almost 3 year old has one that he keeps in bed at night in case he gets thirsty. No leaks, we love it.

[Anonymous]

All my three kids use callbacks. They are the best things for rough kids and who wear out every bottle with a spout. We have three out so many clean kanteens because they.chew on.the nozzles so much. nd the price of buying just the spout is nearly the price of a new bottle!

Twist caps they will always forget to screw it tight and it leaks everywhere. Contigo are not bad but you can't clean the part that touches the lips and it can get built up with gunk.

Also, I think the camelbaks will get mouldy if you repeatedly not pull out the rubber part to wash. Let it.air dry after washing and the next day, you are good to go. We only replace one rubber bite valve because my 4th grader decided to test her molars and chopped it real hard..... she was warned and it never happened again. It will withstand normal chewing with bored children and their front teeth!

Since your f2f asked for it, give in. Chances too she will feel the pride of ownership of getting what she wanted and taking care of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The mouthpieces on all of ours mildewed and weren't cleanable. Yuck!

Have had much better luck with the Thermos ones.

You know you are supposed to take the mouthpieces off and wash them, right?

Yes. DD has had one since the start of last school year. No leaking and no problems (has survived many bad falls). The spout has to be squeezed to open but the rubber is sturdy and I don't see any bite marks (and DD is notorious for destroying water bottle straws). The mouthpiece is super easy to pop off and clean. No mildew problems here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We up have camelbaks for hiking and long bike rides.

Why does she want one for school?

Btw, you can replace the mouthpiece, they do get a little messed up.

Sorry... Thought you meant

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My son has one of those and it lasted 1/2 the school year and the rubber started to leak.

that has been our experience as well-three times and gave up on that overpriced crap

[Anonymous]

My son says everyone brings water bottles to class. Why the need during school? Do kids actually dehydrate during classes or something or are they just angling for more bathroom breaks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son says everyone brings water bottles to class. Why the need during school? Do kids actually dehydrate during classes or something or are they just angling for more bathroom breaks?

your son is probably doing the hard a** and being the cool dude in not being girly and needing water in school..... some schools with water coolers do fine. But I know my daughters preferred waterbottles longer. They want to drink from the bottles when they needed too. I have also gone with camelbaks for a while. It shows no signs of teethmarks unlike the other nozzled bottles and I have noticed they sometimes chew on it a little without actually drinking (eg. when they are in the car or at church kids class etc) But the bottle will hold up to that much better than the others and not look disgusting.

But as my kids got older, they wanted something less "pinky" and girly, didn't want to be seen like a baby sucking on a bottle. I have then seen them screwing out the top, drinking from it and putting the lid back. So we went back to klean kanteens with a screw tops now..... (darn, wished I hadn't threw out those bottles in the earlier days because the bottles were ok but it was just the nozzles that looked chewed up, now its the bottles that get dented due to sports etc!)

[Anonymous]

Shoot, my kids would lose them or have them stolen in one day....

[Anonymous]

I think we've got a total of 6 or 8 camelbak eddys right now, used by kids and adults. No leaking, easy to clean. I'd highly recommend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son says everyone brings water bottles to class. Why the need during school? Do kids actually dehydrate during classes or something or are they just angling for more bathroom breaks?

My son's school requests water bottles be brought from home. There are no water fountains down the side halls and they can get a drink when they need one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shoot, my kids would lose them or have them stolen in one day....

Why? They are like regular bottles I think.... I have seen tons of them too at our school's lost and found or at my gym too so they are not that highly sought after.

Also, my teenage dd and I often just chew on the rubber for the fun of it or when bored without drinking any water too! (I am a straw chewer!) Its able to withstand it and doesn't leave unslightly tooth marks like other bottles. So highly recommend it too. The only thing is not to put cold water in it in the summer for the non insulated bottles. It sometimes squirts water out. The other way is to take the straw out but then you will have to tip the bottle over.

I love it for driving too and you can suck on it without tilting it and taking your eyes off the highway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we've got a total of 6 or 8 camelbak eddys right now, used by kids and adults. No leaking, easy to clean. I'd highly recommend.

Haha. we too have around 6 bottles. So that we can allow the nozzle rubbers to air out. (never had mould problems) We have also found that we could just use a ball point and write our names on the covers so that they don't get mixed up (ie. wrong kids nozzle with the wrong bottle) This was something we couldn't do with the klean kanteen and the kids would fight over who drank from what nozzle and who chewed their nozzle etc. (but they ALL chew the nozzles anyway lol!)

[Anonymous]

Anyone has tried the contingo Autospout? My dd plays lots of sports and hence will need something on the go but she is also an avid waterbottle chewer! Never used camelbaks or these bottles so wondering if it will be better since they have a rubber spout? She's 11 so kiddish bottles no longer appeal to her too