Water bottle suggestions?

The Camelbak Podium Chill bottles are good, I have a few. But, I also have the Nalgene ATB that I like better. They seem very durable and have been using them a lot. I prefer these bottles over a hydration/bladder system when backpacking.

http://store.nalgene.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=30

The Camelbak Better Bottle is OK, but what I don't like about them is you need to suck like a straw, rather than just squeeze. They are very durable though and the valves can be replaced.

http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___6769...

Being fairly adventurous, I tried the rubber nipple "Better Bottle," 24-ounce, by Camelbak, $14, on several hikes. I detested the design. I do not like sucking on a nipple. My bottle is only three-fourths of a quart. I also tried a metal Sigg water bottle that leaked water in my sleeping bag on a zero-degree night and turned the foot of my sleeping bag into a stiff chunk of ice. Very bad experience.

Stick with the standard wide-mouth Nalgene, 32-ounce, $6.50.

Read the reviews for the "Better Bottle," then make your own decision:

"They worked fantastic for the first 3-4 months. They are now they are a leaky mess. I would like to think that I just got 1 bad one, but they all leak. I filled one up and packed it in my lunch bag today, when I got to work everything was wet. I am very disappointed."

In overr 40 years of trekking and cycling I've never bought a water bottle or needed to. If I buy water or fruit juice it comes in a bottle, same with milk most times which are good for wide-mouthed bottles..

The next bottle isn't far away, a few days at most unless I'm way out somewhere and then I've got a few with me or the means of filtering water for a refill. They last well enough for 1-month trips or as long as I could get at a time from work and they do the same job as a bought bottle.

I've brought a few home with amusing labels like the Inca Cola from Peru which is actually just colored sweet lemonade, not a cola at all.

If I want a tube in a bottle for a cycling bottle, it's easy to punch a hole through the cap and put a length of plastic tube in it you can buy for $1 a meter. Mouthpieces are cheap too to go on the tube or just shove one into the hole in the cap.

I don't buy what I can make for almost nothing or get supplied with when I buy water or juice anyway. My favorite 1-liter bottles are a couple of tough flexi-bottles that came with cheap brandy in them that I use for cooking.

Also handy in a coffee on a cold night in the hills and pouring into the softly baked heather tips nicely flavored with trout juices after cooking in a biscuit tin oven, for making a fortified sauce to pour over the heather-baked trout.

Nice warmer..

This looks like a standard bicycle water bottle design. There's hundreds to choose from. Save your money and just buy spring water in a sports bottle from the store for $1.50. Use it until you chew-up the top and then recycle.

If you're filtering water you'll want a wide-mouth bottle like Nalgene to mate with the pump. The stainless steel Guyot/Nalgene brand has the standard wide-mouth design if you like metal (I don't, it's heavier and the water gets warm faster). I have one and it has never leaked.

I agree with MountainMan. I've had several Camelbak "Better Bottles" and they all leak. But I have to admit that my inner child enjoys the nipple.

i've seen some with the bite valve instead of the nipple, but they're harder to find. the previous poster's idea about the cheap-o water bottles was a good one. only difference in those is a thinner plastic than on the Cabelbak ones, but that doesn't really make much of a difference.