Unless I fill my bottles at home before a trip, I always treat my water with chlorine dioxide (the same stuff some municipalities use to treat city water) tablets. The Platypus water bottles are made from polyethylene, which is BPA free, and Platypus states that their bottles are taste free. Some Not-So Good Things About Platypus Bottles Taste Once in a while I bring a little wine if I’m hiking with others. This is a Platypus soft-sided wine bottle. Also, in the picture, there is a red-colored soft bottle next the normal Platypus. The Platypus bottles, although being soft-sided, can stand up on the ground as shown in the picture below, although it is a little hard to see to see the Platypus bottles. Platypus cap (L) compared to the typical disposable water bottle cap (R) However, I haven’t done any testing to confirm this. I wouldn’t trust the regular caps, like the green one below, if my bottle was stored inside my pack. They are much shorter and don’t seem to grab the threads of the bottle as well as the original caps. I tried a couple, and the ones I used “kinda” fit. Over the years I have read that regular water bottle caps can fit the Platypus soft bottles. Also, extra caps can be purchased, which might be a good idea, since they can get lost (I never lost one). Another benefit is the bottles come with either a “sport drink” cap or just a plain cap. 846 ounces (24 grams) and the two-liter 1.23 ounces (35 grams) as shown in the comparison table above. Platypus also sells large bottles and hydration systems with tubing and bite valves. The other three are still new and have never been used at all. I have been using the same two smaller bottles and one of the larger bottles all these years. When I bought my Platypus bottles, I bought four one-liter bottles and a couple 2-liter bottles, because I didn’t think they would last long. They Platypus bottles are light and durable, but they are far from perfect. I recently wrote about this in this post where I will just roll up the Platypus soft bottles and store them in my pack where they take up little space. Other times I bring them as extra water storage for my night camp, when I use Gatorade bottles for drinking water as I hike during the day. On some trips they are the only bottles I use, especially when I need the absolutely lightest pack possible, as in the picture above. Over the past 10 years I’ve taken them on almost every backpacking trip I’ve done. Platypus 1 liter soft bottles in a zPacks Zero backpack. I’ve been using these for 10 years, so we can call this a real gear review, based on extensive field use.
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