Be Green: Bobble filtered water bottle
Categories: Be Green, General, Health and Beauty, Mom's Must Haves
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One of the problems with eschewing bottled water and carrying your own water bottle instead is the fact that tap water can taste, well, not great. It’s a small price to pay for doing your part to save the environment, but what if you could be environmentally friendly and have great-tasting water where every you go, regardless of the tap from which you fill up? That’s what Bobble is all about. It has a carb-based filter built right in, so it filters the water as you drink it, taking organic contaminants out of regular tap water and reducingthe taste and odor of chlorine significantly. One filter is good for about 40 gallons — or 300 Bobblesful of water; replacement filters about $6.95 each. The colorful BPA-free bottle is made in the US and made of recycled (and recyclable) materials; it comes in three sizes (13 ounces, 18.5 ounces, or 34 ounces), so even the kids can carry their own.
$8.95 to $12.95 (depending on size) at Waterbobble.com.
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Hopefully the technology has improved since I had something like this years ago (I think it was Brita).
I lived in a city with nasty tasting tap water - even poor students bought Brita filters for the fridge and ordered pop instead of water when eating out.
The water bottle with filter seemed like a great idea, but you had to squeeze the bottle and suck on it to actually get the water to come out. It looked (and sounded!) strange, and I never managed to get more than a mouthful of water out of it.
Great concept, but try it out before buying them for the whole family.
Sarah | October 11th, 2010 at 9:05 pm