Stainless steel water bottles let me down after a summer of hard use

I used a cheap Nalgene for 5 years without issues, but my $30 stainless bottle started tasting like metal after only 3 months of daily hikes near Phoenix. The Nalgene might be plastic, but it never gave me off flavors and it's lighter to carry. Anyone else ditch the fancy bottles and go back to basic plastic?

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danielb433mo ago

Buddy of mine had the same thing happen with his Klean Kanteen after two months.

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the_wren3mo ago

Tossed mine after the fourth hike. Plastic just works.

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carr.gavin3mo ago

Feel you on that. That's rough, especially hearing @danielb43 had the same luck with his Klean Kanteen.

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