LTT Water Bottle?

[SwiftCoderJoe]

My sister was going to buy me the LTT water bottle for Christmas, however, noticed a strange warning at the bottom of the site. "This product is not designed for the long-term storage of liquids". Why does it say this? I'm fairly confident LTT would never sell an unsafe water bottle, but I'm wondering what exactly this warning means. Especially since I don't see it on other water bottles on retailers like Amazon.

It seems somewhat strange that a water bottle wouldn't be designed for the storage of liquids...

Can someone convince me (and my sister) to buy it (or otherwise)?

[zeusthemoose]

They might say not to leave water in there for a long time because the water will get a metal like taste if left for a while (I have some metal water bottle like that)

 

But tagging @LinusTech if it is something else

[The1Dickens]

8 minutes ago, SwiftCoderJoe said:

It seems somewhat strange that a water bottle wouldn't be designed for the storage of liquids...

Pretty sure it's on all aluminum water bottles. I got a Xbox aluminum water bottle from an event, and a tag in the bottle said the same thing. It's a chemical process. Its why all aluminum cans you buy have a thin layer of something inside them.

[SwiftCoderJoe]

5 minutes ago, The1Dickens said:

Pretty sure it's on all aluminum water bottles. I got a Xbox aluminum water bottle from an event, and a tag in the bottle said the same thing. It's a chemical process. Its why all aluminum cans you buy have a thin layer of something inside them.

This is good to know. I might do a bit more research, blah blah blah, but I'm probably just gonna buy the water bottle

The argument I used with my sister is that if it were unsafe, the LTT staff wouldn't use it, however this does reassure me. Thanks for the quick reply!

Edited July 18, 2020 by SwiftCoderJoe
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[SwiftCoderJoe]

4 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

With aluminum what you have is that it forms an oxide layer when it touches the air, making it very durable. Acid can eat away at that layer (like coke or whatever) and will destroy the aluminum if kept in a aluminum bottle for a long period of time, causing a metal taste in the drink. This is why soda cans have a sprayed on little tiny plastic layer to protect the aluminum from the can contents.

Good to know a more scientific reasoning. Definitely feeling much better about the water bottle now. Now I just need to decide a color...

By the way, I'm marking this as solved. Thanks everyone!

Edited July 18, 2020 by SwiftCoderJoe
Marked as solved

[LogicalDrm]

Long-term would mean from several days upwards. So longer than what you would normally have water there even when hiking. Like normally you would refill once or more per day. So not having any long-term effects going on.