Corn-based Water Bottle with Built-in Filter

Manufacturer : New Wave Enviro In Stock : 1 List Price: $9.99 Price: $9.89 You Save: $0.10 (1%) Quantity : 1

Features

• Corn-based Material
• Not made from plastic or petroleum
• Environmentally friendly
• Re-usable

Product Description

This bottle is made from the latest technology using corn to create re-usable, biodegradable consumable products. Comes with a built in filter so you can refill your bottle from any facuet or drinking fountain!

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.50 out of 26 reviews

Rating :
Design change solves leakage - San Franciscan, Aug 26, 2008

These now (Aug. 2008) have a new design-- the ribbing and label are gone, they come as just a plain clear bottle with no ribbing and broader at the base than the top (i.e. slightly tapered). It seems like the filter size has changed slightly too-- the old kind of filters would work pretty well with a Dasani bottle in a pinch, but the new ones don't.

The advantage of the new design is that they don't seem to leak anymore. The disadvantage is that the plastic is quite thick and stiff and will, I think, get crinkled and possibly cracked before the 90 uses of the filter are up. We try not to squeeze too hard, to prevent this.

The packaging talks about all its eco-features but doesn't mention anything about not leaching like plastic. It does seem like there is evidence that this plastic is at least somewhat better in terms of personal health, but corn plastic is definitely not a cure-all from an environmental standpoint, and we should try to use these for their full life before basically thinking of them as non-recyclable trash. A search for "PLA corn plastic leach" turns up an interesting Smithsonian article on the subject if you want to know more.

This is a Level 1 filter, so it probably won't do as much as we would like in terms of filtering pesticides etc., but I haven't been able to find any higher-level filters that are made out of non-nasty plastics, which seems like defeating the purpose.

Overall, this is a decent product that I would recommend, for those times when you know you're going somewhere with bad-tasting water and your Sigg bottle won't do you much good once you've run out. But we have to look elsewhere for our eco-karma points!


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Quality control problem - Barbara Murock, Jul 04, 2008

I've bought this product twice. The first time I bought 2, the second I bought 4. The first 2 were fine. I use them at work and either would drink from them or filter water for coffee or watering plants. I didn't mind squeezing them. I realized I couldn't pour drink mix in them or it would get filtered out, but that was ok.
The second batch had several problems. Good thing I squeezed instead of drinking directly from it as it spewed black charcoal water. Also one leaked from the neck, and never sealed right. I wrote the manufacturer and they told me they were going to label them about the charcoal and that it would only happen in the beginning. As for the leaking one, to send it back. Who has the time for that? They also cracked quickly, and didn't last as long.
Then I started reading about corn as not such a good replacement for oil as it has environmental costs of its own...


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To your health - Joyful, Jun 19, 2008

As a cancer suriver, I have become quite concious of what I eat. After studing a lot and finding out that chlorine inhibits the immune system this bottle is a gem.

It works great and the water taste great too. I take this everywhere!! And don't have to worry about the quality of water that I drink with this
bottle.


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Avoid getting gouged on bottled water - C. Newberry, May 27, 2008

We got several of these bottles to bring with us on a trip to Disney. We figure they paid for themselves after four fill-ups. Although you do have to squeeze to get the water out (as some have complained), it was such a non-issue that I wouldn't have thought about it except for the comments I had read. The water tasted great for the most part, although the water at The Magic Kingdom is incredibly foul--the bottle improved it significantly, but didn't make it taste like spring water. All other parks, and every other place we used them the water tasted great. We now keep them in the car and no longer get gouged buying bottled water. I like that they are biodegradable too!


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I had no complaints - Dj Christensen, Apr 15, 2008

Yes, I squeeze the bottle. The water flows easily through the filter. I used to have a Brita bottle witht the same idea, and it didn't work as well for me.

I fill my bottle several times per day and have had no complaints so far.

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