Originally Posted by monsterpile

I got tired of my plastic waterbottles tasting nasty for one reason or another (I had some Nalgene bottles and still had problems) and so I happened upon a Kleen Kanteen one day and bought it partly becasue I had read about them on this forum. I have been using stainless steel bottles ever since and they seem to be much better than plastic for having better tasting water. This isn't particularly for water bottles on my bike, but mostly what I use at work to stay hydrated. They travel with me easily on or in my panniers though.