Originally Posted by
bmike
good to know they work. i have a klean kanteen insulated bottle that works well too. sort of weighty for the volume though. nalgenes are heavy too, so i'll try to find some diposable type bottles from the beverage aisle that will fit in these as well.
i heard a trick is to keep the bottles upside down. should things start to freeze it keeps the threads unfrozen, so you can still open the bottles and add hot water if needed.
nice too for hot hot summer days. not that i want to be carrying around ice chests, but sometimes warm water just goes down hard.
water will freeze in a bottle first where there's air at the top of a bottle. inverting the bottle wins a little precious time. Ditch the bike bottles and carry Nalgene bottles. big mouth, easy to open even if frozen. Bike bottle nozzles become useless about 18 hours into a winter bike trip.
winter camping, if you bury your water in snow in bottles upside down last thing before turning in, it's usually still flowing in the morning.
ditch the alcohol stove if there's any snow that needs to be melted, and go with a gas burner.