Gear Heads | The Best Glass Water Bottles for Easy Hydration On the Go 

and old time farmers trick was to fill a jar with drinking water and wrap it with canvas . wet the canvas and stash the bottle in the shade . evaporation action kept the water cooler than outside air . the practice also applied to canteens with canvas and other material covers

I'd say a good test for a glass bottle isn't a drop, but a tip over. You're more likely to accidentally knock it over than drop it and some will just explode when they tip over and the top breaks. Depending on shape, some can survive a tip over no problem and some just catastrophically shatter. I love these videos and all of the great tests and they always think of something I wouldn't even consider when shopping for stuff...

Why didn't you do the drop test with the bottles filled

True story: I have the pop-open bottle (however mine normally doesn't give that annoying sound like yours) & I've truly loved it from day one. Important lesson though : never put a carbonated drink in that bottle. I filled my bottle with coke, closed the lid & headed off to work. Forgot the bottle in the car, on my way home 8 hours later while crossing a rail road track, the carbonation POPPED the lid off with so much force, I thought I had been shot! After a quick body glance for blood, it really took a minute to recognize the culprit of the sound. I'm happy to report No long-term issues were caused. 2 blood pressure pills later & an extra therapy session got me back on track in no time. 🤣

I have been on the hunt for 2y for a good, practical H20 bottle made of glass to replace my plastic ones. I never thought you would do a test on this, but I am so grateful!

I love my Lifefactory bottles. They have done me and my family wonderfully. I have broken a couple though, but only because they landed JUST right. They're weak spot seems to be the seam around the bottom of the bottle. Drop it directly on the seam, and it will shatter. But they're awesome. They have multiple lid styles too if you don't like the default lid that comes with the bottle. They also sell baby bottles and other food storage products.

Some people take this stuff way too seriously. You two are cute together. I may just be biasd though, because I'd probably do the same thing with the bottle with the pop-open button.

yep when I purchased my glass Lifefactory years ago it stuck out to me when people had dropped them and they didn't break. It works great at work, easy to fill with ice cubes and easy to clean.

I think something that should have also been considered was how LITTLE pvc/poly/plastic materials were used on the bottle. If you’re replacing your plastic water bottle with a glass bottle wrapped in plastic...you’re ending up with more un-recyleable plastic than you started with!

Lifefactory is also made in US, designed in France.

When she said which bottle reigns Supreme I thought Zoku for sure. After all supreme sent me here

Thank you! I’ve been refilling my plastic water bottles and was told that’s not very healthy. Glass bottles will be a nice alternative. Hey Lisa ❤️

I'd like to see the drop test with filled bottles, which are heavier and more vulnerable to breaking. I don't imagine it being much messier than the unfilled tests. You just need the right environment. An empty kiddie pool with floor tiles, a thick pizza stone, or a baking steel at the bottom, covered with a garbage bag lining? Over the years I went from plastic Nalgene to epoxy-lined aluminum Sig to stainless steel Kleen Kanteen and then glass Soma. The Soma was very pretty, but after a year of light use it cracked this spring. At least the rubber cover held the class together. I bought a stainless steel insulated Hydro Flask which has been excellent in the heat of summer. But I do miss the crisp, neutral flavor of water from glass. I've been eyeing a Lifefactory, and this confirms that I'm looking at the right brand of bottle. I foresee a purchase this fall, when I have less desire to keep my water cold. Thanks, ladies. And I enjoyed the sounds that cap made upon opening as much as you did.

Great video 👍 I do have a comment tho You did mention that bottles of a specific weight were likely to break. Most of the time you're gonna have fluid in that bottle bottle increasing the weight of all bottles therefore can you please retest with water.?

Lisa is back! The Ello gives you a water bottle and an adult play toy all in one!

I'm surprised you included the bkr bottle! I'm a huge fan. I love drinking out of them and the carrying loop is the selling point for me. I clean them in the dishwasher and haven't had any issues. filling needs a learning curve, but they are just perfect for that I want from a bottle. I can't stand wide mouth bottles and hate to drink from metal or plastic. I'm happy to see they survived the drop, given its not borosilicate glass.

Omg it’s like they literally read my mind! One of the things I was going to do this weekend was buy a glass water bottle! lol

The lifefactory handle cap works really well for people with arthritis. Easy for kids too.

I use an old choyo wine bottle as a water bottle. It has straight sides and a wide mouth. And the lid is a screw on with a lidded spout. And it comes in 2 sizes a normal tall 375ml size i use for water, and a half size i use for sweet tea. 10/10 recommend

Lifefactory is the best. I have dropped mine when it was full and it didn't break on the pavement. They also sell a flip lid so you don't have to remove the whole lid to drink.

Personally, I'm a stainless steel guy, but this was interesting.

I don’t get this test. I had a glass bottle incased in silicone from those TJ Max stores and it shattered when it fell of my desk once, but then bought the Contigo bottle you have here in light blue and when it fell off the top bunk a few times, it stayed whole. I can still use it today!

I use a wide mouth mason jar with a plastic screw lid. Easy to clean.

This is great! I want a minimalist water bottle and have been eyeing my old love: the BKR water bottle. The qualm with it before (around 6 years ago), was that it was difficult to clean. I may give it another try, but the Life Factory bottle looks like a great competitor!

I own the 22 ounce, screw off top, Liffactory glass water bottle: I sip from plastic reusable straw instead of drinking from the rim of the bottle. The bottle is easy to wash, but I do see black gunk accumulating underneath the sheath. I just scrub those areas on top of the sheath as best I can. Removing the sheath looks cumbersome. Now, here is the good part: running to work, I dropped the bottle from my hand onto the street. The result? Only one small dent in the plastic. Barely noticable. I also own three of the baby bottles [9 ounces], that I keep around the house. Really only use one - I carry the 9 ounce bottle now for my commute and keep the 22 ounce bottle on my desk at work. The other two 9 ounce bottles are back ups.

I favor the one you didn't test. A wide mouth mason jar.

Flexible plastic pop top bottles are the best. They don't break, are easy to open / close, you can squeeze them which makes drinking far easier than inflexible bottles since you don't need to leave an air gap, and they spill the slowest meaning they do the least damage to you electronics when you knock one over while sitting at your desk.

I think the test to drop the bottles should have been full of liquid. I don't carry empty bottles. I bet most of the lighter bottles will break when full pf water. And a test about " how cold does liquid keep" would be nice. I want my water to be cold and with ice. And I wanted the contents to stay cold! 🌷🌷🌷.

My choice for a drinking bottle would be the one with the yellow plastic around it to protect it. I have some metal drinking containers, but primarily use a plastic which comes with juice in them and use it for drinking water out of and when it gets too old I just replace it with another one and put the old one in the trash. In either case I know how to get my money's worth out of the bottles, both plastic and glass before throwing them away.

I love my Lifefactory bottle! It's amazing!!

I love mine from target. It is glass with a full silicone sleeve, has a two part dishwasher safe straw, and a locking lid.

I'm surprised how narrow some of the bottle openings are. You'd think the designers would take in account the desire to add ice to the bottle. Most of these bottles didn't look like I'd be able to easily fill from the break room ice maker.

I disagree about the bkr bottle. The handle is awesome. And the whole thing is dishwasher safe if you feel like it. And they make 2 others options, full liter and 250 ml.

Did you maybe come up with any idea why you might want to have a glass bottle that has a plastic casing which therefore feels like a plastic bottle but just weighs more because of the glass, other than just being more protective of the glass part?

It depends on how you drop it. If you drop it very parallel to the ground it seems it would be less likely to break.

I love glass!

I like the the purple one

How about metal water containers.

I didn't know Americans struggled putting caps on bottles. Learn something new everyday.

Since the determinative factor for breaking appears to be the weight, it would have been nice to have done the drop test with the bottles filled with water. Perhaps some of the lighter bottles would have broken when filled with over a pound of water.

That's one huge bottle brush :D

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Can we eliminate the rockin tunes in the background while they’re talking? That’d be nice.

I would also have deducted points for bottles that couldn't easily get ice inside.

I don't really see the point to these. Water, unless you're getting it from a bad source, doesn't cause BPA leeching from plastic and I'd imagine metal is probably just simply the worst to use overall given its reactivity. Use plastic, check to see what the ph rating of a sports drink is and try to stick to balanced hydration source: ie, water in a cheap, nearly unbreakable plastic container that is made from a recyclable resin.

$30 and $38 for a water bottle??? Jeez, some people have more money then sense. Personally, if a bottle isn't insulated then it's worth about $0. Especially in summer here in St. Louis.

Really surprised I didn't see Kor water bottles in this test. I love those things.

Thanks Ladies 😊

I've been using the same disposable plastic bottle for the past eight years. Mine is the winner!

Those with silicone protective shield (your winner ).. those are garbage.. dirt's goes in-between the glass and sleeve and it is pain in the butt to clean it up.

Glad to see my water bottle held up to be the best! Nice.

I've pretty much given up on water bottles. I occasionally buy a 1 liter soft drink bottle. After I finish the drink, I wash it out and reuse it quite a few times. I then recycle and start over. If I want ice, I fill it part way and lay it on its side in the freezer. When I'm thirsty, I grab it out and fill it from the tap. In hot weather, I usually keep a few of them on the go so one's always frozen ready to go.

So the silicone covered glass bottles doesn't make a difference when compared to others like it. It's all dependent on the type of glass. Tempered being best.

I freeze plastic water bottles that are 1/2 full. Then top them off with cold water when ready to drink...keeps water ice cold. Is it safe to freeze glass water bottles the same way?

And what if they not see a break or a crack in the glass but it has one. Just how long until a person might swallow one? I would rather have a metal bottle than a glass one.

I have two 64 oz tal metal for $17 each... I put lots of ice and have cold water ALL day long

Thanks for the testing. love these videos

They are surprised that a wider opening would be "easier" to fill compared to the one with the small opening? There are different sizes of bottle brushes. Not even need to see 1/2 of this to know which one they will recommend.

I like glass water bottles better. I don't like steel ones to me the water has taste on those unlike glass.

The winner looks nice, but without a thermal sleeve to keep things cold (or hot), it's a non starter.

Thanks, ATK. I've always been hesitant about getting a glass water bottle. What about testing to see which bottle kept water cold, especially in a hot car? Also, as someone else already commented on, where's the drop testing with the water bottles filled?

I like LifeFactory but my first one did break after falling from the counter onto linoleum flooring. I had wanted to at least save the silicone case because it was so cute (frost to teal ombre coolness, got it on sale) but the glass had made to much of a mess to salvage it. I have 2 of their bottles left and I'm very careful with them. I wouldn't buy them in the future because the price + shipping is not worth the risk.

Exactly what did you say that had to b bleeped?

Your winner water bottle link says unavailable, please link another one.

If it's glass with a plastic lid, that isn't far enough away from plastic for me! Steel with a steel lid is what I prefer and use.

I'd completely knock it for breaking especially if you're too be carrying it around....

You do realize most people rarely if ever clean their water bottles or coffee mugs. Disgusting, I know. I'm not one as I wash each time I use.

If “you” can’t really clean the bottle good; you can’t really reuse it. I’ll be checking out your winner!

I have a great water bottle but it is metal. I wouldn't trade it for anything almost! :-)

My experience with Contigo bottles is that they are not too sturdy. They brake quite easily.

2:30 It changes when it's wet! When it's wet it's even louder!!! 😜😆

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Did it leave deeper groves at level 7?

Great video. Are the silicon sleeves removable?

I have been using a smart water bottle for about a year, $1.50 full of water and recyclable. yes its the dreaded plastic but it has less plastic than most of these and its been dropped, kicked and hiked with. I keep it full of water in the fridge and it has never lost a drop. good metal would be my second choice, last place would be glass its too heavy, too breakable and too expensive.

I reuse a 32 ounce Gatorade bottle, or something similar. And replace it once a month with a new bottle.

Could u guys test food thermos thanks

Lower third over breaking bottle alert.

Can you do reviews on sustainable items?

For the Gear Heads videos, you really need to stop putting that GIANT information graphic on screen and covering what we want to see. For the drop test half of them happened completely behind the graphic. Do you not watch the videos before you upload them? Overall though I like the Gear Heads reviews.

The bottle called chic looks to me like a hair conditioner bottle without a label.

Lol the Borat Thong Bottle won..

lv my lifefactory bottle

Bkr gir! Love it.

If i want a glass water bottle i buy orange juice in glass bottle drink the OJ save the bottle wash it out and my glass water bottle is free.

I have broken 3 Lifefactory bottles and it's expensive. And you CANNOT put hot liquid in it without burning yourself. Don't buy it unless you just plan on using it around the house.

I wish I had though of practicality and durability before buying my bkr bottle.

Wide mouths allow ice cubes. High quality plastics (no BPA) and stainless steel just don't shatter. And double wall stainless stays way colder, or resists freezing, much better. Sorry, no glass canteens for me. And borosilicate glass is notoriously fragile. Notoriously!

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I guess Hydromate didn’t exist when this video was made.

Who carries around and drops an empty bottle? Fill them, then drop them! Those are all so small that I wouldn’t even bother with them.

The BKR tutu one looks like a shampoo bottle which is a bit odd to say.

OH SHIT!

Seems like a fairly useless niche product to me. If you won't use a safe refillable plastic then a stainless steel flask is the obvious choice. Also, it would seem to beat any so-called glass options in every test category. Several of these feature fiddly plastic parts that will soon break and render the item less useful. My store brand stainless wide mouth bottles were a few dollars each on sale years ago and are still going strong.

Please stop with the "8 glasses of water a day" crap. It is not true.

Two adults who are paid to do testing all of a sudden lose all common sense and manual dexterity to test simple items.

You said you would drop them from "about waist height". You were both dropping from shoulder height but Hannah looks a little taller. Maybe to be fair only one of you should be dropping them or be sure you are both dropping from the same height.

Currently I understand that society wants to get rid of plastic so now we’re having glass water bottles that we had before, so now we have glass and plastic, does any of this makes sense to you. I have a stainless steel plastic lined lbottle and it’s worked well for years. Yeah sure I’m going to go out and spent $23 for a water bottle. Please give me a break.

Lame testing... they need to be filled with liquid. These tests are always disappointing. Also what about odors... you mention it and all you talked about is a stupid brush... of which, why someone would buy a giant brush in for a small opening is idiototic. There are more than one type and size bottle brush in the market.

Was this really the best idea they could come up with for an episode??