winter water bottle

Don't need funnel with Platypus.

Fill up other bottle and pour into Platypus.

How do you not end up with burnt or wet fingers?

I am not that careful possible.

I don't understand your question : )

You take the water bottle and dip it into the stream or lake and fill with water, then pour into Platypus, repeat until Platypus is full, fill water bottle one more time if you need it also…

2 x 16 oz widemouth nalgenes. They double as hot water bottles at night, boot warmers/dryers, and so forth. Tie a bit of thin cord around the neck so you can use a ski pole to fish for water (and not get gloves wet when it's -10F).

How much volume are you looking at per bottle?

Nalgene sells oblong containers that you can usually find at REI or such.

Or ask someone that works in a lab for an empty (but not contaminated) 1L irrigation bottle. Pretty darn light (~2 oz I think) and medium-width mouth.

everyone at BPL calls platypus until they start making wide mouth soft sided water bottles (personal favorite)

Don’t Nalgene canteens fit the bill?

Would a Nalgene flask suit your neck flask needs?

I use a 1/2 liter platy for a neck flask … can manage filling it with little spillage (yes, narrow mouth). I’m not finding them for sale right now but this is similar (glitzier, however)

Winter “bulk” water storage is the only time I use hard wide mouth Nalgenes (in a reflectix cozie).

Sorry Jerry, I was refering to either melting snow or boiling water to keep it from freezing.

I like the two 16oz nalgene and the irrigation bottle ideas. Does the irrigation bottle come in an oval shape or only circle? How about leakage, it would be nice if the container could come in the sleeping bag at night. I never brought the soft sided nalgenes in the bag becuase of the leaking reviews I had read and now experienced.

Jim,

The canteens are what leak at the corners where the hard plastic meets the soft colapsable plastic

The other two have too small of a mouth hole to try and fill with boiling water.

I use 2 quart size wide mouth gatorade bottles. I'll usually put one in my pack up against the back panel to keep from freezing. I tie a spectra cord around the neck of the other as Dave described to fish for water.

MSR Dromlite

http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/water-treatment-and-hydration/fast-and-light-water-treatment-and-hydration/dromlite-bags/product

All I have used for the last 15+ years are empty 1.25 L PET Rocket-based pop bottles.
They are FREE.
They are lighter than anything else.
The small cap seals really well (fully drop-tested).
They don't leak inside my quilt either.

I carry them inside my pack against my back, where they never freeze.
I fill them using my cup or my cooking pot.
They don't 'like' boiling water, but when I am melting snow it never gets that hot anyhow.

Cheers

But the OP is looking for soft bottles, not rigid.

Irrigation bottles come in different shapes, but I was thinking of the 1L ones with a rectangular footprint. Representative picture here: http://www.betterlivingnow.com/products/proddetail.cfm?ndc=00338340765

Stick with one that had water or sodium chloride in it originally. Some other nice ideas listed too.

The other two have too small of a mouth hole to try and fill with boiling water.

I can't disagree with that …. except that for a neck bottle I'm not using water warmer than about 120F.

I did camp with a guy who filled his large platy with boiled water. I commented that I'd never be tempted to try that. His reply …. "I pour liquids for a living." (he's a chemist). Different campers, different skill sets!