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    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Anyone else have the flip cap break apart from the nozzle on their smart water bottles?   Am I doing something wrong?  Any tips?

    Would be a bummer to lose it and have to deal with water leaking out for the rest of the trip.

     

     

    #3405510
    Matthew / BPL
    Moderator

    @matthewkphx

    An extra plain Smartwater cap seems like really good insurance on longer trips.

    #3405513
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    How much use did your cap receive?

    #3405539
    Kenneth Keating
    BPL Member

    @kkkeating

    Locale: Sacramento, Calif

    Happens to me all the time.  Most of the time they don’t break, but  the plastic starts to tear at the hinge point and it’s very sharp.  I now always carry a spare cap

    #3405541
    Billy Ray
    Spectator

    @rosyfinch

    Locale: the mountains

    Happens all the time. They’re not designed or intended for extended use.

    But there are other water bottles out there with push/pull caps that don’t break… same size bottle and same plastic.

    billy

    #3405542
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    I buy an Aquafina bottle and put a Smartwater flip cap on it in early spring and pitch it in the fall.  I typically use it all summer without incident, including at my office.  Now that I’ve said this, I suspect I will be plagued with broken caps from here on out.

    #3405579
    Kenneth Keating
    BPL Member

    @kkkeating

    Locale: Sacramento, Calif

    The advantage of the Smart Water caps is they can be easily opened with one hand.  The push-pull caps are a little more difficult.

    #3405581
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Plus the Smartwater bottle caps work to back flush the Sawyer filters that are so popular.

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