Introduction
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear REpurpose water bottle is a recycled aluminum bottle developed with the lightweight outdoor community in mind. Thoughtfully crafted by the only metal bottle manufacturer in the US, carrying this bottle not only lightens your load, but it also reduces your carbon footprint and gives back to the community.
This single-walled bottle weighs only 5.8 ounces when empty and 32 ounces when full. The REpurpose bottles comes with a dual-loop, quarter-twist cap that makes it easy to attach, seal, and keep track of with minimal effort when you are out and about. Made with fully repurposed materials, this durable bottle can be recycled even after it has lived its last day on the trail with you.
Features and Specifications
Features
- Made in Washington State, USA
- Baked on, BPA-free TrueShield food grade coating inside and out
- Quarter-twist cap with double loop attachment points
- Bottle and cap are fully recyclable
- Smooth (white) or textured grip (black) finishes available
Specifications
- Material (bottle): Repurposed Aluminum
- White Bottle Weight: 0.36 lbs, 5.80 oz, 165g
- Black Bottle Weight: 0.36 lbs, 5.90 oz, 167g
- Height:Â 10 in, 25.4 cm
- Diameter:Â 3.18in, 8.08cm
Commentary
I found this bottle after a (surprisingly difficult) search for a metal bottle under 6 ounces to replace my plastic water bottle habit. Of course, a disposable plastic bottle is the holy grail go-to for the ultralight community, but I wanted to lessen my footprint and move away from plastic in my consumables. The popular metal-bottle options can weigh up to about a pound when empty, and I wanted a metal bottle that weighed less than half of that. I finally found it in the Hyperlite Mountain Gear REpurpose bottle at a measly 5.80 ounces.
I was surprised by the REpurpose bottle’s lightweight feel (especially for a metal bottle). Every fellow hiker and coworker that’s taken an interest in it responds with a “Wow!” after picking it up. This bottle comes with TrueShield inside and out, a BPA-free, food-grade coating so no odors or tastes will transfer to or from the metal. It also makes it easy to clean. A quarter-twist cap (with double loop attachments that makes it easy to secure to your pack) shaves weight that would be added by a fully threaded twist cap.
Available in two finishes, white/smooth and black/textured, each has their own benefit. The white/smooth bottle is a tiny bit lighter for the self-proclaimed gram weenies out there, and the black/textured version offers a better grip and is less likely to slide out of your hand or pack pocket when out on the trail.
The lightweight trade-off for this bottle is the single-walled construction. The REpurpose is not insulated – it will hold boiling water but it will not protect your hands from the heat, or keep your ice cubes icy for 24 hours like the heavier insulated bottles are able to. The single-walled construction is more likely to sweat in the summer months and freeze when you’re out on the trail in winter.
Overall, Hyperlite Mountain Gear stayed true to their name with this lightweight bottle. Unless you have an external sleeve or insulation, it probably won’t replace your all-season double walled do-it-alls but might be a good option if you want to move away from plastics.
Where to Buy
- Buy the Hyperlite Mountain Gear REpurpose bottle in white or black at the Hyperlite Mountain Gear website. MSRP $35.
Disclosure
The manufacturer provided complimentary samples of the products in this review with no obligation required to publish a review. Some links in this review may be affiliate links: if you click on a link and place an order with one of our affiliate merchant partners, Backpacking Light receives a small commission on the sale, at no extra cost to you. These commissions help support our website and create new content – and we’re grateful for your support.
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The Hyperlite Mountain Gear REpurpose water bottle is a recycled aluminum bottle developed with the lightweight outdoor community in mind.
The HMG web site says the Repurpose bottles hold only 24 ounces / 0.71 liters.
I often carry two 1.5 liter Smart Water bottles, that weigh a total of 4.0 ounces and cost $4.38 including water. They last at least one year, and I can recycle them at the curb.
I would need four Repurpose bottles, that weigh a total of 23.2 ounces and cost $140 to get almost as much water carrying capacity. I cannot recycle them locally. And they don’t attach to any commonly available water filters; even if they did, you can’t squeeze them.
Pass.
— Rex
What Rex said. Â Looks like they may be going after the Hipster market.
Just a Liberty bottle, $20 most places.
https://libertybottles.com
What, you don’t think a screen-printed HMG logo is worth a $10+ premium?
Has BPL lost its way?
I remember the early days when the drive was to get people away from 5.8 ounce water bottles. My entire UL cook kit, including fuel for two days, weighs less.
Bet you can get a sticker free. BPL just loves HMG.
$35 for a nearly six ounce bottle doesn’t sound like a good use of funds or resources to me. I have been using 32oz Gatorade bottles for nearly 15 years (since coming from Nalgene) and don’t have any intentions of going back.
You can buy a Liberty bottle with any image you want. Could be reviewing the BPL REpurpose bottle.
https://libertybottles.com/pages/custom-bottle-builder
I can’t see in your article the volume of the bottle?
Look at the first reply.
You know, even the name is dumb. Recycled but not repurposed. That would mean it was being used for a task not originally intended.
Aha – I looked through the article several times, and thought I had read the comments. But I guess I wasn’t looking hard enough at the comments – I didn’t expect to see the information in the replies. Thanks for pointing that out.
Seriously? Â $35 for the exact same bottle that costs $19Â from the manufacturer??? Â Who thinks the HMG logo is worth a $16 premium?
Can’t believe BPL wasted the time and energy to hype this product. Â At the very least the article should have been about Liberty.
Hmm. I like the idea, but probably not the best fit for this audience. As much as I’d like to reduce my carbon footprint with this hobby, it’s pretty much not going to happen with materials, as 92.5% of the weight of all my gear is fossil fuel based (I just looked through my gear list and did a quick calculation). Unfortunately, that’s what has made this whole movement possible: huge improvements to SYNTHETIC materials! Remember “cotton kills”? Maybe a better alternative for reducing your carbon footprint is to stop eating animal products, the production of which is responsible for about 20% of the worlds greenhouse gasses.
This review has me concerned. Some time ago BPL had what they called a “documentary” praising the material that HMG uses in their shelters. It was essentially a commercial for HMG. Now they have HMG bottles, which anyone can buy from Liberty and have personalized, reviewed as if they are truly HMG products. I’m thinking BPL has some a financial deal with HMG to promote their products. I’m hoping I’m wrong, but it certainly makes me question the validity of their reviews and whether BPL is impartial when it comes to their reviews.
Roger, Ryan or Kristina – can one of you please help me to understand what’s going on please.
Well, I guess no one read the disclosure at the bottom of the page.
It says there “may be affiliate links”
That isn’t correct. There are affiliate links. Afilliate links mean if you click on a product link and purchase the product or any other product with 30 days BPL will receive an 8% commission on the sale. The average sale through this merchant is $322.84. The conversion rate (percent of sales from affiliate links) is small, 0.84%. Although I would guess BPL would have a higher conversion rate.
Here are the full URL for the two links:
In each link link you will see “avad=“ and that indicates the affiliate link is using the affiliate company, AvantLink.
How do I know? Because I use the same affiliate program on my blog. However, on my blog I don’t review anything that is provided to me for free (like this article), nor anything that is loaned to be, nor anything that is sold to me with the expectation of a review. To be honest, I am rarely offered any product anyway, as I am not any kind of expert. One exception was a book I was going to buy anyway. In that case I was offered a free book with the expectation of a review. I declined, but asked if I could buy a pre-release copy at full retail, which was sold to me.
I do ocassionally review backpacking and camping stuff. Normally, unlike most reviews in magazines and websites, I review things I have used over a long period of time. Sometimes I will write a “first impression” of something I have recently purchased and I try to emphasize this.
BPL used to be one of the most objective editorial sites on the web. Now too much content is just “click bait” to sell stuff. I am not against affiliate marketing — I use it.  I try to be upfront about this. I once did a post similar to some of the “recommended gear” articles I see here, except in the opening paragraph I stated that my goal was to make sales and generate income. I probably don’t always do a stellar job informing my readers, but I try.
This phenomenon today is disheartening. I even wrote a post about it, http://popupbackpacker.com/the-business-of-backpacking/
I suppose the moderators will probably delete this post or ban me from BPL.
Oh well, BUYER BEWARE.
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This,
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BPL Ban People Less.
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