Why We Love Our Klean Kanteens:

• They look and feel great
• They're non plastic and are BPA free (read more about BPA below)
• You can refill them again and again and don't need to worry about all the waste that goes into producing and transporting plastic-bottled water
• They're thoroughly re-usable and outlast their plastic counterparts
• They're easy to clean
• They're non-leaching and non-toxic, a safe bottle
• They're light weight
• They're easy to clean (bottle is dishwasher safe, though best to handwash it and the lid if you can)
• It's easy to use a marker to your or your child's initial on the bottle so it doesn't go astray
• All the lids work on all the bottles, no matter the size! So you can put on a loop when you’re going for a walk, put on a flat to store in the fridge or suck no the sport if you're driving in the car and need to keep your eyes on the road not on unscrewing the top
• Drinking from a Klean Kanteen tastes clean and odour free
• They're definitely keepers!

How our family uses them:

• Us grownups love the 27oz/800ml with the sports, loop and flat caps
• Our primary school kids love the 18oz/532ml with the flat cap
• Our preschooler uses the 12oz/355ml with a flat cap
• We use the 40oz/1.2litre with the flatcap like a carafe at BBQs and to refill our bottles when we're out and about

What's Cool About Stainless Steel:

• Stainless steel is an iron-containing alloy made from some of the basic elements found on earth: iron ore, chromium, silicon, nickel, carbon, nitrogen, and manganese. Properties of the final alloy are tailored by varying amounts of these elements. There are more than 57 stainless steels recognized as standard alloys on the market.
• Klean Kanteens are constructed from high quality sanitary grade 304 stainless steel which has a low nickel content. Stainless steel has excellent resistance to stain or rust due to its chromium content making it a material of choice among the food processing, dairy and brewery industries.
• Stainless steel is easy to clean, durable, inert and sanitary.
• Stainless steel is 100% recyclable!

Should You and Your Family Avoid BPA's (bisphenol A)?

Read some of these articles about the risk of drinking, heating and eating things in certain plastics and decide for yourself! Problems with BPA Plastic http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/20/opinion/edplastics.php

What To Do While Scientists Still Study Risk from Plastic Baby Bottles, Food/Beverage Cans and Other Products http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20070824/jury-still-out-on-bpa-plastics-risk

Hot Liquids Up BFA's from Plastic Baby Bottles http://children.webmd.com/news/20080130/hot-liquid-ups-bpa-from-plastic-bottles?src=RSS_PUBLIC



More about Klean Kanteens:

• You can use them for cold smoothies or warm soups, but don't use hot liquid in them as they are single-walled. Also, keep them out of the freezer.
• The sports cap is made of plastic not stainless steel to protect your teeth. The plastic used is polypropylene #5 because it has no known leaching characteristics. If you'd rather avoid plastic altogether, a stainless steel screw-on lid is available as an accessory.