Unlike many products for children, this bottle can be used for a long time. Add the sippy cup adaptor and use it with a toddler. Remove the adaptor and it works for children on up to adults.

As you can see in the photo, the bottom of the “Kanteen” is wide, yet the neck is narrow enough to be gripped by small hands. At 12 oz, it holds enough water or milk for a longish outing. Since a sippy cup adaptor (made of non-leaching #5 polypropylene) is available, it’s easy to modify this bottle for little ones not yet ready to drink without a little help. =)

The water does not absorb the taste of the plastic as is the case with so many of the plastic sippy cups. I read somewhere that older children will want to drink juice instead of water, because the juice hides the poor taste that the plastic adds to the water. With stainless steel, no such odd tastes happen.

Another plus is that the neck of this bottle is big enough for ice cubes!

One tiny drawback — isn’t there always one? — is that the sippy cup will dent if dropped. However, we’ve used this cup day and day out for a month and it’s still dent-free.

If you have an older child, this version of the Klean Kanteen might be up their alley, and it fits into most lunch boxes. You can also get it with a Built in NY sleeve that insulates the botttle.

I got myself the 27-oz Klean Kanteen because it fits perfectly into my Built NY lunch bag.

PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.

That makes getting a bottle of your own a no brainer!

You can carry your own water in a SIGG or Kleen Kanteen and save yourself money in the process.