How often do you wash you water bottle?

In My Humble Opinion
1

If you regularly carry a reusable water bottle, how often do you wash the thing?

I bring mine with me about 3 times a week, and wash it about once a week. I rarely wash it by hand, but dismantle it (it’s a CamelBak with a straw and a spout thing) about once a week and throw it all in the dishwasher. I’m a bit of a germophobe about some things but I’m also a dishophobe so I don’t wash it daily like maybe I should (because I’m also a cookophobe who doesn’t run the dishwasher daily). I also put it in the fridge whenever I’m not using it to inhibit the growth of bacteria.

To decrease grossness, should I buy another water bottle or two, or wash mine more frequently?

2

I’m not sure what exactly all your -ophobes mean, but the dishwasher is one of the cleaner places in your kitchen. I do mine every 1-2 weeks, when I carry one, although lately I haven’t been bringing one. I don’t see a big advantage of trading between two, but another is always good just in case.

Would the fridge inhibit growth much? In my experience, the problem isn’t bacteria but mold (* which I acknowledge isn’t necessarily not in the bacteria kingdom).

3

I’ve got several water bottles around the house and in the car. So as soon as I finish one I wash it and refill it from a gallon jug of distilled water (the tap water here tastes like bad medicine).

4

I’m a cyclist and use a lot of water bottles. I own a couple of dozen. I almost always clean them after every use as I often have sports drinks, like Gatorade, in them. I use a cycle on the dishwasher that doesn’t use heat to dry the bottles and put them on the upper rack if the bottle is small enough. I put the caps in the utensil holder.

5

You wash yours?

6

After each day of use. By hand.

7

its washed by constantly being refilled with water surely.

i use one until it starts to smell or something then recycle it and get another one

8

I wash my water bottle daily and by hand.

9

Whenever I get accidentally reminded of the black gunk that builds up inside the mouth piece (I have one of those Camelbaks with the rubber mouth piece over the plastic spout).

So, every 3 months or so.

10

I wash me water bottle when it’s empty of rum, matey.

11

Dishophobe means I hate washing dishes by hand, and cookophobe means that because I’m not big on cooking, I don’t use enough dishes to run the dishwasher every day.

Well, food gets moldy a lot more slowly when it’s refrigerated, so I would think it would help. According to the reviews and the fact that they make special cleaning tablets for it, CamelBaks are quite susceptible to growing mold in the spouts, but I’ve never seen any mold and I’ve been using mine for years.

12

We have 5 on constant rotation. We don’t have a plumbed-in fridge here and I’m not keen on the water lukewarm. Each bottle gets broken down and washed by hand every day that it’s used, then filled from the tap and put back in the fridge. They’re all used by me and both my daughters, I’m not sure I’d bother with washing so often if it was just me.

13

I’m with you guys. (Does a plastic military-style canteen count for these purposes?)

I dump the thing out when I’m not using it (usually, I’ve drunk it quite dry!) and I let it dry out between uses. Dry = clean, right?

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Every day, I rub as much of the surfaces as I can while under running water before refilling it. If I detect any smell, I pour hot water over it. I actually brush it with soap a bit less than once a week.