Otherwise though, this bottle is quite easy to clean and came out almost spotless when we cleaned it in a dishwasher and washed it by hand in a sink. More: 12 times unsuspecting people found absolutely disgusting things in the food they were about to eat The experience of using the Air Up Pods took me a bit of getting used to. Essentially, Air Up mixes flavoured air with your water, and I found swallowing gulps of water that contain air bubbles an odd sensation. The father-of-two told the Press Association: “I noticed her bottle and wondered if it was that making her ill. I looked at it and the lid did not come apart, I tried to unscrew it but couldn’t so I broke it apart with a knife and looked inside,” he said. He said he put “two and two together” after a conversation with a friend about the same issue he had been having with the pop-up lids.

Strawberry-Balsamic, Wild Berry, Raspberry-Lemon, Orange-Passionfruit, Iced Coffee, Orange-Vanilla, Basil-Lemon, Sweet Coconut, Guava, Watermelon, Mango Passion Fruit, Elderflower A reusable water bottle will help you cut down on plastic waste and save you money when you're on the go. Baking soda and vinegar. Pair baking soda with white vinegar to effectively clean the inside of your water bottle. Wait for the reaction to finish, rinse out and repeat if necessary. It's a tough bottle, too, suffering only light scratches after we dropped it 10times, when full, onto a hard surface. One angry father issued a warning to other parents after he claimed his daughter’s dirt-laden Twist ‘N’ Sip bottle cap was making her ill. The complaint:

There's certainly novelty in the way the bottle works, and it appears to be well-made. The steel bottle I bought is sturdy, looks good, and kept my water cool for a long time. Is it worth getting an Air Up bottle? Find out if the latest craze to get you drinking more water is fab or fad. Dry it with the lid off. As most reusable water bottles are leakproof, leaving them to dry with the lid on will likely trap humidity and odours inside. It doesn't have many difficult-to-reach nooks and crannies so it can be cleaned easily in a dishwasher or a sink. It also survived our tough drop test with only superficial scratches. When you attach an Air Up Pod to the top of your Air Up bottle, the pod releases a scent as you drink, giving you the impression that the water is flavoured when it hasn't actually had anything added to it.

It comes in two different colors and in 21- and 24-ounce sizes. If you are looking for a larger water bottle, the brand offers it in the Hydro Flask Wide Mouth Trail bottles, which come in 32- and 40-ounce sizes. Keep in mind that Hydro Flask recommends that you hand wash all of its water bottles. Our verdict: Although children will love the design, we found a number of issues with this Nuby water bottle during testing. This bottle has handy measurement lines on the side, so you or your child can trace the amount of water drunk through the day.We've tested and reviewed 18 popular water bottles, getting a range of people to try them out and rate them for ease of use (including drinking, carrying and cleaning). We also tested how well each bottle kept drinks cool and prevented spills.

Dishwasher: we smeared the inside, bottle caps and drinking spouts with greasy Vaseline and then washed each bottle in a dishwasher on its hottest setting. After washing we shone a UV torch on each bottle and examined them for any uncleaned spots (Vaseline glows under UV light).There are also lots of nooks and crannies that dirt or sand can get wedged in, something we found when we rolled this bottle around in a sandpit. Sistema, whose bottles can be found in family homes throughout the UK, have issued cleaning instructions for the caps of their Twist ‘N’ Sip bottles and said they are working on a number of design improvements. On our mission to find the very best reusable water bottles, we paid close attention to the features that matter the most, rating each bottle on features such as ease of use, ease of cleaning and portability.

How easy is the bottle to drink out of? Some reusable water bottles have a narrow opening, sharp edges, or use a bite valve, which requires some effort on your part. If you want to thoroughly sterilise them Sistema recommend that you disassemble the top as per their video instructions. Our verdict: It's a well designed leakproof bottle available in a variety of fun colourful designs.

To make matters a worse, at the time of writing the plastic pouches the Air Up Pods come in aren't recyclable at all, although Air Up does say it's working on changing that soon.