WhiteBlaze Pages 2024
A Complete Appalachian Trail Guidebook.
AVAILABLE NOW. $4 for interactive PDF(smartphone version)
Read more here WhiteBlaze Pages Store

Results 1 to 17 of 17
  1. #1
    Registered User Jagglax's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-19-2011
    Location
    Tallahassee, Florida
    Posts
    23

    Default Bottles for steripen

    I hav the Steripen protector. It's the military version of the adventurer. The way the water sensors are positioned it won't work in most bottles. I hoped it would fit in the platy soft bottles but no success. Does anybody know If there are a type of disposable bottle that would work because I'm sick of carrying heavy Nalgenes. Thanks

  2. #2
    Registered User Jagglax's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-19-2011
    Location
    Tallahassee, Florida
    Posts
    23

    Default

    Ok so i hav not found any plastic bottles that work with my steripen so i've decided to take one nalgene and a Platypus Big zip 2.0L. I can use the steripen in the platy but only one liter at a time. so what ill end up doing is using the steripen in the nalgene then filling the platy from the nalgene. this is not the best process for weight or time. does anybody hav a suggestion on a better method

  3. #3
    Hike smarter, not harder.
    Join Date
    10-01-2008
    Location
    Midland, TX
    Age
    65
    Posts
    2,262

    Default

    I saw a picture of a guy using a disposable bottle on BPL the other day, but can't find it. I guess he had a stopper, and was holding the bottle upside down. Seemed to work.
    Con men understand that their job is not to use facts to convince skeptics but to use words to help the gullible to believe what they want to believe - Thomas Sowell

  4. #4
    Will finish someday ;)
    Join Date
    05-02-2010
    Location
    Fort Myers, FL
    Age
    51
    Posts
    64

    Default

    For a collapsible bladder type...Nalgene's Wide Mouth 'Cantene' Works and Comes in different capacities including a 32oz Size. -OR- You could always wash out a Mayonnaise, Peanut Butter or other plastic jar after you are done with it.

  5. #5
    Registered User Chomp09's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-02-2005
    Location
    Mainah lost in the desert
    Age
    45
    Posts
    107

    Default

    Large gatorade bottles work, as do large vitamin water bottles...

  6. #6

    Default

    Lose the steripen and use bleach or Aquamira with Gatorade bottles. Simple and effective.

  7. #7
    Registered User ChinMusic's Avatar
    Join Date
    05-22-2007
    Location
    Springfield, Illinois, United States
    Age
    65
    Posts
    6,384

    Default

    32-oz Gatorade bottles or any drink with the large cap. Works perfect. It's what I use all the time. I never bring a Nalgene.
    Fear ridges that are depicted as flat lines on a profile map.

  8. #8
    Registered User Jagglax's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-19-2011
    Location
    Tallahassee, Florida
    Posts
    23

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ChinMusic View Post
    32-oz Gatorade bottles or any drink with the large cap. Works perfect. It's what I use all the time. I never bring a Nalgene.
    What model Steripen do u hav

  9. #9
    Registered User ChinMusic's Avatar
    Join Date
    05-22-2007
    Location
    Springfield, Illinois, United States
    Age
    65
    Posts
    6,384

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Jagglax View Post
    What model Steripen do u hav
    Classic and Adventurer Opti. Both work with the larger capped bottles.
    Fear ridges that are depicted as flat lines on a profile map.

  10. #10
    Registered User Wags's Avatar
    Join Date
    02-17-2008
    Location
    hershey, pa
    Age
    47
    Posts
    2,080
    Images
    46

    Default

    empty mayonnaise jar works as well but gatorade is a tad lighter...
    " It's what people know about themselves inside that makes 'em afraid." ~Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter

  11. #11

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Wags View Post
    empty mayonnaise jar works as well but gatorade is a tad lighter...
    I like to use a mayonnaise jar. Mainly because the very wide mouth and relatively shallow depth gives me lots of exposure while stirring. It's also very different from any other bottles/canteens I carry, clearly identifiable as something I don't drink out of or touch my lips to. Good when sharing your water with others. Finally, when you start out from home or a hotel, its wide mouth interfaces nicely with most ice cube machines without spilling the cubes all over.

  12. #12
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-22-2009
    Location
    Ashburnham, MA
    Age
    80
    Posts
    1,951
    Images
    2

    Default

    Ziploc twist 'n loc containers come in 16 and 32 oz sizes and are pretty light with a wide mouth.
    http://www.ziploc.com/Products/Pages/TwistLocContainers.aspx?SizeName=Medium

  13. #13
    Registered User q-tip's Avatar
    Join Date
    02-04-2009
    Location
    Richmond, VA
    Age
    68
    Posts
    1,034
    Images
    54

    Default

    I just got a Nalgene 3.5 oz HDPE wide mouth bottle 16 oz. I use the Steripen all the time.

  14. #14
    Registered User 4Bears's Avatar
    Join Date
    02-25-2009
    Location
    Mishawaka, IN
    Age
    71
    Posts
    702

    Default

    The 1 ltr pepsi bottles have a larger opening and should work
    "You have brains in your head/You have feet in your shoes/You can steer yourself in any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss

  15. #15

    Default

    The lightest solution I've found is to cut the top off a Nalgene 1 liter "canteen", treat the water in that with the Steripen, then pour the water into my liter Aquafina bottles. To carry, I wrap the Nalgene plastic bag around the Steripen.

  16. #16

    Default

    I have cut the top off a liter pop bottle (for a one-liter) or cut the top off an Arizona Tea can (for a half-liter) container I can fill at a water source, SteriPen, and drink to camel up and/or pour into other light but narrow-necked containers. The Arizona can with a reflectix cozy and silicone band for lip protection at the top doubles as a 1-ounce insulated mug and is now my favorite SteriPen accessory. I use Aqua Mira in camp or when I'm in no hurry and the SteriPen for quick treatment to camel up on the trail. Great combination.
    Find the LIGHT STUFF at QiWiz.net

    The lightest cathole trowels, wood burning stoves, windscreens, spatulas,
    cooking options, titanium and aluminum pots, and buck saws on the planet



  17. #17
    Registered User Lyle's Avatar
    Join Date
    01-25-2006
    Location
    Croswell, MI
    Age
    70
    Posts
    3,934
    Images
    68

    Default

    Plasic mayonaise jar has worked for us.

++ New Posts ++

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •