Klean Kanteen Wide Loop Cap

I love this canteen. Plain and simple. Single-walled. Tight seal. I use it on camping trips, and love that I can set it directly on a fire (minus the cap) to boil water. Water tastes great in it, and it's got solid, good quality build. I've dropped it a handful of times, and while it does take on dings, I'm surprised by how small they are compared to how bad the drops have been. Works like a charm!

This is my second time purchasing this bottle (I lost the first one), and I love it! I don't like my water ice cold, and this bottle is an excellent way for me to lug around 40 ounces at a time without lugging around something massive. It doesn't insulate drinks and will sweat if you put cold water inside on hot days, but it's perfect for a room-temperature water drinker. My bottle has a few dents in it, but that's because I'm rough on my gear (it rolled under the car yesterday, ha) but it has held up very well.

I bought this bottle to use for long runs to replace my water bladder in my osprey daylyte backpack. I’m training for a marathon so I needed something that could hold at least 40oz and keep ice for longer than the plastic water bladder. I am surprised how lightweight this bottle is and it works great for what I use it for. I don’t think it would be good for a smaller camelbak style bag because it’s so big. I lined the bottom of my bag with foam so the bottle doesn’t sway when I’m running. It’s not great for hot beverages because the outside of the bottle is the same temperature of the fluid inside because it’s single walled. I replaced the cap because it’s so heavy and it has a tendency to cross thread and bend the gasket inside the cap. I bought this bottle originally because I didn’t like the taste the plastic bladder imparted to my water and I chose against an aluminum bottle because most are lined with polyester. This bottle is made entirely of steel.

Filled up dropped and now it is crooked and leaks take forever to screw lid back on

Huuuge difference from drinking out of plastic, even good Nalgene plastic. This is a game changer. Water doesn’t taste plasticy and stays very fresh. Bottle is super light which is nice because obviously gets heavy when filled. It’s true, the thing does dent extremely easily when dropped even mildly so that’s a bummer, but you could hammer the dents out with a dowel rod pretty easily. Plus it adds character. Bottom line, no way I’m going back to plastic, or other significant more expensive stainless steel bottles. I could go through 2 or even 3 of these for the price of some of those.

Love my previous Klean Kanteen steel bottle and this one seems mostly similar. Unfortunately it came with a dent already! Seemed like it was packaged well so not sure how. Not worth returning tho.

Having at least one Klean Kanteen single wall water bottle is a must in the outdoors for camping, hiking or extended survival because it works with water filtration system and more over, when boiling water is your only method of water purification you can boil water in this bottle directly on a camp stove, backpack stove or coals from a campfire without it exploding like any double wall vacuum insulated water bottle will. It is made of high quality food safe stainless steel and at 40 oz capacity are a perfect size for outdoor adventures. Large enough to carry ample water supply yet small enough for easy packing. Never heat this bottle with the top screwed on. Always remove lid before boiling water in this bottle.

It's hard to go wrong with Kleen Kanteen. They may be a tad more expensive, but they are worth it! This bottle was just what I was looking for - single wall so it can be used to heat water for mixes or meals, and dishwasher safe for easy cleaning. The cap is even advertised as top-shelf safe, but I would hand wash it to be safe. Large solid loop for easy carry.