9mo ago

YSK: many water bottles come with silicone gaskets that must be removed and washed to prevent mold and mildew buildup.

Dishwashers won't clean these gaskets if they're washed while installed. Oh, and those silicone straws can come out of the dishwasher nasty too.

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- How do you clean them, pipe cleaner?
  
  They specifically make very special pipe cleaner-like cleaning instruments for these things. Often, the bottle may even come with it. Very handy
  Edit: this is the one I have
  Although I only ever drink water out of it, I do make sure to wash up the straw at least once a week.
  Thing is, that the straw plugs into a gasket on the bottom of the lid and is at least partly silicon all the way through to the spout. I make sure to run the cleaner brush thing through that very regularly as well. Sometimes several times a week just to make sure it’s always clean.
  
  Every water botulism I've bought that had a fancy straw came with a pipe cleaner and I'm leaving that autocorrect
From my experience, most canteens they sell are marked as not dishwasher safe.
- "Not Dishwasher Safe" == "We didn't want to spend the money testing it and want to free ourselves from liability"
  Sometimes it's true, sometimes not
  
  A couple of things come to mind here:
  I own a metal one which I assume was dishwasher safe but somehow water got trapped inside the 'extra' parts of it which could be unsanitary due to the water eventually stagnating.
  Another is that the heat from the dishwasher can warp and silicone or plastic parts which will render them unusable eventually.
  Not saying you're wrong but this is what I consider from the warning they provide.
  
  I've seen a lot of fabrics that say "Dry Clean Only" because the manufacturer was too lazy, but my experience with dishes finds that the labels are generally quite accurate. Putting a non-dishwasher-safe item in usually ruins it.
  
  Well yeah “Dishwasher safe” is an endorsement. The lack of an endorsement is not an endorsement to the contrary. Something is only “dishwasher unsafe” if it says “Hand wash only”
- Who relies on a dishwasher to clean inside a BOTTLE? Get a bottle brush and wash it by hand, it takes 60 seconds
  
  Eh, if the bottle is just for water there's enough spray and heat to kill and rinse it usually.
- I just want to know if it's just "not safe" or straight up dangerous. Why don't they tell us that?
  
  How would they know what sort o bacteria you cultivate in your abode?
  
  Usually things marked not for dishwashers can’t hold up to the abrasive nature of the detergent or the heat of the water over a prolonged wash cycle.
  Dishwashers are not magical devices, they basically just spray sandy soap-water for a long time.
glass straws ftw. best mouthfeel (lol) of any straw AND you can see if there's dirt in em
- Biggest issue still remains compared to metal - can't just drink one handed, because you need to guide the straw so it doesn't hit your teeth. Plastic straws, how I miss thee
- Metal straw
Seems you should also know that dishwashers only work so well as the detergent and water can access the objects inside. They are not a magic device that clean everything without fail.
They should.come with someone to wash them for me
I've got an iron flask which would be perfect if they would actually sell replacement lids!
I'm not sure, does Brita bottle gasket have a silver elements?
Also no problems with dishwashers.
Wow. Thank you. That was gross, but now it's clean.
Yeah, I'm not doing that.

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