not plastic free
At first, I really liked this bottle. In fact, I bought four. After just a few months of using them, I'm now wishing I went with another brand. They are not plastic free as claimed, given that the drinking spout is plastic! This wouldn't be a deal breaker by itself, though. The biggest issue is the plastic hinge on the outside of the bottle. Initially, I didn't think that this component was a problem because the protein shake never makes contact with it. However, the plastic hinge sits right underneath your nose when you drink, and after just a couple of months of use it seriously stinks in all four of my bottles. As far as I can figure, there's no way to detach this and clean it out properly. Part of the marketing of this product is that the lack of plastic gets rid of bacterial build up. Yet, there's build up literally right under your nose!








