What is the best frequency for washing your water bottle?
How often do you wash your water bottle? I personally wash mine three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I make sure to dump out the last inch of water, rinse it, and refill it for the remaining days. However, I’m not sure what the typical washing routine is, and I’ve noticed criticism online for not washing bottles enough. Am I one of those people?
You’re doing fine. I wash mine once a week and just rinse it out before filling it daily.
I wash the mouth piece after each use, and take it all apart once a week. It has rubber washers that I pop out and wash.
You’re good. Plenty of people are washing them like once a month or never, those are the people who need to wash them more and are surprised at bacteria growth.
i bleach them weekly. including the mouth piece.
TIL people do not wash their water bottles each day
The range in answers here is fascinating. Basically entirely anecdotal.
Here’s some [science](https://www.popsci.com/diy/wash-water-bottle/) about it to balance things out.
When the taste of the water starts to change…
I stopped using the ones with washers and seals and built in straws when I saw how horrid they get very quickly. Blecch.
Every day.
i use a steel bottle aand maybe like once a week but then again i used to eat dirt when i was a kid
I rinse it every time I refill it (so usually at least twice a day) and put it in the dishwasher once a week or so
I try for once a week. I rinse it with near boiling hot water everyday though.
Once a week. However, I’m learning from this thread that I’m a nasty troll with poor hygiene, haha
I personally wash it daily. Small dot of dish soap, hot water, close and shake. Then rinse with boiling water from my kettle.
I wash mine daily.
Every night. It’s a Yeti with a plastic screw on cap that goes over a drinking a mouth piece that can also be removed. I empty it out and wash it at the end of the night leave it to air dry and refill it in the morning with ice and water.
About once a month I’ll do a full take apart of the gaskets and all plastic parts and soak them with some denture tablets.
When it starts to smell or taste weird 😅
Throw it in the dishwasher every now and then
Every day, with soap and water. Brush for the inside. Clean sponge for the rim and the outside. Rinsing is not washing.
I never wash my bottle lmao
only if i put something that isn’t water in it
I wash mine daily.. it feels gross if I don’t.
I wash mine when the mold taste gets too strong
i wash mine like every 2 – 3 months tbh…
You guys are washing your water bottles?