Oh, I mean I was struggling with an episode of acid reflux and realized that after drinking out of these bottles during intense workouts I was getting bad heartburn. After the episode subsided this kept happening (also when I wasn’t working out strenuously) and I eventually went back to plastic bottles. The flow rate of these bottles is insane, so I wonder if that’s related (but I assume this wouldn’t be an issue for people who are not prone to reflux).
FWIW, the valve on the Bivo lets the water flow freely out. Now when I grab a plastic bike bottle for something, I have a moment of “oh yeah, I actually have to work to get the water out of this.”
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I have one of Elite Deboyo bottles also. I got it for rides below freezing, to keep my carb mix from freezing. Seems to do that much better than insulated plastic bottles, but I haven’t used it outside of that narrow circumstance. Not for any good reason, other than limited capacity and kinda loud in the bottle cage. I will try it this summer; I imagine it keeps ice water quite cold.
Bought a Bivo Trio 21 ounce insulated, on sale, and the flow is awesome 
Second week owning and looking for another sale!
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How much of a deal were you able to get when it was on sale? I want one of these but don’t want to pay $50 for one.
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I have a couple of double walled Bivo bottles. I love them for the hot summer in Texas to keep my drinks cold with ice through 4+ hour rides (haven’t tested beyond). It’s so much better being towards the end of a ride and still having cold water. Weight penalty be dammed!
I’ve (also in TX) been toying with the idea of buying one, but while I like the idea of colder water, I haven’t been willing to pull the trigger because I don’t want to give up the extra ounces. I use two of the 24oz Polar insulated bottles and I freeze them over night, so it would be giving up 6 ounces of water.
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BikeTiresDirect and I think 20%
Non-insulated but interesting. I like the size. Seems a little more difficult to get.
Here in Austria everyone seems to use a brand called Keego. Also not insulated but they’re titanium lined and squeezable. Too expensive for me but almost everyone I ride with swears by them.
I pulled the trigger on the Bivo Trio – bought two bottles. I’ve only done one ride with them so far but am very impressed. The water flow is great and the water stays cold for a long time.
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@QuittingBikes @ “…you riding fixies too”. Nice burn!
But nah man. Full performance, take my training seriously, enter multiple events a year. And during those, when every second counts, I use my CamelBack Podium.
But just FYI, even if you can’t taste it, you are drinking microplastics. Billions of them.
Research (real, globally respected, not one hippie wacko in a lab) is just recently and in close future coming out. (And being suppressed from mass media by the plastics industry lobbies.) But what we do already know and have rock solid proof of is that microplastics cross into the bloodstream, and also cross the blood-brain barrier. They have been found in large qtys in human brain tissue. They can also cross the placental barrier, and have been formally confirmed in large qtys in fetuses’ tissues.
Microplastics contain a plethora of chemicals, that then leach out into the body.
Research is ongoing to confirm what damage these can do. But research be damned…I don’t need to wait two years for them to go “Ok, yep, we’re sure it causes cancer.”
Today, I am being asked “Yes or No, would you like some polyethylene, polyvinylhexaflourine, dichromiumphosphate, and a few dozen others in your brain?” I’m just gonna go w “No thank you.” 
(Made up chem names for sake of discussion.)
So ya. For the hundreds of litres of water I drink on the trainer, training rides, and pleasure rides, I use SS.
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Recently just bought a Bivo Trio. I really cant believe how cold the water was kept.
It was a very warm day, into the low 30s…I used two bottles both filled with ice(1/3 to 1/2 full) and water. One was an Insulated Camelback Podium 24oz and the olther was a 21oz Bivo Trio.
Started with the Camelback and drank roughly half of it. Then I finished the Bivo bottle. Two hour ride. No ice left in the camelback. The Bivo still had a lot of ice left in it. Coldest water from the Bivo I have ever had while riding. Still very cold at the end of my two hour ride.
Cant say enough about it if you like your water cold.
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Same here…had a 1 L plastic bottle fully frozen to start, a little under 30C, and was melted and warm within 2 hours. The Bivo (had started with some ice cubes) was still ice cold past the 4 hour mark. So nice to have ice cold water hours in to a hot ride.
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Thanks @brenth and @DavidYYC for the real world examples. As soon as they make a bigger bottle, I’m buying!
I have been using a Camelbak steel bottle for a long time now (6 months?) and it’s great for trainer work and commuting. I also carry it around at work because it is kinda insulating. I won’t use these for anything like a race or a competitive group ride, though. They just don’t have the same functionality as you can’t squirt a huge burst (you need to suck), you can’t really spray yourself, and they are bigger/heavier for placing into the bottle cage
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I highly recommend the Bivo bottles for how well they keep my d**inks cold. Works well with The Bontrager side load cages
I also wish they had a bigger bottle. But it doesn’t impact me much as there are plenty of spots I can stop for water on the routes I typically ride and I usually need a bathroom break before I make it through both 21 oz bottles.
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How is the flow on these? That’s been one of my big drawbacks. That and I don’t like the metal taste I usually get from stainless water bottles. But I don’t want to have to suck from a straw when riding.
The flow is better than my plastic Camelbaks. You don’t have to suck at all to get the water out – just open the valve and tilt. I don’t notice any taste to the water from the bottle. Edit: I usually do two bottles, one with carbs and one just plain water. I put more ice in the plain water bottle and then refill that one and pour from it with the cap on into the other bottle to mix additional carbs. So literally no suction is required to get the water out – just gravity.
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