Hi. How do you care for your water bottles? I am using different brushes from baby section of supermarkets in order to get rid of black mould. However, once I disassemble the valve it starts leaking afterwards. What are your hacks?

Don’t have a dishwasher here. No real trick though, just wash and scrub it with soap as soon as you get home. Rinse really well and store it in the freezer. Naturally, sugary residues is what mould strives on so it is even more important to wash them sooner.

I have the same issue. I don’t have a dishwasher… nyc living. I scrub them pretty good, dismantling the pop caps, with dish soap and no matter how well I rinse, the scent of the soap remains. I hesitate to use bleach because I’m worried the smell of bleach will remain. I’ll try it on a few bottles a…

I found that most of the mould build up issue is related to the water bottle top design. I used CamelBaks’ for years and thought their twist tops were great. Dishwasher can clean them, of course. But should you really need to put your bottle in the dishwasher every time to clean it? All of us ha…

If you don’t have time to wash your bottle right away, then I recommend storing it (empty) in the freezer until you do.

Same issue here with having a soapy taste after using dish soap. So then I tried some Efferdent, which I use for my mouth guard. Works great - no taste/smell residue, and kills whatever it’s designed to kill for dentures I guess.

The Camelbak cleaning tablets work great but are expensive. Soapy water and a baby bottle brush sometimes, dilute bleach on a few occasions. When training I now just try to keep my hydration separate from my nutrition, otherwise I get too much gunk build up in the bottles. So, water only in the bott…

Every time i return from a ride or workout i rinse my bottles in clean water and squirt it out of the nozzle/valve to give it a rinse also. Then I put it in the dishwasher. I prefer camelbak podium bottles bot also ha a lot of other bottles. I rarely get gunk or mold in the valves, and if I get it …

I use sterilising powder left over from my homebrew beer kit. Fill the bottle with warm water, with a tsp of the powder - shake and squirt, job done. This is the stuff I have , I’m sure there will be an alternative wherever you are.

I didn’t even know this was a ‘thing’! SIS or Elite bottles are what I normally use. Get back from ride, pull out nozzle, wash with warm water and dish soap, rinse, dry. A couple of the bottles must be 4 years old now and still absolutely fine. My backpack with hydration pack for longer MTB days…

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alexlim August 12, 2019, 4:18am 18

I use baby bottle sterilizer. Just soak them for 30min then air dry.
Milton tablets work well
https://www.amazon.com/Milton-Sterilising-Tablets-Pack-28/dp/B001G4F6H6

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