lol! Sorry, Blast, but c'mon -- a wide mouthed stainless steel GI style canteen that fits into the issue GI canteen cover -- now you've got to admit that's pretty cool. The stainless steel cap looks very cool too.

Refresh my memory here, guys, but didn't the old WWII GI canteens have black plastic caps? This puppy is all steel. One drawback is that I don't think you can put it inside an issue GI canteen cup. Sounds like you have to buy their cup.

I guess the only heat vulnerable item on the canteen would the gasket in the cap?

A half liter bottle like the one that started this thread doesn't really excite me, but a quart sized one to me is far more practical.

Now, not that I'm an overly cruel person by nature, but ... http://www.dhki.com/Defense/p_steelb.htm

Oh, I agree it's very cool! The problem is explaining to my wife why I now need to order THIS bottle... She's a wonderful, supportive woman but she does have her limits. At the bottom of your link they have a link to a 1-liter, round steel bottle witha wide-mouth opening...it also looks perfect.

Yes, the old GI canteens had a black plastic cap held on by a metal chain.

*sigh* Addictions suck.

-Blast

Dude, have you checked out the new Australian military canteen ... just kidding. Sorry.

Well, as one fellow addict to another: welcome to the club. As for water bottles, I have: Two 2L Camelbaks (one insulated, one plain), 1 3L Nalgene hydration system, 1 3L Nalgene collapsable watter carrier, 2 Polycarb 1L Nalgene bottles, 2 HDPE 1L Nalgene bottles, 2 West German HDPE 1L bottles, 1 USGI canteen with cup and canteen cover, multiple of the "sport top" bottles of the type that bicyclists popularized, 1 .5L stainless steel thermos, 2 1L stainless steel thermoses, 1 .5L Bota type bag, 1 6L collapsable water bucket, 1 backpacking water carrier/shower ... you get the picture.

That Stainless steel GI style canteen from DHK has a cool factor that cannot be ignored! Sheesh, look at how supportive I am with a fellow addict. I obviously need to go to more Watercarriers Anonymous meetings.

Filtration and water carrier with high cool factor in one unit. Now Blast is really going to kill me.

http://www.dhki.com/Defense/p_cantin.htm

Seriously though, since it filters at 0.4 microns, it's really not that desireable.

From GORP (away.com):

Two Camelbacks, ten different Lexan bottles (including a GI canteen-shaped one), Boy Scout canteen, 6-8 bicycle water bottles, assorted Sawyer-brand filtering bottles, two GI canteens, Bota, 5-qt military water bag, homemade Milbank bag, 2-4 2.5 gallon Aquatainers, 4-6 7-gallon Aquatainers (I lost count), plus assorted other cups, filters, carriers, and doodads.

Water is the keep to survival here in Texas. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

-Blast

p.s. So...uh, you say the Australian canteen is cool?

Blast, I hear you about the water, were in the same ocean to speak here in FL. I have tons of back ups to water including taking pesticides,salt,etc.. out of the water and just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water (After the killer Amoeba) we now have medicine and other little goodies. Any ideas how to filter these little goodies out. I know carbon loves pesticides and petroleum and salt loves iron but what about amoxicillin or viagra in the water? Any ideas on this one?

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html

Prescription Drugs in Drinking Water...
Studies have shown that pharmaceuticals are present in some of our nation's water bodies. Further research suggests that there may be some ecological harm when certain drugs are present. To date, no evidence has been found of human health effects from pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment. This includes drinking water sources.

Wow, I'm so glad no ones pisses in my drinking water before it gets to my tap.



Apparently there is the same issue with the water down in London, I remember somewhere hearing there is measurable quantity of Cocaine in the London tap water. Maybe thats why it tasted so good when compared to all those expensive bottled waters during a recent blind test.

The bottle that started this thread is a 1 liter bottle actually its almost the same one you linked to, just a little different design.

The seller I bought mine from calls it 32 oz which last I knew was just short of a liter which is 33.81 oz

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Oddly, Wiggys.com doesn't list a size for their bottle on their product page: http://wiggys.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=22

However, their accessories page which is the "front door" to the products page lists it as 1/2 Liter: http://wiggys.com/category.cfm?category=1

Thats odd, the sales person told me it was 32 oz, if its not, its going back real quick.........LOL