Originally Posted By: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor
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Yup. Nalgenes and KleenKanteens are nice but heavy. Backpacking requires less robust h20 containers. There's no reason to pack around a pound of weight just to hold your water.


Metal water bottles also allow you to sterilize your water and allow hot beverages to be produced.

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If given the choice between having just one survival tool such as a metal water bottle or a knife, I might well just pick the metal water bottle.



Just to clarify, my response was for backpacking purposes. I always have one of these with me on backpacking trips so carting an additional metal container is redundant:


I do tend to use metal containers or nalgenes for car and every day carry. Each car is equipped with an esbit stove and one of these: