Its hard to find decent, affordable 1L bottles. These are a good balance. The top doesnt seal quite as well as youd like, but unless you are planning on flipping your bike over, or leaving the bottles in your cages when you cram it into the trunk(which I do, and they don't leak excessively) you wont have an issue. Used them for unbound this year, no complaints.
It does the job. Minimal leaking. Love the design. After all, I'm from Cascadia (the region, not the community).
I use these bottles everyday and find them easy to keep clean with no plastic taste. The caps are easy to open while riding but did find the caps can leak some if the bottles are not upright. I have not really found a good lid anywhere but ease of opening and closing while on the fly is more important. I found these during a holiday sale so the price was yummy also.
Bought two, lid one one leaked right away, the second one after a few uses. Makes a mess when used in bike cages; can still use them for indoor workouts but wouldn't buy again.
You half expect a plastic taste when you drink from a water bottle, but the first thing you notice with this one is the total lack of any taste "editing" by the bottle; very clean.
Nice bottles but the valves leak on all three of the bottles I bought.
No plastic smell or taste, holds a ton of water and looks great.
