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| Platypus Sport Bottle .5L | 
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| Brand: Platypus
Category: Sports
Buy New: $6.50 - $8.94
Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 2549
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6.3 x 1
Model: 7605
ASIN: B0009RNVB4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Collapsible design allows you to roll bottle up for easy, compact storage. | | • | Bottle is tough enough to be frozen or boiled. | | • | Modular design lets you create your own system. | | • | Gusseted bottom keeps bottle upright for easier filling. | | • | 5 x 7.5 in.-13 x 19 cm-.7 oz.-20 g |
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Product Description
The Platypus Platy Sport Collapsible Water Bottle is the convenient hand-held hydration that goes anywhere you go. Platy Bottles are taste-free, easy to fill, and weigh 80% less than conventional hard-plastic bottles.Collapsible design allows you to roll bottle up for easy, compact storage. Bottles are tough enough to be frozen or boiled. Gusseted bottom helps bottles stand upright for easier filling.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Kill the Plastic Bottle! October 6, 2008
As I was shopping at Costco the other day, I couldn't help but notice the people with the cases of bottled water on their hand trucks...and I started thinking..."wouldn't it be great if someone invented a roll-up bottle you could refill, instead of helping proliferate the number of empty plastic bottles that, face it, exist for your convenience." I thought the only problem would lie in making the area where the cap screwed on strong enough to last more than a few fillings. Well, a quick google proved that Platypus Sport Bottles indeed existed in a couple of different sizes. I got the .5 liter and the 1 liter sizes to try out in my daughter's lunch box and for her snack in school. The .5 liter fits into her lunch box, and after she is done, she either rolls it up in her pocket, or just throws it back into her lunch box. The 1 liter that she uses for snack time, I put in a large plastic ziplock bag that I reuse over and over so it doesn't spill in her backpack (in case she leaves the top open). The bottles come with caps to go over the spouts to keep them from spilling, only they got lost almost immediately. So far, so good...we have had them for a little over a month and they are holding up nicely. If you want to help stop the insane over-production of plastic bottles, that, I'm sure, are causing quite a glut in recycling, and wind up being thrown everywhere; I would highly recommend these bottles. As soon as they figure out a way to make a version easy to hold while running, I'll switch away from my plastic bottle there too. We use a Brita water filter to do refills in all of these instances, and I find no difference in taste from the bottled water.
Platypus bottle September 18, 2008
Good product. Light and Easy to carry when empty and holds a lot of water when full.
Fantastic Bottle September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An amazing product, it was exactly what I needed for traveling. Collapses to nothing, you can fill it up anywhere. Also great for airport security and the no liquid ban.
Great size, easy to use, easy to store August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love these bottles. I ordered one for my wife so she could carry it in her purse and fill it when needed. She liked it so much, I ended up ordering two more since they are so convenient. It is easy to fill up at a drinking fountain or a faucet since it is a soft bottle. It is also compatible with the Platypus tube and valve I have for my large hydration pack. Highly recommended.
 Only one complaint August 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used this in travelling for two months and loved it every day. It's easy to fill, easy to drink out of, compact, stands up on its own and doesn't sweat excessively. The push pull cap goes on and off and up and down easily, though is a bit soft and has some indentations in it from being in my bag with harder items. The water can sit in the platypus overnight and still be fine (i never left it in for longer without consuming and replacing the contents).
If you put drink mix packages in, some granules and coloring agents will get into the creases at the bottom and around the joint connecting the bladder to the hard plastic opening where the cap screws on. Excessive washing with boiling water and dish soap won't get them out, so that's a little gross to me, but it doesn't affect the taste of later beverages in there. Nothing will dye the platy either, like coffee and powder drinks.
Even after being jostled around a backpack while full, through 3 countries for the past 2 months since its purchase the Platy has been faithful and incredibly handy.
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