Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
I'd like to know something more about this Tritan copolyester that's the new material for Camelbak bottles, too.

And microwaving... are there any plastics that are safe to microwave? At this point I'm okay with nuking PP, am I being dumb?

-Oak, looking at 3-gallon glass carboys and not even considering glass carry bottles, thinking that in my late 40s I probably won't live long enough to experience the health effects of plastics I'm using now, and wishing that the alternatives to plastic weren't both heavy and fragile...
Yeah, I hope the Tritan doesn't turn out to be bad (especially since my mom bought a couple of the new Camelbak bottles for herself and my dad because the EMS store we were at didn't carry the Nalgene UVPE bottles). As for microwaving, I wonder about that myself--I occasionally put PP containers in the microwave as well since that's the only practical thing to do when bringing food to school that needs to be heated. At home I usually dump things into a glass bowl before zapping them, since that's probably the best thing to do. As far as the glass containers I agree with you about not even considering them for carrying! They're OK for in the fridge at home but that's about it. Especially given that I hike etc. and not only is glass HEAVY (so is stainless steel for that matter, so that's another type of container that won't be in my pack), but water containers occasionally get dropped and end up bouncing down a rocky slope for some distance . For that application I think the white Nalgene bottles are probably one of the better choices since they're BPA free and have been around a while without apparent problems.