how to get plastic stink out of NEW polar bottles?

[caligurl]

steph... that was AWESOME!!!!!!! i rated it 5 stars!!!!!!

[Lise]

Baking soda + vinegar is not that cool. It is cool, though. And you don't have to waste a perfectly decent liter of Diet Coke! I sent my sister the video and told her I have DIBS on doing it with my 6 year old nephew!

[caligurl]

i'm actually glad that baking soda and vinegar isnt' THAT cool... cuz i wouldn't be able to do it IN the house then!

[administrator]

I just spoke with Polar on the phone and the official word is that the INSIDE of the new pretty colored bottles is exactly the same kind of plastic as their previous styles of bottles.

The outside plastic is a bit different but since it is on the outside it shouldn't affect the taste...

The Polar rep I spoke to suggested washing in the dishwasher if you haven't already done so. Also, different manufacturing lots of the exact same formula of plastic can have varying amounts of smell, but they should all diminish quickly after a run or two through the dishwasher.

If you've purchased a polar bottle from TE we'll be happy to do a warranty exchange for you if the dishwasher and/or baking soda volcano doesn't do the trick

[caligurl]

thank you!

i will try the dishwasher method! i prefer to wash my bottle that way anways... but have read so many times NOT to do it.... that i thought i was being good!

(i also assumed the smell would go down eventually.... just want to rush the process!)

[Lise]

When I saw "administrator" in the thread, I thought, oh, no, we're in trouble for talking about exploding things!

I am so junior high sometimes.

Dishwasher. Good idea. Yeah, NaHCO3 (baking soda) + vinegar will not hit the ceiling. (The chemical formula makes me sound smart, and like a grown up. Right?) L.

[caligurl]

oh... i'm STILL gonna do the exploding thing first though! just cuz i wanna!

[chickwhorips]

that mentos and soda thing is great!

to bad both of them are so hard to find where i live otherwise i would have to try that..... over.... and over.... again!

[tprevost]

Cali -

What color did you get???? I got some orange ones!

T~

[chickwhorips]

are these waterbottles also good for chilly weather?

my problem here is that my drink gets so cold that i get a brain freeze! even if i put very warm water in my bottle at the beginning.

[caligurl]

hmmmmmmmm well..... i use them year round.... but i put ice in my bottles year round... and i'm in the desert... so your chilly may be different than my chilly!

of course.... my ice doesn't melt as quickly when it's cooler!

warm water in you bottles... i just CAN'T drink warm water.... unless i FORCE myself!!!!! i'm weird i guess!

[caligurl]

oh DUH! i just looked at where you are from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no wonder you put warm water... cuz it gets colder while you're out there!

talk about total OPPOSITES! me in the desert... you in alaska!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i want to visit alaska... but not in the dead of winter!!!!!!)

[chickwhorips]

no wonder you put warm water... cuz it gets colder while you're out there!

talk about total OPPOSITES! me in the desert... you in alaska!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(i want to visit alaska... but not in the dead of winter!!!!!!)

actually i know how it is in the desert.
i moved up here from phoenix. the day i left phoenix it was 116*F at 10 am.
i froze when i got here while everyone else was in shorts. now when it hits 50 i'm in shorts!

where i live it doesn't get cold (interior ak get -50 or so) it just never warms up.

come up and visit any time! everyday is a vacation to me.

[bikergal]

I know some one who puts hot tea in her bottle so it must stay warm in there for a little while.

[caligurl]

hmmmmmm this is 3rd party.... from the other forum where i asked the same question (SO glad i didn't get a lot of the same idiotic answers here! you gals were actually helpful! well..... ok.. SOME of the guys were helpful.... but some were... well.. idiotic! but i digress:

Polar has a web site and a customer service number. I called them once when someone on BF asked about hot drinks in a Polar insulated bottle. "No, no,no" they said, "Plastic not suitable for heat." So contact Polar and ask what they would do, who better? Maybe get a new bottle?

so if that's true... that answers the putting hot liquid in a polar bottle question (and of course... we already have polars answer on the odor.... so no need to recall them on that!)