how to get plastic stink out of NEW polar bottles?

[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!)

[Surlygirl]

I never could get the plastic smell, taste thing out of my polar bottles. I switched to Sigg aluminum bottles with a neoprene jacket and they keep stuff pretty cold. To clean I just throw a denture tablet in with water and they are good to go. They also come in lots of colors and designs.

[SouthernBelle]

Me again. I'm home and washed my bottles with just soap and water and I think they may smell even stronger! I would still try the vinegar and soda. Also try setting them out in the sun all day. I wouldn't store them with the tops on for a while when not in use.

Also, the tag on mine says it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. Also says dishwasher safe. If it's dishwasher safe, it ought to take a pretty warm liquids though I would really hesitate to put boiling stuff in it.

Mine are white. One has a red logo, one has a blue.

Mine look like these: http://www.polarbottle.com/products.html

BTW, hate to say it, but they are much cheaper at Nashbar.


HTH,

[caligurl]

mine are in the dishwasher as i write this!

as for the warm liquid... i warned it was second hand info! it kinda makes send you could put warm (but not boiling) liquids... much like you can use a "cooler" to keep foods either warm or cool!

i'll see how they smell shortly!