Clear2GO CWB401GY Active Water Bottle with Filter, BPA Free, Gray

I bought two of these bottles for my husband and I. The first time I used it, I loved it. Then I hand-washed it with warm soapy water and now the rubber squeeze apparatus is tearing away from the plastic bottle and leaking after only one use. We have not used the second bottle to tell whether it is defective or very poorly designed. Either way, it's going back. I requested a replacement in the hopes that I had a "bad bottle" and it won't happen again, because it's such a nice bottle otherwise...

You have to squeeze with all your might to get water out, and when it does come out, it's a trickling tablespoon at a time before you have to release to let air in and squeeze again...for another sad, slow, paltry amount. Pitiful. After the third or fourth refill, one of the squeeze cushions (for lack of a better term) came loose, and water started leaking out the side of the bottle. The squeeze cushions are barely glued/attached and aren't prepared to withstand the pressure and amount of squeezing required to produce water. I'd hoped this would be the filtered water bottle to beat all others (and at twenty bucks, it should've been), but no such luck. The search goes on...

These are fantastic water bottles I like the ones that have the plastic squeeze sides as you don't have to suck out the water. I have 3 of these with extra filters. You get 100 gallons of water out of one filter and that is a lot! Much cheaper for hiking than the water purifiers out there. The filters are made by NASA and filter out 99% parasites and contaminates. A+ in my book!

Not impressed with amount of water that gets squeezed out.

NOTE: My wife and I have two of these Clear2Go bottles (not "Clear2O" as the description states, nor is it a "24-Pound" bottle--it is capable of holding 24 ounces).My job takes me to a lot of cities and towns. Often, I find I do not like the taste of the water. Some places have a strong chlorine taste while others have a sort of turbidity/pond scum taste (i.e. - Indianapolis). I'm not concerned about the water safety anywhere, but I do wonder what source of water I would turn to if in dire straits.I like the taste of the water at my home, and even more like the near-distilled taste of our Clear2O pitcher, as I use the filtered water to make our teas and coffees. I like consistency in taste and have thrown out batches of expensive white tea (silver needles) I've made in hotels simply because the taste from the local water made the result repulsive. With the new version of the Clear2Go, this should never happen again. The water from this tastes pretty plain, similar to the water from the Clear2O pitcher, with the pitcher still tasting a bit more like "distilled" or flavor free (it seems a slight amount of some 'local' flavor can still get through this filter at times, but it is nothing like the original taste).Clear2O redesigned their filtered water bottle from the ground up. First, it is virtually all made from thick, but light, BPA-free Eastman Tritan co-polyester. Their prior bottle was some flimsy material that allowed water leakage around the threads of the cap when squeezed. That cannot happen with this bottle, as it is as firm as you could ever want.If it is so strongly made, how do you get the water out? It is not intuitively obvious from the picture, but the black features on the sides of the bottle, those "rain-drops," are an inert sort of rubberized plastic that is extremely flexible, but taste-free. You squeeze the black bladder areas and water easily comes right out. No fuss at all.The flip top has a spring hinge that assures the lid does not come back at your face when above you. A small button releases the lid.There is a "travel loop" to allow you an additional carry option.The insert that came with the bottle states that it has been tested for reduction in four areas. They are as follows:- Particulate Class I ( >0.5 um to <1.0 um): 98.4% reduction- Chlorine Taste and Odor: 83.8% reduction- Turbidity: 98.04% reduction- Cysts: >99.99% reductionThe bottle was designed in the US and made in China, but seems very well made. There is no plastic or rubber taste imparted from the bottle. It is dishwasher-safe as long as you first remove the replaceable ceramic filter.My wife and I expect to use our bottles for years to come. The new Clear2GO Tritan bottles are definitely worth the money!UPDATE: My wife's bottle continues to be just fine; however, my own bottle developed a leak along-side one of the bladders. I have had to stop using it, which, if you could feel the bottle, you'd think it was the most well-engineered water-filter bottle you could expect to find. The bottle is done in by an adhesive problem. Stay away until this is fixed.

I first got one of these a couple of years of ago and it worked great. I didn't have the leakage problem like I had with their earlier model, which can be found here:http://www.amazon.com/Clear2GO-Water-Bottle-Filter-Silver/dp/B00265MBSG/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1356292365&sr=8-9&keywords=clear2o&tag=651998669-20Anyway, I didn't use this one much so I didn't wear it out or anything. Fast forward to this year, it's been in storage for a while so I decided to go back to using it. Only a few days after using it, it started leaking. One of the bladders is disengaging from the bottle. Every time I squeeze, water is getting everywhere. Needless to say, I'm disappointed. Besides that problem, the filter is great and I really like the design. I've even had people ask me where I got it because it's eye catching. I wish the company would put more of an effort into design because the idea is really good, but at the end of the day, I advise passing on this brand.