Wash yer bidons properly!

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I always try to kep my water bottles clean and sanitary, treating them to an overnight fill of hot water and two Steradent tablets. However, I noticed an unpleasant taste from my Zipvit-logo'd bottle yesterday so decided to do a soak. Checked it this morning and noticed some black staining around the inside of the moving part of the nozzle, Took it to bits and found this;

That black crud will not come off, despite some energetic scrubbing so I can only assume that mould or similar has got into the silicone rubber of the nozzle. And to think, I've been drinking through that!!

 

[ianrauk]

Mine go in the dishwasher after each use

 

[summerdays]

Mine go in the dishwasher after each use

Same - though they get an occasional close scrub too.

 

[Globalti]

You re-use your bidons?

I throw mine away at the start of each climb or sprint.

 

[lulubel]

Dishwasher here too. At least, with the heat in there, if there is any mould it will be dead mould.

 

[VamP]

Miltons!

 

[compo]

I am a peasant. The only dishwasher we have is my wife (when she gives me a night off). So like VamP I use Milton periodically.

 

[Globalti]

Mould grows in wet places. Simply rinse, drain and allow to dry and no mould will grow.

 

[Globalti]

What a waste of money when tap water costs something like £0.006 per litre!

But just think.... if you refilled your mineral water bottles from the tap, people would still think you were unusually wealthy!

 

[YahudaMoon]

Rinse, freezer. Job done. Fresh bottles every time

 

[paulb55]

Rinse, freezer. Job done. Fresh bottles every time

Yep,

I rinse mine, then put the whole bottle in the freezer and also the top but separate them and i have been doing that for 6 months with the same 2 bottles and just checked them and clean as a whistle so agree with YahudaMoon

 

[snorri]

Some of you lot scare the wits out of me.
I've just been rinsing out my bottles and putting them back in a kitchen cupboard after use, a maintenance regime that has been in place since I got them with the bike twelve years ago.
On reading this thread I inspected the bottles and lids with a magnifying glass and can't see anything untoward.
Should I get a new magnifying glass?

 

[smokeysmoo]

I rinse and allow to throughly dry before putting them away, and from time to time they go int the dishwasher.

I also use Camelbak Podium bottles so my fluid tastes exactly as it should due to the, "Trutaste Polypropylene with hydroguard which lets you taste your water, not your bottle"

It might seem like Camelbak are trying to baffle with bull$hit but it works. I hate the taste of fluids out of standard plastic bottles

 

[endoman]

It's biofilm, and bleach is the best thing on the planet to remove it.

 

[gavroche]

Dont do anything with mine. Just top it up when needed and rinse it when I remember. No bad effects so far. Still alive and well.