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|  Average Rating: 4 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 23 RRP: £12 Description: Watertight aluminium bottle to fit in most rucksack pockets or bike bottle holders.
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|  | | Posted: 08/05/08 | | 'EXCELLENT BOTTLE' | | Strengths:
Top quality, no clever (meaning leaky) top, tough-tough-tough | | Weaknesses:
dents easily, it can be killed! | | Overall:
Really cool, top quality drinks bottle, as it gathers dents and scratches is just makes you look a more serious outdoorsy type of person, simple screw top is bomb proof,....However, they may survive being run over by a landrover but I know from personal experience that they will not survive bouncing around with toolbox, bumper jack etc in the back of a landrover (I admit this is probably a bit more abuse than they are designed to take), I now have a new one.
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| | | | Performance | | 80% | | Reliability | | 100% | | Value | | 80% |
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| | | Posted: 09/08/07 | | 'EVERY SIGG TELLS A STORY!' | | Strengths:
Dents can be read by 'those with the gift' like the lines on your palm, holds its water when all around are losing theirs, doesn't taint, surprisingly lightweight, can take boiling water (though beware of holding it!). | | Weaknesses:
The big weakness that hasn't yet been mentioned here is how cold it is to the touch in winter. Also the neck is pretty narrow which can make filling it tricky. | | Overall:
There's not much to be said that other users haven't already mentioned - very tough piece of kit as metal is malleable so it dents instead of cracking like many plastics. It is a much loved friend that travels with me all over the world, gathering dinks and (sometimes) I can remember what did them!
However, I felt it worth putting in my review for those who haven't bought one yet because there is a significant 'issue' with using an aluminium bottle that isn't mentioned by the other users. It conducts heat so fast that if you touch it in winter, it literally robs your hands of heat. Of course, you can use it with gloves on, but mitts make it difficult to open when it's tightly shut. The contents of mine have frozen on more than one occasion, and luckily the bottle wasn't full or it probably would have burst.
There is an easy, practical fix to this problem. Just wrap a few layers of duct tape around it so you can hold it with bare hands. This has a couple of additional benefits: you get to carry a good quantity of duct tape for all eventualities, the bottle is less slippery if you have fleece or wool gloves on, and the tape holds some of the lacquer onto the bottle for posterity!!! This also means that you can hot water into the bottle, stick it in a spare woollen sock and you have an instant hot-water bottle for the night ahead.
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| | | | Performance | | 60% | | Reliability | | 100% | | Value | | 80% |
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