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Review: Klean Kanteen 27-Ounce

For style as well as substance, the Klean Kanteen gets top marks in our gear test. The sleek, shiny stainless steel bottle comes in a variety of colors, and the paint was barely scratched by our most rigorous drop tests. We were able to pour boiling hot water into its medium-sized mouth with nary a […]
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Rating:

9/10

WIRED
Beautiful design. Wide selection of colors. Overall sturdy construction. Easily found in most outdoor sports stores.
TIRED
Medium-sized mouth means it's not the ideal hot water bottle. Cap sprayed when we rolled the car over it, but we'd rather pressure get relieved there than through the side.

For style as well as substance, the Klean Kanteen gets top marks in our gear test. The sleek, shiny stainless steel bottle comes in a variety of colors, and the paint was barely scratched by our most rigorous drop tests. We were able to pour boiling hot water into its medium-sized mouth with nary a spill but sipping high quality H2O from it while hiking didn't splash water all over our face. It showed no cracks after freezing and survived being dropped from a two-story building with only a few dents. And it's the toughest we tested too: after repeatedly running it over with a VW Beetle failed to phase it, we ended up taping it to the tire to ensure its destruction. Mission: failed. The Kanteen only ended up becoming moderately crushed but still useable.