Make your own water bottle strap!

[shatzjsl]

This probably belongs on the craft board but I thought you guys would like to see it also. It was in this month's issue of Family Fun magazine.

Materials
-Clear nail polish
-4 feet cotton or polypropylene belt webbing (available at fabric stores) for the strap.
-1 rubber O-ring from the hardware store plumbing department. Take a bottle to the store to test the fit before you buy.
-2 no-sew dungaree buttons (available at most fabric stores)

Directions
1. To prevent fraying, brush clear nail polish onto both ends of the webbing and allow it to dry.
2. Feed 2 to 3 inches of the webbing through O-ring and secure with a dungaree button. (Push the tack through the webbing, place the button on the point, and press firmly.
3. Repeat for the other end of the webbing. Be careful not to twist it before you attach the second button.

Decorate the strap if you like. Slip the O-ring over the neck of the water bottle.

 

[sweet maxine]

Such a cute and clever idea! Thanks for sharing with all of us!

 

[NotUrsula]

If you use plastic adjustor-slides instead of jean buttons, the length of the strap will be adjustable, and you won't have any hot metal on the strap. (Slides come in light colors as well as black, and they are usually cheaper than dungaree buttons. You buy them in the same place.) D-rings also work, but require sewing. Two smaller o-rings put around the strap above the slides will keep the ends from flapping.

You can also make a belt-clip bottle holder by using 2 o-rings and a carabiner clip. Loop the two o-rings through one another to make a figure-8 ring, then loop one ring around the side of a carabiner clip. Put the other ring around the bottle's neck.

BTW, before throwing out any worn-out old backpack, sports bag, equipment case or piece of luggage, consider cutting off and saving the snap buckles, d-rings and adjustor slides. There are all sorts of times when having a few sets of these around the house comes in handy, and snap-buckles, especially, are rather expensive to buy (~$5 ea.). I actually buy old sports bags at thrift stores just to get the buckles; it's cheaper.

 

[Calway]

This probably belongs on the craft board but I thought you guys would like to see it also. It was in this month's issue of Family Fun magazine.

Materials
-Clear nail polish
-4 feet cotton or polypropylene belt webbing (available at fabric stores) for the strap.
-1 rubber O-ring from the hardware store plumbing department. Take a bottle to the store to test the fit before you buy.
-2 no-sew dungaree buttons (available at most fabric stores)

Directions
1. To prevent fraying, brush clear nail polish onto both ends of the webbing and allow it to dry.
2. Feed 2 to 3 inches of the webbing through O-ring and secure with a dungaree button. (Push the tack through the webbing, place the button on the point, and press firmly.
3. Repeat for the other end of the webbing. Be careful not to twist it before you attach the second button.

Decorate the strap if you like. Slip the O-ring over the neck of the water bottle.

Do any CM's ever tell you not to take your water bottle on a ride?

 

[Calway]

If you use plastic adjustor-slides instead of jean buttons, the length of the strap will be adjustable, and you won't have any hot metal on the strap. (Slides come in light colors as well as black, and they are usually cheaper than dungaree buttons. You buy them in the same place.) D-rings also work, but require sewing. Two smaller o-rings put around the strap above the slides will keep the ends from flapping.

You can also make a belt-clip bottle holder by using 2 o-rings and a carabiner clip. Loop the two o-rings through one another to make a figure-8 ring, then loop one ring around the side of a carabiner clip. Put the other ring around the bottle's neck.

BTW, before throwing out any worn-out old backpack, sports bag, equipment case or piece of luggage, consider cutting off and saving the snap buckles, d-rings and adjustor slides. There are all sorts of times when having a few sets of these around the house comes in handy, and snap-buckles, especially, are rather expensive to buy (~$5 ea.). I actually buy old sports bags at thrift stores just to get the buckles; it's cheaper.

Thanks for an elaboration on this idea. I still don't know if I'd get hassled for having my water with me on a ride.

 

[kaybird]

Thanks for an elaboration on this idea. I still don't know if I'd get hassled for having my water with me on a ride.

I have never been asked not to take a bottle on a carabiner in with me. Many queues do ask you not to take cups with you.

 

[Calway]

thanks for the feedback