Water for parks - Britta

[littlesuitcase]

I had planned to buy two britta bottles that we can use at the parks - problem is I can't find one. Does anyone know where they sell britta personal size bottles?

I don't really want to lug a bunch of bottles around - and my husband drinks a ton of water - a ton!

 

[cepmom]

check in the plumbing/water filter section of Walmart. I have found them there before. I heard that Brita is discontinuing these bottles, but hopefully you will still be able to find before they are all gone. Good luck!

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

I ordered my Brita water bottles from CleanWorld.biz. Now that I need new filters, they have discontinued the Brita On The Go Water Bottle. Here is the replacement bottle I recently purchased and am happy with:
http://www.cleanworld.biz/acatalog/Online_Catalog_Water_Filter_Bottles_9.html

I've used this Clean World place twice and the shipping is quick. Hope this helps.

I notice they also sell these Culligan bottles in a smaller size. I think you can find them doing a google search.

Tink

 

[littlesuitcase]

Thanks - we do have a culligan store in our town - I wonder if they sell them. I will check tomorrow. I will look at walmart might get lucky too.

 

[NotUrsula]

The Culligan bottles are also discontinued, I have some of those. (I don't like them as much as the Brita; the neck isn't big enough to take ice cubes easily.)

If you can't find a store that still has the Britas or Culligans, there are a fair number of them available through merchants on Ebay. It has been nearly a yr. since they were discontinued, so they will be REALLY scarce pretty soon.

There is one other lower-priced personal filter bottle that I know of, and I don't know whether or not that one is discontinued, too. It's from Innova. It was always harder to find, but you can buy it on the web. (BTW, Innova sells promotional versions of this bottle, maybe we should get it added to the DIS store?)

I think that what happened with these bottles is that the companies probably ended up with lawsuits from people who got Giardia, etc. from using them with untreated water, such as from streams. These bottles were never meant to filter out harmful bacteria, just minerals that affect flavor. Bottles to handle that more serious filtration (so-called biologic purifiers) *do* exist, but they are MUCH more expensive than this type, about $50 each, with replacement filters for around $30. I suspect that with the portables, the risk of people confusing the two types was too much of a liability.

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

Update: I found the Brita On The Go water bottles and their filters at CVS Pharmacy. Hope that helps.

Tink

 

[littlesuitcase]

Thanks - we don't have CVS that I know of in Canada - we have already returned from our trip - and all I can say to those planning a trip - get a Britta or buy water. The water at WDW is just terrible smelling and tasting. The only thing I liked about it was that it seemed to make my skin soft but the smell - wow!