BPA Free Filtered Water Bottle, 22 Ounce

Disclaimer: I work in the water filtration industry, but not for Gobie. My company does not sell filtering bottles, but I have tried them from many companies, given their popularity and practicality.Brita's filtering bottles have taken the industry by storm, mostly due to their marketing investment and broad distribution, but they look terrible (like a biking bottle), and they are made from a soft, semi-opaque plastic that I think looks really cheap. Further, because Brita bottles are not clear, it is hard to tell if you are really getting them clean when it comes time to wash them.Then there are the Bobble bottles. Like Brita's bottle, the Bobble is cheap--under $10. However, it is far better than Brita's bottle. It has a curvy, youthful styling to it, and you get a new cap and nozzle every time you buy a replacement filter. If you want, you can choose a different color of cap and filter whenever you buy a replacement filter for your Bobble bottle. Good luck washing your Bobble bottle in the dishwasher. Given its shape, you will never get it clean in there. Consider it a hand-wash-only option.On the higher end, there is the Camelbak Groove, which retails for around $25 at the mass merchant whose logo looks like a bullseye. Made of rigid Tritan polyester/plastic, the Camelbak bottle has a substantial feel to it. It is well engineered. It has a soft-touch, flip-up mouthpiece, and the carbon-based filter is actually in the straw. Hence, you suck the water through the straw to filter.Then, there is the Gobie bottle. There is so much to like about the Gobie. First it is made in the USA. When it comes to things made of plastic, I feel better knowing that it is made here. Beyond that, Gobie is a real work of art. It looks great and functions perfectly and uniquely. It is unique in several regards. First, it combines a rigid Tritan polyester bottle design with a squeezable diaphragm (the blue part) on the side of the bottle, which allows you to squeeze water out of your Gobie, rather than having to suck it out, like the Camelbak bottle. Second, the unique air vent system on the Gobie gets rid of the gurgling sound you will get when drinking from a Brita or Bobble bottle. When you drink from the Gobie, you only hear air coming into the bottle through the tiny silicone valve that is built into the side of the bottle. Ingenious. Next, there is the soft-touch finger loop and soft, grippy bottom on the bottle, which make for excellent ergonomics and handling. The finger loop doubles as a holder for the cap that covers the drinking nozzle. When you take off the cap, you can insert it into the finger loop. It fits perfectly, and it was designed that way.Sure, the Gobie will cost you a few extra bucks, but if you are serious about kicking the bottled water habit, this investment will pay for itself in no time. Alternatively, you could look like an old fuddy duddy with your Brita bottle or like you are stuck in midlife crisis with your Bobble bottle. Camelbak would be a fine choice for many, but it doesn't say you are a free thinker, somebody who will choose features and design over a big brand like Camelbak. Someday, the Gobie might be a really big brand, and you can say, "I bought one back when they were just getting started."

I loved this bottle the first few months, and then it started leaking on me when I would go to drink from it. So I contacted Gobie and went on for months with their customer service only to find out I had to contact this seller, and now my return is expired. RAW DEAL!!! So disappointed. I paid for a piece of junk that GOBIE knew was being recalled, you think they would stand by their product 100%.

Let me start off by saying that this is the best designed water bottle I have ever tried. There are many fine details and attention to detail anywhere from the shape of the bottle with the indent for your thumb in the front to easily use the soft squeeze on the back to the size of the ring being able to store the dust cap (which i have now had for over a week which is 7x longer then any other dust cap).Now the reason for the 3 star review... I purchased this bottle when it was $35 and now it is almost $50 dollars and it must be because of the lack of inventory because it also took 3 weeks to finally receive and this was 4 days after the latest estimated delivery range. Also the purifying claims are highly exaggerated and also come at a high price point, it is just a simple carbon block which is the simplest form of water filtration, and this would be fine for my use (since I only use it to get rid of the terrible taste of california tap water) but for a single cartridge replacement it is $11.72 which is ridiculous since carbon blocks have a lifespan of, at the most 3 months, if light use.so if you don't mind the price point of the initial cost and replacement cartridges(since they are the only ones you can use for the water bottle) and you don't mind waiting awhile for it to arrive then it really is the best water bottle you will ever buy.

I love the firm container with squishy handle, perfect combo.The filter is ok, does its job but sometimes you get carbon specks when you drink. Which the filter IS a carbon chunk and corbon is not bad for you in these tiny amounts, just taste funky.The nozzle and cap are pretty standard, lost the cap on the 2nd day but you don't need it.That finger loop is my FAVORITE feature. One finger, loop, and go. The loop hooks to clips, belts, and ropes super easy. You don't have to use your whole hand to carry it around. Hook your pinky through it and you can easily carry everything else in your hands! :-)

The bottle looked fantastic and worked like a charm. It wasn't perfect. The top had to be tightened extremely tight or it would leak. The spout was difficult to get all the way closed (so as not to leak) and equally difficult to open again afterwards. I can only assume the clear cap ended up in the place matching socks go. Those issues, however, were manageable.Then, not two weeks after arriving, it sprung a leak alongside the flexible rubber. That leak made it impossible to squeeze out water as the pressure was, at that point, non-existent. If the bottle was full, it would shoot a tiny stream out of the gap when squeezed. In short, it became useless.The bottle was promising, but that promise seemed to be good for a very short period. I hoped for more at this price.