How do I clean the bottle? Everything I look at ends with cleaning the bite valve, cap and straw. Soapy water and bleach?
1268888
I just stick everything in the top rack of the dishwasher and seems to come clean no problem
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It was a gift for a friend's son and I told them to do what I do with my thermos. Go to the store and purchase some inexpensive denture cleaning tablets. Throw a couple in the bottle over night filled with water, then wash with warm water and soap the next day. You could also use a drop of bleach in water. I keep a baby bottle/glass brush on hand if I have something like juice which is sticky and I want to be a bit more thorough. If you feel there is an after taste issue, you can also soak over night once a week with a teaspoon of baking soda in it. Several options for you, I hope that help.
1268890
It was a gift for a friend's son and I told them to do what I do with my thermos. Go to the store and purchase some inexpensive denture cleaning tablets. Throw a couple in the bottle over night filled with water, then wash with warm water and soap the next day. You could also use a drop of bleach in water. I keep a baby bottle/glass brush on hand if I have something like juice which is sticky and I want to be a bit more thorough. If you feel there is an after taste issue, you can also soak over night once a week with a teaspoon of baking soda in it. Several options for you, I hope that help. It was a gift for a friend's son and I told them to do what I do with my thermos. Go to the store and purchase some inexpensive denture cleaning tablets. Throw a couple in the bottle over night filled with water, then wash with warm water and soap the next day. You could also use a drop of bleach in water. I keep a baby bottle/glass brush on hand if I have something like juice which is sticky and I want to be a bit more thorough. If you feel there is an after taste issue, you can also soak over night once a week with a teaspoon of baking soda in it. Several options for you, I hope that help.
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I feel that it is fairly easy - I use my bottle for water only. What I normally do is put a little dish soap in it and rinse it with hot faucet water. I currently do not have the brush you can purchase to clean it. That might be a better solution to what I am doing currently, but I have had my bottle for about 4 months now and there is no mildew growing and I can get the bottle clean with my method.
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Put a bit of soap inside and shake it with warm water, covering the opening with your finger. Then, add hot water to the soap and let it soak a few minutes that way, then rinse well. It is also dishwasher safe, although I have not washed it this way. LOVE this bottle!
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So far I just wash it out with soap and water but plan to run vinegar water thru it soon. Haven't had it that long.
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I scrub the tip with a toothbrush & rinse with rubbing alcohol. Works great.
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If you've already given it a good scrub with a bottle brush and warm soap water, try mixing a quarter cup of vinegar and 3-4 tablespoons of baking soda in warm water and let it soak overnight.Often the problem is in the cap. Make sure you pop your cap apart and really scrub it well, including around the tiny o-ring on the removable part of the cap. You can also soak any cap overnight in the same mixture of vinegar and baking soda you use for soaking the bottle.
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I bought this for my husband who drinks black coffee. I used a baby bottle brush set(has large and small brushes) to clean it.
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You have to separately buy a straw cleaning brush. And in my experience, it gets moldy very quickly, even though we washed it after every use and set it out to dry. Found out the hard way when I saw a bunch of black stuff floating in it while my daughter was drinking her water!!
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For my first wash I submerged it it hot soapy water. Then, shook the soapy water in it, rinse & repeat. I tried a baby bottle brush, but it only goes so far.
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I just noticed nasty bits in the water holding/bottle steaming area. Sending mine back :/ I have been cleaning it as prescribed, it's just too gross! I don't like that I cannot completely clean it out. You can't see down where the water goes.
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I use it on all cold liquids, I just let it soak if milk is used in it to get the milk out of all the nooks and crannies. :) I use a Dr. Browns bottle cleaner on the straw, looks like a pipe cleaner. Works great for the straw and the mouth piece.
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I actually cut the bottle in half and use a knife or spatula to remove the remaining liquid. This may sound crazy or odd, but there is always a bunch left in the bottle. I do this for tubes, too.
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It's pretty easy, I use some soap and water and shake up the bottle and then a sponge for the mouth and cap. I also have one of those water bottle wand cleaner things (like a brush on a stick) so I can clean it better if I have anything besides water in it. I mainly use this bottle for water only, so it hasn't been a problem getting it clean.
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I mostly just rinse it out real good now and then. I know they make a cleaning solution for them, but I've never it. If you're only filling it with clean tap or purified water I would just occassionly put some clean water and a small amount of household bleach, like 1/4tsp. at most and swish it around real good, squeeze some out thru the tube and bite valve and then thoroughly rinse it, and you should be good to go.
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I clean mine each time I use it with warm soapy water. On occasion I let it soak in a mouth wash as well.
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This is actually my second one. Both came with 3 tips. You can buy extra tips, but frankly I just wash then with 1:10 bleach solution, rinse and air dry. At first we just used soapy water, but then I thought I'd give the bleach a try. Since it's just the EAC, no reason to be too squeamish about the wash, in my opinion. It wasn't sterile to begin with, so just clean how you see fit and reuse. They are so durable I haven't needed to get replacement part. I only purchased my second bottle because my first was STOLEN! Yep, its that good. (Think the company should pay me for my free commercial-HA HA!) This is actually my second one. Both came with 3 tips. You can buy extra tips, but frankly I just wash then with 1:10 bleach solution, rinse and air dry. At first we just used soapy water, but then I thought I'd give the bleach a try. Since it's just the EAC, no reason to be too squeamish about the wash, in my opinion. It wasn't sterile to begin with, so just clean how you see fit and reuse. They are so durable I haven't needed to get replacement part. I only purchased my second bottle because my first was STOLEN! Yep, its that good. (Think the company should pay me for my free... » Read More This is actually my second one. Both came with 3 tips. You can buy extra tips, but frankly I just wash then with 1:10 bleach solution, rinse and air dry. At first we just used soapy water, but then I thought I'd give the bleach a try. Since it's just the EAC, no reason to be too squeamish about the wash, in my opinion. It wasn't sterile to begin with, so just clean how you see fit and reuse. They are so durable I haven't needed to get replacement part. I only purchased my second bottle because my first was STOLEN! Yep, its that good. (Think the company should pay me for my free commercial-HA HA!) « Show Less
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I cleaned ours with vinegar and water, a friend told me a long time ago to do that, he says it cleans that plastic taste out. They manufacture them and then package them and then they set. He says run a couple cups of vinegar water in it then just clear water, and ours was fine.