Is the straw plastic or rubber. does it affect the taste. I had to return hydro flask because the straw made water taste rubbery.
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The straw is plastic and I have not found it to affect taste.Fabulous water bottle
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The straw is plastic and in my experience didn't effect flavor. I don't have this bottle anymore though because the thread ring at the top cracked after several months and it leaked.
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The straw part is a type of plastic. The mouth piece I believe to be silicon. I am pretty picky about taste and I have not noticed any strange taste from the plastic. It's a great water bottle.
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The straw is plastic and I have not found it to affect taste. Fabulous water bottle
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No rubbery taste that I've ever noticed. It's also removable, and can sometimes fall off accidentally. The item is still usable without it, but has a less-pleasant feeling in the mouth.
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I would say its plastic or silicone, its a bendable straw which is nice because I put ice in mine and with a hard straw on the older models it was sometimes hard to screw the lid on if the ice froze together. I don't notice a strange taste.
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It is mainly plastic. I don't remember what the inside is (the water resivor) and I'm not due to change the water bottle yet. So far I've been throgh 5, 5 gallons and it is still working great and tasting good. Both tue cold and hot works really good.
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I believe the lid and hand grip are made of silicone. I always drink with a silicone straw because straws are healthier for your teeth.
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If they remain in the sun or car and get warm, the water tastes like plastic. But I rarely have that issue. I have 3 sets in my home (2 for adults and one for my child) & he has never complained about taste. I wash mine in the dishwasher and an extra rinse by hand after each use.
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That's a really good question. The plastic container does have a little (very little) plastic or non filtered water like odor. But I don't think I smelled it much when I squart the water into a glass to drink it. It could be that I am pouring tap water into the bottle so I could be smelling that tap water odor.. I hope it helps.
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Hi, the best way for me to describe it is a plastic like what is used for transferring water from one fish tank to the next. It worked wonders for my son so it didn't worry about it. My son didn't use it long before he learned how to drink from any straw. I hope my answer helped.
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I selected this model because it came with a glass bottle. My daughter has the penguin model which also has glass. My preference is always glass, so I'm not sure what the Sodastream in plastic bottles taste like.
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They don't taste metallic, but they feel super weird when you drink cold drinks through them. They are definitely a different experience than your normal plastic straws. I personally don't like them.
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Hi Maxwell, here are the specs on the Water Container for you; Manufactured from food-grade low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), that are BPA free and will not add taste, odor, or any chemicals to the water. Let us know if you have any other questions. Kindly, Renee
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There's only one straw. Honestly, now that I have it, I don't regret buying it. I had some stainless steel ones that made drinks with strawberries taste metallic. This one has no "taste" to it.
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The whole distiller itself including the coil is stainless steel with the exception of a plastic spigot that's supposed to hold some charcoal. The water that touches is is lukewarm, so it won't react with plastic as it leaves. If you are allergic to plastic, just run the distilled water through a Brita water filter which has charcoal... but then the Brita water filter is made of an inert plastic.
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There is no plastic taste now. However the machine stopped working after 3 months. The carafe lid was poorly made and held water inside. I would not buy this appliance knowing what I now know about it.
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By plastic part do you mean the straw? If so then yes the bottom of the straw that sits in the water can be removed and then put in when drinking. I have always left it in so that the straw was sitting in a bag or somewhere and get germs before it was put into the water and drank from. It should work either way. Hope that helps!
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standard straw. think of a bendy straw from your childhood.....now imagine it metal. cool straws..:)
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I haven't used mine yet, but I will say that that's pretty common among water bottles on their first use. I'd recommend washing it first. If you really are against it, hydroflasks are pretty great and didn't have an after taste when I used them.
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It is plastic. This leaks when using the reverse infusion. With mormsl infusion, when you sip, the tea leaves blocks tfe strainer. So I do not revommend this product
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Nope. Not to me. But I usually flavor my water with the Crystal Light Liquid thingies. But even when I'm in the hospital (and I'm there a lot) and they have pretty much the same ones I have water overnight and it doesn't taste like plastic at all.