Should you instructed me final 12 months I’d be scouring Amazon for plastic water bottles, I’d have laughed all the best way to the checkout line with my child’s 40 ounce Owala. However right here we’re — increasingly colleges are rolling out new guidelines: No chrome steel water bottles allowed.

Why? Seems, these clunky, clangy chrome steel bottles have grow to be greater than only a noise nuisance. Academics and principals are bored with the lunchroom sounding like a cowbell live performance each time a child drops their bottle on the tile ground. Plus, there have been incidents of youngsters utilizing them to smuggle ahem “contraband” or by accident (or not-so-accidentally) whacking one another within the face whereas twirling round within the lunch line. Who knew a Stanley may double as a medieval weapon?
So, sure — the times of ice-cold insulated water all day lengthy may really feel numbered. However right here’s the excellent news: there are some severely good plastic and non-steel bottles on the market that received’t make your child really feel like they’re caught with a toddler sippy cup. They’re light-weight, sturdy, leak-resistant, and in all probability received’t knock anyone out within the hallway.
My son might be a Senior this 12 months, so this mama has been across the block since properly earlier than Stanleys have been cool. I’ve rounded up 5 of the most effective plastic water bottles your youngsters received’t thoughts tossing of their backpack this 12 months — and also you received’t thoughts changing once they inevitably lose them underneath the bleachers.
TOP FIVE BEST PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES
Owala Freesip Tritan (25 oz)
Tremendous Sparrow (varied sizes)
Camelbak Chute (33 oz)
Nalgene Large Mouth Maintain (32 oz)
Ello Ellies in varied cute animal shapes (16oz)

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