Dishwashers won’t clean these gaskets if they’re washed while installed. Oh, and those silicone straws can come out of the dishwasher nasty too.
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How do you clean them, pipe cleaner?
They specifically make very special pipe cleaner-like cleaning instruments for these things. Often, the bottle may even come with it. Very handy
Edit: this is the one I have
Although I only ever drink water out of it, I do make sure to wash up the straw at least once a week.
Thing is, that the straw plugs into a gasket on the bottom of the lid and is at least partly silicon all the way through to the spout. I make sure to run the cleaner brush thing through that very regularly as well. Sometimes several times a week just to make sure it’s always clean.
My wife was using her tumbler for just plain water. She would rinse and reuse each day. She got a stomach bug and I was getting her water and noticed the mold on the threads of the screw top. It was so hard to see since the lid was black too.
Even if it’s just used for water, clean them thoroughly and regularly.
I sanitize my water bottles in the sun. After washing them I put them on a south-facing windowsill and let the UV light kill every last living microbe that might be lurking in the crannies. (it’s always the crannies that get you, the nooks are usually fine)
Good advice. I may have oversimplified the care I take, but everyone should regularly keep clean any contained from which they eat or drink.
Every water botulism I’ve bought that had a fancy straw came with a pipe cleaner and I’m leaving that autocorrect
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From my experience, most canteens they sell are marked as not dishwasher safe.
Who relies on a dishwasher to clean inside a BOTTLE? Get a bottle brush and wash it by hand, it takes 60 seconds
Eh, if the bottle is just for water there’s enough spray and heat to kill and rinse it usually.
I just want to know if it’s just “not safe” or straight up dangerous. Why don’t they tell us that?
How would they know what sort o bacteria you cultivate in your abode?
Usually things marked not for dishwashers can’t hold up to the abrasive nature of the detergent or the heat of the water over a prolonged wash cycle.
Dishwashers are not magical devices, they basically just spray sandy soap-water for a long time.
Seems you should also know that dishwashers only work so well as the detergent and water can access the objects inside. They are not a magic device that clean everything without fail.
They should.come with someone to wash them for me
Yeah, I’m not doing that.
Wow. Thank you. That was gross, but now it’s clean.
I’m not sure, does Brita bottle gasket have a silver elements?
Also no problems with dishwashers.
