Although the bottle does hold liquids well, there is basically no insulation. This may be common sense for some of you, but I thought for a moment that a metal container equals carrying the black goddess of caffeine in it. I don’t suggest this unless you pick up one of the insulation sleeves to carry it in. Otherwise you are gonna burn your hand something awful. That’s experience speaking.

Although I bring along the Klean Kanteen on all of my liesure rides, I would not recommend it for racing. It does come with a sports top, but the steel design keeps you from squeezing the bottle, which means the water does not come out quickly. I ditched the sports top for the screw-on top and just use it as an excuse for a break.

The Klean Kanteen folks are great in trying to make everything as environmentally safe as possible. What little plastic they use is the safest form that can be used. They tried explaining why, but my eyes just glazed over after a few seconds of technical speak. I just take their word for it.

The bottles come in both 27oz and 40oz sizes and they have a bunch of different insulation sleeves and carrying cases available. The price of $12.95 is pretty good considering it is gonna out last any other water bottle you own.