Nalgene Bottles are a standard item for college students and outdoors lovers alike. It is an obvious that commuter cars have cup holders that hold coffee cups. It is equally obvious that the car of choice for college students and rugged outdoors lovers should have cup holders that hold Nalgene Bottles.


Though I endorse the product I am in no way affiliated with Nalgene (other than I own 4 of their bottles).
http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/

hELP,Help, Help!

I've almost completely replaced the stock, factory-fresh air in my tires, too. Upgrade fever! I've got "SmartWater" bottles in my back doors, by-the-way!

Careful there hownowcb, using the term "SmartWater" without the express written consent of the General Electric company could get you sued back to the stone age!

http://www.geappliances.com/smartwater/

I ALWAYS have one of these water bottles with me (not just a college thang).....and theydo fit in my upgraded console cup holders.....gotta love that!

These were the type of water bottles that I was talking about when I said I wanted EOC water bottles, I have one with me at all times.....it is after all the perfect way to make sure you get at least 8 glasses a day :mrgreen:

I am so glad someone brought this up. This was even one of the first things I said to my dealer after I bought the car and he was giving me the tour before sending me on my way... If this is a vehicle for those who are active outdoors it would be appropriate for the cup holders to fit Nalgene bottles...

But not for drinking. You use a nalgene bottle in your sea kayak for those long trips when it might not be possible to land or get out of your kayak for extended periods. So there is no way in hell I will ever drink out of one, thank you very much.

I have resisted the urge to soap box til now. I can not support Nalgene as they sell products which are used in Laboratories on animals. (I realize there must be other companies that do the same, but the picture of a rabbit in a trap marked NALGENE was all it took to convince me). :cry:

Back to your regularly scheduled thread!

Amy-

As you stated there are plenty of other companies that test on animals.....many would be surprised that Fisher Price is among them. Of course there is Gillette (the poster child of PETA).....all in all you can obtain a monster of a list including all the names of companies that test on animals.....and in the end you will have to clean out your entire house top to bottom to get rid of all the items that you have bought that are made by companies that do test on animals.

I am not defending water bottles or any fat cat corporation....just letting the obvious be stated about animal testing in the global scheme of things.

It's OK for someone to choose a specific entity to boycott because of their practices, as AMY has done (everyone has to take a personal stand somewhere!), and it's equaly OK for Diane to make her case for the broad concept being almost beyond comprehension, but Kayakin' Dan and I would really rather see a "cat fight". What if you knew they were putting eyeliner on penguins, Diane? NOW GO FOR IT YOU TWO! LOL!

I don't want to see wimin fight over animal testing! Jello, maybe.

This is about nalgene bottles in the cup holders. Me, I'll stick with rest areas in the Element and Nalgene bottles in the kayak.

I'm all for animal testing as long as it's done on CATS!!!



OK, I'm kidding, but as a long-time vegetarian and animal lover I do have to say that its better them than us. Do you want your children taking medication that is never tested on a living thing... or for that matter, should as many people die as lab rats (or rabbits) to test the latest medication or to find out whether a certain type of plastic is toxic to drink from?



The Nalgene bottles are made to release as few leachates into the drinking water as possible. Has anyone ever picked up a Dasani or other bottled water and thought... this tastes kinda funny? It's yummy plastic flavored water. Oh and I'm sure KDan will appreciate this... Dasani is made by Coke here in Atlanta, if you look on the back of the bottle you will notice that Dasani is bottled Atlanta TAP WATER. I'm not kidding now, take a look.

KDan... would you drink tap water from midtown? I know I wouldn't :wink:

End of tangent we now continue to our regularly scheduled thread topic.

Funny - I've had a Nalgene bottle rolling around on the floorboard of my E for the entire 2.5 glorious weeks that I've owned it! It fits sideways (sort-of) in the back compartment of the center console and doesn't roll around. As for the PETA vs Nalgene thing: I've (unfortunately) personally sacrificed lab mice doing research in the past that I really, really hope in some small way will contribute to finding a cure for alzheimer's. I definitely didn't enjoy it and in no way were the animals tortured, but hopefully the process contributed to the greater good of humanity. Nalgene is a container company that makes hundreds of different containers - one of which, I agree, needs to fit neatly into our E's!
Sorry for the tanget, had a need to speak up too.
Lovin' my Sunset Orange!

http://www.rmad.org/nalgene.html

I could not find any place where I can order the cup holder adaptor shown in this thread. Link takes me to the photo but couldn't find it in the AutoBarn site.

Suggestions welcome.

Thanks all! :cry:

Just in case you were waiting for an adaptor update, I called Autobarn and they said the Steel Horse Large Cup Adaptor (which was pictured earlier in this thread) has been discontinued by the manufacturer.

[quote=" "] I can not support Nalgene as they sell products which are used in Laboratories on animals. quote]

You should know that nalgene's busines is making products used in all types of laboratories and hospitals, so it is not surprising that some are used in animal laboratories. They started getting used as water bottles when they were taken out of labs and nalgene went with it. Boycotting nalgene makes as much sense as boycotting air, water, electricity, paper, pencils and other common things used in labs.

wow, whew what a thread that was.. ok the bottles do look cool.. but yikes that bunny in a plastic torture device was creepy.. Oh I agree with bottle water and that refreshing plastic taste (blah, ick)..

And it is sad that companies sell bottled tap water, errr.. now i have a whole house filter, and a filter on my fridge.. so i filter my own.. and i fill up an insulated (Tupperware) tumbler (with dripless straw seal)... (my little sales pitch there, and they actually keep the ice and water actually cold on a hot day.. love it).. now this fits int eh middle cup holder.. but i would love both holders to fit these since i go no where with out it!! (I would also see the back seat fit something this big too!).. (yep I sell tupperware.. smiles.. love the stuff!).

but i will check out that one link.. that helps large bottles/tumblers to fit???

Is a Nalgene, or other lexan screw top water bottle (GSI, Stansport etc) all that useful in a cup holder? The driver can't open such a bottle. Seems to me the cupholders need to be sized to fit cups and bottles that can be used with one hand. There are lots of 20oz bottle that fit the bill. If the holder was big enough for a 1 liter bottle wouldn't it be too big for something smaller?

Of course if you are a true 'out doors' type, you would have a hydration bag stashed in the bungies behind the seat, and use a hands free drink tube.

paulj

I would like to point out that every lab that tests on animals also uses... ELECTRICITY! 110 evil volts on every room.

Start the boycott now!

I hope this works. I asked a similar question earlier, but I wasn't looking for a specific size. I've got a 32 oz insulated mug.

http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7006&highlight=

[quote:6d8c79e342=" "]But not for drinking. You use a nalgene bottle in your sea kayak for those long trips when it might not be possible to land or get out of your kayak for extended periods. So there is no way in hell I will ever drink out of one, thank you very much.[/quote:6d8c79e342]

I'm with Dan on this one. I can't see myself using a Nalgene bottle for drinking.
That's why I drink out of these.
http://www.valleyhealthcare.com/assets/images/MaleCatheterLegBag.jpg

Look it even comes with a handy sippy straw!
and you can even strap it to your leg so no need to fumble with it in the cup holder :twisted:

[quote:fccd38a14f=" "]http://www.rmad.org/nalgene.html[/quote:fccd38a14f]
thanks for the link and info about the butchers of nalgene. i will take a pass on their products.

if i were in the market, i would try one of these. color coordinated with Galapagos Green and they have other colors too!

http://www.gsioutdoors.com/products/lexan/73388-98.html

The GSI lexan bottle does not fit in the E's cupholders either.

[quote:ccbdffa402=" "]Nalgene Bottles are a standard item for college students and outdoors lovers alike. It is an obvious that commuter cars have cup holders that hold coffee cups. It is equally obvious that the car of choice for college students and rugged outdoors lovers should have cup holders that hold Nalgene Bottles.
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It is a pain that they don't fit. I just discovered that they fit if put in upside down.

Eddie Bauer makes a 16 oz size (the 32oz is too big) lexan bottle that does fit, in a lot of cool colors. they sell them at that exclusive upscale french chain - TAR-JAY, er, TARGET for the unwashed masses.

http://www.saleshound.com/saleshound/listing_detail.asp?ListingID=-2098148382&OfferID=&StoreID=2395458

I take a soft travel cooler with me everywhere. In it are one or more 32 oz Nalgene Lexan bottles, a liter soda bottle filled with frozen water (often referred to as ice), and perhaps a couple of energy bars if they were on sale, or perhaps some helpless li'l baby carrots.

I drink out of a stainless travel cup (Nissan or Starbucks), and refill from the bottles in the little cooler.

This keeps sunlight out of the water, keeps the water cool, and it's easy enough to refill my cup when needed. I have learned to pour steadily and slowly right into the cup without removing the top.

The cooler can be used for putting cold items if I pick something up from the store, along with the electric one in the back.

On the politics of using Nalgene: If people stop buying their products because labs use them, more of their business will be from labs, and consumers will thus have less influence than they do now.

I cannot find a way to see a Nalgene bottle as inherently evil in and of itself. If it wasn't good stuff, labs wouldn't use it.

why not try the new "Ngene" style of nalgene bottle. personaly I like the new look and cap a lot better. I havent gotten one yet though so I'm not possitive if they fit in the cupholders but it sure looks as though they will!

why not try the new "Ngene" style of nalgene bottle. personaly I like the new look and cap a lot better. I havent gotten one yet though so I'm not possitive if they fit in the cupholders but it sure looks as though they will!

I like the traditional 32 oz Nalgene bottles because they hold a days worth of water. I bought a smaller one to fit in the cupholders and I need to fill it up too often.

I came up with something and my wife loves it, so maybe I'll sell some. Let me know what you think:

http://webpages.charter.net/ggwright/eholder

Guy

I, for one, would like to thank you for designing something to remedy this tragic oversite in Element interior technology.
Now the yuppies of the world can have their select nonflavor-sharing, plastic sippy-cup, securely within their partched reach whilst surveying the countryside.

:-P


Oh yeah....
http://badgas.co.uk/animals/monkeys/monkey_005.jpg

All those against animal testing should go volunteer for the tests.
That way, no little bunnies will get stuck in that Hannibal Lecter collar and
the rest of us still won't get a butt rash from our shampoo.
Problem solved.

:grin:

...the rest of us still won't get a butt rash from our shampoo...

:-o Too much information here. We REALLY don't want to know about your personal products and bodily issues!

:grin:

i used a bottle of arrowhead.

wash it out and it's good as new again!

:-o Too much information here. We REALLY don't want to know about your personal products and bodily issues!

:grin:
:lol:

Not me.
Thanks to animal testing, my crack is rash-free!
:-P

Thanks Nalgene!
:wink: http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

I like the traditional 32 oz Nalgene bottles because they hold a days worth of water. I bought a smaller one to fit in the cupholders and I need to fill it up too often.

Try a 25 oz bottle. It will last you 3/4 of the day, and still fit in the cup holder. Plus you don't have to unscrew the lid. Carry a second one in reserve in the rear side door. Now you can go a day and half without refilling. I'm more likely to go through 50 oz in a day's worth of driving - at least when traveling the whole day.

paulj

Try a 25 oz bottle. It will last you 3/4 of the day, and still fit in the cup holder. Plus you don't have to unscrew the lid. Carry a second one in reserve in the rear side door. Now you can go a day and half without refilling. I'm more likely to go through 50 oz in a day's worth of driving - at least when traveling the whole day.

paulj

I've run across the 24 oz Nalgene. It may be as close as we're going to get. It is supposed to be sized for a bike cage, and my LDPE bike bottles fit in the E cupholer, albeit snugly. Its absolutely a compromise, but so was giving up the heated seats and sunroof in my Audi:-)

http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/subcategory.asp?categorysubcategorycode=168

I would like to point out that every lab that tests on animals also uses... ELECTRICITY! 110 evil volts on every room.

Start the boycott now!

Is that electricity specifically designed to facilitate animal suffering and torture? No? I don't think your comparison's too apt, then.

you are supposed to drink 8 - 8oz glasses of water

8 * 8 = 64oz not 32oz

I saw a "cupholder adapter" at the local auto part store. You put it into a regular cupholder, and the top can accept a much larger bottle. I think it costs $8.

i dont know if this has been posted (i didnt wanna read the entire thread) but what i dow w/ mine is turn it upside down (if you have the wide mouth style) and put it in the stock cup holders. even when full its never fallen or rolled out.

Is that electricity specifically designed to facilitate animal suffering and torture? No? I don't think your comparison's too apt, then.

Actually....
Depending on the specific lighting said electricity is powering,
it could very well be used specifically to facilitate animal suffering and torture.

I can just see some twisted guy in a lab coat flipping the lights on and off...on and off...
while the bunny in that collar thingy has onehelluva hangover
from all the drugs they're testing on him.

Electricity is baaaaad! (Think sheep voice)

:twisted:

Someone else may have posted this idea earlier, but I will go ahead and try to describe what I did to carry my Nalgene bottle. I got a set of flat mud flaps [Hard flexible black plastic] from PepBoys for about 9 dollars and trimmed it to snugly fit between the front of the center console and the front of the woofer housing and also drilled a hole on the flap in order to use the nipple that holds the floor mat in place, be sure to drill the hole just right and it will then snap into place and the whole thing will not move. After all that I attached an adjustable cup holder [holds two cups] to the flap that I had trimmed to fit on the floor. I found that the cups leaned forward a little too much, so I raised the front edge of the former mud flap in order to level it. Sooo, I gained an additional two cup holders that are easily adjustable to hold two regular Nalgene bottles :shock: . The adjustable cup holder came from Wal-Mart and come in either black or E gray. This works great and I have made two others for friends with E's :) By the way, I do not have a digital camera, I hope this is understandable. If done correctly, it really blends in well and doesn't look jury rigged. :)