Water Bottles - How do you clean yours??*

Iron Enthusiast

was just wondering how other people clean out their Water-bottles?

Usually when I finish a training session i empty out my water bottles and simply fill them with warm water a few times - shaking them each time and then rinsing them out afterwards. This seems to work fine for the bottles I only use for water, but the bottles I put HI:5 or sports drink into seem to be alot harder to clean either acquiring a weird smell or horrible after-taste over time!
I made the mistake of using washing liquid on some bottles once and the result was that everything I put into them tasted like soap!
Generally I pick up new water bottles every once in a while but I was just wondering if anyone else happened to know a good way of cleaning them quickly?

Thanks a million!:pac:

el tel

I like to pour boiling water into mine, they go soft and you get to smell the plasticizer. Alternatively I put them in the dishwasher. When I say 'I', I of course mean my deputy butler.

Jawgap

I usually wait til the mould builds up to the point where the clear plastic indicator bit is fouled up then I scrub them and use Milton:)

Seriously, I rinse after every ride (ooooh-ah, missus!) and fill them occasionally with a solution of Milton and leave overnight.

ednwireland

rinse after every ride, every couple of weks diswaher and or milton

unless picked up off the road at a race then all the above several times

07Lapierre

Don't know how she cleans them..I'll ask the wife..(when she's finished the ironing that is!):p

onimpulse

Dishwasher... never even thought of doing anything else?

Raam

el tel wrote: »

deputy butler.

You have two?

amused2death

Jawgap wrote: »

I usually wait til the mould builds up to the point where the clear plastic indicator bit is fouled up then I scrub them and use Milton:)

Seriously, I rinse after every ride (ooooh-ah, missus!) and fill them occasionally with a solution of Milton and leave overnight.

Milton or tesco's own brand sterilising solution are the most suitable for cleaning and sterlising drinking bottles. Try avoid using bleach as it sticks to the plastic and leaving a nasty taste. Sterlising solutions rinse out very easily and are much safer to use. Regular use prevents the build up of harmful bacteria and spores. Replacing old bottles every few months is also recommended. Old bottles are great for holding spare tubes & levers.

fletch

I have only ever put water in mine so have never washed it....

yop

With the toilet brush and petrol.

Cleans it well out.

papac

I steam mine. Little bit of water simmering in a big pot and put the bottle in a colander in the pot. Leave a few minutes.Its how my mother used to do baby bottles.

The odd top has buggered up on cheap ones but most are fine.

keenan110

Pop them into a basin of hot water with Milton after each use.

velo.2010

Wet Cotton buds to clean out the gunk that builds up in the closing caps.

Hungrycol

A baby bottle brush.

SomeFool

Diswasher normally, soak them all in Milton about once a month if i think of it.

Garlic Suplmnt

All this milton?! I'd have thought you'd all be on solids by now?

CramCycle

el tel wrote: »

I like to pour boiling water into mine, they go soft and you get to smell the plasticizer. Alternatively I put them in the dishwasher. When I say 'I', I of course mean my deputy butler.

My "deputy" butler makes me clean hers

Jawgap wrote: »

I usually wait til the mould builds up to the point where the clear plastic indicator bit is fouled up then I scrub them and use Milton:)

From my days behind the bar, a few hours soaked in Milton should do the job.

In my own opinion, boiling water, shaken, rinsed and then again. Cleaned out even an attempt at recreating Alexander Flemings famous discovery in my bikes coffee holder.

alcyst

the gunk inside is bad, the road grime on the outside is worse

Signal_ rabbit

onimpulse wrote: »

Dishwasher... never even thought of doing anything else?

+1