Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I finally have been swayed away from my plastic water bottles, even BPA free ones, after reading all the chemical leaching articles. But I'm picky & frugal. I'll be honest that I hated spending $25 on a water bottle, but I truly an oversatisfied with this one. PROS: - The glass is thick, but the bottle is not overly heavily. I have no worries about dropping the bottom on a carpeted floor without breakage. I have a toddler, so it's already passed that test. (Plush carpet over concrete slab) - The silicone sleeve gives it a nice grip. - There's a ring on the cap, so I can carry it with just a finger, leaving my hands free to carry a laptop & lunch to meetings. - The mouth is the perfect width! It is wider than the mouth of a disposable bottle of water, but much smaller than the mouth of a Nalgene plastic water bottle, which is just about the width of the bottle. No more water spilling out of the sides of my mouth, but I can take a few big gulps easily without coming up for air. - It comes in a 32 oz. size! - Even with the silicone sleeve, it fits in the larger car cup holders! CONS: - The silicone sleeve is thin. I'm not sure how much protection it actually gives against breakage. - The silicone sleeve was not easy to take off & on for the first wash. - The silicone sleeve now seems to have loosened up & I'm slightly concerned it might continue to loosen each wash, eventually making it ineffective. I'll update the review if I find that's the case. I highly recommend this. I drink only water & almost a gallon a day. I'm very picky about my water bottles & I've never liked a water bottle this much! UPDATE: After almost 2 years of use, I'm lowering my rating to 4 starts because of the design of the sleeve. - The silicone sleeve on one of my bottles has torn in one spot, but the product is still very usable. That sleeve is also still quite snug around the bottle. - The sleeve on my 2nd bottle is very loose, but still usable. Honestly, I like this sleeve better because it's much easier to get on & off, yet it still gives the good grip. - My 2nd bottle just broke. I accidentally dropped it on a tile floor from about countertop height and it shattered into an abundance of teeny-tiny shards. As expected, the sleeve offered zero protection on such a hard surface, but the design of the sleeve provided minimal assistance in containing the glass. Because of this, I'm going to look around some more before repurchasing. Still my favorite water bottle to date though! UPDATE 2: I wound up repurchasing this item and I'm bumping my rating back up to 5 stars! The current version of this bottle has fixed some of the design issues stated in my first update. PROS: - The silicone sleeve is now attached to the bottle. This means that the sleeve stays up higher, covering even the rounded top that was previous easily exposed by the removable sleeves. - Also, being attached to the bottle, the lattice design will be less likely to tear. I think the tearing happened mostly from the stretching to take it on & off the bottle in the previous model. - There is an extra layer of silicone & an air cushion between on the bottom of the bottle. This should definitely provide protection for accidental drops on hard surfaces. CONS: - There is still a giant hole on in the silicone on the bottom, in addition to all the lattice holes. If the bottle does shatter again, I expect to have a widespread tiny shards all over the place again. The holes at the bottom of silicone sleeves are supposed to make getting them on & off easier, but since this one can't be removed, I don't know why it's still there. Still my favorite water bottle!