Review & Giveaway: EcoUsable's Ech2o - The World's Only Stainless Steel Filtered Water Bottle

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So, I am in love...

Seriously, I'm in love with the World's Only Stainless Steel Filtered Water Bottle.

Great filtered water, so eco-friendly, comfortable to hold, great colors and pays for itself within a few uses... How can I not love it?!

Of course, not every product is perfect and can have a flaw or two. The filter makes drinking through the straw a little hard and sometime it feels like you are trying to pull it out. Another thing is not to screw the lid too tight or you will have a struggle trying to open it... BUT, to me, they are minor things compared to being able to drink healthy, clean water wherever we go! And I've found two things to help with getting the water to flow easier... don't fill the bottle too full and tipping the bottle up will help the water to flow out better. So there, problems solved!

We bought one through Amazon.com back in June 2009 when we visited the States because I wasn't too excited about drinking chlorinated tap water or bottled water while we traveled for two weeks... Why? because drinking tap water tastes gross & is really not healthy for you. Bottled water is wasteful, expensive, not 100% reliable & the plastic chemicals often leach into the water... does that sound yummy and refreshing to you? I didn't think so.

Here's a great example of how awful tap water really is: When we were visiting our home church in Des Moines, IA... we stayed with some great friends in West Des Moines. The water in that area is known to have strong chlorinated tap water and a taste that is just disgusting (ask anybody who lives there!). Anyway, we were getting ready to leave the house and I was checking the water bottle to see if it needed to be filled up. As soon as I took off the top... I got a HUGE whiff of chlorine and was gagging from the strong smell. It almost felt like I was back in my high school's indoor swimming pool, I could not believe how bad it was!! I had Jon (my sweet hubby) smell it to see if I was just imagining it, but I wasn't... he withdrew with a disgusted look on his face and I had to laugh because he looked so comical. It really did a great job of filtering out chlorine and other nasty stuff because the water tasted so refreshing during the entire time we traveled. We've traveled with our bottles in most of the USA, Costa Rica & Honduras using the tap water with no ill effects! I even filled it with snow water up in the mountain of Washington and it tasted like clean snow.


My hubby was (and still is!) so glad that I convinced him that we needed to get this bottle for our travels... well... that's what we wives are to do :o) LOL!!

Now, there are several other reasons why I love this brilliant filtered water bottle:

• The container is made of high-quality 304 food-grade, non-leaching and recyclable stainless steel. I learned that stainless steel requires less energy to produce than aluminum and doesn't need a lining.
• The Ionic-Absorption Micro-Filtration System is 100% BPA-free.
• The 25 oz Ech2o water bottle filters up to 100 gallons of water and supposed to last about a year. Replacement filters are sold separately and made in the USA.
• You are saving, up to 757 half liters worth of bottled water, money!!
• While you drink, the filter instantly removes up to 99.99 percent of pollutants (Tested by independent state and EPA approved labs to EPS/ANSI protocols and NSF Standards 42 & 53): Aesthetics: unpleasant taste, odor, clarity, chlorine, sand, sediment and Radon 222. Biological: Pathogens such as cryptosporidium, giardia & other cysts and spores. Chemicals: toxic chemicals, detergents, pesticides and other harmful industrial and agricultural wastes. Dissolved Solids: heavy metals such as aluminum, asbestos, copper, lead, mercury and others.
• You can drink water from the tap, pool, rivers, streams and lakes (everything except salt water). I haven't tried anything beyond the tap water, but it does great for us in Costa Rica!
• Great for emergencies and survival.
• Safer than plastic bottles.
• Available in a variety of colors, designs, sizes and accessories. Their bottles range from $12.49 - $39.99... which is really inexpensive compared to spending money on one-time-use bottled water.

Besides all the great things listed above... my favorite thing about this bottle is taking it with us to the airport and being able to have refreshing, filtered water after going through security. You all know how crazy expensive bottled water can be at the airports and it is vital to stay hydrated while traveling. Check out this fun video below (its a little long, but it gives you a good picture):

Of course, after having a great experience with this bottle I had to contact the company and thank them for creating this brilliant bottle. To my surprise, they replied back quickly and wanted me to review their other products along with doing a giveaway. I was more than happy to do it and found all their products excellent in quality. They are light, very durable & feel great in our hands. We are tossing out our old SIGG bottles because they use aluminum w/ a inner lining while EcoUsable are using food-grade stainless steel. I know SIGG is a high quality brand, but now that stainless steel water bottles are available... why do I want to keep the aluminum?

Their extra accessories are simple, but nice! Their Sports Tops are made from safe, non-leaching polypropylene and has a dirt-proof lid which easily flips open with a gentle pull to unlock the mouthpiece mechanism. EcoUsable also have fun bands called Water Wrapz that fit around the bottles for style and non-slip comfort.

Now, the Giveaway...

25 oz Pink Ech2o Filter Water Bottle, 16 oz Aqua EcoUsable Water Bottle, 1 Stripes Water Wrapz & 1 White Sport Drinking Cap. Yep, you read that right... 2 bottles and 2 accessories! Thanks to EcoUsable, It has been has been fantastic having filtered water on the go. We've used it everywhere in Costa Rica, Honduras and parts of the USA. It is a relief to have these bottles around! If you are not completely convinced that this filter can do the job... watch this video:

How To Enter...

Head over to EcoUsable and "join the revolution"... sign up to receive special offers and sales via email . Then come back here and leave a comment letting me know that you've "joined the revolution". That's one entry!

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You can have a total of 12 entries (12 separate comments). Remember, if you are already following me on Twitter &/or my friend on Facebook &/or following my blog and so on... you automatically have those extra entries! Thank you!!


The Rules...

PLEASE, every comment must have an email address. You can comment with your blog account as long as I can contact you through there! The giveaway ends on May 31st and is open to those who have US mailing addresses (hint: if you live outside of the US, but still have a US mailing address and a way to get the product to you... you are qualified!).

Now, head over to EcoUsable and start entering for this brilliant giveaway!

Disclaimer: I was given a sample pack of bottles to review from EcoUsable. This review is totally my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.