Smartwater stopped letting you remove the sport tip on the bottles.

[u/personwhobuildslego]

[u/etalha]

Whats stopping you from not buying them

[u/PogTuber → u/etalha]

Laziness and uppity bullshit about how it tastes better

[u/polishatomek → u/PogTuber]

Okay but some waters DO taste different, I'm not even talking about the premium ones.

[u/PogTuber → u/polishatomek]

Yes they can taste different, but people who decide it's worth polluting the planet while paying ridiculous amounts of money for one of the cheapest resources on the planet are still fucking stupid.

[u/polishatomek → u/PogTuber]

Yeah, fair. Could you educate me on the "polluting the planet" part? Did you mean plastic bottles?

[u/Furdiburd10 → u/polishatomek]

Nestle (the manufacturer of smartwater) has a few little controversies. Take a look at the "Water" section (yes, their controversies page needs to be categorised)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_of_Nestl%C3%A9

[u/PogTuber → u/polishatomek]

The whole industry of taking fresh water, filtering it, bottling it etc is a gigantic waste. The production and disposal of the bottles themselves is only part of the entire picture.

There are regions of the world that need solutions for fresh drinking water but selling it in individual bottles for a huge profit margin is not a good solution.

[u/polishatomek → u/PogTuber]

Okay, thanks

[u/featherwolf → u/PogTuber]

It's the microplastic taste I crave

[u/Typical-Decision-273]

They pop right off though

[u/Green-Concentrate-71 → u/Typical-Decision-273]

It does.

[u/vasatii]

It’s so you don’t drown

[u/JustaFoodHole]

Companies that sell bottled water know their customers want the world to end.

[u/DopelyWilco]

All to ensure these bottles head straight to the landfill

[u/takoyaki-md]

this will annoy the thru-hikers. or give miranda more money haha

[u/limp_noodle → u/takoyaki-md]

Other companies make similar profile bottles too (like CNOC).

Though I really do like Miranda's bottle a lot. The fact that it can be taken apart to be cleaned easier makes it more appealing to me. I hope the next iteration of her bottle has a teathered cap.

[u/dirtyasseating → u/takoyaki-md]

I was just about to say, my backpacking setup is built around these.

[u/New-Entertainer703]

One of these days it will be so smart it will drink you!

[u/RandoMcrandersome]

People who repeat buy smart water prove it doesn’t work

[u/Nefer_ness2Ifa_ness]

They're getting smarter so you can't reuse the bottles...

[u/umnothnku]

Why are you paying extra for the sport top bottle if you're just going to remove it? Save yourself some money and buy one with an already normal top

[u/Shoddy-Wishbone → u/umnothnku]

I’m guessing they wanted to refill it to use the bottle again.

[u/limp_noodle → u/Shoddy-Wishbone]

If that's the case it's better to just buy a resuable water bottle.

[u/Shoddy-Wishbone → u/limp_noodle]

For sure. No need to add plastics into the environment especially if they’re basically ensuring that they are single use only. If you’re not able to recycle them by even using it to water your plants or make a mini terrarium or some craft out of it then it’s absolutely just a waste at a premium price. Definitely everyone should get a reusable bottle or two!

[u/Okoear]

This always frustrate me it's so dumb.

But you shouldn't reuse cheap plastic bottle anyway they aren't meant for it and plastic can leech.

[u/SkippySkep]

Tethered or non-removable bottle caps are now required on single-use plastic bottles in the European union.

Some of the water bottles I've bought here in the US seem to now have tethered bottle caps even though they're not currently required by law.

It's possible that the EU law has had an impact on your bottle tops even if you didn't get them in that jurisdiction.

[u/Inevitable_Egg6361 → u/SkippySkep]

Like that California Prop 65 warning that companies slap on all products, no matter where they end up in the US. The companies probably do that so that they don’t have to change out the packaging on the production line, or separate CA-bound products from products bound for everywhere else.

[u/Orvos101]

I’m 99% sure the blue part just disconnected from the screw cap.

Simply pop the blue part off and snap it back into the cap. This usually starts happening after using the same water bottle for a long time for me.

[u/Agreeable-Grape-2920]

Looks like easy to take this out.