While there’s no hard and fast answer to the question of how often to wash your water bottle, most manufacturers agree: Water bottles should be cleaned at least at the end of every day of use. Personally, washing my water bottle isn’t always high on my priority list, but after reading up on the topic, I aim to try harder.
Here’s the scoop on the recommended cleaning methods for various types of bottles. Don’t forget to wash all caps and lids too, paying special attention to nooks and crannies where germs can hide.
If your bottle starts to smell a little “off,” fill it with hot water and let it sit overnight.
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Oops lol! I need to make a better effort to clean my stainless steel bottles!
Me too
The bottle brush with the enviro/scrubby sleeve is the best thing for my glass bottles ever. The tea residue is not removed in the dishwasher, but the Norwex bottle brush and sleeve get it all every time!
I don’t have one of those yet. It looks smaller, will it fit in the smaller bottles?
The round one fits in my upcycled Snapple bottles.
Love the idea of the rice to help with stuck on grime. I’ve had a few bottles that would get this and I couldn’t get it off no matter what I tried. Will keep it in mind!
Wow, I need to do better. I am the person who finishes the same water from the day before. Weird, I know. I usually drink water.
I do too. Especially with my water from the night stand. I just grab it in the morning and keep going. It gets rinsed out between refills tho.
Yep, I’m with you gals. So need to wash them more often. My kids use the same one all week. Hmmm….. 🙂
Our kids’ school asks us to send in a water bottle that stays at school all week. I’ve never really liked the idea, but honestly only wash mine about every 2-3 days. I guess I’ll be changing that habit!
There wasn’t a choice “I clean it every day or every other day”. For me it depends. I tend to reuse those 32oz pop glasses that are plastic for quite a long time. I refill it with water thruout the day and then it gets put in the sink to wash. As far as washing – I don’t always get the dishes washed every day on the weekend. I try during the week tho since I have the kids and like me they drink water all day long in their own glass.
Great article. Loved the how to clean tips!!
I can not stand a stinky water bottle!
We agree, Kirsten. Stinky water bottles are the worst!
I have a yeti with a straw top and I have to admit I have not been cleaning it daily. I will be trying to do that more. But I have it with me ALL DAY, even over night so it’s hard to remember sometimes…
Good Day! Thank you for sharing.