Attention all ultralight outdoor gear diehards: if you’ve already shaved as many ounces from your hiking kit as possible and are looking for another way to shed weight, may we recommend investing in a quality titanium bottle. That is, if you've got some disposable income.
As with any new gear purchase, it's important to make a cost-benefit analyses. Which can be rather tricky when it comes to titanium. From a price point alone, its accessibility score is low. Ti water bottles tend to cost three times the price of your average stainless steel water bottle, and many more multiples than a Smartwater bottle. But on the flip side, a high quality titanium water bottle will be crazy lightweight, virtually indestructible, and naturally mold and bacteria resistant (especially important if you’re the type to sometimes wait a long time between washes).
