I like the stainless bottles as they kind of start to smell like my French Horn when they get funky.
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > marketing > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:01 PM, R Gonet <richard.go...@earthlink.net> > wrote: >> >> Why do so many of you value SS bottles so highly? I've been using >> Polar Bottles and like them a lot. >> They're insulated, less expensive, no BPA, no flavor, you can squeeze >> them, they don't rattle in a bottle cage. Is there some advantage to >> SS that I don't know about? I'll admit they do look good. >> >> On Oct 11, 6:10 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I sent my 1L and 1.5L bottles to them, and they credited me $50 toward a >> > new >> > purchase. Unfortunately that doesn't cover a direct replacement in >> > those >> > sizes, so I instead picked up the double walled stainless steel 1L >> > thermos. >> > That was $40, and there was nothing available for the extra $10 credit. >> > The >> > thermos hasn't arrived yet, and it's been a couple weeks since I ordered >> > it. I presume it'll come, but it's not exactly a quick turn around. >> > >> > I used the 1.5L bottle daily, so needed something immediately and >> > purchased >> > a KK 40oz. container. >> > >> > The KK new sport-top 2 is supposed to be pretty cool FWIW. >> > >> > DE >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Guess I should have returned my Sigg to Rivendell instead of to the >> > > Sigg address. Just got back from a week bike tour and found still no >> > > news whatsoever from Sigg. And yes, I had forwarded a request for >> > > update before leaving. I hope Sigg at least got the bottle to recycle >> > > the aluminum. Probably just stick with the Wall Bike bottles I used >> > > on this trip. >> > >> > > On Sep 20, 10:31 pm, R Gonet <richard.go...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> > > > On Sep 20, 9:06 pm, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: >> > >> > > > > On Sep 20, 2009, at 10:40 AM, R Gonet wrote: >> > >> > > > > >> Again, think about Rivendell having to deal with a recall on >> > > > > >> one of >> > > > > >> their products. They'd have to assign some of their limited >> > > > > >> staff >> > > to >> > > > > >> deal with that but would still be doing business as usual. >> > > > > >> Everything would be slower- new order fulfillment as well as >> > > > > >> processing the recall. All the RBW folks would (hopefully) >> > > > > >> understand this- because Rivendell is not a faceless >> > > > > >> corporation to >> > > > > >> us- and cut them some slack. We should do the same with Sigg. >> > >> > > > > > Companies like RBW, Sigg, Patagonia, and others trade on their >> > > > > > reputation for quality, reliability, and integrity to earn our >> > > > > > trust. >> > > > > > When I buy a no-name product made in China, I know I'm taking my >> > > > > > chances. When I pay a premium to buy a product from one of the >> > > > > > aforesaid companies, I rely on their reputation to deliver a >> > > > > > quality >> > > > > > product. I'm not overly concerned about BPA but when a company >> > > > > > employs deceptive practices, I think they don't deserve any >> > > > > > slack. >> > >> > > > > Richard, you're obviously tweaked about this and we're not going >> > > > > to >> > > > > agree. Since this isn't a Riv topic, maybe it should be left off >> > > > > of >> > > > > the mailing list. >> > >> > > > Tim: >> > > > I agree. We've beaten this horse to death. We should be out >> > > > riding >> > > > instead. >> > > > Richard. >> > >> > -- >> > Cheers, >> > David >> > Redlands, CA >> > >> > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something >> > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, >> > scientist guy >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy > > > > -- Tarik Saleh tas at tariksaleh dot com in los alamos, po box 208, 87544 http://tariksaleh.com all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
