I’ve long been a fan of BPA-free water bottles. Over a year ago I wrote about how Health Canada had announced BPA was part of its list of toxic substances, and I promoted stanless steel, BPA-free bottles. Ever since I’ve been carting my water bottle around with me to work, to the park, to the rink and around home.
However, the Sigg bottles I found were very expensive, and not easily accesible across the country. Now along come Otterbottles to make environmentally friendly even more convenient.
Calgary’s own Shannon Andrukow combined her style and creativity with her passion for the environment,and created an alternative to Bisphenol A (BPA) bottles called Otterbottle. Each Otterbottle is 100%, 18/8 grade stainless steel, BPA-free and earth-friendly, sporting a different design motif on each bottle to suit everyone’s tastes.
Best of all, a portion of the proceeds from each purchase goes to David Suzuki Foundation, which focuses on finding ways for our society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us.
Otterbottles are available for purchase online and at more than 40 stores across the country for $17.99 to $21.99 in unique and cool styles. They’re dishwasher safe and contain no aluminum. They’re a great choice to help protect our water, health and environment. I’ve been carting mine around for months and my Otterbottle looks cool, keeps my water cold and helps the environment.
Leave a comment below for a chance to win your own 750 ml Otterbottle. Simply tell me where you’d carry yours! Remember, you must be an urbanmoms.ca member to be eligible to win any of our contests. Membership is free and it’s so easy to join. Why not do it now?
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I’d love to win this. The designs are great. I carry water everywhere and am encouraging my teens to do the same. My daughter goes to university next year. It would be stylish and great for her to carry on campus.
I carry a bottle everywhere and always try to hide it in a bag, these bottles would be front and centre, no hiding beauty and style!!
Well now I would have to go to the gym so I can show off my stylish otterbottle!
My bottle would be with me at all times! I would keep it in my purse.
i would love to win this beautiful water bottle and use it all summer
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I would bring my bottle everywhere I go. I am trying to intake more water and/or cool beverages. I would share it with my daughter, Chloe as well 🙂 Mainly the bottle would be in my diaper bag and vehicle. 🙂
I would carry mine to the park, and would make sure each of my 3 kids had one as well. I would also take it with me while travelling and on vacation.
really nice bottle. Since I am a HUGE GREEN person I would carry it everywhere. But, my Fav spot would be my girls Horse shows…out in sun all day this bottle would be well used
I would carry mine everywhere in my daughter’s diaper bag. It has two pouches for drinks, so her sippy in one and my Otterbottle in the other! Wouldn’t we both be content then!
i won’t leave home without it….very cool designs!! my sweet little granddaughter would love this as well!!
I would take my cool water bottle on bike rides to the park.
I’d carry mine EVERYWHERE! I try to keep a bottle of water with me at all times.
Please count me in, I’d love to win this so I could take it to work instead of disposibles! Thanks for the contest;)
Would tak it on a hike.
Teresa
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This is a really nice bottle. Water is the best wholesome drink available in the world and I drink 6-8 glasses a day. I love it!
Everywhere, because it’s so cute! That and I can’t live without water for longer than an hour.
Love the bottle. I would take it work with me.
Kudos to another forward thinking Canadian for doing her part to make our environment better, and sharing it with everyone.
I would use the bottle, every day, and bring it everywhere I go.
I’d take my new BPA bottle to work and out for walks with my daughter Abby!
Take it to school and use it around the students.
There’s a carabineer sitting on my backpack already waiting to take the bottle wherever I go…
I would use it in my lunch for work.
This would be great to bring to my hot yoga classes!
I would take it everywhere with me. Especially in the car where my two kids are always asking for water!
I need one of these for the gym..
to the gym of course; that’s a given. i would take it everywhere i go.
I always like to have water with me, from trips to the grocery store or the park with the kids to days at the zoo.
that’s one snazzy looking water bottle – should would love to call it mine
thanks for the contest!
I would tag it on to my double stroller for my walks! I have a “mommy hook” on my stroller. It’s a giant hook that clips to the handle and this would be a perfect addition. I’m currently on mat leave but when I’m back to work it’s coming with me! Come to think of it, it would be my new everyday accessory! I’d bring it everywhere.
I would bring it with me everywhere. Stylish and environmentally friendly to boot! Awesome idea!
I would take it everywhere
I would bring to gym. I go a few times a week and currently using the plastic throw aways. This would be the envy of everyone. I am so conscious about BPA. Got rid of all the babies BPA bottles, got rid of my plastic cooking dishes which contain BPA. BPA free is the way of the future.
I would carry mine everywhere from the soccer field to work : )
It will be my golf buddy
Very nice! Ideal for women like me who go green every chance they get!!
I’ll use mine on my vacation. I plan to do a lot of touring.
I’ll take mine this summer touring out East
To Mommy & Me class.
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I would take it to yoga class, and would use it for sure!
I love the look of steel! and so colorful 2. I can see it now! Mom I’m taking your water bottle to go to the park!
ill take it hiking!
My kids have their own and I’d love this one for me!
I’d use mine at work everyday & when I go bike riding. Love the colours.
I would carry my otterbottle to the gym.
I would attach mine to my mommy hook on my stroller so it’s easily within reach where ever I might be!!
I’d carry mine to school, when I’m biking… really, everywhere. I always like to have water with me.
I’d take mine on walks with my family! And to the many soccer games I’ll be attending this summer!
Everywhere! I am a nursing Mama and I take water with me everywhere!
I would carry mine to my classroom 🙂
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I would carry mine to work! I just got my first post-university job, and I know keeping hydrated is going to be a big part of keeping myself centred.
I’d carry mine to work.
I’d keep it in the freezer until I needed it. The fill it up & go.
At the ball park watching my 2 litte female Ty Cobbs play t ball!
I would bring it to my daughter, she is trying to stop using plastic water bottles.
Very cute and visually attractive!
Thanks
I’d bring mine with me everywhere! I drink water all day long so I’d want this with me throughout the day.
I like the designs of these bottles
I’d carry it everywhere! I always take water wherever I go. I walk almost everywhere with my son. The park, the library, bakery…
I would take it to work and school
I take the train to and from work everyday and that would be perfect to carry in my bag! Of course I would use it at work as well, we are now becoming more environmentally conscious at work.
I’ll carry mine on all my daily walks & breaks along the way.
how sweet!
I’d take mine with me when I walk my dogs.
I would carry mine everywhere around the house and at the park with the kids. Thanks.
I’d use it to take water to the park for my kids! Great idea and stylin’!
It’s so cute! I’d take it everywhere, to and from work, getting together with friends. It’d be perfect for when I’m stuck on the subway and thirsty since I really hate carrying around plastic water bottles.
I’d carry my bottle to work, to the gym, to church, well everywhere really!
I would take mine to the classroom where I teach every day and to my yoga classes too!
I’d carry my bottle in my backpack on hikes around our Provincial parks.
I would carry mine in my van everywhere I go, to yoga & aquafit, shopping, out for a drive etc. I always carry water with me because it is my favourite drink.
I bought one for a friend, and they are great. These bottles if you store them ahead of time with water and in the fridge will keep water cool and clean. Nice on a hot day.
All the way to Ireland!
I would place my bottle on my bike and take it with me everywhere!!!
Georgous! Would love it…
I WOULDN’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT. GROCERIES, SHOPPING, WALKING, TRAVELLING.
I would take mine to the park
Probably easier to ask where I wouldn’t take it! I’d take it everywhere.
I’ld carry mine to school…not as a student but as teacher and set a good example to the kids.
It’s perfect for everywhere I go.
Please enter me into this contest
Everywhere, I’d never be without it.
I would carry mine on my daily walks and whenever I am on campus/in class. This would be a great way to avoid all those plastic bottles they sell at my university 🙂
My husband jokes that I should have a water tap beside the bed, as I drink so much water. This will look sweet, stylish & be ever so useful on my night stand every night!
Very nice and stylish
I would take my bottle everywhere! Me and my baby r always out of the house! Playgroups, the park, the library! I would always have it in tow!
i would carry it with me throughout the day…and it would be on my nightstand for my nightly sips.
these are great
I would carry mine to work. I always keep a cup of ice water with me at my desk.
so cute! I’d use it all the time. Thanks for the great contest.
I’d take mine with me to the Maritimes in September — and everywhere else! They’re great.
I’m a big hiker, and now that my son is three, he can go with me. I would fill this up to take on hikes through the Qu’Appelle valley. And what a great thing to take berry-picking come early August!
I think these are a great thing for the environment and for our health. Good on road trips.
I love reusable bottles now. They are so sleek and cool looking. I’d always have one in my bag and on in my car.
Pleasing to the eye, AND environmentally friendly! It doesn’t get any better than that!
I would use to refresh myself while I mow lawns for 8 hours a day.
I would take this to work and to the gym when i am working out and since i like going for walks this Otterbottle would be good to keep me hydrated. They have nice designs also.
Thank you for the giveaway.
I am a teacher and I would have it in the classroom with my all day!!! Thanks for the giveaway:)
I would take it everywhere I go
Where wouldn’t I take it?! I have a water bottle with me everywhere, but the plastic one I currently use is getting pretty dinged up! I could use a new one!
Great giveaway!
Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
I would love to win this and then I would have the coolest water bottle in my step class !
Perfect for the car! I’d love one.
Hawaii, in three weeks! Yay!
I love it! we are trying to eliminate are use of bottled water and this would be great!
walking the dog,taking the kids to the park,shopping…….
I would use it in my car, when driving, It is really nice looking & practical too!!
I would use it as I go for my daily walks — I would be SO stylin’ with this water bottle… no one would even notice that I was perspriring from the exercise, because they would be noticing my — oh so pretty — Otterbottle…
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I would use one on my daily 5km walk with 3 other Mom friends.
No matter the weather, we four head off on our walk every morning after dropping the wee ones at school.
During our walks we practically solve all the world’s problems!
Of course my kids have groovy stainless bottles, but I still have not bought one for myself!!!!
I’d bring it to the office with me & I’d use it at the gym too!
This is so pretty. I would take it to work with me and keep it on my desk – making sure to drink a lot of water. I know that I will get a lot of positive comments as it is unique (one of a kind).
I would bring that bottle anywhere I go! Nowhere is off limits!
Incredible bottles, I use mine everywhere and would love one for my son
I’d take mine to the park!
Long live stainless steel. I’d carry this everywhere. I tried the aluminum bottles and they left a bad taste.
I’d have my son carry it every day at camp over the summer. Little boys need to remember to drink water on those hot sunny days!
These are great!
I’d carry it on my daily long walks with my baby.
I think these look really stylish and fun! I think my daughter would scoop it from me if I won one!
I would take this everywhere. I love it. I could bring it with me to the park, shopping, etc. I would probably even fill it and keep it with me around the house while I was cleaning.
My hubby won’t let my 4 kids bring water bottles because of the plastic dangers. I am glam there is something out there besides heavy glass bottles.
I carry mine while my daughter and I walk to school.
i would take mine everywhere with me. Especially to work
I haven’t been that creative with my acts of ‘green’ lately! This would certainly kick me back on track! Not to mention how kewt this is!! I am going back to work for the first time in 4 years and I just bought a Brita Jug for my fridge because I am tired of buying bottled water. This would be perfect! I wouldn’t even put it in my bag, just tote it out in front of me! Look at me!! I am doing my part!!! Great Idea!
I always have a bottle with me for wherever I go. I love that these are BPA free and are safe and convenient for everyday use.
I need this for work. It’s very pretty.
Wow — I would bring it everywhere.
I hate how most reusable plastic bottles make your water taste like plastic so I’ve been scouting for a stainless one. I take water with me everyday on the bus as we head to our daily activity. Will be nice to have a pretty one in my “signature colour”: purple!
Joanna
Nice I sure like the looks of this bottle Hope I win
I’d carry mine just about everywhere I go!
I’ve been looking for a good looking BPA free bottle, and finally, this looks like the one!!! This would be great for workouts, work and around the pool!!
I would take it to the beach everyday during the summer. It would be great at the gym and on walks with the family.
I would use the otterbottle all of the time. Actually i have bought my son many of the bpa sippy cups for his use, but have neglected to do the same for myself. I guess its just one of those things that moms usually think of themselves last LOL!!
I would use the otterbottle all of the time. Actually i have bought my son many of the bpa sippy cups for his use, but have neglected to do the same for myself. I guess its just one of those things that moms usually think of themselves last LOL!!
I would use the Otterbottle when I am playing with our granddaughter outside and when we go for walks. Her name is Lily Grace.
Yet again another Canadian woman is creating another great product.
with my desire to drink more water the bottle would be very convenient to have
I really could use a bottle like this. I would carry it with me whenever I go out
i would love one of these! have to ditch the pastic bottle!
I’d take it everywhere, but especially on walks to the park with my puppy!
I love how cute the design of the bottle is. I too am a huge fan of BPA-free bottles, so much so that I have spared no expense buying them for my now 2yr old daughter. She has had BornFree products since the news first broke with regards to the harmful hazards of BPA. That was back when the alternative products like BornFree were not so readily available. I continue my BPA free products for my son, including teething products. Hopefully one day BPA can be eliminated from the majority of products we use daily.
I would carry mine everywhere especially in places where bottled water is sold
I love the design of this one!! I would use it when I am driving the school bus.
I too love BPA stainless steel bottles, this Otterbottle looks fab!
We had a water system installed a few years back so I don’t buy the dusty or chemical flavoured water.
I would use this Chic Otterbottle everywhere I go, but you’d mostly see me on a soccer pitch (daily event) throughout the Golden-horse- Shoe (our soccer loop), but I’d also be seen carrying mine to the kids school, we are trying to be a litterless school as much as possible, & since I am an uber volunteer I will be setting an example for the students, win-win!!!
I would take my Otter bottle everywhere, if it manages to remain mine…I have two girls who would probably claim the bottle as theirs, they are as my oldest would say”pretty!…so, basically, if I actually got to keep possession of the bottle it would go everywhere so that I wouldn’t have to search for it in my daughter’s possessions.
I would use my stylish Otterbottle whenever I went for a long walk in the park or even when exercising on my treadmill.
I would carry mine everywhere. I purchased my own water dispenser because I felt horrible about using so many plastic water bottles, so this would be perfect since I haven’t anything to use to go portable yet!
I would take it to work, to play, everywhere. I so need one of these. I am always drinking water and don’t want to hurt our envirment.
I’d carry mine everywhere…to work, the beach…on a walk…you name it and I’ll take it…
Nice bottle! I am never without a water bottle so, I would say, that it would go everywhere with me!
I would take this bottle with me everywhere i go from the park with my baby to the mall!
Nice to see “safe” water bottles like this one!
Very cute bottle! Thanks for the contest!
Very nice bottle indeed !
Nice bottle!!
I would carry mine to work, where I walk back and forth to catch the go train.
I’d carry it when we go for walks in the wood with our dogs
The designs would keep everybody happy & I would take it to work all of the time – I find I drink up to 8 bottles a day 🙂
Love the water bottles… the unique designs keep the fighting in my family at a minimum. It also gets me drinking more water than I used too. I keep it filled on my counter at all times.
I’d take mine when I go to the movies.
I’d bring mine to work with me.
I’d take it every time I left the house, whether while running around, for a day trip or a big trip. I think they are great!
I’d take mine with me everywhere…know matter where I go through out my day I alwasy have a bottle of water with me…I buy the plastic one and just keep refilling them ….some people say thats bad and so I would love to win this water bottle …they are great for the environment and look sooo very pretty
Very funky bottle, I would keep it at work and take it with me on vacation.
To the park, to my exercise class… it is so attractive i would carry it everywhere proudly!
I’d also take mine everywhere – inside and outside the house!
My Otterbottle would follow me wherever I go!
I will use each and every day where I happen to be!
It is a lovely bottle. I will carry it everywhere.
I’d take mine to the park.
What a great idea! I’d take mine everywhere . . . the car, to work, to yoga! Thanx for the contest!
I would use mine at the gym and attach it to the outside of my gym bag, just like a hip accessorie.
Love that bottle! I would take it in the car with me, and also to my workouts, where I’m always, always gulping down the water!
I always carry water for the kids but usually forget mine! What a treat it would be to have a lovely bottle that I wouldn’t want to forget at home!
I would take it to rehearsals… we have to play in these old buildings that often don’t even have water fountains, and 2 hours into rehearsal, I’m thirsty!! (and I need something that won’t spill…)
I would take this to the poolside and dring from it while I swim laps training for a triathlon and then take it to the park with my kids! They are beautiful and functional.
Let’s see. I would carry mine to the park, to get groceries, to playgroups. Running errands. Everywhere I go basically.
Looks awesome! Would love to win it!
It’s pretty stylish, I’d carry mine somewhere visible!
I COULD REALLY USE THIS FOR MY WALKING TRIPS EVERYDAY THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT CONTEST
I’d take to the gym, to all my dance classes, to my dance performances, to work, on shopping trips, just everywhere!
I would use the bottle at home, on the bus, in the car, on walks with my son, anywhere and everywhere 🙂
But especially at work… I’m a music teacher (beginner voice and piano) and I encourage all my students (especially vocal students) to bring water to every lesson. It sets a good example when I bring a water bottle and it gets them into the habit of drinking water and keeping themselves hydrated 🙂
I would bring my bottle with me whenever I needed one. It would sure be nice to know you have a safe bottle to drink out of.
For starters, it would get me to actually start drinking water. I’ve never been a fan of the plastic water bottles and find myself making an excuse that walking from my desk to the kitchen to fill up my little paper cup is too long of a walk. So with this new fancy Otterbottle I’d definitely bring it to work 🙂
I would take mine to work. I am a supply teacher and I always have to have water with me to take sips throughout the day!
I would carry mine when I go walking every other day…it would be a new addition to my get healthy regime as I don’t yet own one!
I’d carry mine anywhere and everywhere I would go!
i’d carry mine while hiking with our new puppy
Fabulous! And I like the size of the drinking hole – much better size than my Nalgene bottle!!
the bottle would be perfect for my dauther to carry to school
hope I will win
Just took a “Barbie” thermos water bottle to Cuba and destroyed it! Would take this one on many trips, and use it on a daily basis at school and daycare! Love it!
I’d carry mine to the park with my daughter!
I would take it with me everywhere, i constantly am drinking water throughout my day and this gorgeous and green bottle would sure fit the bill.
I’d carry it everywhere!
I would take my bottle with me at all times, as I go to work out daily, walk etc. I also take meds. during the day and I would be handy to have a drink at hand at all times.
I would take it on a Harley Davidson and in a Fast Car! To the shopping Mall and on the bus! I would even share with a puppy cause I know my waters safe!
It would be perfect for my daughter to carry to school and on the soccer field.
I use a stainless steel bottle to take water to work with me. It works fine, but its boring to look at!
I would love to have this! It is very hard to find a good functioning and good looking bottle. This one is both!
I would use mine at night by my bedside, that way if I knock it off it has a stopper and I don’t spill it all over the rug.
I normally use a water bottle at the gym, but as summer comes along, I’d bring it with me everywhere
The designs are so trendy, I would bring it everywhere all over the lower mainland and then some.
I’d take mine everywhere from walks with the kids to the gym and especially in the car where I tend to get thirsty, but don’t want to take a plastic bottle and leave it sitting in the sun if I forget about it!
I’d take mine on a plane!!
I am a water machine, that is all I drink and I am so proud of my girls now, from watching Mommy drink water all the time…that is their number one choice as well…so if I had one of those awesome looking bottles…..wonder how many more people I could attract ‘drinking water’
These look fantastic! It’s nice to know that I would be helping the environment while bringing water with me everywhere (to the gym, to work, on walks with the kids…you name it)
Cute and health conscious! I love it. I work in a non-office job and it is perfect to leave here and there without worrying about breakage and mistaking it from someone elses cup.
i’d take mine for our daily walks!
I really appreciate a more affordable alternative.
Wow — I would bring it everywhere, to my volunteer work at the school, while walking the dog, on car rides — everywhere I used to bring water bottles. Really pretty, too — I may even drink more water!
I can use the water bottle for next year’s Vancouver Sun Run.
I would carry it everywhere.
Pretty bottle. I would leave one in my office and carry another one everywhere.
These are beautiful. As long as the bottle is “pretty”, my daughters will drink anything out of it. I would appreciate it and use it during many family outings like our holidays to Florida in June and our annual Terry Fox Run in memory of my dad. Thank you.
I’d carry it everywhere! I admit it, I’m guilty of using plastic bottles all the time… I just haven’t found another bottle I’m happy with but I’d LOVE the new Otterbottle!!!! Please! Please!
I would take mine everywhere I am a water drinker, so for walks to the dog park, to the beach……..
I’d carry mine everywhere. Daughter’s dance class, chess club for the boys. Soccer for them all. Everywhere!
I’d take it everwhere. I always bring along a bottle of water.
I would like to win one as I would carry mine to my workout class and to work and on my walk and since I do not drive I would carry it alot.I believe in saving the earth as I have grandchildren and show them how easy it is to pick up someone else garbage as we walk through to park or if we see it on their way to school. I believe in the organization that David Sazooly has started and supportby cutting energy and reduce garbage where I would carry my water bottle proud if I won and would tell everyone and I try to get people around my self to reuse recycle and reduce . Thankk You Margaret Dennis
I’d carry mine all around the Army base while me and the kids go visit Daddy at work. They are beautiful!
I would carry mine during my 60km walk for The Weekend to End Breast Cancer!!
Wow – aren’t they adorable! I think mine would go everywhere I did! Sure a whole lot more stylish than my current plastic bottle of water – lol!
These bottles are so beautiful, I think I would take mine everywhere!
i’d carry mine to wimbledon tennis tour in uk and show it off to all my friends!
Nice water bottle and good to know its safe for our kids to use !
Everywhere! Vancouver in May and Spain in July…
I love the designs! I just bought my daughters these cute ones they had at Toys’r’us and was hoping they had more stylish ones for the moms out there – this is great!
It looks pretty!
I’d take that baby everywhere I went lol I’m constantly needing something to drink while I’m running around. Love it!!
i’d carry mine to disneyworld!