Coleman Autoseal FreeFlow Stainless Steel Water Bottle, Black, 40 oz

I never really write reviews, but felt compelled to share my love for this water bottle. I've had this bottle for over 5 years now and when I initially bought it I had no idea how much I would appreciate this bottle. It's never grown moldy at all on any parts and I'm not the type of person to wash my bottle daily so this has been great for me. I had bought an owala bottle and kept tasting mold when I would drink from it even when I would clean it daily. This bottle is also easy to clean, I love that it doesn't have a straw and is self sealing. It has never once leaked. I've dropped it, banged it etc. and it's gotten a few small dents here and there, but overall has been just as good as the day I got it. The button still works great, the lid, the handle, everything. A contigo water bottle I had, the handle broke off when I dropped it once. If I put ice, there will still be ice in it the next day. The only wear and tear is the rubber on the button part fell off. The only downside is I wish it came in cute colors like owala or stanley's etc. but every time I think about buying a different bottle I hesitate because of how perfect this one is. The only other downside is it doesn't fit in a cupholder, but truly for it's function, it's amazing. It's a great water bottle for lazy people like me, because it takes minimal to no maintenance to use and keeps my water cold all day. I love that I just push a button to drink and I don't have to deal with a straw (I hate straws on water bottles). I have nothing else to add, except that at this point this is my emotional support water bottle and I'll keep it with me forever lol

Having had this for 9 months, this bottle checks all the boxes. Keeps very cold, and has a safety lock. Drinking spout is very well made. It is 40 oz and fits in my car carrier. And it is super rugged. Great water bottle finally has been made.

Most people will rate their purchases within the first few days or weeks of ownership. Unfortunately that doesn't reveal much about the longevity of the product being reviewed.My review for this is being shared after owning the 40oz bottle for almost 5 years.My opinion? You MUST buy this bottle. Nothing else will come close to the quality and longevity for the price.I use this bottle and spout literally every day. The spout mechanism is probably the best design I've ever seen. It's more complicated than most other lids/spouts out there, but dang, the engineers who designed this absolutely nailed it.It simply works and it doesn't leak (there are two caveats I will get to on this later) from the spout like pretty much every other water bottle I've owned. Even nearly 5 years later and a ton of abuse, this thing stays leak-free the majority of the time.The insulated metal body is also quite a rock star here. Hot drinks stay hot. Cold drinks stay cold. It's also incredibly durable as well.While most of the time, it's this bottle is used in relatively mundane environments like at home or office, both the bottle and cap/spout have proved to be exceptionally durable and have withstood *a lot* of abuse, such as being tossed in the back of military tactical vehicles where it bounces around, banging into everything. This bottle has also handled drops from less than 10 feet onto concrete and asphalt and drops greater than 10 feet onto softer surfaces such as gravel roads/dirt. Not just once either. It's handled such falls quite a number of times, with one falling lid first from about 5 feet when it was full 40oz of water.The metal body does not seem to care about falls. Heck, the paint barely seems to care either.As complicated as the spout mechanism is, it's very easy to clean with a dish brush and dish soap. The bottle says to hand-wash only, but I toss both it and the lid in the dishwasher and nothing bad seems to have happened. Your mileage may vary though.In terms of the occasional leaks, I've found this can happen from two different reasons. The first is not twisting the lid back on completely. If it's a bit lose, it will leak from the neck (this is a weird sounding sentence). The solution is to just make sure you tighten it more.The next leak area is the spout. I should preface by saying leaks from here have been *exceptionally* rare, at least for me.When it does happen, it's usually because the silicone seal isn't fully seated due to dirt or the button was pushed a small bit.The solution here is to make sure you keep the silicone seal clean and inspect it for damage whenever you clean it. If everything looks fine, but it still leaks, then the button might be slightly jammed open or the mechanism wasn't realigned properly. This will make more sense once you have it in your hands and look at everything.Another cause for leaks is if it's full of hot drinks (or if you fill it and then go onto an airplane). The steam and/or pressure change will pressurize everything. Normally this would improve the seal, but there have been cases where it leaked a little from some part of the bottle. The solution is to keep the bottle upright and release the pressure by pushing the button thing.Finally, in one of the pictures I posted, you can see the carry handle is broken and the spout cover lid is cracked. The cracked spout cover was caused by a 5 foot fall straight-straight down onto concrete while being filled with water. It only cracked the lid. The marks around the hinge were from me trying to remove the lid (to try replacing it, but I failed).The broken carry handle happened literally yesterday (from the day this review is being posted). The handle was up and it fell onto ceramic tile handle first. The bottle was full with water. I don't think anything except metal or TPU/rubber would have survived that impact. The fact this happened nearly 5 years after owning it, this sort of thing was bound to happen and can't be blamed on the build quality. It's also possible that cleaning everything in the dishwasher made it a bit more brittle over time. Who knows.So yes. This is a very long review that rates the product after 5 years of daily use. The conclusion is that it does exactly what it needs to do, is exceptionally durable, and all at a very good price.