Smart water bottle vs Gatorade bottle

Gatorde bottle is sturdier,but maybe also more brittle? Also, your Sawyer filter will fit on the Smartwater bottle, but not on the Gatorade, if you care about that. Beyond that, it’s probably a question of which fits better in your pack pockets, is easier to get in/out, etc.

I like Smartwater for water, partly because the tall, thin shape packs well, and partly because the threads are fairly compatible with some of my filtration gear. I find Gatorade bottles useful for mixing electrolyte drinks and the like. Since I mostly use Platypus bags for water, I'm more likely to carry one Gatorade bottle for mixing things. (Actually, it's most often a Vitaminwater bottle.)

I have used the Gatorade bottles and for me it is been a "meh". I dayhike every weekend or at least once a week in the calendar, so water carry is frequent. I want an easy to keep clean re-usable container. Recycling plastics, regardless of material, is a hoax. The other issue I have is 4 months a year where I am, all my insulated jackets and covers fit one liter Nalgenes or 2 liter bladders. 

Like others have mentioned, interoperability of the "C" standard beverage thread used on the Smart Water bottle with other devices makes them very attractive. My Platypus water bladders and containers have long used the same threads. I actually loathe the Smart Water bottles yet have used them at times. I do have a number of other collapsible 2 liter water containers and a "C" thread CNOC 3-liter raw water bag that will work with Sawyer filter and my MSR MiniWorks filter.

Hey BeFree folks! Is the Gatorade bottle and BeFree threads the same?

Exactly:

From the MSR Mini Works system that used the Nalgene thread on whole family of water handling products to the Sawyer designs building around the C standard....why did BeFree go out there with a proprietary standard? CNOC did jump in with bags.
The hype around Gatorade bottles started at the same time I was using 2 liter bottles for large water hauls rather than my heavier MSR bladders. They are the C standard too.
About 2016-17 I saw about every YouTube thru hiker and Insta_Influencer sticking their Sawyer filters atop a Smart Water bottle and more than a few with Gatorade bottles for mixes. Just like many us of old sods do.

I'm going to call the manufacturer and complain as mine weighs 1.4 ounces.

The few times a year that I reuse my plastic water bottles I'm not too worried about bpa's and leeching. Although admittedly I'm not too worried about bacteria either. Maybe I'm too lax in my attitude. However, I admittedly I am a little concerned about the bacteria in lakes, streams, creeks, ponds etc.. that I get my water from so I do actually filter it before putting in my reused plastic bottles.

But as I recall nalgenes are plastic also but much easier to wash than a "smart water" bottle. I kinda wish that drinking from those bottles made me smarter.

I gave up Nalgene bottles long ago. They are heavy. I don't need sturdy in a water bottle beyond not leaking. The lighter nylon ones seemed to always to pick up smell and the Lexan ones are very heavy.

I have an abundance of hot peppers this year so I bought some stuff to ferment some of them. My first test batch of pickles are fermenting in the pantry right now. One of the things I bought was a bottle of Star San. Its an acid you dilute to spray on your equipment to make sure you are growing the culture you want not some guest. Widely used by home brewers. Diluted it is food and people safe. You spray it on and leave it. No need to wash it off. Washing would usually recontaminate the stuff. Possibly not so good for some plastics if left on for a long time.

Anyway, I know people here have offered the many ways they clean their bladders and tubes. Has anyone ever tried Star San? Brewers run it through their tubing to make sure it is sterile.