Depending on what you drink (coffee, tea, etc) anything that leaves a stain on your metal can easily be cleaned once a month or more with some diluted bleach and warm water (I typically just eyeball it, but if you want to measure it out it’s maybe 20:1 water:bleach)

Let sit for 10 minutes and rinse out multiple times with dish soap and scrub as best as you can. It’ll come out brand new just from the bleach soak. The hardest part is getting the bleach scent out, which a couple rinses with dish soap takes care of easily

Is that an upside down catfish? I had an upside down catfish from Walmart when I was growing up and loved it so much. It might still be alive in my parents’ house… twenty years later.

What is the deal with catfish??

Wide mouth mason/ball jar. They sell water bottle caps that fit them on Amazon. Then you can stretch a can koozie over the bottom for some insulation and some protection against breakage .

I hear you. I have two snakes - one is at least 25 and the other at least 22.

That's how much most belts cost

https://cleantoob.com/ water bottle where both ends can be removed

They are Rocky's I'll look up the model on them when I get home

For me, BIFL doesn't mean that it'll last forever, because nothing will, it means that the likelihood of things breaking are low and that finding parts to fix it and it's serviceability are easy. That usually means doing a bit of research, sometimes through here and sometimes through sources like YouTube, where people will torture test and break down items.

An example of this would be the sewing machine I just bought, a 1960's Singer ZigZag 457. Reviews on here are mostly good, except a few people who swear them off because of a plastic gear that can break. Looked it up and yeah, the gear can break but the replacement and general serviceability are easy. So at $30, including the table, I felt like it was a great price and fit within how I define BIFL

At first I was like, "lolwut, really?!" then I was like, "lolwut, REALLY!!"

https://gf.nd.gov/wildlife-notes/catfish-taste-receptors

nicknamed, "Swimming Tongues". Just couldn't be more creepy about it.

Damn, that's looking to take the mantle from the classic Eames chair.

Work to do is the universally recognised punishment for giving a shite.

Well done on the loach! Mine lasted until 8.

Nope

Ik you said you like steel but if you don’t mind glass, I adore Lifefactory’s products. Cleans easily, has stayed in same condition since I bought it. No metallic taste or lingering tastes if you put coffee or tea in it once. And even though it’s glass it’s quite durable (I’ve dropped it on the floor a few times and no cracks so far). I’ve had it 9 years I think and no replacements needed yet

Zulu glass is nice, but heavy. I broke one by leaving it out in the cold to freeze. I still regret and miss that bottle.

Camel bak plastic is light for travel.

Yeti is my favorite. Worth the money.

"buy it for life" takes on a new meaning when the "it" is alive.

They always get you with that "life of the product" fine print.

My son caught a wild catfish in our creek. He put it in his fish tank. It ate all the other fish and doubled in size in just two weeks. He took it out of his tank and released it back where he caught it. While it was in the tank it would only come out of hiding at night. You had to use a flashlight at night to take a peek at him. It was pretty cool.

I do this too, except I also add a few drops of Dawn detergent. Works like magic

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Whoa I didn't know that. That's fucking wild. Nature is cool lol I wonder what caused that adaptation

The Stanley thermoses are very tough, just don't put anything vacuum insulated in the dishwasher, even if it says it's dishwasher safe. It will still greatly reduce the lifespan.

I used Thermoses a lot when I was younger and didn't have as much access to microwaves to heat up my lunch. To get a strong odor out of them, after washing them, fill with warm water and add a teaspoon or two of unscented household bleach. Then put the lid on and shake it to get the bleach into all the grooves, etc. That will disinfect, deodorize, removes coffee and tomato soup stains, etc. I let it sit about 30 minutes then flush it with lot of water until all the bleach smell is gone.

I never wanted a fucking fishtank. We had one at our office that other people populated. I ended up caretaker of these neglected bastards. Then, we moved offices and building mgmt said ‘NO FUCKING FISHTANKS’. So I suddenly owned a fishtank.

I have a 7 year old loach.

My husband bought this! He also gave one to his brother.

he looooooves it.

Also depends on what you’re trying to clean…someone mentioned Larq, which is great for bacteria, etc.

But won’t do anything for hard water or even coffee residue.

If you are having residue from other liquids, they have these tablets you can drop in your bottle to clean them or you can use baking soda and vinegar (like grade school science projects). They also sell bottle brushes that fit into the small opening but still scrub the sides and bottoms real well.

But all the widemouthed and insulated options from the other comments are fantastic as well, just wanted to throw in some solutions if you wanted to keep using your old gear