Water Bottle - Quirk Brain Reliable Answers to Common Questions. Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 New Water Bottles Taste like Plastic? https://quirkbrain.com/normal-new-water-bottles-tastes-like-plastic/ https://quirkbrain.com/normal-new-water-bottles-tastes-like-plastic/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2013 01:44:36 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=9006 Ever get a new plastic water bottle and the first time you used it the water had that icky, plasticky smell and taste to it. Unfortunately, that’s a common occurrence, but it’s nothing really to get too worked up about. The good news is that the plastic taste will gradually […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/normal-new-water-bottles-tastes-like-plastic/feed/ 0 What Makes Water Bottles Sweat? https://quirkbrain.com/condensation-makes-water-bottles-sweat/ https://quirkbrain.com/condensation-makes-water-bottles-sweat/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2013 01:14:07 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8998 Ever wonder why water bottles sweat? That is, why do they get wet on the outside the container for no apparent reason? The answer is simple and it’s called “condensation“. When air is cooled quickly the evaporated water that it holds begin to condense, meaning that it gets squeezed out […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/condensation-makes-water-bottles-sweat/feed/ 0 How Long for a Water Bottle to Decompose? https://quirkbrain.com/long-water-bottles-stay-landfill-decomposing/ https://quirkbrain.com/long-water-bottles-stay-landfill-decomposing/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:11:03 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8903 Plastic bottles take a ridiculous amount of time to decompose. Would you believe that they can sit in a landfill for 1000 years before they fully decompose? And that is if the bottles are exposed to air. If they are buried under meters-high amounts of trash as usual, it will […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/long-water-bottles-stay-landfill-decomposing/feed/ 0 How Long Does An Opened Bottle of Water Stay Good? https://quirkbrain.com/opened-bottle-water-stays-good-long-time/ https://quirkbrain.com/opened-bottle-water-stays-good-long-time/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:44:02 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8896 Bottles of water sold in stores usually have an expiration date printed on the label. Most people assume because of this that the bottled water will spoil at some point and become unusable. It turns out that that assumption is wrong, and that bottled water stays good and safe to […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/opened-bottle-water-stays-good-long-time/feed/ 0 Why do Plastic Water Bottles Get Smelly? https://quirkbrain.com/plastic-water-bottles-get-smelly/ https://quirkbrain.com/plastic-water-bottles-get-smelly/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:50:08 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8890 You may have noticed that disposable plastic water bottles tend to get smelly after a while, usually a week or two after they’ve been opened. The icky smell kind of creeps up on you and gets worse and worse as time goes on. That can pose a dilemma for people […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/plastic-water-bottles-get-smelly/feed/ 1 Why do Plastic Water Bottles Say “Do Not Refill”? https://quirkbrain.com/plastic-water-bottles-say-refill/ https://quirkbrain.com/plastic-water-bottles-say-refill/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 01:44:54 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8857 We all know that disposable plastic water bottles can be refilled with filtered tap water and reused over and over again. I made a habit of doing this myself to keep from buying expensive bottled water on the go. So why is it the bottled water labels often have a […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/plastic-water-bottles-say-refill/feed/ 1 Is It Bad to Leave a Water Bottle in Your Car? https://quirkbrain.com/bad-leave-water-bottle-car/ https://quirkbrain.com/bad-leave-water-bottle-car/#respond Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:44:25 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8826 Let me start off by saying that it’s only under certain circumstances that you need to be careful about leaving your water bottle in your car. When the weather is cool outside it’s not going to cause any problems to do so, but when the weather is hot you’re going […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/bad-leave-water-bottle-car/feed/ 0 Do Filter Water Bottles Really Work? https://quirkbrain.com/do-filter-water-bottles-really-work/ https://quirkbrain.com/do-filter-water-bottles-really-work/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:43 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8566 Do water bottles with filters really work, and are they worth the extra cost involved? Generally speaking, yes, water bottle filters perform quite well at their job of removing sediment and debris from drinking water. They can even remove heavy metals and other toxins from contaminated water. Of course, there […]

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]]> https://quirkbrain.com/do-filter-water-bottles-really-work/feed/ 0 How Long Can Vodka Be Stored in a Plastic Water Bottle? https://quirkbrain.com/how-long-can-vodka-be-stored-in-a-plastic-water-bottle/ https://quirkbrain.com/how-long-can-vodka-be-stored-in-a-plastic-water-bottle/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:04 +0000 https://quirkbrain.com/?p=8560 It may seem counter-intuitive to think that you can store vodka, whiskey, and other types of hard alcohol in a plastic water bottle. Common sense seems to tell us that the alcohol would melt or burn through the plastic, and that dangerous toxins from plastic bottle would be leached into […]

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