Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Anyone else here buy Arrowhead bottled water? And if so, anyone else notice have they have changed the bottle style, resulting in a rather unpractical and flimsy design? It now sort of looks like a Coke bottle and seems to be made of a thinner plastic. I mention this because I just had a hard time undoing the seal on a new bottle, and gripped the thing too hard, resulting in a tear on the side of it and water all over the place.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder My goodness, can't I write just ONE post without a typo? Besides this one?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Actually that's one brand I never buy. It's ok when you get it for a water cooler, but the bottled stuff tastes as bad as what comes out of our local tap (nasty stuff). What a pain having the bottle rip on you. It sounds like a really bad design.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Well, it's just plain cheap now is what it is. Whoever approved this must have a grudge against the public.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains The idea was the bottle was lighter and people seemed to like the sport's bottle like this. I like this water over Aquafina or Dasini - I think it's rediculas to pay so much for filtered water. - I was at an event where they were handing these out and the Arrowhead guy was talking about it.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Well, it's lighter and less durable, that's for sure. Not exactly what you'd want out of a sports bottle.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I always buy Arrowhead. I was afraid this thread was going to say something bad about the water it's self, glad it's just the bottle!!!
Originally Posted By teddibubbles I Love Dasini water.. ( when I can aford it!) all the other kind taste like tap to me!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Not to burst your (teddi)bubble, but Dasani *is* tap water. It's just been filtered.
Originally Posted By cstephens Arrowhead is my favorite of the regular bottled waters. I did notice the new bottle, and it's kind of funky, but I didn't think the material seemed flimsier. They put the weird curve in the middle, I think, to make it easier to hold. /cs
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Actually that's one brand I never buy. It's ok when you get it for a water cooler, but the bottled stuff tastes as bad as what comes out of our local tap (nasty stuff).>> We noticed this last time in Anaheim. We always buy one of those 2.5 gallon jugs with a spigot and keep it in the hotel room (since SoCal water is wretched). I forget which brand we bought, but we also thought that is was no better than tap water.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I personally don't like Arrowhead, unless it's ice cold. I like Dasani and Aquafina. Aquafina is what they have at school in the vending machines (and, why is it $1 in the machines, but $1.25 in the cafeteria??) and Dasani is what they sell at Disneyland! LOL Both, even though it's municipal and filtered, have a better taste than Arrowhead, which you can tell comes from a natural source.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The plastic the water comes in can have an affect on the taste. Generally speaking, the clear plastic bottles will leave little to no taste, while the cloudy plastic bottles could leave a pronounced melted plastic taste and smell to the water.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut My boss and I go through a case of 24 every day and we always either get Aquafina or Dasani. We both decided we dont like Arrowhead. I grew up on Arrowhead but it doesnt taste the same now as it did when I was a kid. We also tried Kirkland, but that stuff tastes more like tap than any other water. A good bottle of water I had was at macys the other day. $1.50 was a little steep and I was really thirsty, but boy it was tasty.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I am not a fan of arrowhead but my kids love it so we buy it for their lunches and such and Aquafina for me. I also love Poland springs but you cannot get it on the west coast.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "My boss and I go through a case of 24 every day and we always either get Aquafina or Dasani." 24 a day???? I assume your office is near the necessary facilities.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Yes, I noticed that and thought the new bottles were really awful! I can't stand Arrowhead water. It's the only brand I don't like the taste of. My preference is Sparkletts or Dasini.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<24 a day???? I assume your office is near the necessary facilities.>> LOL, close enough. its the 16.9 oz bottles. I stopped drinking sodas and energy drinks so water has been my chosen alternative. She recycles all the bottles and than we use the procedes to buy more water. Works out kind of nice because more people in the office have begun to give her their bottles to recycle.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I did notice the thinner plastic lid on the Arrowhead bottle and wasn't impressed but that paled in comparison to the yucky taste of the water. i won't be buying Arrowhead any longer. It reminded me of my grandmother's well water. Evian also has that same taste but a little bit stronger. We tend to drink Glaceau Smart Water (not that I think it has any special properties that make us smarter. LOL) I just like the taste of it more than some of the other, cheaper filtered water.
