Starting with a newly cleaned, reusable container, until you disassemble and scrub all the parts with soap.
After I use it each time??
6+ months 🫠
I usually clean it once I can no longer ignore the pink scum and black mold growing in it 🙊
I appreciate your honesty, and I’m not far behind. I’ll scratch off build up sometimes and easily go months. Washing it is probably a similar frequency to getting my haircut.
…… yup - came here to say “when I notice the black stuff”.
Wash them???
Mold and bacteria can grow in it within a day or two, even if it’s not visible. I hand wash mine once every week or two. I also sanitize it regularly by pouring boiling water in the tumbler (it’s metal) when I make tea, then leaving the hot water in for about 10 minutes.
that’s probably bad, huh? <starts nervously chewing fingernails>
What if I’m very regularly using it for tea?
I can go a few months. I drink one big one a day and leave the cap off overnight until I refill it in the morning. Leaving the cap off really helps keep the mold away
everyday.
Honestly I think its been years. There’s some hard water on the lid, but no traces of mold or anything like that. It also tastes and smells normal to me.
I don’t deep clean mine unless its needed
I usually just rinse it out and call it a day.
Prolly once a week.
I use a metal thermos and I go 1 week then I soak with cafiza and boiling water for a few minutes
I only get dishwasher safe coffee tumblers and I wash them daily. I have enough respiratory goo without adding mold to the mix.
After using it.
Drink
Rinse
Dry
RepeatIf we’re talking for water drinking only? Rinse out each day. Wash every other day. If I put coffee in, full wash each day.
I wash the parts my mouth touches pretty regularly. The other bits, especially if the don’t get backwash? Maybe a few times a year the whole thing goes in the dishwasher. Disassembly and careful hand washing? Bitch, you’re a water bottle. You don’t get that!
About 16 years and counting
