Outdoors · Nalgene · 2008
Nalgene Wide Mouth 32 oz
No insulation, no pretence, and effectively unbreakable — the durability floor for everything else.
Overall
8.0
out of 10
Axis scores
Outdoors is scored on these 4 axes. The total is their plain average — nothing is weighted.
Average of 4 axes
8.0/10
- Performance
- 6.4
- Value
- 9.6
- Durability
- 9.6
- Design
- 6.4
- Performance — How well it does the core job
- Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
- Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
- Design — Build quality and how it sits in a room
Specs
- Material
- Single-wall Tritan (BPA-free revision)
- Markings
- Volume graduations on the side
- Weight
- Under 180 grams
As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.
Is it for you
Buy it if
- Weight and cost matter more than temperature
- Measuring water for cooking or for filter systems
- Backcountry use where a dented vacuum bottle is a dead bottle
Skip it if
- You want a cold drink to still be cold in four hours
- Condensation on the outside will be a problem
A Nalgene does not insulate. What it does is survive: single-wall Tritan that shrugs off drops that would flat-spot a vacuum bottle, at a fraction of the weight and the price. The volume markings are why it stayed standard for anyone mixing or measuring in the field.
Cold drinks go warm and hot drinks are a bad idea. That is the deal, and it has not changed in decades.
Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.