Platypus SoftBottle Collapsible Backpacking Water Bottle with Closure Cap

Perfect travel hydration solution
This upgraded my travel experience more than items I’ve spent 5X as much on.Unlike a structured water bottle, this travels compact and flat, and takes up almost zero luggage space. This is so much better than metal in your luggage or a bottle on a carabiner. TSA also has zero interest in a flat plastic bladder, so it’s not at all something you need to keep in mind at security.Once you’re at your destination, it fills up easily because the neck can bend. There are faucets that would have been impossible to use with other containers that were no problem for my Platypus. Also, the bottle seals completely and weighs barely more than the water within, so it can do things like fit sideways on top of cans in a mini-bar (especially useful for hotel rooms where a stocked mini-bar is the only fridge).It travels well, fills and holds water well (including standing upright when expanded), and is economically priced. I drink enough water that I bought a second Platypus so one can cool while I drink the other. Highly recommended!

Good product
It is compact and carries lots of water. The only concern I have is that it’s not easy to wash and throughly dry. But it was helpful in my trip.

Must buy!
Recently purchased these for our trip to Europe for my sons and me. These were perfect! They folded up to fit into your pocket or backpack and were easy to fill. Holds 32 oz, which was great for the hot weather and long walks. They did not leak and were easy to fill, wash, and use. So glad I purchased these. People asked us about them when they saw how much water they held and how compact the bottles are. Great product

Fantastic convenience, easy use, questionable durability.
I’ve been through four of these bottles (0.5 or 1L size) – two for me, two for my partner – and I’m very torn about whether to get another one.Pros:1) Flexible! – it can squeeze down to take up less space as you drink more, fit flat in a pocket or backpack, fold for smaller pockets… the convenience is unbelievable.2) Reusable – I can’t stand generating plastic trash for landfill or even recycling, so any reusable waterbottle is great.3) Versatile – because of the flexible design, you can even use the larger ones as a head-cushion or as padding when full!4) Cool – the design I most recently had (mountains) looks really good and often elicits questions about the bottle, which is a good chance to evangelise about the importance of reusable water-bottles.Not-Cons:1) NOT hard to drink from – despite what other reviews say – you just need to know how. The trick is simple. Just grasp it about the middle (where the ‘waist’ is), holding it PERPENDICULAR to your face (i.e. flat sides facing left and right, not front/back or up/down) as you raise it to your mouth to drink. Easy – no flopping, no spilling, perfect control for one-handed drinking!2) NOT hard to stand – just keep the right amount of air in the bottle and it stands up just fine whether with little or lots of water inside.3) NOT hard to clean – maybe it’s because I use it while eating all the time, but the mouth/cap do get a bit grimy pretty quick. It’s a little tricky to clean the cap, takes some effort with a bottle-brush. But cleaning the inside of the bottle just requires shaking/rinsing with a bit of detergent.I’ve loved using the bottle, so with all these great advantages, why am I hesitating about getting yet another one?Con:1) Durability – just one big problem here. Not the seams, those have held up fine – but the plastic itself, where it folds most frequently, has eventually cracked within 1-2 years each time, causing leaks. In two cases it was near the top, where the spout inserts into the bottle; for the other two it was the bottom surface, which folds and creases every time you flatten/refill the bottle. You’ll see the stress points appear after some use, and eventually, they always give way. This hasn’t been unusually heavy use, mind you – I rarely actually fold or roll up the bottle, just fill/empty/refill, flattening and reopening it each time.This durability problem is a really major issue – it’s happened to all four that I’ve had. The point of reusable bottles is to NOT need to throw them away, and lasting 1-2 years just isn’t quite long enough to justify one (compared to a longer-lasting bottle). So much as I love using my Platypus bottles, I’m not sure I’ll get another.

These bottles are great. Not much to say it’s as advertised a 500ml bottle that collapses down quite small. Doesn’t leak and holds up well even to accidental freezing. I use it for snowboarding, golfing, or any other time you don’t want to carry a clumsy empty water bottle after you drink it.

Great for flat packing and travel, just roll it up when empty into as small a space as you want and then fill it up when you get through security, the cap has a tight seal and has yet to leak through countless days being squashed in a rucksack whilst being pressure by a lab coat and folders and the quality is what you would expect of a platypus product, I will get another platypus bottle in the future should this one break due to my own negligence.