The opaque white Nalgene. Same shape and same threads as the clear Tritan bottles, molded in HDPE instead — which makes it noticeably lighter (this one is 2 oz (56.75 g)) and less expensive. The trade is that you cannot see the level through it, and the hot-water ceiling is lower.

For a lot of overlanding that trade is the right one. If the bottle lives in a door pocket or a pannier and gets refilled from a jerry can, the weight and the price matter more than watching the water line.

Specifications

• Capacity 16 oz
• Mouth Wide Mouth
• Cap thread 53 mm
• Diameter 2.75 in (70 mm)
• Height 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
• Weight 2 oz (56.75 g)
• HDPE
• Loop-top cap
• Free of BPA and BPS
• Dishwasher safe
• Lifetime guarantee

Note the cap size on this one: 53 mm. The 16 oz wide mouth is the odd size out across the whole Nalgene range, HDPE and Tritan alike. A 63 mm cap will not fit it.

Care

Dishwasher safe, top rack recommended.

Hot water: Nalgene’s published guidance for its HDPE bottles is hot water up to around 180–200°F (82–93°C), with occasional boiling use acceptable but prolonged exposure to be avoided. Note the word “around” — that is brand-level guidance, not a tested per-bottle figure. It is a lower ceiling than the clear Tritan bottles, which matters if you brew in it.

Freezing: allowed, filled to about two-thirds.

Which caps fit what — read this before you buy a lid

Nalgene thread sizes do not interchange the way people assume, and Nalgene’s own pages contradict each other on it, so here is the version we are willing to stand behind:

• 63 mm — 32 oz and 48 oz wide mouth, and the wide-mouth-threaded bottles built on them: Grip-n-Gulp, On-The-Fly, All-Terrain.
• 53 mm — the 16 oz wide mouth only. It has its own cap and the 63 mm lid will not fit it. This is the single most common mix-up in the range.
• 38 mm — narrow mouth bottles and the Oasis canteen.

Narrow and wide caps do not interchange in either direction.

Origin, honestly. Nalgene’s page metadata for these bottles says Made in the USA. But in a reply to a customer on their own product page, Nalgene states that the bottles are manufactured in the USA from resin purchased in Canada, and that this means they cannot use the “Made in USA” claim. That is the manufacturer correcting their own page, so we are going with their correction: these are manufactured in the USA, and we are not putting a Made-in-USA badge on them.

Lifetime guarantee

Nalgene covers functional damage — cracks, breaks, broken components from normal intended use — under a Lifetime Guarantee. It excludes cosmetic damage such as scratches, nicks and worn printing, excludes lost or stolen items, and excludes Epic filtration products, which Nalgene routes to Epic Water Filters. Nalgene also states that claims are subject to review and may be rejected. Claims go through Nalgene with a photo and proof of purchase; they ask for 14 to 21 days.