British Bobble Reusable Filtered Water Bottle

The friendly folks at Bobble kindly sent me one of their new red, white and blue Limited Edition British Bobbles.

Bobble makes patented water bottles that filter water as you drink. The filter removes chlorine and organic contaminants from municipal tap water. In doing so, Bobble replicates the experience of drinking crisp, clean portable water without incurring the significant costs – environmental and monetary – associated with plastic water bottles.

Just in time for Earth Day (tomorrow) … and the Diamond Jubilee … and the Olympics, I reckon. And not a minute too soon for me personally as well! I’m suffering from the worst case of hay fever ever (actually I think it’s tree pollen fever but whatever) and am downing much more water than I’d normally drink during a day. This bottle is pretty handy and (how much of this can be racked up to the power of suggestion I don’t know but) the water does indeed taste crisper and less chemically than straight from the tap. For more information about purification of tap water, check out an online biology degree to find classes that can teach you more about the effectiveness of using chlorine to kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites found in our water supply.

The British Bobble is priced around £10 and will be exclusively available at Selfridges from 29 April to 9 May and then at selected retailers like Harvey Nichols, Heals, John Lewis and Oliver Bonas.