T he C lackamas P rint »5
lY ®, 2004
Glwm
a Glau aiaaa
M ?
M any people ,
INCLUDING THE
COMPANY THAT
MAKES THEM,
HAVE SAID
THAT IT IS
IMPOSSIABLE
TO DESTROY
a N algene
WATER
BOTTLE. WE
SET OUT TO
PROVE
THEM
WRONG.
a
Procedure 1: Height drop
Nalgene bottles tend to bounce,
when dropped from heights.
Watch out! The drop may cause
a stress fracture.
In thè case of our test, we caused
a leak after three tries: once drop
ping it from a height of io feet,
then throwing it in the air twice.
dropping the bottle from a
]e height. At least 30 feet or
re is necessary. Throwing, it
hXnr also works well.
Procedure 2: Pressure test
Our bottle was beat-up, but we
weren’t done yet!
Wemicknamed our vice grip
r. Squeeze.”It did wonders for the
I Nalgene bottle!
The sides actually touched when it was in
the vice grip. Once it was taken out again
though, the sides bounced back to about 1
inch apart.
Procedure 3: Trial by Fire
i a whim, we
ve the Nalgene
ttlethe fire test.: :
As expected, the Nalgene bottle
gave us no trouble when exposed
to open flame.
In the end, the Nalgene bottle
was fairly well destroyed.
“Indestructable” indeed!