Lead Free Water Bottles

Did you know that most insulated stainless steel bottles contain lead soldering in the manufacturing process?

A lead sealing dot is used to seal the vacuum insulation at the base of products. The lead dot is often covered by a shaped cap covering the base (look out for a horizontal weld line close to the base of a bottle), a metal or silicone cover disc attached to the vessel bottom, or even with a paint finish (as shown).

However, if the seal is faulty, should you drop the water bottle (and lets me fair, kids drop them ALL THE TIME 🤪) and it gets damaged and this piece comes loose, or the paint chips, there’s a chance the lead can be exposed to your skin.

so what do we do?

Do I recommend you throw out your expensive stainless steel drink bottle because you can see a lead dot on the bottom of the bottle? NO! If the paint or cap is intact, just keep an eye on it. Just buy better if you’re upgrading.

If you are using an insulated stainless steel water bottle with exposed lead (chipped and exposed over the lead dot) I would immediately stop. Do not let children touch the exposed lead. It is now recognised globally that there is ZERO safe level of lead for children. 👧

lead free water bottle brands

Here are some brands that tested NO LEAD and use no lead in manufacturing:

• MontiiCo

• Cheeki

• Iron Flask

• Klean Kanteen

• Citron Australia

• Planet Box

• Thermos

• Owala

• Ecococoon

• Seed and Sprout

• Hydroflask

• Life Factory

• Ohelo Bottle

• Pura Stainless

• Lion and Lady

• Healthy Human Life

• Sigg Switzerland

Some notes:

• There are many great stainless steel brands out there who use lead soldering technology, but test for lead and can confidently say their bottles are “lead-free” as their encapsulation is inaccessible.

• If you want to know if a brand is lead free and the website doesn’t say, contact the company directly. They should be transparent about it with you.

lead free water bottle brands for toddlers

Here is a list list of brands who do great stainless steel/glass and silicone straw or cup for proper oral development. Some of these may use lead dot soldering BUT for toddler age, the risk of hard knocks is less in my opinion.

Stainless steel options

• Klean Kanteen kid's cup with straw. This is better for older kids as the straw is half metal (in cup) and half silicone (to mouth).

• Lion and Lady toddler straw cup

• Beaba stainless steel straw cup

• Pure Kiki stainless steel bottle with silicone straw

• Kaakaa Baby impact resistant glass with silicone straw and cover

• WeeSprout 2-in-1 stainless steel baby or toddler cups

• Elk and Friends silicone covered glass mason jar drinking tumblers with silicone straw

• Munchkin Miracle Stainless Steel 360 cup

Silicone options

• Lalo Little Cup, silicone straw cup with handles

• Petite Eats mushroom cup

• Talk Tools Therapy TalkTools Itsy Cup

Hope this helps! Share with another mama to help her choose better ❤️