The wait is over, the new Earthlust Birds & Bees bottles are in the country. Available in 2 patterns (birds & bees), these baby bottle / sippy cup combo kids contain:-

• Double wall vacuum insulated stainless steel bottle
• Baby Teat
• Soft Sippy Spout
• Travel Cap
• Handles
• Ring (without handles)

Use this bpa free baby bottle kit to easily transition from bottle feeding to a sippy cup. All plastic components are BPA Free. Replacement teats will be available in Australia later in 2010, but in the meantime, most wide-neck teats do fit these bottles.

RRP – $39.95.
Buy Earthlust online from Shop Naturally.
Wholesale Earthlust enquiries to Tracy from Naturally Sustainable.

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For the inner hippy in you, grab a Nathan Sports ‘Rainbow Peace’ stainless steel drink bottle, just released in Australia. At Shop Naturally, we’re the first online retailer in the country to feature this bottle. Click on the image below to buy.

Nathan Sports Stainless Steel Drink Bottle

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Klean Kanteen Sports 2.0 cap

If you purchased a Klean Kanteen bottle with a Sports 2.0 cap (pictured right) before the end of May 2010 in Australia, this sports cap is subject to recall. If the top of your sports cap has a shiny surface, you have the old version which is being recalled. If the top has a matt finish, you have the new high impact version of the cap.  Site sponsor Shop Naturally stopped selling the old shiny caps at the end of May 2010. Other retailers may not have been so quick to pull their stock. The Klean Kanteen giveaway on Shop Naturally in June 2010 will have the new Sports 2.0 cap as have all sales of Klean Kanteen bottles from June 2010 onwards.

We will now quote directly from the Klean Kanteen recall press release.

“We have been advised of a problem with the Sport Cap 2.0 that was sold with Klean Kanteen® water bottles. We are writing to you today to let you know that we are recalling and replacing the Sport Cap 2.0. Please note that it is only the Sport Cap 2.0 that is being recalled. The water bottle is not affected. Other caps sold with Klean Kanteen® bottles such as the loop, flat or sippy caps are not affected.

We have received seven reports in the United States that the spout tip of Sport Cap 2.0 is prone to breaking or cracking after being dropped. As the product is placed in the mouth, pieces could dislodge and present a choking or swallowing hazard. There have been no injuries in the United States and no reports of similar incidents in Australia. Nevertheless we are always focused on ensuring our products are as safe as possible and have decided that replacement is necessary. 

Klean Kanteen® released a new High Impact Sport Cap 2.0 that is six times more resistant to breaking or cracking and we ask for your assistance in replacing the affected product. The new high impact Sport Cap was sold with Klean Kanteen bottles from May, 2010 and you can tell the difference by looking at the cap and label. The new cap has a dull/matte finish and the label had a small silver sticker attached.

If you have purchased bottles with the Sport Cap 2.0 please stop using the cap, remove the cap from the bottle and contact 1 800 102 806 (in Australia) as soon as possible to arrange a replacement at no charge.”

For more information and to see photos of what the old & the new versions look like, CLICK HERE

FOR KLEAN KANTEEN SPORTS 2.0 CAP REPLACEMENT IN AUSTRALIA, do not contact the retailer where you made your original purchase. Please phone 1800 102 806. They will express post you an addressed package to return your faulty cap. Once received they will send you out a new cap.

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Klean Kanteen now have an Australian distributor and along with that comes a price drop. At the time of publishing this post, Shop Naturally were the only online retailer in the country that passed this significant saving on to their customers. Plus they’re giving 12 away in their June competition.

Shop Naturally also donate a portion of the profits from the sale of ALL water bottle sold online to the following charities:-

• The School of St Jude (sponsoring a teacher)
• World Vision Child Sponsorship
• World Visions ‘Water + Health = Life’

Help support busnesses all over the world that support those less fortunate than themselves (whether it’s us or someone else). One person CAN make a difference.

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Are stainless steel baby bottles really much good for anything? Absolutely!

Firstly, there’s two different kinds of stainless steel baby bottles. They’re either insulated or they’re not. The stainless steel bpa free baby bottles that are insulated are suitable for warm milk as well as cold water or fruit juice. The end of May 2010 will see the introduction of the Earthlust Bird & Bees stainless steel baby bottle / sippy cup, and Shop Naturally are the first retailer in the country with the rights to preview & sell this innovative product. This insulated stainless steel bpa free baby bottle comes with removable handles, a baby teat, a soft silicone sippy teat and a protective cap. Visit Safe BPA Free Baby Bottles for your chance to win one (comp ends 30/6/10)!

Then we have the stainless steel baby drink bottles that are only single wall and not insulated. Not such a great idea for warm milk, but very useful for cold water and fruit juice. These bottles will convert from stainless steel baby bottle to stainless steel sippy cup to stainless steel drink bottle with the quick change of a lid.

Phase 1 – Stainless Steel Baby Bottle

Choose either a Klean Kanteen 12oz or ECOtanka 350ml stainless steel water bottle with and Avent adaptor as the lid. ADD a Green to Grow wide mouth teat (available in 3 different flows), or if you have an Avent baby teat at home already, they will fit just fine too (own an Avent baby bottle? Read our quick guide on finding out if your Avent baby bottle is bpa free or not). Experiment with any wide mouth baby teat if you have a draw full already, most will fit.

Phase 2 – Stainless Steel Sippy Cup

Take your Klean Kanteen or ECOtanka stainless steel baby bottle with Avent adaptor and add swap out the baby teat for an Avent sippy spout. They are available in white (6 months+) and green (12 months+). The white spout is the softer of the two. They are sold in twin packs and are available in most supermarkets & chemist shops around the country. If you live in a cave with internet access, you can buy them online, but there’s really no need to.

Phase 3 – Stainless Steel Drink Bottle

Once your child has outgrown the baby teat and the sippy spout, toss them out and add a sports cap. The smart mum will buy one at the time of the initial purchase to save on postage costs later on, but they can be purchased separately.

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Colours so delicious you could almost eat them! Prevention Purple, Active Pink & Reef Blue are just three of the new fantastically bright and gorgeous colours available in Klean Kanteen bottles. There are 5 more colours that will be available in Australia  around mid May.

In the 12oz bottle, Prevention Purple and Active Pink have been added to the range and are available with a Sports 2.0 cap, Loop Cap or Avent Adaptor. The 18oz and 27oz are available in all three new colours, Active Pink (left), Prevention Purple (middle) and Reef Blue (right). All the new Klean Kanteen bottles are available to buy online from Shop Naturally and are stocked in selected gift stores, health food stores and other outlets nationally.

Buy KLEAN KANTEEN online

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Want a FREE water bottle worth $17.50? Site sponsor Shop Naturally have a Buy 5 & Get 1 FREE offer at the moment. Buy any 5 Cheeki water bottles and get a free 400ml stainless steel bpa free silver drink bottle free. Bargain! Click on the logo for more details.

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Klean Kanteen USA have just launched a whole new colour range of their classic stainless steel water bottles. There are 8 new bright & vibrant colours in their range. A handful of the old colours are being phased out, so if there’s an old colour you just love, contact site sponsor Shop Naturally to find out if it’s still going to be available.

The new Klean Kanteen colours will be introduced in to the stock at Shop Naturally over the coming few weeks. Please contact them for any special requests as they are more than happy to include that colour in their next stock order for you.

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We just read a really interesting article at Hoax Slayer about the dangers of leaving plastic bottles filled with water in your car in the sun on a hot day. Experiments were done and the magnification of the heat through the water and the clear plastic disposable bottle left marks in the car’s upholstery in 7 SECONDS!

READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Whether or not you can actually start a fire in your car this way we really don’t know, but if you can damage the upholstery, here’s yet another reason to avoid storing clear disposable plastic water bottles in the car.

Safe alternatives should include:-

• Stainless Steel Drink Bottles (either single wall or double wall), or
• BPA Free Plastic Water Bottles that are opaque in colour

Visit BPA Free Water Bottles for Australia’s largest range of both stainless steel and bpa free plastic water bottle options.

The full range of Nathan Stainless Steel & Nathan Tritan Plastic Water Bottles can be purchased from selected quality sporting & adventure stores nationally. Visit Everest Sports to find your nearest retailer or purchase Nathan Water Bottles online from Shop Naturally.

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We are frequently asked where various brands of Stainless Steel Drink Bottles are made.  The short answer is all the best brands are made in China. Site sponsor Shop Naturally spent an extensive amount of time sourcing water bottles and was unable to find any manufactured locally. While all the brands they stock are manufactured in China, only reputable brands were chosen who displayed information about choosing ethical manufacturers. Here is a list of the 7 major brands stocked, the country of origin & also the country where the company is located – for those who want to want to keep their dollars as close to home as possible.

• Camelbak | Made in China | USA based company with Australian Distributor
  (official site | buy online)
• Cheeki | Made in China | Australian company
  (official site | buy online)
• Earthlust | Made in China | USA based company with Australian Distributor
  (official site | buy online)
• ECOtanka | Made in China | New Zealand based company with Australian Distributor
  (official site | buy online)
• Klean Kanteen | Made in China | USA based company, imported directy by Shop Naturally
  (official site | buy online)
• Nathan Sports | Made in China | USA based company with Australian Distributor
  (official site | buy online)
• Thermos | Made in China | USA based company with Australian Office
  (official site | buy online)

Water Bottle origin information supplied courtesy of site sponsor Shop Naturally

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