The good news is there are many resolutions to this dilema.
1. Sigg is accepting bottles back if you pay the shipping and send them to the address on their website. They will send you replacement bottles. Here is that info.
2. What Sigg isn't saying publically is that their retailers are accepting the bottles if you bring them in to the store where you bought them or any retailer that carries Sigg. I took mine to REI even though I didn't buy them there. Since they were incredibly low on Sigg stock, they gave me a store credit.
3. Baying Hound will accept your old Sigg water bottles and send you a 40% off coupon for you to purchase BPA free bottles from their website. They carry many brands other than Sigg. Details on their Sigg Replacement Program here.
4. Greenfeet carries many other brands too. (The More Hip than Hippie podcast is how I got this news when it broke!
I ended up going with Sigg again but I bought them from Get'n Green. I debated switching from the Sigg bottles to something else, (I actually have one Kleen Kanteen as well but I dislike the sensation of the stainless steel agaisnt my lips and teeth). I choose to give Sigg a second chance. I thought that they were being reputable by doing a voluntary recall and I really like the product. My new bottles arrived on the weekend and I'm really happy to have them again. I hated buying plastic for the week between returning at REI and deciding what I was doing about replacements. And I'm happy Bruce and I are no longer being slowly poisoned.
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Yes, this is true and their dishonesty does not go forgiven but I have also found out that the new liners tend to peel off easier and are not a better alternative.
Even though SIGG inadvertently claimed to have no BPA in their bottle liner, all testing done showed no leaching.
I think they screwed up big time by not nipping this in the bud sooner. I am actually not going to return mine. Shipping is not eco-conscious and frankly I think there are far worse health hazards in the home and bigger problems to solve.
http://mysigg.com/bulletin/testing.html
Be done with Sigg.
I work for BotL. We are stainless steel, great designs, offer 3 sizes & 3 shapes and they all came with two cap options.
No concerns with stainless.
Check us out www.my-botl.com
It is said.
We invite all ex Sigg users to try our products. We are only stainless steel. Offer a great range of graphics to choose from - 3 sizes - 3 shapes and all our products come sold with 2 caps (sport and loop cap)
www.my-botl.com
Thanks!
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