My water bobble arrived the other day and I excitedly unboxed it and tried it out. For those that don’t know what a water bobble is, it’s a water bottle that filters the water as you drink. By using a water bobble you don’t contribute to the insane amount of plastic water bottles tossed into landfills. Roughly 50 billion bottles end up in US landfills each year. That’s nearly 140 million bottles each and every day. We can do better.

After unboxing my water bobble I filled it with water then I gently squeezed some water out. The water comes out with the black dust you normally see when dealing with carbon  filters (in aquariums for example). After a few squeezes the water was clear. Tthen I refilled the water bobble and took my first sip.

The water was warm because it had just come out of the tap, but it didn’t have the straight from tap taste. Yay! The water bobble is awesome.

The water bobble isn’t double-wall vacuumed insulated like my other drinking containers so I place the entire water bobble in the fridge to keep it cold. Once out of the fridge the water turns warm rather quickly.

To learn more about the water bobble check out http://www.waterbobble.com/.

Hi everyone! Here’s a great one for us skip-a-lunchers! Purchase a limited edition bobble from www.waterbobble.com and 50% of the purchase will be donated to The Nature Conservancy. What’s a limited edition water bobble you ask? Designed by Sophia Bush, these limited edition bobbles are reusable water bottles that filter water as you drink. How cool is that? Recently Sophia Bush ran the San Francisco Marathon and managed to raise $50,000 through Crowdrise to support The Nature Conservancy. Wow. $50,000. Amazing stuff.

Why support The Nature Conservancy? Here’s their mission statement:

The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

Check out www.waterbobble.com for more info. I should be receiving mine soon and will follow up with a review of the water bobble. The limited edition bobble is only $12 and comes in my favorite color, green! Slightly more than the cost of a lunch, but 50% of that is a donation and you walk away with a cool water bobble!

So how does it work?

Bobble has an activated carbon filter which has a slight electro-positive charge, making it attractive to chemicals and impurities. As the water passes over the positively charged carbon surface, the negative ions of the contaminants are drawn to the surface of the carbon granules.

Carbon filters require very little maintenance, and are perhaps the most powerful chemical absorbents known to man. bobble’s carbon-based filter removes organic contaminants from regular municipal tap water and meets or exceeds NSF International Standard 42 for chlorine, taste and odor reduction.

For best results we recommend changing your filter after 2 months or 40 gallons/150 litres. Filter for use with bobble only.

WARNING: Do not use where water is microbiologically unsafe or of unknown quality.

How do you use it? Simple, check out this diagram:

The Tap Project is about providing clean, safe water to children.

Some facts:

• Just $1 can provide a child safe drinking water for 40 days.
• Waterborne illness is the 2nd largest killer of children under 5.

More about the Tap Project:

“In 2007, the Tap Project was born in New York City based on a simple, tangible and easy-to-implement concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free, and all funds raised would support UNICEF’s efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.”

So, get involved, get active. Follow them on Twitter, spread the word, volunteer, etc.