Can you remove the bite valve and use just the straw? Thanks!
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you can remove the straw from the lid, but the bite valve is built into the lid so you cant use the straw by itself with the lid on.
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You can remove the bite valve, and its tough to get inside of it to clean. I use a q-tip. You cannot just use the straw.
574366
Patricia Brenes: One really great thing about these camelback bottles is that you can, indeed, get replacement mouth pieces, and straws. if you search on amazon for 'camelback replacement straw', or 'camelback eddy mouthpiece replacement', you'll have a choice of your preferred seller, or choose a new one. Mike Camelbak Eddy Accessory Bite Valves and Straws-Pack of 2 (Clear)CamelBak Eddy Accessory Bite Valve, Multi
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You do not need to use the (inner plastic) straw. And... yes, you can just turn and pour without having to touch mouth (just tried). But, it comes out a bit slowly and you need to squeeze it (outer rubber mouthpiece) with your fingers if you aren't using teeth.
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Sure you can but its tough to clean the straw on this cup. I loved this cup at first but then ended up prefering the take and toss sippy cups because they are way easier to clean and they practice drinking from a cup. (and WAY cheaper too)
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Not with the mouthpiece itself, but the straw that goes inside the bottle does sometime give me issues. When drinking water there is occasionally too much air getting into the connection between the straw and cap, which makes it annoying to drink from because you have to try very hard to suck water out. Think of drinking from a cup using a straw, but having a hole in your straw. It's like that. To alleviate this I take off the cap and pull out the straw then re-seat it in to the plastic connector on the underside of the cap.
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I would guess a straw would work as long as you aren't going to go swishing it around in your mouth first. Probably a better question for Redmond Trading Company directly though.
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No. But I feel it's impossible to get bacteria out of a straw, so I don't use reusable straws.
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No, you do not have to use the straw, but you could not tip this over and have it pour into your mouth, as you have to "bite" onto the spout and suck the water. It is essentially leak proof though.
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No, you do not have to bite it before sucking. It is more like a regular straw.
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The straw is attached with the filter.you cannot drink without the filter...it is a great bottle..
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The ball part of the straw can be pulled off. If you feel comfortable, you can take the ball off and cut the straw to the appropriate length and reinsert the ball. (I haven't tried this myself, but plan to for my 6 oz cup.
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Yes, in fact I swapped out a valved bite valve from another CamelBak brand hydration pack and swap them back and forth with no problem. BTW, the two liter reservoir is pretty easy to fill, clean and dry. The only (minor) hassle is cleaning the tube which is the same no matter which system you get.
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No, the straw would have to bend around a stopper mechanism that would render the straw ineffective, and it won't fit through the stopper opening.
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The bit valves and straws are easy to find. The cap is much harder. My son broke the plastic part that holds the bite valve, which meant the whole cap needed to be replaced. I could only find it at the camelbak web site: http://shop.camelbak.com/accessories/replacements/bottle/l/322
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I imagine you can, but am not entirely sure. Sometimes you need to scrub the inside of the mouthpiece though. I use this set for cleaning OXO Good Grips Water Bottle Cleaning Set and quite useful for maintenance.
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Yes, you can. I do it all the time. These are great. Big improvement over Medela valves.
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Nope...but you could probably get away with cutting a hole in the cuppow to modify it, but it's intended to be a sipper without a straw.