>>1109053You don't know fuck all about this, because you've obviously never owned one. It's Titanium, not chink metal - most titanium products are manufactured in coastal China, Japan or Russia because that is where it's frequently mined - other manufacturing companies order their ti from these areas and charge a premium. High grade Titanium is expensive, milling is even more expensive to end up with a large piece of kit, so the price is justified for the actual material and manufacturing. This bottle was commissioned and designed by some ex serviceman yank, there is only one factory producing these bottles - Heavy Cover is the US company who sticks their logo on the Keith Titanium bottle, which is the exact same product from the same factory
>>1109043I reccomend them, probably my most used and favourite piece of gear. I'll list some benefits:
Bomb proof. Seriously, like most metal you can scratch Titanium a little, but I've thrown mine out trees, down a rock face, dropped it from 6ft and no dents or dings.
Freeze proof. If you loosen the lid, the air won't expand and you can just throw the whole thing in the fire to defrost, but I once forgot to loosen the lid and it just "expanded" a little with the air on the curved side, popped right back once the pressure was relieved
Memory. This metal is like some kind of UFO Roswell material - I swear the Titanium gear I've owned pops back into its original shape if you somehow dent it. I've hammered kleen kanteens back into shape, but they look dinged as fuck, whereas the one time I dented this (someone accidentally literally kicked it off a cliff, I put it there precariously and foolishly), I took it home, inserted a hammer and popped the dent right back out.
Weight - 140grams with the Titanium bottle top, ~300 with the cup and lid. Pretty fuggin featherweight for a low profile, minimalist, bombproof, anti-microbial tank of a bottle you can boil in, I carry the cup with me most places
Solid gear, better than a steelie
