Dishwashers won’t clean these gaskets if they’re washed while installed. Oh, and those silicone straws can come out of the dishwasher nasty too.
They should.come with someone to wash them for me
From my experience, most canteens they sell are marked as not dishwasher safe.
“Not Dishwasher Safe” == “We didn’t want to spend the money testing it and want to free ourselves from liability”
Sometimes it’s true, sometimes not
A couple of things come to mind here:
I own a metal one which I assume was dishwasher safe but somehow water got trapped inside the ‘extra’ parts of it which could be unsanitary due to the water eventually stagnating.
Another is that the heat from the dishwasher can warp and silicone or plastic parts which will render them unusable eventually.
Not saying you’re wrong but this is what I consider from the warning they provide.
General purpose silicones like silicone sealants and gaskets tend to have a high-temperature limit of around 200 C to 250 C and also lower temperatures of -50 C to -75 C.
So your dishwasher isn’t going to warp silicone, but lots of plastics, yeah.
I handwash silicone straws because I know no amount of automatic dishwashing will clean it.
Wow. Thank you. That was gross, but now it’s clean.
glass straws ftw. best mouthfeel (lol) of any straw AND you can see if there’s dirt in em
Biggest issue still remains compared to metal - can’t just drink one handed, because you need to guide the straw so it doesn’t hit your teeth. Plastic straws, how I miss thee
