So for some time I really enjoyed drinking soda, coffee, tea and most of my drinks through straws, even when I was younger. I am not sure why, maybe because it bothers my teeth less or I am less likely to spill my drinks all over me.
Regardless, of my love of using straws I stopped using them for various reasons. The first being money and the second being waste. So I eventually decided I would get some reusable ones to carry around with me. I will say I did save up a bit and I have previously had a metal straw and promptly gave it to someone else because it has a weird metallic flavor to it. So, this time I ordered some glass straws from a company called Simply Straw. The reason I went with this company is because it is made in California, Women Owned, and they are able to be used with hot and cold beverages. In addition, I can hand wash and or throw it in the dishwasher. Also, the nice bonus of a lifetime guarantee.
-My Experience-
I have been using glass straws for nearly 2 months at this point and I will be 100% honest. While I do love using them I found a few faults. While I was using my straws the biggest drawback is after using them. I often had no where to store the dirty straw because I did not want to restore it in the same container because I was worried about germs and contamination. So I often had to just throw it in my lunch bag and do a deep clean once I got home, but depending on what I drank it sometimes settled in the straw was REALLY hard to clean at times.
Due to that the 3 I had tended to all be in need of a wash at the same time so I could not use glass straws exclusively because 2 of my straws are really skinny the brush cleaner does not fit in there so I had to wash them in the dishwasher.
Moving forward I will continue to use these straws, but I need to find a better way to store and maybe find a good “dirty” pouch. I also feel like I will need to invest more in this, which I don’t really see myself being able to do currently. Maybe add a few here and there to make this really doable.
-Overall-
Likes
- Less waste
- Feeling fancy!
- Reusable/Well lasting
Dislike
- If you don’t have a sink around, you can’t clean it. I feel like my pouch was getting dirty.
- Finding the right size is hard, I needed to buy multiple and will need more
- Investment $$$
What do you think about reusable straws? Do you use them? What other ways do you cut down on waste?
Classic Bhaer 
I love reusable straws, especially after learning about how much plastic straws hurt the environment. We use glass straws and I love them. Even with kids, we haven’t had a broken one yet. I can totally see what you mean though about not being able to rinse them when you’re not at home. They’re so much harder to clean. 💗
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That is great to hear that they have not broken on you, even with kids. I feel like that is a true test!
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Good for you, using reusable straws.
As for me, I try to remind wait staff to “Skip the Straw” entirely. I know so many of the plastic straws end up in lakes and killing sea turtles. ~nan
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I try to do the same, I am glad though that where I live they are wrapped so if they do bring them to the table they are still clean if someone else needs to use them.
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