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?

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