It’s hard to imagine that back in the early 2000s you couldn’t buy a reusable, stainless steel water bottle in the United States. Plastic was pretty much your only option. When we sold the first BPA free stainless steel bottles in 2004, we figured a few folks might be into them. From the very beginning, Klean Kanteens have been built with love, love of adventure, love of conserving wild places and love of replacing single-use plastic.