We have had enough problems with water bottles leaking over the years that we actually stress test every bottle we buy right after we get it home. WE fill it with water, and I squeeze the heck out of it. If it leaks, we take it back immediately and get it replaced.

Over the past ten years we've had at least three bottles that leaked...most from somewhere around the cap.
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