water bottle

I have been searching and searching the internet and searched the forums but cannot find what i'm looking for. Here is my dilema: I have tried just about every water bottle out there and have several I use on a regular basis. However for exercising at the gym the only one that works for me is the poland spring sport bottle. riding my bike i use the polar insulated water bottle but find i don't like it for other things. Between my son constantly losing or breaking bottles and my endless quest i've seen many different ones. I am hoping that maybe i can get some help here.

Here are my issues: I do not like the straw ones because 1. i feel like they never get clean, especially the bite valve on the camelbaks (yuck) and 2. i don't get a big enough drink and it leaves me dying for thirst and dying to breath at the same time (i really have a hard time breathing through my nose). i end up gasping for air and never get the drink i want/need.

I don't want a screw top one, when i'm chugging away on the arc trainer i just spill it all over myself, yes, even with that piece you put inside the wide mouth ones. I love my wide mouth nalgene for home but no where else.

I don't know what they are called but i guess maybe the pop top ones, don't like them, don't get a big enough drink out of them.

all the ones with the built in filter, no thank you, you have to work too hard to get the water out especially the bobble

what i like about the poland spring sport bottle: the water just pours out, semi controlled and I can suck on the thing and get exactly how much I want and it doesn't drip all over me.

I really don't care about it being leak proof because i carry it to and from the gym in my hand.

I was looking at the kleen kanteen sport cap but it has that pop up cap i hate but it says it has a higher flow rate.

i know I am looking for that bottle that doesn't exist. i would really like to stop buying the poland spring sport bottles especially since I will be getting a water cooler for home (my well water is gross and with the amount I am spending on water bottles and gallon jugs is getting out of hand). does anyone have any suggestions?

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