> Since I just put them next to my desk, I don't actually get up to refill anything, but drinking one every 45 minutes or so will force me to get up and walk in any case, so it's all good.
I don't understand. You do walk, or you don't walk?
> At first I spent some time refilling these bottles rather than buying new, but it was more trouble than it was worth: trying to train myself not to toss them, trying to be gentle (they're quite fragile), washing, filling, and drying them, keeping track of one or more containers (the plastic they come wrapped in is not a reusable container)
That's easy. Refill each one a few times before throwing it out. Don't wash it, and don't have multiple to keep track of.
> and worst of all, keeping track of whether I need to do a refill or will run out during an upcoming stretch of work...
But you run out and need a refill with soda or disposable bottles too. How is that a negative of refilling water?
> That's easy. Refill each one a few times before throwing it out. Don't wash it, and don't have multiple to keep track of.
It takes quite a bit longer to refill one of these, due to the mechanics of pouring into a neck. I can refill a widemouth class from a 2L bottle on autopilot while mostly still thinking about the problem that was at hand, but I have to devote much more attention to refilling a half liter bottle, and I'm inevitably going to spill some on the outside of the bottle anyway, which means drying the bottle, which means either using a paper towel or a cloth towel, but using a cloth towel means I need to have just washed the bottle or I'm dirtying a towel which can't be used to dry clean clean dishes, now...
A refill of soda, or just grabbing a new half liter bottle and twisting the cap, can be done without much conscious attention. See above for the much more involved process of refilling a half liter bottle. :)
If you're going for a walk, then the 10 second difference in pour times shouldn't matter.
How about a bottle with a lid that screws off for fast spill-free filling?
(I'm still utterly baffled that you can drink soda from a glass but not water from a glass. Have you tried a colored glass that looks like it has soda?)
I don't understand. You do walk, or you don't walk?
> At first I spent some time refilling these bottles rather than buying new, but it was more trouble than it was worth: trying to train myself not to toss them, trying to be gentle (they're quite fragile), washing, filling, and drying them, keeping track of one or more containers (the plastic they come wrapped in is not a reusable container)
That's easy. Refill each one a few times before throwing it out. Don't wash it, and don't have multiple to keep track of.
> and worst of all, keeping track of whether I need to do a refill or will run out during an upcoming stretch of work...
But you run out and need a refill with soda or disposable bottles too. How is that a negative of refilling water?