Soda Bottle Spout - Drink!

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Maintaining proper hydration is essential when engaging in sports or other strenuous activities. Accessing the top of a water bottle can sometimes be challenging when wearing a helmet or heavy equipment. These spouts screw onto the top of a standard soda bottle, allowing it to be reused as a no-touch water bottle for various activities. It features a loop at the back for attaching a hanger or handle. This version includes the word DRINK! embossed on its support/flag. Additional encouragement never hurts. The threads are based on a normal soda bottle (the PCO-1881 beverage bottle thread standard), so it should fit on just about any standard plastic soda bottle, including 1-liter, 2-liter, 24-ounce, and 16-ounce bottles. Different variations of this design have been published, including one with a blank flag for adding your own label and another without the label area to save filament and print time. A short version is also available for use with smaller printers or users who want to spend less time printing them. The prints require a couple of standard off-the-shelf parts for completion: One food-grade hose washer per spout, which presses into the bottom of the threaded portion of the spout, to seal against the neck of the bottle; and a short length of food-safe 3/8" tubing, long enough to reach the bottom of your bottle. Assembly and use: 1. Trim off the small round feet at the end of the nozzle - they're just there to provide some extra bed adhesion. 2. Assemble the pieces as shown in the photos. 3. Fill your bottle with water, then screw the spout onto the threaded neck in place of the bottle's cap. 4. A good firm squeeze on the bottle should result in a stream of water from the nozzle. Recommendations: 1. Print with more perimeters than usual to prevent leakage through gaps. 2. Set your slicer for a bit of over-extrusion to use more filament and fill gaps between layers. 3. Print these without support, or your slicer might try to fill the water channel with support material. 4. If you decide that you want supports for the hanger loop at the back, use settings to generate only printbed supports. 5. Food-grade hose washers are commonly available for use with recreational vehicle utility hookups. Look for them wherever RV accessories are sold. 6. Although most contact is limited to the bottle and dip tube, water will be flowing through the printed nozzle during use, so choose your filament accordingly. 7. Be sure to rinse and dry your spouts thoroughly after use.