How To Pull Apart & Reassemble Contigo AutoSpout Lid
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2023
- Contigo bottles are great and me and my kids love them but one of the MAJOR FLAWS of these bottles is the lids have a lot of hard to reach places and can easily grow lots of hidden mold which is impossible to clean without pulling the lid apart.
There weren't any good guides on exactly how to pull apart and clean the Contigo Autospout Lid plus how to reassemble it and put it all back together (because the steps to put it back together were actually a bit different to pulling it apart). So I created this guide that worked for me and hopefully it helps you to clean and fix any moldy or broken Contigo lids you have and help keep your kids and family safe.
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This is insane! Who in their right mind creates such a bottle and expects people to be able to clean it?
Thank you for taking the time to make and post this - allowed me to perfectly repair my bottle!
You saved me 2 cups and my wife isn't mad at me for taking them apart! Thanks dude!
Wow, this seems like an example of blocking right to repair. Just bought one of these and pulled the silicone spout out to clean it before use and then noticed the note on the label about not removing the spout (unlike every other bottle I've had). Seems intentionally designed to be impossible for the average person to maintain, on a product that should last many years. Could have been designed to be easy to take apart and reassemble like most other bottles, but they chose the opposite. This one's going back and I'll avoid Contigo from now on. No idea why they're so popular.
Hilarious! I pulled the spout out to clean and have been trying to insert back to no avail. My husband was just saying how ridiculous it is to have a design that is almost impossible to clean!
Yep, I won't be buying a Contigo ever again.
Did you find a better mechanism compared to contigo?
I really love the travel mugs as the are so easy to use and clean, was hoping this is a good one for bottle water with straw.
@@markus4979 I found the Owala FreeSip and love it. It's got a combo lid that you can sip like a straw, or tip up to pour from the open spout part. There's insulated and non, 4 sizes I think and a bunch of colors. Completely cleanable with no disassembly needed. Best bottle I've ever had. It's great unless you need a soft straw for some reason.
nice thanks, indeed a reasonable alternative, but I'll admit I bought the Contigo one for my wife anyway as I liked the practicality of it and found indeed the ease of use to outweigh the cleaning maintenance efforts required. It's just so easy and fun to use, and the carabiner like handle is quiet smart to attach on hike bag packs. I can see why children love it.
With Owala one always has to unbuckle the handle just to open the lid. If only Contigo would make it more serviceable. =)
But mould is quiet serious, thus I'll see how it goes in next 6-12months, just hard to know whats hidden behind.
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Many thanks Mate. My daughter accidentally pulled the silicone sleeve out and after taking a look at it, I thought the bottle was cactus! I found your video, followed your instructions and the bottle is working perfectly again! Cheers mate!
Glad it helped
Great video, it helped me allot. I have an Ashland Chill Contigo. My cap is different and has a slotted hole instead of cutout like yours. For reassembly, I had to install everything but the auto spout button, because the lid wouldn't fit over the button. Once the lid was snapped on I could install the auto spout button through the slotted hole. Thanks again.
All the details. 👍We have 3-4 of these bottles that most got nasty, just ordered the screws set to try open n clean them all. Thanks a lot
Incredible video straight forward. Helped me replace the spout back. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video - super clear instructions, helpful tips, easy pace to follow. Much appreciated!
Thanks for disassemble guide!
For those who have a leaks problem instead of total disassemble you could pull out and clean valve shown on 2:23 of this video.
brilliant and excellent content. i love the bottle, but hated the lid. now that i know how to deep clean it, i might actually use it. thank you thank you thank you. omg the amount of mold that came out despite soaking for 2 whole days before teardown was 🤢
Excellent presentation, you da man! Thanks.
Disassembled mine because I wasn't getting suction. Found the lower silicon piece has a hole, so now looking for a replacement. Thanks for the video.
Did you find a replacement? I got the same issue.
@@camilewilson6974 I purchased a new bottle.
Thank you, so much! My little girl chews through the spouts on these things, but they're awesome cups, and I hate to have to keep replacing the entire cup just because the spout is no good anymore!
Thaknk You. My Contigo is now clean as brand new :D
So helpful, thank you!!
Thank you this was very helpful
I found my aluminum Contigo water bottle was harder to separate the two halves. Also the plastic has major battle damage from the flat head screwdriver. I found using a que-tip cleans the inner rubber very well and for other areas too. Also soaking in hot dish water. There is no need to do all this work unless the rubber fails and needs to be replaced. I also figure you should replace these bottles after a few years anyways.
Totally to much trouble. Just going to get rid of it.
thank u soo much this help me alot
Great video. I opened up my sons bottle and it was filthy. The 1.8 TA is too big tho so may need to revise the screw rec
the screws can be removed with a small flathead screwdriver
Thanks for this very clear and complete instructional video - it kept me from one of those "Oops - I shouldn't have done that" moments.
I can't imagine why Contigo used triangular slot screws; why not use straight slots or Allen head screws? I managed to remove them with a straight slot jeweler's screwdriverAnyway, because the tabs hold the cap so snugly, I didn't bother to put them back.
Dude nailed it from start to finish. Well done Sir!
because they dont want you to take it apart, the triangle is a type of security screw.
I wish I could buy one of these older ones with the carabiner handle. I have one of the newer types with the inferior cap handle. Do you know if the process of taking apart the cap is mostly the same?
i pulled out the spout thinking i could just pop it back in but clearly you cant. thanks for this video but its so frustrating knowing i have to dissassemeble the whole thing and reassemble it just for that ughh i dont even have the proper screwdriver for it
Thank you!!
Now we know why these bottles are so damn expensive. Look at all those parts!
Thanks for posting m8. Saved my kid's new water bottle after the silicon lost a pitched battle against his teeth lol
Really enjoyed my water bottle until now. Thank you for the video, very well made. Can't believe they went with this ridiculous design, it's a health hazard.
Thank you so much, buddy! Really helpful!
Also the bottom of the sea awaits the designer who purposely made it hard to remove.
Hello! Very good video! My name is Hugo and I am from Argentina. I have a Contigo bottle, Ashland chill 2.0 model that stopped working. When I suck, only air comes out (the water does not rise). I estimate that the mouthpiece has broken in the area where it flexes when closing the spout. If this were the case, it would be a disappointment because the bottle has not been used for more than a year and was well cared for. Do you know where I could buy the replacement or perhaps a cover with another system? I wouldn't want to be changing the spare part every year... Thank you very much!
just file a warranty claim on their web site
I can use a long bristle brush and clean around and use a long skinny one to get inside the spout and straw tube. Of course you unscrew the straw and clean it then. Not a problem. I have no need to take it apart beyond that. You can also soak it in a bowl of bleach water while you do other things and just rinse it out. No problem. No big deal.
I clean mine regularly plus bleach, and it still got mold under the silicone. Lots of mold.
Maybe look closely.
Mine keeps having air get trapped in some part of the straw has anyone else had this issue and if so have y’all found any solutions
dude I don't want to remove screws and pry out rubber gaskets for fucks sake I just want to drink water conveniently
Yeah…. Nah.
Thanks for the vid. Going to find a new water bottle.
I just followed the guide and it marred up the whole side of it and then the inside broke when taking it apart. Asinine design for cleaning, especially since this was my toddlers cup. Will not be buying another one of these contigo lids for sure
I just use mine for H2O. Can’t I just soak it in vinegar or put it in boiling water?
Mine got nasty under the silicone. Must be taken apart
Ill buy another one 😂😂😂
Saturday night live fodder
Optimus Prime transformed into a Water bottle
😂
And another water bottle bites the dust.
it broke my steel knife, and a screwdriver. Contiago needs to make proper bottles. I basically ripped the entire to seperate them.
I don't think this lid was designed to be taken apart.
No, but it needs to be in order to clean it properly and this saved me buying new bottles coz I could literally TASTE the mould building up in mine
Contigos are essentially useless if it requires the user to reverse engineer the assembly process just to give it a proper cleaning.
More steps than a fucking tune up
Should be called auto spill.
This drink bottle is j unk!
These bottles are brutal. 😵💫
This are good bottles
Why would anyone buy this to do all that work. Thanks for the info but this product is absolutely absurd
The bottle is fine, I own one for 5 years and never needed to do this. The video is just an option for cleaning but if you only put water in it and clean it at least weekly it shouldn't get too dirty, much less grow mold in it. I know because I drink a lot of powdered Gatorade in my water and if I forget my bottle with the juice sitting in it for just 2 days it already starts growing mold, but the same never happens with clean water even if sits in the bottle for weeks. It's actually a wonderful bottle for those who know how to use any bottle really. Just drink water and clean it regularly, and definitely clean it more if one intends to drink juices in it.
These bottles are brutal. Not worth the money. Like the video though!
The model without the straw impossible to clean effectively
And who had time for the straw model?
Insanity.
Solution garage sale
Toss .
Yeti
Yeti
Thank you!!