Can you pour boiling hot water into a plastic bottle or do I have to wait till the water is cools down?

My water filter is broke and I cant buy a new one until Saturday, and I cant buy water till then either. So now I have to boil water cause where I live theres always 'boil water' alerts and that makes me way too paranoid to drink from the tap hahah.

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curiosi · 61-69, F

Let it cool down. If you even leave a plastic bottle in the sun the chemicals from the plastic will leech into your water. So let it cool down completely.

SeductiveCactus · 26-30, F

@curiosi Oh gosh good thing I didnt pout it then. Thank you very much!

Dan193 · 31-35, M

I wouldn't even put warm water in a plastic bottle, because it reacts with the plastic, and you get all sorts of chemicals into your water.

MarmeeMarch · M

I could taste the chemicals that leach out of hot water in a plastic bottle if I leave it in the car and its still hot. Personally I would use a metal or a glass one if they make it.