Been using these titanium knockoffs of the Snow Peaks. Prefer the slight texturing over stainless steel or plastic slickness. Can pick up a broken piece of rice easily.

https://www.amazon.com/Titanium-Chopsticks-Ultralight-Standard-Reusable/dp/B07BVY8BLM

Go to REI. I picked up an osprey. It's the best backpack I've ever owned.

With the amount of items you want to carry, a duffel bag or gym bag would better suit your needs I think.

Why would someone want to drink from a public fountain if they can avoid it?

Sounds like you're projecting the image of the type of person who you think uses a gallon jug at the gym onto someone else without knowing a thing about them.

I had one bought in 2013 break a few months ago. I used it every day and heated it in the microwave for 30 seconds daily or twice daily. It broke directly in half after one last turn in the microwave. I bought its exact copy at Walmart a few days later. They are safe and strong as hell. Spring for their Vitrelle styles if you can.

I’ve had them chip. I was using them in my camper van for like 6 years and the road rattling eventually got a couple to chip.

I got one of those. Fantastic bag and fit a ton of stuff. Used it for travels as well. Great quality!

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Well, that doesn't sound sketchy at all

Clayton and Crume is great!

Look for a used Coach Embassy bag on eBay. I bought one for $40 recently and it will outlive me I'm sure.

Osprey has a terrific lifetime warranty that covers normal wear and tear but their packs aren’t very fashionable. They make awesome travel and hiking backpacks, though.

The white ones are lead and cadmium free.

Before 2005 . Almost 20 years ago. Your post says "produced recently". What does "recent" mean to you?

"Lead Free Mama" on FB and web has endless deets.

Corelle and Fiesta both are

Not a backpack, but I would recommend a kipling duffle bag! Very spacious and in my experience kipling lasts foreverrr (my junior high packpack was still good after I graduated from uni) Also, have you thought of travel organizing cubes?

I had a piece of Corelle break a few years ago. It absolutely SHATTERED into a million sharp shards. It was so hard to clean up, and I got rid of the rest that I had around because it was such a pain.

The article is a farcical source at best.

Check out the comments the source is there, apparently fda has approved many dangerous things before

This explains some things…

Even that's unlucky. I use nothing but Corelle bowls and plates for daily use and have dropped them on tile a lot, and even on a concrete patio. Only one I've broken was dropped on said patio and it hit an uneven piece. It asploded as you described.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/30/corelle-responds-to-viral-post-about-its-vintage-dishware-lead-exposure/

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/05/30/corelle-responds-to-viral-post-about-its-vintage-dishware-lead-exposure/

You got all the good answers already, but since this wasn‘t mentioned:
put uncooked, dry rice into hard to clean bottles and shake like crazy.
Works for tea and coffe and I use that to clean my narrow flower vases from algae, too.