Shaker question?

Stickman2

How long do you get use of your shaker before it starts smelling like absolute sh!t?

Has anyone got any tips on how to get rid of the smell that makes you want to heave everytime you have a protein shake?

Jesus Shaves

Wash it straight after every use

RNC

Stickman2 wrote: »

How long do you get use of your shaker before it starts smelling like absolute sh!t?

Has anyone got any tips on how to get rid of the smell that makes you want to heave everytime you have a protein shake?

Rinse after every shake then leave cap open till ur next one

SheFiend

Make sure the cup is fully dry before putting the lid on. if you store it wet, the plastic molecules leech into the drops of water and cause the smell. Best use warm water to wash it to clean properly and because warm water evaporates faster than cold.

Lazy boy.

Mellor

Im pretty sure the smell is caused by protein sitting in the damp corners of the shaker and not plastic leeching.

SheFiend

The majority of plastics are known to leech toxins over time when used as water / fluid containers. There is a small number of safe plastics: three or four, which do not. Even the most common containers ie: water bottles you buy full, are made from the dubious plastics, making them unsafe for repeated use.

Gummy Panda

Wash your shaker out with baking soda if it already smells. Should help

SheFiend

Whoops. Decided to Google that, and it seems that even the safest (BPA free) plastics have been found to leach toxins.

few pages there linking the smell to the toxins. Can't quote as Im on a phone.

Maybe you could buy a new one, and just take care not to leave it sitting full or wet for long periods of time?

marathonic

SheFiend wrote: »

The majority of plastics are known to leech toxins over time when used as water / fluid containers. There is a small number of safe plastics: three or four, which do not. Even the most common containers ie: water bottles you buy full, are made from the dubious plastics, making them unsafe for repeated use.

Over weeks/months/years, that may be true but I HIGHLY doubt that sufficient amounts of toxins are leeched from the plastic in the 24 hour period between one shake and the next. The smell is DEFINATELY protein.

Oryx

If youre getting a smell, Id say steep it in milton or other sterlising fluid.

boomtown84

I clean it out ASAP after a shake and leave a drop of fairy in it with warm water until i use it next. Using the same shaker for donkeys.

marathonic

boomtown84 wrote: »

I clean it out ASAP after a shake and leave a drop of fairy in it with warm water until i use it next. Using the same shaker for donkeys.

It must be a big shaker!!!!

Mellor

SheFiend wrote: »

The majority of plastics are known to leech toxins over time when used as water / fluid containers. There is a small number of safe plastics: three or four, which do not. Even the most common containers ie: water bottles you buy full, are made from the dubious plastics, making them unsafe for repeated use.

Nobody said they didn't.
I said the smell is caused by protein.
Proof. Water bottles don't smell even though they would also leech these "toxins".

You a taking a tiny observation and blowing it out of proportion. Metals containers leech into water also btw.

dan185

marathonic wrote: »

It must be a big shaker!!!!

The Guvnor

I have an eas shaker from 1990's and it is still rock solid.

Some of the newer shakers are rubbish.

All my old shakers are the original buchsteiner shakers.

I have many which are near a decade old and many guys I know have some this old.

jive

Mellor wrote: »

Nobody said they didn't.
I said the smell is caused by protein.
Proof. Water bottles don't smell even though they would also leech these "toxins".

You a taking a tiny observation and blowing it out of proportion. Metals containers leech into water also btw.

Well if you wanna be really pedantic then the smell is caused by bacteria.

Clean it immediately after use (or at least rinse it if cleaning it isn't possible) as you would any other glassware. Invert it on a dish tray or so that it's not just inverted on a flat surface and effectively sealed. Don't put the lid on it until you're using it or until it's completely dry. If it smells that bad I can guarantee you are putting the lid on when it's not completely dry.

Brian?

Oryx wrote: »

If youre getting a smell, Id say steep it in milton or other sterlising fluid.

This, if Milton doesn't get rid of the smell then your shaker is actually haunted and will require an exorcism.

I once left kayaking gear in a bag for a week and a half and milton took the smell out with an hours soak in the bath.

SheFiend

I said the smell is caused by protein.
Proof. Water bottles don't smell even though they would also leech toxins"

interesting logic. Hardly proves protein causes the smell, does it? If you re-use water bottles you'll find they do begin to smell. Over use leads them to make the water taste like plastic, especially if the water is left sitting in the bottle.

Gummy Panda

SheFiend wrote: »

I said the smell is caused by protein.
Proof. Water bottles don't smell even though they would also leech toxins"

interesting logic. Hardly proves protein causes the smell, does it? If you re-use water bottles you'll find they do begin to smell. Over use leads them to make the water taste like plastic, especially if the water is left sitting in the bottle.

Its the protein

Hanley

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Its the protein aids

FYP.

Mellor

SheFiend wrote: »

interesting logic. Hardly proves protein causes the smell, does it? If you re-use water bottles you'll find they do begin to smell. Over use leads them to make the water taste like plastic, especially if the water is left sitting in the bottle.

How does it not prove its the protein?

Leave any a few different drinks in a container for a few days. Bonus points for warm environment. They'll all smell a bit stale and musty. Except for protein. That will smells like bigfoots ass very quickly. As mentioned above, bateria breaks down protein really quickly. Try it with a glass bottle and it will still happen I bet.

Leave water sitting in anything and it will taste a bit like the container. Metal bottles can leave a metalic taste etc. Glass doesn't but its not the most durable.
Most people wash shakers when finished and fill bottles with fresh water before usignm them. It's not difficult.

shootermacg

Mellor wrote: »

Nobody said they didn't.
I said the smell is caused by protein.
Proof. Water bottles don't smell even though they would also leech these "toxins".

Funny you should say that, take a bottle of volvic (has to be volvic), and use as a water bottle for a week or two, water tastes fine. Now open the bottle and take a smell .... rank.

xgtdec

Im going to presume that since your using shakers, your using supplements, and if your using supplements the place you buy them should be throwing shakers at you as a means of being nice to you!! If a shaker is reeking after being through the dishwasher then bin it!! That said i do keep a tea towel out and when i remove shakers from the dishwasher i leave them to drain for a day, its a pain in the **** but after a week you get a system going and your on easy st!!

rubadub

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Wash your shaker out with baking soda if it already smells. Should help

Yep, baking soda is a powerful deodoriser, you can put it in shoes, gym bags, a saucer in the fridge. Scholl, the shoe people sell baking soda for a fortune in tiny tubs as though its expensive medication, chancers!

Oryx wrote: »

If youre getting a smell, Id say steep it in milton or other sterlising fluid.

Milton=half strength bleach (sodium hypochlorite), at 10 times the price, with some added table salt. You can get 2L bottles of thin unthickened unperfumed bleach for about 65cent. Milton are also chancers, preying on fears of mothers who would not dare clean the babys stuff in 'toilet cleaner'.

Mellor wrote: »

Try it with a glass bottle and it will still happen I bet.

I used a glass sauce jar as a shaker one day. I rinsed out after and opened a week or so later, a few drops of water in it, and it was horrific, only in contact with glass, the gone off protein smell is very distinct. The drops of water looked clear too, a trace amount is all it needs.

Thud

rubadub wrote: »

I used a glass sauce jar as a shaker one day. I rinsed out after and opened a week or so later, a few drops of water in it, and it was horrific, only in contact with glass, the gone off protein smell is very distinct. The drops of water looked clear too, a trace amount is all it needs.

yep, had same when i used the blender to make a shake, the 'glass' jug stank the next day.

If any lumps of unmixed protein get stuck in your sink/drain you'll get the same smell

Plastic leeching smell....MYTHBUSTED!

The Davestator

Thud wrote: »

rubadub wrote: »

I used a glass sauce jar as a shaker one day. I rinsed out after and opened a week or so later, a few drops of water in it, and it was horrific, only in contact with glass, the gone off protein smell is very distinct. The drops of water looked clear too, a trace amount is all it needs.

yep, had same when i used the blender to make a shake, the 'glass' jug stank the next day.

If any lumps of unmixed protein get stuck in your sink/drain you'll get the same smell

Plastic leeching smell....MYTHBUSTED!

I find the best way to get rid of the smell is to simply put more whey in and drink it. Keep repeating this process. It smells bad when empty but doesn't taste bad when full.

Mack_1111

Dishwasher!

marathonic

Mack_1111 wrote: »

Dishwasher!

I used to use the dishwasher but she can't stand the smell of them either so won't do it anymore.

I just half fill mine with warm water, shake it and empty it just before a shake and the same again after.

gymcub

I knew a rugby player who on non training days filled his shaker with warm water, a few t spoons of bicarbonate of soda and let it soak for a day, cleans them up lovely and disenfects them

Wood

The smell is caused by the whey, it is pretty much gone off milk anyway..

I always use cold water to clean as the protein tends to curdle if you use hot water and then it just stinks if not properly rinsed. That's why we get the smell of gone off milk and mouldy balls.

Bi-Carb is a good soak after, and always leave the lids iff when storing. I've had one shaker for about 4 or 5 years now with no problems, but what would i know I'm probably full of toxins and addicted to creatine with all my cell-tech rage

Fitseeker

Nothing like forgetting to clean your shaker and coming back to it after a couple of days.

Gummy Panda

Fitseeker wrote: »

Nothing like forgetting to clean your shaker and coming back to it after a couple of days.

Ah the smell of death...

farmchoice

a bottle brush does a great job on them. a qick whisk with a drop of washing up liquid and water and they are as clean as a whistle.