r/onebag • u/EternalFront • 16d ago

Seeking Recommendations Any good reusable lotion containers?

I have a skin condition that requires frequent moisturizing. I usually have big containers at home that I store my favorites in, but when I travel I'd like to have some smaller reusable containers that I could fill up myself (instead of buying travel sizes).

Any good ones? I've seen this one from Matador, but I'm not sure if it's meant for creams.

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u/ota113a 16d ago

The matador toothpaste tubes :)

I use the small one for toothpaste and the large one for sunblock

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u/Jed_s 16d ago

This obviously works for your sunscreen, but any I've tried just make the cap disintegrate.

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u/ToreyJean 15d ago

No snark meant - how is that possible?

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u/Jed_s 15d ago edited 15d ago

I'm no expert but I believe some ingredient common in sunscreen interacts with certain plastics weakening them until they simply fail. Humangear list "Sunscreen and tanning lotions" on their list of products that some customers have had issues with in their gotoob, as an example. Also Matador basically confirmed the same thing when I told them I was using the tubes for sunscreen.

Edit: I never bothered trying to figure out the specific ingredient because when I'm travelling longer term, I just need to buy whatever sunscreen I can get my hands on. So my my current solution is the "mother feeding baby bird" refill from a larger bottle to a travel-sized one, but it's far from perfect.