His cheap plastic spoons and gas station water bottle tips are absolutely not something I think are good ideas.
Gatorade and cheap water bottle caps easily come loose, spilling all your water out. That normally isn't a huge deal until you're a thousand vertical feet above your nearest water source. Nalgenes are heavier no doubt, but their durability makes up for it, for me at least.
Never broke a plastic spoon? Hell I have broke several of the heavier duty plastic ones, let alone the cheaper bulk pack spoons.
Maybe I am just rough on stuff.
My titanium spoon never warped in hot water.
Lightweight water bags, Platypus, leaked out on me way down in the Owyhee desert SW Idaho on a very hot august coyote hunt. While hiking from stand to stand I was appreciating the moisture between my pack and back until I realized it was my drinking water. Dying of thirst crossed my mind on the long hike back to the truck, it would be a horrible death.
