cona, yeah i reckon a normal bag will be alright, maybe some packing around it.
schmunkee - i think it'll take a few months to sort. hopefully have the bottles in our hands by spring. if it's earlier then that's great. would be cool if the bottles delivery would fit around and event. but for the ease of my brain it may just be easier for me to ship them individually. we can see.
seen a few sites that do bottles for events but the quality looks a little off given it'd be nice if they lasted a couple of years. i had a look at the bottle that came through the post from triathlete europe the other day, freebie with the subscription. it's a SIS design type bottle, well made. anyway, took a look at their website and it looks good.
http://www.wildoo.co.uk/eu-bottle.htm
was looking at 750ml bigmouth 64mm cap
the freebie i got was 800ml one, but the wider mouth will make it easier to get powders in i reckon.