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Best credit card to use at Nalgene.

Online ShoppingSporting Goods

Nalgene's wide-mouth bottles graduated from Rochester lab equipment to the default water bottle of trailheads and lecture halls, now sold in endless colors and the Sustain recycled line. Direct orders (including the popular custom-printing option) ship from nalgene.com and code as online retail, occasionally classifying as sporting goods.

Picks without a tag earn at Nalgene both in-store and online. Watch for theOnline onlytag — those bonuses only apply on nalgene.com.

  1. #1
    U.S. Bank
    5% on sporting goods if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,000/quarter, then 1%)
    Choose 2 categories each quarter, up to $2,000 combined
    5%
  2. #2
    American Express
    3% on online shopping (up to $6,000/year, then 1%)
    U.S. online retail purchases
    3%
  3. #3
    Robinhood
    3% flat-rate cashback
    3%
  4. #4
    Bank of America Cash Rewards SecuredOnline onlyif you select it
    Bank of America
    3% on online shopping if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  5. #5
    Bank of America Customized Cash RewardsOnline onlyif you select it
    Bank of America
    3% on online shopping if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  6. #6
    American Express
    4x points on online shopping
    Eligible U.S. online retail purchases
    2.0%4x points
  7. #7
    Comenity Capital Bank
    2% on sporting goods
    2%
  8. #8
    American Express
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  9. #9
    Capital One
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  10. #10
    Citi
    2% flat-rate cashback
    1% when you buy, 1% when you pay
    2%
  11. #11
    First Electronic Bank
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Tiers of 2%, 2.5%, 3%, or 4% based on assets held on Coinbase; tiers above 2% are capped at $10,000 in eligible purchases per month, then 2%. Requires Coinbase One membership.
    2%
  12. #12
    Elan Financial Services
    2% flat-rate cashback
    When deposited into an eligible Fidelity account
    2%
  13. #13
    American Express
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Unlimited 2% cash back on eligible purchases
    2%
  14. #14
    Chase
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2.5% on purchases of $5,000 or more per transaction
    2%
  15. #15
    WebBank
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  16. #16
    Navy Federal
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Issued on the cashRewards application when approved for a credit limit of $5,000 or more; lower limits receive cashRewards at 1.5%
    2%
  17. #17
    PenFed Credit Union
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2% with PenFed Honors Advantage (current or former military, or a PenFed Access America checking account); 1.5% otherwise
    2%
  18. #18
    PNC
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  19. #19
    U.S. Bank
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  20. #20
    TD Bank
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Earns 2 points per dollar; 1 point is worth 1 cent, with a 2,500 point minimum to redeem as a statement credit or a deposit to a TD checking or savings account
    2%

Bottles are small-ticket, so rewards are more about which card is already in hand: Bank of America Customized Cash set to online shopping earns 3 percent, a U.S. Bank Cash+ sporting goods quarter can catch a team order at 5 percent, and REI stock of the same bottles earns REI-specific card bonuses instead.

Last updated September 14, 2026