Hydration bladder problem

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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.
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Ant71
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Hydration bladder problem

Thu 05 Apr, 2018 9:43 pm

Hi all I have an issue with the Camelbak mule I have bought. I bought it to use on my mountain bike and it works well but it would be nice to use the bladder in my pack but the hose is not long enough. I have a Macpac Bladder that works but it would be nice to use the 3L one. I have looked on there website but could not find a longer replacement hose. Has anyone had any experience with this and or have a solution.
Thanks
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Re: Hydration bladder problem

Thu 05 Apr, 2018 9:59 pm

Hose should be generic and any food grade hose of the correct diametre can be bought by the metre and cut to size
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Re: Hydration bladder problem

Thu 05 Apr, 2018 10:05 pm

...WildfireSports has osprey, hydrapak hydraflex a metre long, 1/4inch 6mm $8 & $14...
Just depends on your internal hose diameter, makes & models vary as does the diameter of the bite piece spigots.
Mine are outside diameter 10mm with a internal 5/16 spigot(8mm ish)

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Bunning's, vinyl foodgrade 10mm 5m $13.50

Homebrew shops have the long lengths of too...silicone food grade.

ClarkRubber....has food grade hose in long lengths too.
Ant71
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Re: Hydration bladder problem

Fri 06 Apr, 2018 8:56 pm

Thanks heaps for the help will look into them :D
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