hydration bladder vs bottles

[hobbitle]

Hi guys. Does anyone know where I can get a small (500mL -1L ish) little collapsible "bottle" (one that will fold or squish down when it's empty) with a screw top (or "pop top")?


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[DanShell]

http://www.tiergear.com.au/11/online-sh ... er-pouches

[hobbitle]

Thankyou so much DanShell. A three-pack is perfect.


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[beean]

Thankyou so much DanShell. A three-pack is perfect.

You're right... Three of these holds two bottles of wine, a must have for any overnight walk

[hobbitle]

You're right... Three of these holds two bottles of wine, a must have for any overnight walk

One is for whiskey




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[beean]

One is for whiskey

That's ultralight territory there.

[Zone-5]

CamelBak Antidote bladders turn sweet water into bitter pond water! If you can stand the awful plastic taste they impart then go for a bladder but if taste matters then a bottle wins every time...

[JohnStrider]

Never had an issue with the taste of the water coming out of my Source bladder from Wild Earth.

[weeds]

I must have 5 or 6 camelbak bladder and never notice a taste.

Re: cleaning, never needed to, never had mould or anything else build up.....always drain all the water the including the tube and than aired them out.

[ofuros]

Me too, played with Camelbak, Geigerig & Vaude bladders, never had any issues....then again I have
drunk out tree hollows & cattle troughs etc, so I'm not that picky when I'm thirsty..

[north-north-west]

I've never had an issue with taste from either Source or Camelbak bladders. Makes me wonder what else you've been putting in them . . .

[GPSGuided]

Lucky to not have encountered any taste problems with our hard/soft plastic water storage items. The only one that I dislike is with aluminium containers. A definite metal taste, whatever that is.

[Gadgetgeek]

I've heard that if your municipal water source contains bromine (or bromide?), you can get a plastic taste from nearly anything. water from my house will leave a taste in nearly anything, even old nalgene bottles. some are worse than others, my dromy bag is nearly undrinkable with town water. rain-water is fine.

[RonK]

After years of treating my water with iodine, I scoff at those moaning about a faint metallic or plastic taste.

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[GPSGuided]

Aluminium may bring on dementia while iodine gives you a nice goitre.

[ofuros]

Aluminium may bring on dementia while iodine gives you a nice goitre.

[RonK]

Aluminium may bring on dementia while iodine gives you a nice goitre.

Other way 'round GPS - goitre is caused by iodine deficiency. That's why salt is iodised.

Saw some terrible goitres on the Kangchenjunga trek. The hamlet of Khambachen seemed to have a lot of cases.

[GPSGuided]

Other way 'round GPS - goitre is caused by iodine deficiency. That's why salt is iodised.

It's actually both ways. Iodine excess can induce hyperthyroidism and thyroid hypertrophy. Another case where lots more is not always better.

[Hiking Noob]

I would normally use my hydration pack twice a week and it will go from the time I buy it to the time it gets binned without being cleaned but I guess if you used it less often cleaning would be necessary, I keep the one for my spare pack in the freezer and it does develop a bit of a funky flavour.

I took a Source collapsible bottle on the OLT as a filter screwed to the end but those bottles don't like to be flexed too much, after a few uses mine was starting to de laminate at the neck so I threw it out.

[Zone-5]

I've never had an issue with taste from either Source or Camelbak bladders. Makes me wonder what else you've been putting in them . . .

...only water in the two weeks I have owned it...

Takes a lot of flushes to get the plastic taste out and then on hot days it will still come back, some people use bleach or baking soda which also cleans them really well when they get manky.
Source bladders are almost as bad as the Camelbak ones, Platypus are by far the best for taste but some come with hoses that give a plastic taste, the only Camelbak hydration bit I use now is the bite valve.

As suggested I used bi-carb soda as a wash and soak. Well it worked really well!

Today I went of a 7 hour mountain hike and used up all the 3 litres in the pack without any taste besides the normal tap water taste...

...next time it will get filled with bottled spring water and I hope that it will cure it.

I'm sure these bladders are made of the same stuff that water mattresses are made of!

[Big Foot]

I get years out of a bladder by washing it after use then storing it in the freezer to stop bacteria growth

[Zone-5]

...washing it after use then storing it in the freezer to stop bacteria growth

...great tip, Thanks!

[ofuros]

Had my 1st water bladder failure as I was getting ready for this weekends walk. Felt a wet patch in the bottom of my pack while adding gear.
Not the bladder itself but in the hose port that's stuck to it, the material used had aged & had a series of micro cracks around its base. Roughly 3years of use. Binned & replaced.

Keep an eye on yours...