water bottle carrier

[wildwanderer]

I'm after a water bottle carrier I can strap to the sides of a pack.

Looking for:

-Light weight
-Fits a 1-1.25 litre PET bottle
-Durable
-Bottle won't fall out when pushing through scrub.
- can be attached to the side compression straps of a pack.
- if if the bottle fastening system is Velcro it shouldn't be designed in a way to rip open in scrub.
-must have ability for water to drain out of the carrier. Eg in rain.


There is quite a lot of carriers on eBay but they either dont have drain holes, are to heavy or are light weight but the Velcro system you could see would open up in the scrub.


Has anyone seen a better carrier?

[ChrisJHC]

https://platatac.com/accessories-water- ... pouch.html

[wildwanderer]

Thanks Chris that fits the criteria apart from being quite heavy at 100 grams.

Has anyone seen anything lighter?

[Moondog55]

It's a little smaller than you asked for tho as it fits this old style Decor water bottle
https://platatac.com/platatac-1-litre-flask.html
I have to say tho that I always liked that particular flask

[wildwanderer]

Thanks MD. I didn't realise that. I'm definitely looking for something that can hold a typical supermarket 1-1.25 litre PET.

As another option I wonder if sewing some fabric to the pack to create a holder is feasible.. might be more robust and lightweight especially if I can use the pack compression straps to hold the bottle securely.

[Lamont]

Get yourself some hair ties or 2mm bungy and carry some spare..............
https://www.99boulders.com/how-to-attac ... pack-strap you don't even need to attach it to the webbing-just go round the shoulder strap if you don't have webbing. No bouncing, easily accessible-no drainage problem. Weight about 5 gms.

The first two solutions work, very well and cost almost nothing. Slips in and out of the elastic easily. Tried it, but with 600mls bottles only. I know of people that use a one litre Gatorade bottle with no issue. As the bottle is on your front as well you'd know if it fell-it doesn't. Sits inside you body line -no issue with widening your load.
Never tried it on the side of a rucky so don't know if that's any use. Sticking something on the side means you need a lid/elastic top binding etc to ensure you don't lose the bottle-the pouch will be quite heavy, as well as awkward to access your bottle -it being an add on and not being part of the ruckies construction. I wouldn't do it.
Two 500-600mls bottles are nice and if you need more water get an Evernew roll up/flexible 1-2L bottle (or two) with the money you saved and stick it inside the rucky and re-fill as desired. It works.

[Moondog55]

Being a bit of a dinosaur I have been using army waterbottle carriers for yonks and usually modify my hipbelt to take ALICE clips.
An LMG [ Minimi ] pouch can hold 2 of those Decor bottles, or one waterbottle and a lot of mars bars.
https://platatac.com/clearance/ggg-pouc ... eight.html

[wildwanderer]

Thanks Lamont. I will use the shoulder strap idea for a 600ml but Il still need a way to carry 2 litres on the sides.

Unfortunately the pack this is for is only 40L and with my tent it's a doable but very tight squeeze to fit two 1 litre bottles internally. Having them on the sides is a more practical if I can make it work.

The pack works well with a tarp (and internal bottles) or I could splurge on a protrail Li . Unfortunately with my usual tent it packs larger so I need to come up with a creative solution.if I want to use the tent.

[Moondog55]

I may be able to find one [ or two] of my older Karrimor crampon pockets.

[Caconym]

I sewed myself a bottle holder based on this simple design. Since I made it myself I was able to size it to my water bottle and it's very secure and lightweight (29g). You could go lighter than that, as I doubled up the webbing for stiffness.
Mine just uses a loop that I thread my waist strap through because I like my bottle on my hip, but you could do whatever attachment works for you I guess.

[Biggles]

Chalk bags used for rock climbing can easily be adapted as water bottle carriers, ditto as scroggin bins, especially those with vertical belt-loops. A brass grommet can be placed in the base to facilitate draining. Sea to Summit have (or had) a well-made, insulated bottle holder that attaches by a velcro loop to a pack tensioning strap and holds a 1.25L bottle (that's my Camelbak Podium). This has been attached to my widely-travelled photo pack since 2011 without mishap, without drama (photo); in summer I attach a 'feeding tube' to it, saving me taking the pack off ever so often.

A similar product is from YETI and attaches to packs also:
https://au.yeti.com/products/bottle-sli ... 5501165702

Attachments

Sea to Summit bottle holder (c. 2011)

[Bluegum Mic]

This one's only 36g and backpacking light in Melbourne stock it
https://www.backpackinglight.com.au/gos ... ocket.html

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