Hydration Pack Hacks - Bottle & Backpack Bladder Care

[@gmbntech]

What do you use to carry your water out on a ride? Let us know in the comments!

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Water?! I carry my gin in my bottle and sometimes a hydration pack but tubes are nasty...

[@Magoo71]

Camelback with room for small tools and repair supplies...

[@BaldBloke]

Peatys fidlock

[@ThomasElsmore-jt3tp]

Rinse with cold tap water and store in freezer after each ride. The 1l camelback bladder, purchased roughly 15 years is as good as the day I got it.

[@ericphillips9240]

Just leave four or 5 ounces of water in your water pack and add 3 tablespoons of vinegar after every ride and slosh it around, make sure some gets into the tube. Rinse before filling for a ride. I’ve left my hip pack all winter and it is still clean as a whistle. Four years I’ve been doing this and never had to wash my hip pack or backpack. I used to use the freezer method but this works even better.

[@marcusant6895]

Great tip, thank you!

[@Velo1010]

After every ride I throw the bladder in the freezer. This keeps it fresh. And if I need to clean it I use warm water with dish soap.

[@carolinelief9132]

Same, it fits perfectly in the shallow tray that's for ice cubes

[@jto-mtb]

I do the exact same thing. The only thing I can add to the topic is, on long multi day rides, I use iodine tablets over night, then fill the blatter with clean water for the ride. Of course I also wash the blatter with warm water and soap.

[@PaulTjoen-x6w]

This is my solution as well. I have bladders that have been used over 3 seasons without any mold. It even works with bladders that have been filled with Gatorade.

[@PsyMongSki]

I have done this for years, learnt about it when i did Juke of Edinburgh. Have the same bladder from over 8years ago now and i have maybe done a full wash 2times. Your advise is by far the best advise i have ever been given for my bladder care.😊

[@mitch_smith]

2 things: 1. Perfect timing. Just back from a 3 hour ride and I definitely left the water bladder in the bed of the truck. All fresh now, did a solid clean. 2. Who has an empty freezer? Is that like a "stunt freezer" that only gets used for the action shots? LOL

[@Drakonaut]

I actually got a new hydration pack, and they're starting to add a hanger loop to the bottom of the packs so you can hang them upside down to dry. Glad to have an updated video on deep cleaning these packs.

[@waveydavie]

I've been using Milton Sterilising Fluid for over a year.

[@rickkoehler3796]

A puffy postal envelope around the bladder will keep it much cooler for longer. An old sock is great for isolating bits in the pack and can be a handy rag if needed. A latex glow can be used as thermal insulator around a bottle increase cage holding power and be helpful in other ways.

[@clivetutt9742]

I’ve used yellow tongue from particle board flooring and heated bent to shape for opening bladders to dry.

[@metalwheelz]

I use the plastic separator in chocolate chip cookie bags to make big ice blocks that last for a few hours on hot days.

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

i have a hydropak and i simply detach the drinking tube coil it around it self and stuff it into the opening of the bladder and it hold itself open

[@billderas3420]

Great job Owen!

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Cheers Owen

[@joeymacme]

Have you disassembled your nozzle today?

[@semadragun]

Great video, never would have thought of using a brush to clean the actual drinking tube. I would have been lazy and just rinsed it. 😋 My water filter jug looks like it will come in handy to keep a soon to purchase bladder pac like this even cleaner. Oh your water hack will work a treat..and SWOSH free riding, brilliant!

[@OwenBikeNerd]

So pleased that you found the video informative - here to help! Cheers Owen

[@semadragun]

@@OwenBikeNerd Your awesome Owen keep it going 💪😎👍🙏

[@johnssmith4005]

I'm the type of rider that uses plastic water bottles that I store inside my backpack for hydration , it's the best solution in my opinion , the bottles are never in direct sunlight so the water is cooler not to mention they can serve as back protection in case of an accident ( which btw It happened to me once )

[@Blowfeld20k]

What are you talking about m8 ..... please explain how a Camelback bladder inside the backpack, (dependent on design also inside its own pouch, inside the backpack), is in direct sunlight?!? ....... Don't mean to have a go m8, but that part makes no sense, since bladders are NOT directly exposed to sunlight any more than a bottle in the same bag is......... if you think about it. Personally my fav for keeping water cool is a pre frozen freezer bag pack, the blue blocks you use in picnic bags, between the bladder and back of the pack, keeps your water chilled and cools your back through your backpack all day long.

[@johnssmith4005]

@@Blowfeld20k What I actually said is that simple plastic water bottles inside your backpack are the best solution , I never said that it's the only way to store water away from direct sunlight , I'm not sure about you but I don't like all that work needed in order to have a bladder ( washing , drying ) . I simply buy 2 bottles of water 1 L each or less and store them in my backpack, when I'm done I take the bottles to a recycling point , not sure if it's the cheapest way but I'm sure it's the most practical way .

[@raff5604]

As soon as I am finished using my Camelback, I place the bladder in the freezer to prevent any mold. I do this with my water bottles as well.

[@todd727300]

Efferdent in the bladder, then squeeze it out through the tube and valve. For a deeper cleaning, you can do the same with beer tap cleaner.

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

The freezer is all you need. I have two bladders. Rinse, suck the water and air out, throw in the freezer and rotate bladders, so each one is in the freezer longer. I’ve been doing this since the first bladders came out, without and stink or problems.

[@dougbikescle5405]

After each sip, blow into the hose. It pushes the water back into the reservoir instead of leaving it in the hose to heat up.

[@fudganuld]

Keep mine in the freezer..ha!

[@Blank3k]

Personally with my packs/bottles I occasionally throw in a cap of sterilising fluid for baby bottles..any mould etc disappears quickly from all the crevices/tubes, then easily washed/rinsed away, and if not rinsed properly well if it's safe for a baby to run that risk it's definitely safe for a fully grown mountain biker... Easy.

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

"Time to murder that mold" Looks under your mini for Peta carbombs ... 😅

[@David-ClubDeck]

Some hot water and pop a couple of false teeth cleaning tablets in it, gets rid of mould.

[@stupidchicken03]

As soon as Im back from a ride, I refill the bladder and just throw it in the beer fridge in the garage. Havnt cleaned it in almost a year without any issues.

[@adrianoabila6854]

I've used Camelback hydration pack for... ˜15 years?! Never had a problem with mould or taste or dirt... thus, never bothered to wash it 😂 and I filled it with all sort of water out there. Natural cleansing 🤷🏼‍♂?

[@ChristianPareATLAS]

I used to use bleach and soaked for 1 hour. Rince very well then soaked for 1 hour with lots of dish soap. Rinse well and soaked and rinse again well. Air dry but never in the freezer. On long rides i bring also an isolated lunch bag with 1 ice pack. Always funny to drink a cold drink in front of everyone sweating. I mostly get told they will do the same the next ride. Juice, water, ice tea, even the camel back can be put in that bag. 1 extra pound is all good

[@Busfullofclowns]

If the water in the tube of your bladder gets warm between drinks, blow it back into the bladder to mix it with the cooler water, then drink

[@Elfin1993]

Where do I find such a brush?

[@rosshunter9053]

I’ve never had a bacteria or mould problem in my water bladder, however the plasticky taste, I’ve never been able to totally get rid of it. I’ve tried lemon juice, baking soda, you name it, I’ve tried it, without success. Any suggestions

[@KILBY999.9]

I'd appreciate a cycling googles review at some point please. I cycle country lanes as much as possible in the summer months & the bugs find my eyeballs as irresistible as a moth finds a flame. After each ride my eyes look like Topper's fight wraps post being dipped in M&M's & Gummy Bears. Thanks.

[@mahennaiker5072]

I always empty n leave it in the fridge and clean it with once a week

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Great routine insights! Cheers Owen

[@ish474]

See if you just microdose that mold over the course of your riding career it can't hurt you and you don't have to wash anything😂❤

[@grantnewby3756]

Do you put Hydrolites or anything else in your camel pack or do you only do that in your bottle.

[@KevinT3141]

Me personally, I only put additives in the bottle.

[@IIzItOII]

@@grantnewby3756 i also got advised to put only water in the pack and other additives in the bottle.

[@OwenBikeNerd]

you can put Hydration tabs or carbohydrate mixes into bladders - they might need more of clean - but personally I just add the mixes into the bottle - but yep you can! Cheers Owen

[@MYMOUNTAIN_122]

Getting flash backs of my urologist visit, lol.

[@emonty62]

Vinegar

[@Petrolhead912]

Did you really say “licketey split “ 😂 ?

[@Ferrari255GTO]

So, hear me out, you fill the whole thing with cobalt 60... XD

[@H3avyHaul3r]

put it in the freezer…too easy

[@Velo1010]

Same here.

[@jonathanzappala]

Someone tell the run police at the office you shouldn’t rinse your plates anymore that’s not how modern dishwashers and detergents work.

[@bobobobobobo4597]

Overnight with denture cleaning tabs. Cheap and lazy.

[@toxicblackwidow9841]

Hate them and having something on my back when I ride.

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Camelbak and a number of brands do hip packs - which some folks love - of course you can't fit quite as much into them - but yep much more air flow over your back! Cheers Owen

[@c3h4organic97]

Content proposal: How to wipe your back end after your morning job. What a stupid topic and a waste of time to watch.

[@semadragun]

Actually it's not at all for I'm currently looking for a bladder pac having only used a bottle before. Very relevant to me and I'm sure it will be for others.

[@tbc_mtb]

Yet you still clicked on it, watched it and then commented. Well done ya div.

[@Velo1010]

Might be useful to new users of hydration packs.

[@Eskatologist]

I learned that the bite bit of camelback bottles does actually come apart from the hard plastic, not something that is obvious from the packaging.

[@KevinT3141]

​@@EskatologistRight? Great video!