Guide to WATER BOTTLES

tobii3 said:
Shocking how all the Armed Forces phased out canteens and issue CamelBaks if they "suck so much" to wear. Of course, knowing that Camelbak was INVENTED by bicyclists to get RID of water bottles might help...
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Did I deny that they have a place and use? Did I say that CamelBaks suck?

Again, you missed the point. We are talking about water bottles.

Let me dumb this down. I mentioned five specific tasks that many people face everyday. In those, a CamelBak pack could not be worn comfortably. You would also look ridiculous. They were:

Work in an office.
Spend more than an hour a day commuting. In a car.
Go to the gym.
Walk the dog.
Sometimes wake up thirsty in the middle of the night.

These are the activities I was referring to. It sucks to wear a pack at a desk, in a car, at the gym and in bed. If you do these things with a pack on, well, goody for you I guess.

Second, my son is a Corpsman in the USN serving with 3rd Battalion 6th Marines in Okinawa Japan. He was issued a canteen. He uses a canteen. He gave me my canteen.
 
Come on rupe, you can wear your pack while walking the dog at least. Be reasonable here. ;)

All you need to know about camel backs is price, size, and availability, anything else is irrelevant and pointless in a review. (even though all those things are easily provided by googling the item);)
 
Rupestris said:
In those, a CamelBak pack could not be worn comfortably. You would also look ridiculous. They were:
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Work in an office. - hang it off the back of your chair.
Spend more than an hour a day commuting. In a car. - sitting in the seat next to you.
Go to the gym. - on your back while on the treadmill, bicycle and rowing machine. On the floor next to the bench for seated and laying down.
Walk the dog. - hands free has it's advantages when another unleashed dog appears.
Sometimes wake up thirsty in the middle of the night. - hanging by your nightstand

Now, regarding your attempt at "holier than thou" with this comment -

Second, my son is a Corpsman in the USN serving with 3rd Battalion 6th Marines in Okinawa Japan. He was issued a canteen. He uses a canteen. He gave me my canteen.
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I'm a Retired Paratrooper who hasn't been home a year yet from my LAST deployment. You can be proud of your son for his service - don't use HIS service to further YOUR agenda.


Heh...Codger, at your age, the simple mention of "bladder" and you're beatin' feet down the hallway! :D
 
tobii3 said:
I'm a Retired Paratrooper who hasn't been home a year yet from my LAST deployment. You can be proud of your son for his service - don't use HIS service to further YOUR agenda.
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I don't need to try to sound Holier than thou. I have no agenda. I was simply trying to get you to see the forest but apparently the trees are in your way. Welcome to my ignore list.
 
I am not happy. Is this just me or have we had trolls running barefoot through my computer space lately?
Stop stirring up dissension, whoever you are. The rest of you, keep it polite or use the Ignore List.
I'm sorry a good thread got sidetracked by personal attacks. Back to the outdoors! :D
 
I've never used a metal water bottle. I always carry a stainless pot to boil water when I need it, so don't really see an advantage of a metal bottle over plastic for me. And the factory bottles that my spring water comes in are refillable, disposable and don't hold flavor if I dump in a tube of lemonade or koolade mix, then later rinse them and refill. Of course my journeys these days are on water trails where I don't have to carry everything on my back. And if I am going multi-day through an area I am not sure has pure water springs, I tend to carry my entire water supply. Currently I use these factory gallon jugs, but have been looking at the SeatoSummit Packtap. It seems to be a new version of my old water bag from the seventies.

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I will also be looking at some of the water bottles in the OP link. My cheapies will wear out some day.
 
I use a nalgene, don't like metal bottles either. I find they get too cold in the winter on my bare hands, and a lot of times leave a tinny taste in my water. I have had a half dozen nalgenes in my life and have never had serious issues with them absorbing flavours, I make all sorts of stuff in them, crystal light singles, protien shakes, etc., as long as I rinse them and don't let stuff sit in them while closed.
I have never used a camel back but I plan to get one for my pack for the summer, they do have a place for sure. Day hikes and day to day, the nalgene gets a lot of use though.

Any one have experience with that capCAP thing? Sounds like a great item.
 
^ I recognize that article, it's from our very own BuzzBait (one of the best reviewer's here on BF IMHO).

The article is also a "sticky" in another forum.
 
Liam Ryan said:
Any one have experience with that capCAP thing? Sounds like a great item.
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Cool guy item? Sure. Overall usefulness depends on the user. They could have designed the drinking cap to unscrew backwards from the main cap so the whole thing doesn't unscrew all at once and fall in your lap. Also, if you use it with your protein shakes, you might want to get a bottle brush to clean it. (Edited to add: From shaking the mix in the bottle, that is. The narrow neck packs up with 'goo')

For $5.95 at your local REI Store, the decision towards "usefulness" is all yours, Liam. For $1 more, I would recommend the Outdoor Products insulated water bottle holder here as a more useful item.
 
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untamed said:
^ I recognize that article, it's from our very own BuzzBait (one of the best reviewer's here on BF IMHO).

The article is also a "sticky" in another forum.
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Tell him to get his *$%@ together on these crappy reviewsl! :D
 
I just have these water bottles used at thousands of hockey games a year, for decades. They come in different sizes and are only a couple of bucks each. NOT made in China, and BPA free. They have stood up to insanely rough use.

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Liam Ryan said:
...get his *$%@ together...
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Just a heads up, Liam, some people consider that as profanity and will report it -

Disguising profanity with alternate symbols does not make them any less profane. The only place profanity is allowed is in Whine & Cheese
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Upnorth -

Well yeah, hockey games are important...but aren't we discussing Outdoor Gear, Survival Equipment & More?
 
This is a big complication for a container to put water in. There are lots of containers that will work. I've been a backpacker for over 30 years, I started using Nalgene bottles and still use them. We didn't have water sold in stores in bottles back then like we have now but for less long term use those will work fine. They may not be durable enough for a long backpack though, and I've read that you shouldn't use these over and over again.

Other than while hiking I've never felt the need to carry water bottles around with me. Most days I only drink fluids with my 3 meals and maybe no other times during the day. If I woke up in the middle of the night and drank water, I would wake up in the middle of the night and need to go to the bathroom.

When we were backpacking we used iodine tablets for water purification so we didn't have to worry about any stray tastes in the bottle, the iodine tablets overpowered any other tastes.

I do a lot of long bicycling and of course carry water bottles when doing that. I don't worry about tastes in those bottles either. Sometimes I carry just water, sometimes I carry an energy drink in one of the bottles. It doesn't matter though, hot water on a hot day doesn't taste all that great anyway so no worry about tastes or smells in the water bottle. I think the camelbacks were developed for bicycling and I could probably use one but I never have.
 
nice find! For my money, the Guyot Standard is the ultimate for the outdoors. Klean Kanteen 40 wide is a distant second place. The rest I wouldn't bother with.
 
Great review, many popular options covered. Got me thinking about trying a capcap, I currently just use the stock cap and a splashguard with a nalgene.
 
For extended dayhikes, I like a single walled steel and use a Guyot. For the office, it's a 16 oz insulated KK, or a camelbak 100 oz bladder with insulated line and bite valve underneath my Eddie Bauer button-down wrinkle-free. :p
 
I bought a Hydroflask 18 oz.. The day I bought it I figured I had to clean it anyway so I poured boiling into it (without pouring hot water and letting it preheat). I measured it at 220 sealed it up and 12 hours later (approximately) at 120, not hot per se, but certainly warm.
 
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