Water bag

Dj Blag <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Hi All, Is there any 'rule of thumb' for the length of time one should use a water bladder and
: then replace it? I keep mine clean and rinse it well whenever I use it but I wonder about the
: presence of mold while the inside dries.

It's common to store those in the freezer, prevents the mold I guess. Occasionally I clean mine more
thoroughly - I cook them well in light solution of wash-up liquid.

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Dj Blag said:

Is there any 'rule of thumb' for the length of time one should use a water bladder and then
replace it?

When teh water starts leaking out of it.

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I keep mine clean and rinse it well whenever I use it but I wonder about the presence of mold
while the inside dries.

You can sterilise it occasionally - get sterilising tablets or liquid (as used for baby's bottles)
or just a couple of teaspoons of bleach, fill it up, leave it for an hour or so, rinse well a
couple of times.

regards, Ian SMith
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Hi All, Is there any 'rule of thumb' for the length of time one should use a water bladder and
then replace it? I keep mine clean and rinse it well whenever I use it but I wonder about the
presence of mold while the inside dries. Thanks, Chas

I recently had to replace my Platypus Hoser 1.8 after it started leaking. That's the only reason
you'd want to replace it. You can get bladder disinfectant/cleaner at Bike Nashbar, or you can just
use a little bleach diluted in water to disinfect. Cleaning (needed if you regularly put in sugary
sport drinks) can easily be accomplished with gel dishwasher detergent, water and a little shaking
(works great on coffee thermoses too). Personally I use RO-filtered water ONLY in mine, and it needs
little or no maintenance other than just shaking out whatever I can after a ride.

Bill Anton 2001 Vision R-40 SWB, OSS Lubbock, TX, USA

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I recently had to replace my Platypus Hoser 1.8 after it started leaking. That's the only reason
you'd want to replace it. You can get bladder disinfectant/cleaner at Bike Nashbar, or you can
just use a little bleach diluted in water to disinfect. Cleaning (needed if you regularly put in
sugary sport drinks) can easily be accomplished with gel dishwasher detergent, water and a little
shaking (works great on coffee thermoses too). Personally I use RO-filtered water ONLY in mine,
and it needs little or no maintenance other than just shaking out whatever I can after a ride.

Bill Anton 2001 Vision R-40 SWB, OSS Lubbock, TX, USA

Platypus will replace under warranty their bladders if they leak. Efferdent Dental tablets work
(better?) than anything from Nashbar.

BTW, I thought you used Holy Water?

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:48:31 GMT, Dj Blag <[email hidden]> wrote:

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You can sterilise it occasionally - get sterilising tablets or liquid (as used for baby's bottles)
or just a couple of teaspoons of bleach, fill it up, leave it for an hour or so, rinse well a
couple of times.

One can also use vinegar for de-molding and disinfecting.It kills well over 90% of both. Chlorine
once in a while just to be sure, or the Iodine tablets mentioned. On a tangential subject,(and mind
you there is NO political intent to this at all)I've had a difficulty with yucky plastic taste from
water bottles, and thought the Platypus/Camelbak etc would fix that because of different plastics
involved. It didn't. Oddly, when I drink water from the plastic containers, I end up having to stop
and [censored] every 15 minutes. The very thin clear bottles like Evian comes in do not do this to me. I
use those and merely refill them or metal bottles from Sigg that have some kind of internal coating.
Neither of these are as convenient as the bladder systems, so I have taken some steps to modify my
Camelbak. There are inline purification filters (escape-escape-Open ↗
co.com/water_filtration.htm#inline%20filter)U$28.49 currently out of stock, and now I have just
found food grade silicone tubing to use at www.mcmaster.com at a reasonable price, U$4.45 per 5
feet. The last resort would be to replace the bladder with some other material. Perhaps a
goatskin? ick. (^:

cheers, rorschandt

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I've had a difficulty with yucky plastic taste from water bottles, and thought the
Platypus/Camelbak etc would fix that because of different plastics involved. It didn't.

Are you talking about Camelbak or Platypus? Platypus bladders are triple-layered, and the plastic
on the inside is similar to an Evian bottle, i.e., no plasticy taste. I also have an old Blackburn
100 oz backpack with the other kind of plastic--big difference. Platypus reservoirs are the best by
far. I just bought a second one from Campmor for $8.99. It's a hoser 1.8 (60 oz) without the hose
(it comes with a cap only), so I can now carry 120 oz and just change over the hose half-way
through the ride.

Bill Anton 2001 Vision R-40 SWB, OSS Lubbock, TX, USA

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Platypus will replace under warranty their bladders if they leak. Efferdent Dental tablets work
(better?) than anything from Nashbar.

Good tip. Never thought of that. Guess they're not just for dentures anymore! Never had any of it in
the house to try.

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BTW, I thought you used Holy Water?

HA! Lately I've been blessing it 5 to 10 gallons at a time around here. People show up with their
gallon milk jugs--it's a Mexican-American thing....There's something to it, though. One lady from
our parish brought me some Serrano peppers that she grew in her garden, watered with holy water.
Dang, you wanna talk about HOT! One pepper would make a gallon of salsa. Never knew there could be
so much hellfire in holy water ;-)

BTW Cletus, how do you get your tag line to appear in green? I'm sure there's a way to automatically
program in a tag line to appear with each post, but I've never figured it out. I use Goggle to post
(since my current ISP doesn't have a news server that I know of) but even when I used Outlook
Express I couldn't do this.

Bill Anton 2001 Vision R-40 SWB, OSS Lubbock, TX, USA

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I've had a difficulty with yucky plastic taste from water bottles, and thought the
Platypus/Camelbak etc would fix that because of different plastics involved. It didn't.

Are you talking about Camelbak or Platypus? Platypus bladders are triple-layered, and the plastic
on the inside is similar to an Evian bottle, i.e., no plasticy taste. I also have an old Blackburn
100 oz backpack with the other kind of plastic--big difference. Platypus reservoirs are the best
by far. I just bought a second one from Campmor for $8.99. It's a hoser 1.8 (60 oz) without the
hose (it comes with a cap only), so I can now carry 120 oz and just change over the hose half-way
through the ride.

Camelbak. I didn't know there was a difference. I'll check out the Platypus. Thanks! rorschandt

Bill Anton <[email hidden]> wrote:
: reservoirs are the best by far. I just bought a second one from Campmor for $8.99. It's a hoser
: 1.8 (60 oz) without the hose (it comes with a cap only), so I can now carry 120 oz and just change
: over the hose half-way through the ride.

I'm using two Platypus big zips (1.8l I think?) with the hoses. Both leak at the screw-on valve,
dunno why.

It's extremely rare that I get any plasticy taste from any plastic bottle, maybe because I ride in
cold temperatures, rarely much over +20 C?

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