[Paddlewise] stinky camelbacks

From: Allison Corning <acorning_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 09:54:12 PST
Hey Paddlewisers-

After reading a discussion at the beginning of the summer about using 
camelbacks while kayaking I finally decided that having three sports it 
could be used for was a good enough excuse to shell out the cash and buy a 
camel back. so I did, and I absolutely love it, haven't been dehydrated all 
summer etc etc. But, there is  one problem. The water tastes completely 
nasty. I tried to dry it out completely and scrub the insides with that 
little camelback brush, and I even tried a sterilizing chlorine rinse per 
the directions, but nothing seems to kill the nasty green film that always 
shows up inside it after it gets wet.  Especially on hiking trips of several 
days when it gets periodically emptied and refilled. Does anyone else have 
this problem? How do you treat it? I've tried all the suggestions in the 
little direction book. Should I just start filling it with lemonade and hope 
that hides the taste????

-Allison


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