After each use, we wash our Cambelbacks with Ivory liquid dishwashing soap, then stuff them with paper towels and hang them upside down over a wash line to dry. (Remove the byte valve and let the soapy water run out the tube.) We have the Camelback brush kit, but only use it occasionally. It includes a brush for the bladder and one for the tube. We always fill the bags with Gatorade Frost, and freeze them overnight or use the bike cubes, also sold by Camelback. Taste is only a problem when the Gatorade gets warm. >> 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 >> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Nov 03 1999 - 06:21:40 PST
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