Re: [Paddlewise] Water bladder

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Check out REI's Water Sac. The bladder is inside a nylon sack
with carrying handles which are great for carrying and for hanging.
The same hole is used for filling and pouring.
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Dear Paddlewisers:

	After extensive use I am less  than enthusiastic about Rei 
Watersacks.  Hard to clean. In my experience spouts tend to leak 
after a season or two.  I often find water trapped between the two 
bladder layers after a bit of use.  Anything could be breeding in 
there.  That space between the layers is totally unsanitizable. 
(Microwaves are out for me, and I don't know if the plastic could 
take it).   Watersacks are a good, cheap, short and maybe medium term 
solution,  and the bladders and spouts are replaceable, but they do 
take some looking after.  Platypus, and Gregory are two much better 
engineered light multi-layered systems.  As earlier stated, I've 
never used the Msr bags but a one layer system is easier to clean and 
the things look  super rugged.


All the best,
Peter K.


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