cleaning water bladders

[BALBOSA]

just bought a fancy new one from the hiking brand, karrimor

it tastes like feces

and wondered if there was any way of getting rid of the disgusting taste you sometimes get with these things




i did try search i put in the title of this thread and it told me to use more than 3 letters so i gave up

[Robin-Hood]

Re: cleaning water bladders

The plasticky taste takes a couple of uses to go away. For general cleaning I suggest you get a Camelback cleaning kit. Oh and washing it out with hot water sometimes helps.

[Boo-Sabum Ben]

Rinse with water after each use, and euro hike do a really good cleaning kit with loads of brushes and pokey things!

[BALBOSA]

Re: cleaning water bladders

ooo pokey things. yeah thanks guys it makes me feel sick that taste =/


plus ben, awesome pics!!

[guard-sniper87]

Re: cleaning water bladders

There are cleaning tabs from gelert but they are expensive at about 8 quid for 3

or you could rinse it out with salt water for every litre

Then rinse out with warm water then use again

[seansamurai1]

Re: cleaning water bladders

My issue camelback was the same. Not nice when it's your only source of water for 8 hours of boarding ops.

[slick63]

Re: cleaning water bladders

Miltons is the answer, get it from just about any chemist. It`s used to sterilise baby bottles, they normally have the long handled cleaning brushes as well. A helluva lot cheaper than specialised bladder cleaning kit.

[Boo-Sabum Ben]

Haha thanks man!

My brother got me the cleaning kit for my birthday, but I left it for a week or so and didn't clean it, so will have to clean mine out now, and yes multinational is good! Dint drink it though!

[Beef]

Re: cleaning water bladders

it tastes like feces

You know what that tastes like??

I get what you meen about the rubbery taste though, thats why i got rid of mine

[oneshot187]

This threads been done before but to dry your bladder get some practice golf balls( the ones with holes in) and put them in your bladder after washing, it keeps the bladder open and allows air to circulate.

[Gaffa]

Re: cleaning water bladders

Don't forget to store in a freezer after every use. This normally keeps it bacteria free.

[BALBOSA]

Re: cleaning water bladders

ah very inciteful answers guys thanks allot its allot to think about

oh yeah and @beef
no i do not know what feces tastes like thank god :P but i can imagine

[rizzini7]

Re: cleaning water bladders

I use baby bottle sterilising tablets. Hell of alot cheaper for the same thing

[Caveira]

Re: cleaning water bladders

Buy a supermarket's own budget baby tablets, there's no point in paying out extra for named brand stuff.

I used to use 1 Tesco value tablet to clean a 60 litre water system in my caravan, so a small bit of a tablet should do the trick.

[Paul 8v]

Re: cleaning water bladders

I always freeze mine instead of waiting 3 weeks for the thing to dry out, much easier ;-)