Just thought a few of us could benefit from a freshened up water bladder. I figured I'd put up a little "how I do it" tutorial. It works great for me as I tend to neglect my Camelbak for a few days after a hike or outing. Seems like the hard part is putting everything away.
First off, and intro to what makes it all better: I use the cheap stuff from Wally-world with mint flavor. I like mint, if you don't, get the regular.
Get some warm water going and add about 4 tablets of the denture cleanser in there. Fill the bladder up and don't forget to purge the line and the mouthpiece.
Let this soak for about 15 minutes or the equivalent of a beer or two. Afterwards, give it a few rinses with more warm water and again, don't forget to purge the line and mouthpiece....
After you have another beer, get as much water out as possible, shove a couple of paper towels in there and close the hole. Commence to blowing up the bladder, via the mouthpiece....
A look at the following picture, you can see that it's all blowed up. Just give her a few shakes to soak up all the left over liquid. Repeat as necessary in hopes of getting a fairly dry towel. Don't forget to have a beer between cycles.
After you get it as dry as you can, steal a hanger out of your wife's side of the closet. (Be sure to hide the blouse you just pulled off the hanger so she doesn't find out). Hang the bladder up as shown in the spiffy picture. Don't mind the mess. The Bowflex is between workouts and no, the longhorn is not for sale.
After I go through all this mess(timewise, it was about a 6-pack or so), I usually hang the bladder in the closet until I need it again. I hang it on my side of the closet so the little lady doesn't pull it off of the hanger she discovered I stole from her. She's mean and will throw the bladder somewhere in the closet so I won't find it. I don't know about your wives, but just to be safe, keep it on your side. They can be really territorial.
Now, after all that explaining, you might just want to properly clean and store your bladder properly so as to avoid going through all this trouble. Hope I at least helped one person with getting their hydration bladder back to tasting good. That's a long word, isn't it? Hydration....
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Originally Posted by Bomber
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