I've had water in my camalbak for 2 months
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I've not used my hydration pack for about 2 months, the problem is that I forgot to empty it and I know stale water can kill you. Its a camalbak so it has the HydroGuard Anti-Microbial technology. I don't know if I can wash it out and use again or should I buy a new reservoir. Has anyone else had this problem or know what to do.
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I'm pretty sure I've done the same. It probably won't kill you (I don't even really wash mine, other than a quick rinse and dry occasionally) if you just give it a quick wash. Check the tube though, gunk seems to grow a lot there.0
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Clean it with Milton, should be ok. I've had mold in mine where I forgot to rinse it out and I'm alive.0
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It'll be fine, steralise it with milton or iodine.0
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Get a cleaning kit for it, and as said, some Milton tablets.
Where the tube are exposed to light you'll get a nice green build up of gunk.
i couldn't believe how much came out the first time I cleaned it.0 -
If you chuck it in the freezer once your done with it, as long as its not totally full, you'll have a mould free camelbak.0
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Empty it, rinse it and fill it with nice fresh water. Simple as that. As long as you only use it for water, and don't fill it with energy drinks, it will be fine.0
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I've left mine half full of energy drink for 6+ months before. Flush with boiling water, put in freezer over night, sorted!0
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It'll sterilize anything - a bit of mould will be fine. Give it a good old swish about and rinse it properly afterwards (otherwise it'll taste grim). Job done!Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....
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Most nasty micro organisms die at around 70degC except for some Gram+'s such as Bacillus Circulan. If your concerned fill it with hot water (not so hot that it melts the bladder though) and rinse with cold0
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Duffer wrote:Empty it, rinse it and fill it with nice fresh water. Simple as that. As long as you only use it for water, and don't fill it with energy drinks, it will be fine.
Not true. Most of the time it'll be fine but there's some nasty stuff that can come out of tap water. Not likely to cause any problems but it's possible.Uncompromising extremist0 -
I always freeze it, it's so much easier than trying to get every last bit of water out and as said above helps to stop bacteria0
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Make sure you give it a good wash. I wouldn't jsut empty it and re-fill it put it that way. But I wouldn't bi it. Good wash out and it'll be fine.0
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Just think of it as building up your immune system
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Milton :roll: . What you need is http://www.chemisphereuk.com/?gclid=CLe ... lAodLzojQw . Never liked the purple stuff, but if your new to things like that its often best to be able to see if its flushed through.
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lol, just bought a bottle of Milton today at asda for camelbak cleaning duties. Was my first time using a hydration pack of any sort this sunday - carried all my repair kit and around 2l of water and hardly noticed i had it on. Won't ever go back to a bottle again i don't think.0
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Camelbak support rules
Just sent them an email about 2 hours ago asking if they know of any risk to the bladder by freezing them, got a reply just now saying nope they do it all the time
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