camelbak tube

mrxc

I've left some water in the tube abd it's turned really moldy, how can you clean it all out, anyone know??

GhallTN6

Milton diluted in water should do the trick, leave for about 12 hours, or those false teeth tabs do the trick so I hear!

I'm always leaving my CBack with juice in it, but I add a tea spoon of salt into it when I fill it, it helps me on the ride and you can leave it for a week or so without anything growing it it.

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TowerRider

You first buy Milton tablets and use them, then either pipecleaners with strong piece of wire to pull through OR buy the expensive Camelbak cleaning kit.

p.s. sorry if duplicate... was about to type when phone rang.

Anonymous

I used neat milton fluid in mine and sloshed it around. Worked a treat.

JonnyN

Milton and pipe cleaners.

sniper68

I bought the Deuter tube cleaning brush,it was £5.99 when I bought mine.

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As said Milton etc works fine but even though the tube looks clean it surprised me just how much black gunk came out of there!

mea00csf

baby bottle sterilisers and a tube cleaning brush. You can buy either the expensive camelbak ones or you can get generic ones (or at least the bike shop i was had some random generic brush which worked fine)

Anonymous

Had wondered about cleaning these things, though so far mine's fine. I think chucking in carb drinks with water perhaps prevents it going all funny. Though the thing gets sticky when it dries out.

Anyway, will try out the tips above.

jadamson

where do you get this milton stuff from? im having the same problem as above.

Anonymous

You can get Milton from Tescos, or Boots. It's in the baby care department, since it's generally used to sterilise baby bottles and stuff like that.

jadamson

cheers, just went down to get some, got tablets worked out to be £1.39 for 20+ so good value. Its soaking now as i type, has anyone got any neat ideas for getting the gunk out of the tube without a wire brush? (its a long tube and i dont have a brush)

tjwood

Old gear cable. Clean it with soap and water. Take a small piece of J-cloth or clean rag, cover it in washing up liquid and water solution, wrap around the end of the gear cable, push cable through the length of the tube. Repeat as required until all the gunk is gone.

j_l

After each use empty the water out put in a bag and put it all in the freezer (bladder, tube, nozzle etc.), stops any nasty’s growing, 10mins before the next use take out to thaw.

Clean periodically with Milton or similar

GhallTN6

Just don't put it into the microwave to defrost unless you want it to fit in your action mans camelbak!

mrxc

thanks guys, great help.