Tesco 'Hydration Bladder'
riderjam
Posts: 41
Don't buy them- the water tastes very plasticy and nothing you can do can remove the taste, it and the bite valve tastes c**p.
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I saw these the other day, they looked so cheap and naff0
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The reservoir and bite nozzle can be replaced and at <£5 it's extremely well made and a bargain. I've not had a problem, once it's been thoroughly flushed through it's no worse than any other I've tasted that's for sure.0
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its actually a very good pack, well made, comfortable, and just the right size. the water does taste plasticy at first, but it soon flushes out, and tastes fine!I like bikes and stuff0
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try leaving it soaking for 24hrs with some of those milton sterilising tabs in it...www.bearbackbiking.com
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You may well be true, it does seem a well made unit, however the bite valve I got didn't have any openings so you couldn't actually drink from it!0
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I'll be honest i went to millets and replaced the bite valve, it is poor.0
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OH NO Dan wrote:I saw these the other day, they looked so cheap and naff
I beg to differ - they are well constructed and good quality - granted the bite valve aint the best, and i had to make the hole a little bigger - but what do you expect for £5 !!!
Does the job more than fine for me thank you Tescos! And i got clubcard points!It's been a while...0 -
Quite mixed opinions over these bladders. Personally i've had no problems with the bite valve or with funny tastes.I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it0
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The bladder's are fine when you've flushed them out properly, the bite valve on them is a take it or leave it thing.
If you get a bite valve with no slit though you just look for the mould line where it should be and carefully follow it with a sharp thin blade.0 -
flush the bladders out with mouthwash then freeze it, its spot on0
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replaced my bladder when i got it with a platypus.0
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Compulsive tinkerer....my ideas far far outway my ability and that makes things costly !!0