Hydration Bladder - The Platypus Review

My love hate relationship with water bladders. I just dislike the part of managing them when I get home. Whereas a 1.0 liter bottle is easy to empty and put in the dishwasher. However, overall I think the water bladders are a good way to go. Especially some of the new bladders out on the market. The Platypus is a more friendly system to clean and maintain than what I have personally used in the past.

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[markshmily]

Do you still use that same water bladder?

I think I might bite the bullet and finally get one for myself since I want to backpack this year for the first time. I am also buying the "hiker" water filter as well.

[Cr0cket20]

@markshmily Still do. It's held up great so far and I'm still liking it.

[VideoWolfe]

Was that the 1L or 2L? I'm thinking about getting one for bike rides, but I think 2L might be too big.

[Cr0cket20]

@VideoWolfe The one in the vid is a 2L.

[903lew]

I have an older Platypus and I love it. I've used Source products given to me but the Platypus is is just so simple! Lightweight, heavy duty, easy to clean. Mine has a screw-on instread of your QD-hose and a simple zip-lock instead of your "folder" but I've experienced 0 problems over 5 years of use.

What I love over the "hole/lid"-bladders is that it's easy to fill from a stream and that it's easier to clean out and dry. Just remove hose, pop in a normal bottle, stand it up and let it air!

[Cr0cket20]

@903lew I'm with you on the ease of cleaning on the Platypus. Just makes it a lot easier to deal with. Many times on short dayhikes I don't take the bladders cause I hate cleaning them when I get home. This one makes it just a bit easier.

[bsboy20]

@VideoWolfe oh, you have no hydration bladder compartment :(

[VideoWolfe]

@bsboy20 I'm sure it won't be too heavy, just not sure if it will actually FIT into a swiss army backpack for school, not a hiking backpack.

[bsboy20]

@VideoWolfe dont worry about it the bladder itself is not very heavy its the water you put in it i would always go a little bigger

[slodeth5]

@FLATblacktical Full, you will still need the space in your pack. So if you have collapsables in your pack when full, it doesn't matter when they're empty. You still need a pack with the same capacity. I'm liking the new generation of colapsable bladders as they're lighter, but already on through hikes, they're are reports on youtube of leaking. Bottles are just dependable. I've never had one leak on me and I do 'alot' of backpacking. I'm rainbowhiker. Don't use this chanel anymore.

[travisplatypus]

@903lew I thought having a pet platypus was illegal.

[deedledo12]

penn state!!!!