 Alright guys, so I thought it was a bad time. We get into some gear reviews on this channel So today we're gonna review a hydration belt from Nathan. It is the Nathan Mercury 3 All right, so here I am in the barn In the barn now. It's just so sunny and bright outside. I thought it'd be a cool location We got a road passing by right behind us though, so it can get a little noisy, but that's fine So hydration super important issue. It's really hot these days here in Norway So when I'm heading out on runs, especially longer runs I'm definitely bringing with me some water and we can get into that in another video You know hydration strategies and that sort of thing But today I wanted to you know talk a little bit about this product Which is something I've enjoyed using over the last six months or so before we get into the details Please subscribe if you haven't done so already and if you have subscribed already click the little button Next to the subscribe button. There's a little bell and if you click it You'll get notified when I upload a new video So go ahead and do that if you want to stay up to date with all our content here on this channel We'll do several more gear reviews and training talks running blogs and all that good stuff. All right Let's get into it. So awesome awesome piece of equipment is this belt. I mean I I really really like it There are a few pros. I Didn't really come up with any cons I'll do my best to come up with some cons too, but let's jump right into the pros first first of all I've had other belts in the past and they've just been Uncomfortable around my waist and another problem. I've had a lot of the time is that it keeps slipping up Like it doesn't really stay there This on the other hand stays and part of the reason is because it has these wide straps Around and they're they're elastic. So it really really Sticks around your waist very snugly. And so what I do is I just fix it Like that, I don't know if you can see it properly and I really tighten it well And it just stays on there really really well So it's just very comfortable soft here soft, but nevertheless fairly minimal and you know It breathes well, so it's not like you feel like you have a lot of stuff around there It's really minimal feels really light. It is fairly light So that's good the bottles. That's another pro They come with three bottles and you know, I'll put an affiliate link in the description if you want to go ahead and buy This product will be an affiliate link of disruption. I bought this product with my own money it's not sponsored or anything like that and If you buy the product, I'll get a little bit of a commission for sending you there But the price remains the same for you. I didn't find this particular product though with three flasks I only found the the two flasks version, which is fine That's also an option if you're running a little bit of a shorter run Maybe you just want to flask with you you can get that product There's a link in the description, but these flasks really really nice about 280 milliliters So that's good There we go nice and soft BPA free. I'm pretty sure Yep, BPA free and the best thing about these flasks is it's the top pair You know when you're running or biking or anything and you have these flasks and you have to pull them out with your teeth That's usually a little bit like ah like hurts your teeth a little bit and you know Worst case scenario you can chip the tooth or something like that these though that won't happen because these are soft They're like rubber soft stuff so you can You can really pull them out with your teeth no problem and they're wide They're they're like they're not small tiny little things. They're actually wide and really comfortable to have in your mouth And easy to drink from You just squeeze the head and get all the water in that you need and then they sit in these these things here plastic hard that Just makes it really easy to shove them back in place after you had a sip Sometimes if you if you don't have these plastic things in or in other belts, there's always this kind of You know you sort of have to open the pocket and shove it in there But this is already open it goes right in no problem. There's also a little pocket on the side. They claim it's Fits an iPhone. I don't know maybe Anyway, I bring my phone in there sometimes a camera. I don't have an iPhone though And so that's practical to have a little bit of room for that Looks cool. That's a pro looks cool. I think and I guess One con or there's room for improvement I think personally, I would like just a little bit more space in the in the bubbles Just like to bring a little bit more water. I really prefer at this point anyway. I prefer having a belt Or rather than a bladder in the backpack. I'll experiment with that more as well though But I'd love to be able to carry something like 1200 milliliters in a belt. This is just about you know 800 or something like that 850 so maybe if they just were just like 50 milliliters bigger bottles or If they had two more bottles somehow, I don't know how that would work. It would be excessive. Maybe They could also be a pocket like that on the other side. I mean I I like having a lot of You know space to put stuff. I bring a phone. I bring a camera. I bring the key to my car. Sometimes I bring some dates You know stuff like that. So I like to have some room To put stuff so an extra pocket would be nice Other than that, I can't really come up with any negatives about this hydration belt I like as I said, I like carrying my Water my weight around the waist. That's the most economical place to carry it from a runner Running perspective carrying stuff in your hands. It tends to get Ineconomical because you're wasting a lot of energy carrying those bottles the best place to have it. It's just around your waist so Anyway, I think I'm gonna cut it short there That's it Go ahead and check it out. There's a link in the description to the mercury To with two bottles. Sometimes if I had him a heading out for short run I'll just take out one bottle and I'll just run with two bottles So I guess ideally speaking I would have one of those and one of these and another one With two extra bubbles like I just mentioned that would be a nice nice sort of Choice to have when I'm heading out on different lengths of runs and in different conditions Sometimes when it's really hot, I sweat a lot. I drink a lot other times not Anyway, that's all I'll put a link here to the playlist of gear reviews so far. I've done mostly shoe reviews So be sure to check those out stay tuned for more content more gear reviews more book reviews more Vlogs and training talks and all that good stuff and make sure you subscribe as I said and you know stay hydrated It's it's a really important thing for runners and people just general health You know, you want to stay hydrated and especially when you're out there on longer runs having a hydration belt It's a good idea. Go check out that affiliate link. Hope you're having a great day. See you around