Hydration Gimmick or Useful Item?

[Where's Bruce?]

This seems kinda unnecessary to me and seems like there are as many benefits as potential problems...your thoughts?

[video=youtube;4d_SuiTlB7w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d_SuiTlB7w[/video]

 

[colonel00]

I hate fake videos with fake audiences.

 

[twall13]

One of my buddies runs a Geigerrig and loves it. I've always hated sucking water out of a bladder, especially when I'm winded from a hard push up a hill. Add to that the fact that after I've been out in the field for a few days it just feels incredibly refreshing to be able to chug some water and you simply can't do that from a hydration bladder. After a few days only drinking water from a bladder I crave a good chug of cold water. With that in mind I thought I'd like the Geigerrig and about purchased one on a sale but ended up deciding against it cause I was low on funds at the time. Since then I've decided they simply aren't worth the weight penalty as they are fairly heavy. My new solution is to pack a Gatorade bottle in addition to my hydration bladder and use that when I need/want to chug some water. A 32 Oz. Gatorade bottle weighs 1.55 Oz. empty and my water filter screws on to it. With the Geigerrig you have to carry a beefed up bladder plus the pump, etc. I will say that based on my buddies experience they are fairly robust and actually do work quite well. If I rode a bike more often I'd probably get one, but with a pack on my back it's not worth it to me. That's just my personal preference though, YMMV.

 

[beachbunny]

i was thinking the exact same thing.
i still like my canteen.

 

[SHTF]

Bruce do some research on YouTube and check out the abuse they put that bladder through in there destruction testing. They run over it with a huge Humve they blow it up, beat on it with a 2x4 drop it off a 3 story building with dry ice in it causing a chemical reaction that blows it up as big as 2 basketballs before it fails and have an unconditional lifetime warranty against anything that happens to it. You can turn the bladder inside out to clean it and let it dry
And when you pair this bladder with a sawyer mini, inline, or squeeze it takes gravity out of the equation. Yep I'm a fan. Is it obvious?
Also you can leave your back flow device at home as you turn your filter around pump up your bladder and it backflows it for you. It's only a few ounces more then a 100 oz bladder so the weight isn't that much different.
If all that isn't enough to convince you I've taken a shower with this thing out camp, and no more having to hang the bladder to transfer water to a pot or another resevoir just give it 15 pumps and it does the work on its own. Jesus I sound like I work for them. But seriously it's a pretty handy piece of versatile gear that I started using earlier this year. I have 0 complaints.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Kg8Cg6WDg

My thoughts on it.

 

[Eagle]

Uh, gravity does the same thing pretty efficiently. No need for a pump at all, and I use an inline filter with my bladder as well. Heck, half the time, after I put my gear in my pack around my bladder, it might as well already be "pressurized".

 

[tipsntails7]

I've used this bladder since they came out. It's the most durable bladder I've ever seen. If you don't want the bubble don't bring it, If you don't mind it it's a pretty sweet setup. I can clean my hands easy, I can squirt water in the dogs mouth if I forgot his bowl. I've filled it up and sat on it as a seat cushion. And it helps my sawyer when I run it as gravity filter. It has never leaked on me and that's the only bladder I can say that for.

If all your going to do is stick it in your pack and drink from it then it's probably over kill

 

[Take-a-knee]

That wouldn't help me. I use those "fragile" platys that everyone complains about. The reason I've never had a problem with them is the last thing that goes in the top of my pack is a 70oz bladder laying crossways. Nothing pressing on it. Because its up high, flow isn't an issue, and the way I waterproof my pack contents with a trash COMPACTOR ( not contractor) bag, if it does leak its a non-issue.

 

[HuntHarder]

I feel like a 50 year old woman watching QVC. Worst part is, I think the dude sold me on it!!!

 

[ozyclint]

i carry an air compressor with me at all times to blow air into the bladder when i want it pressurised (which is never). it's called lungs and they serve a double purpose as a blood carbon dioxide/oxygen exchanger. remember, minimum of two uses for everything in the backcountry.

x2 on the fake audience

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Does it keep the water in the bag from sloshing? I hate it when air gets into my bladder and makes noise when I'm bow hunting and trying to get close to the game I'm stalking.

 

[twall13]

Does it keep the water in the bag from sloshing? I hate it when air gets into my bladder and makes noise when I'm bow hunting and trying to get close to the game I'm stalking.

It should keep it from sloshing around as the air in the separate chamber should fill the gap and put pressure on it. Maybe one of you who have experience with it can confirm?

 

[SHTF]

It should keep it from sloshing around as the air in the separate chamber should fill the gap and put pressure on it. Maybe one of you who have experience with it can confirm?

Yes the air chamber is seperate. Your not filling you water bladder with air. So yes if you filled max with water youll never have much of an air pocket for it to slosh around.

 

[Larry Bartlett]

Kill me now, please....

 

[Backpack Hunter]

No experience with the product, just want to mention you can pressurize a bladder by simply blowing into the mouth piece, and yes it can then keep the water from sloshing around......also pushes the water in the line back into the bladder and keeps it from warming up or freezing dependent on weather.

 

[KMD]

If you act now, you get a free Shamwow and a Snuggie in Kryptek camo!!!(just pay shipping & handling)

Also, while supplies last, grab a Potty Putter for only $19.99

 

[SHTF]

If you act now, you get a free Shamwow and a Snuggie in Kryptek camo!!!(just pay shipping & handling)

Also, while supplies last, grab a Potty Putter for only $19.99

Dude the Potty Putter is awesome.

 

[colonel00]

A Kryptek Snuggie is an interesting idea as well...

 

[tipsntails7]

A Kryptek Snuggie is an interesting idea as well...

Pretty sure its a woobie express.

 

[5MilesBack]

Bruce do some research on YouTube and check out the abuse they put that bladder through in there destruction testing. They run over it with a huge Humve they blow it up, beat on it with a 2x4 drop it off a 3 story building with dry ice in it causing a chemical reaction that blows it up as big as 2 basketballs before it fails

That's good to know, because that sounds exactly like most of my hunting trips.