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Hydration Bladder Care Tip #2: Get Rid of the Funk

The best thing I’ve found to de-funk hydration system bladders, like Camelbaks, is to drop in a several denture cleaning tablets. Even name-brand Efferdent is cheaper and more effective than the cleaning tabs sold by most camping gear shops.

Remember to open the hose valve or to not to seal the bladder completely, since the bubbles from the tablets could burst the bladder otherwise.

Now that your Camelbak bladder is clean keep the funk from coming back with tip #1.

   
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2 Responses to “Hydration Bladder Care Tip #2: Get Rid of the Funk”

Tim Says:

Great tip. But you’d have to put _A LOT_ of tabs in to burst a sealed Camelbak. I once put in eight to my CB after it turned into a biosphere. The only thing that happened was that the next time I used it, the water was minty-fresh. ;)

July 29th, 2007 at 6:54 pm

Mike Says:

Good point Tim. I think I may be passing on a very lightweight urban legend with that comment:

A quick test with a completely full bladder and only one Efferdent yielded a bubble of air small enough that several of them would barely fill a drinking glass after the whole thing was done. When I opened the valve there wasn’t even enough pressure to make the water do anything but dribble out (like usual).

Odds are that a less-than-full bladder or one with some air already in it would need several boxes of Efferdent before you damaged anything.

August 1st, 2007 at 11:12 pm

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