Comments on: Hydration Bladder Care Tip #2: Get Rid of the Funk http://www.hikerdeals.com/camp-tips/hydration-bladder-care-tip-2-get-rid-of-the-funk/ Trekking the www for the best deals on backpacking, hiking & camping gear. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:01:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Mike http://www.hikerdeals.com/camp-tips/hydration-bladder-care-tip-2-get-rid-of-the-funk/#comment-53590 Mike Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:12:20 +0000 http://www.hikerdeals.com/camp-tips/hydration-bladder-care-tip-2-get-rid-of-the-funk/#comment-53590 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. 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.

]]> By: Tim http://www.hikerdeals.com/camp-tips/hydration-bladder-care-tip-2-get-rid-of-the-funk/#comment-52476 Tim Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:54:36 +0000 http://www.hikerdeals.com/camp-tips/hydration-bladder-care-tip-2-get-rid-of-the-funk/#comment-52476 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. ;) 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. ;)

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