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Hydration Rucksack - Recommendations?
jmagla 
| 18 Jul 13:11 |
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Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | Hi All, I am after some advice regarding hydration rucksacks. I currently use a bottle but would like to get a rucksack, however I also want to be able to store a wet weather lightweight jacket and a couple of small odds and sods. At the same time I want to keep it relatively small. Having read reviews the camalbak range seem to be well thought of, if a little expensive (dont mind paying if they are good though). I am looking at a 2 litre hydration tank and as I say enough room for a jacket, phone etc, dont need much more than that. I would be grateful for any suggestions. Cheers Michael |
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raywebb
| 18 Jul 14:42 |
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Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 21 Bike: My Profile | Hi, I use a Camelback HOSS for all day rides, holds 3 litres of drink and has room for spare tubes, pump, fleece, toolkit, food and the kitchen sink, it's a good piece of kit, but even when empty it's still quite heavy. On a whizz round the forest I have a Camelbak Rogue, carries 2 litres of fluid, pump, phone etc and you can squish a light weight cagoul in the back. I really like them, they are comfortable, good quality, you can jam kit into the pockets and the zips don't seem to mind too much. One thing I do take though is a bottle of water/ juice as well...because the hydration bag is in the rucksack, you can't guage how much you have left...so on a hot day it's too easy to find yourself sucking on an empty tank miles from the nearest drink. Hope this helps Ray |
| lantrixevo | 19 Jul 13:06 |
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Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Bike: | Hi, My son and I have just done the C2C route, I used a camelback from Halfords (its a gen one not the own make jobby) I think its called a cloud walker or something close to that its priced at £49. It has the two litres your looking forand all the rest would fit easy without it being to bulky. Hope it helps |
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jmagla
| 19 Jul 16:16 |
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Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | Thanks for the advice guys, I like the look of the rogue, not too big, as long as I can get my jacket, phone a couple of energy bars in it, it should be fine. The cloudwalker looks a little bulky for me, I only tend to be out riding for between 1 and 3 hours. Maybe best to pop into Halfords to compare the size etc of the two as they stock both models. I have seen the rogue online for £35 delivered so its not a bad price. Cheers Michael |
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jmagla
| 22 Jul 15:10 |
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Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | I had a look round a couple of shops and decided on the Camelbak Mule, it was a good balance of amount of hydration/capacity, I am very happy with it, thanks again for the advice. Cheers Michael |
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