Camelbak packs are high quality, but I hate their hydration bladder. It collapses flat and is difficult to clean and dry. The Platypus bladders expand like an envelope, and they can be free-standing.

Filling up your hydration pack just got a little easier ... not that it necessarily needed to. The Source Universal Tap Adapter is a simple attachment that lets you refill your hydration reservoir ...

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In a perfect world, hydration bladders would be drained, rinsed and air-dried every time you use them. In the real world, packs are taken off and tossed in the closet or backseat of your car until the ...

In 1989, a trained EMT and competitive cycler named Michael Eidson created a makeshift hydration system using an IV bag filled with water, a tube sock and a clothes pin. Several months later, he began ...