Sort of worth it.

By Izzy G. Ranked #1260 - Trail Running Hydration March 13, 2009

I don't bother using the cleaning tablets. Not E.P.A. approved and bordering on being removed from shelves according to a pal at REI. I just make sure to empty the bladder when I get home and dry out as much of the moisture as I can with cloth and the tube brush then hang it in front of an A/C vent. If anything this kit decreases the longevity due to the tube brush scraping out the interior coating of germ fighting polymers. You're really exchanging one fatality to the bladder for another kind of fatality. In general using the cleaning kit is more traumatic to the bladder system overall.

You're honestly better off sticking the bladder into a freezer set at 0 degrees to prevent any growth in what water wasn't poured out or dried out after use.

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