Only necessary for non-water fluids

By Jesse Lind Ranked #213 - Trail Running Hydration October 19, 2009

If you only use water in your camelbak bladder and are consistent in emptying it out when finished and air drying the bladder (with hose in a vertical position, bite valve open), you don't need a cleaning kit. I have at least 6 or 7 camelbak bladders (going back 4-5 years) and still have never had odor issues with any of them. My thought is this on storage: air dry completley then seal up (preferred); leave completely full with water (less preferred but greatly preferred to leaving a bladder mostly empty with a few oz. wetting the sides, allowing stuff to grow). My camelbaks have been on two combat tours and multiple training deployments and are still clean and growth-free. If you use gatorade or other non-water liquids and fail to rinse them with fresh water immediately upon consumption, you will need this cleaning kit.

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