Can't be bothered filling a camelback for shorter rides so just chuck a water bottle in the pack. However the ones I've got all tend to leak and soak whatever else is in the pack. Any good ones out there that don't leak? Also needs to have a wide opening to get a scoop of powder in and be easy to clean.
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Water bottle that doesn't leak... recommendations?
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Look no further than the Camelbak podium range - you wouldn't think there was much you could do to a water bottle to improve it, but they have!
As for your specific criteria - yes they have a good wide neck to get a scoop of powder in, and the valve can be closed off to prevent leaks under transit, and dismantled to clean.
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put the bottle in a cage?
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Thanks. I actually have one of these in the bottom of my kit box, I got the chill one but never used it! Shall give it a go.
Frame doesn't have any cage bosses.
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A quick not very scientific test of a full podium chill bottle resting on its side for 15 mins and being occasionally squeezed has resulted in zero drippage. Thanks good enough of me. Thanks perthmtb for ridding my pack of a soggy bottom!
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No probs, haven't used the chill version meself, only the standard ones. Be interested to hear back sometime later if the insulation properties really do work - I often ride in 30 deg. + temperatures, and a nice cold drink halfway thru a ride would be most welcome...
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That was my thinking when I got it, but I can't remember the last time I rode in temperatures anywhere near warm enough to need it!
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Camelbak Podium +1
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I have podium and podium chill, neither hold water at cool temps on hot days. What i found did keep water cool was a 1.5L plastic pop bottle (touring in summer, all 3 bottles on the bike, Podiums were much hotter, i think the plastic is thicker so absorbs the heat?). But i do reccomend the Podium as its much easier to drink from when riding than a screw-lid bottle, and as you say, no leaks.
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I have used Elite Jossanova bottles for a few years, no problems with leaking either in the cage or in a pack
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/elite-jossanova-membrane-550ml-water-bottle/Posted 4 months ago # -
Either PSP or High-5 ones work fine for me. The High-5 ones have a slightly wider neck, but no problem putting scoops in the PSP ones. I'd imagine either are significantly cheaper than anything branded Camelbak.
Though to the OP: if you're going for a short enough ride that you can't be bothered with a bladder, just leave the drink at home. Despite marketing hype, you won't die if you ride for an hour without a drink.
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another vote for Hi5 bottles. Cheap, work well and last a long time.
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Have the PSP ones (do you mean the SiS one?) but they tend to leak badly, especially the ones with the wide openings. Not a problem in a bottle cage, but a soggy mess in the pack.
It's a little can't be bothered, but I also prefer drinking out of bottles than a bladder. If I was just out for an hour I really wouldn't bother.
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Frame doesn't have any cage bosses.
Tie wrap one to the frame - had to do it for my son's bike many moons ago, still on there now.
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Camelbak podiums again. Got some a few years old and no leaks
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Tie wrap one to the frame - had to do it for my son's bike many moons ago, still on there now.
That would spoil the aesthetics of my bike
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