[Closed] Hydropak Bladders

When do they stop tasting like shite?

I've had it now for ~4 months and I can still taste the horrible plastic "newness" of it.

I'd have gone back to my source bladder except it's not quite long enough for the new backpack I have.

I've used everything to try to take the taste away (milton, denture tablets, a proper camelbac tablet, bicarbonate of soda, scrubbing the thing).

I can't believe it's supposed to be this horrible, all the other bladders I have used have only tasted a bit off for the first time or so of use.