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Exploded the lumbar bladder in my old Camelbak by falling off a 6 foot high bridge into a river. Still like a pack and no desire to try to strap everything to my bike. Unfortunately they don’t do the old winged bladder anymore, so the time has come to replace the pack. What’s good in a small day pack? Current one is 10L and perfect size.
Osprey raptor looks good, but only ever used camelbak bladders, not sure how the Osprey one compares? Also looked at the Camelbak vest style one as well.
I find the Osprey bladder excellent - actually better than Camelbak.
I have an Osprey Raptor 10 pack, and that is similarly better than the last Camelbak pack that I had - the Octane. I think it’s actually the best pack I’ve had - certainly compared to the other various Wingnut, multiple Camelbak, Deuter and Dakine packs over the years.
I'm a fan of the Hydrapak bladder as it's very easy to completely dry out post usage but prefer Osprey bags, you might be able to combine both
The Hydrapak bladder is identical to the Osprey one!