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[QUOTE="t2andreo, post: 178695, member: 25553"] Wayfarer: On my first Camino last year I used four of these: [url]http://www.niteize.com/product/Drink-N-Clip.asp[/url] I recall they cost about USD 3.95 each. They are available online. I found that my local shops prefer to spend the more profitable, but heavier when empty plastic or metal water bottles. I continue to feel (personal opinion here) that the ubiquitous PET water bottles available everywhere make the ideal water bottle for the Camino. They are lightweight when empty, reusable, recyclable, you do not have to clean them other than a daily rinse, and they are easily replaced at nil cost. I plan to use them again. I thought more overnight about the long tube idea we discussed above. It would work well on a 1 liter or larger PET water bottle provided you had large enough side pockets on your rucksack. I suggest you would need to carry two to balance the load. But then there is the weight of all that water. Two liters - one on each side is about 2 kg total - about 4.54. That is a lot of weight added to the rucksack. So I am rethinking the notion of trying the tube idea. As you point out, a .5 liter bottle with the long straw in a side pocket would work, but does not provide a lot of water. That apparent trade-off is weight for volume. Plus, as I mention above, the weight is still on your back, in / on the rucksack. So, on balance (no pun intended) I am leaning again towards using the Nite Ize Drink-n-Clips to use more bottles containing more water, but arrayed on the front of my torso to counter-balance the rucksack weight. There is no right solution or one way to sort this out. But the correct way for you is the one that works best given your waking style, weight carrying ability and need for hydration. Everyone is different. Suffice it to say that there are a load of alternative solutions out there. I hope this helps. Happy New Year to All!:D [/QUOTE]
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