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I used a similar tube and bottle system on my first Camino with a Platypus collapsible bottle. At first I kept it in the side pocket of my backpack, but in Kate August/early September it warmed up quickly there, so I moved the bottle to the inside of my pack and realized that I was basically using a Camelback type hydration system. The next year I got a proper hydration bladder.
Yep my take too. Just like the mythical perfect shoe that never causes any person on the planet a blisterProbably an unpopular take, but I find many people overthink water and water bottles. If you’re walking the CF you are almost always within a couple km of water. I bought a small 500ml bottle of water when I arrived and carried that and refilled it. And on many days I barely touched the water I was carrying. I drank coffee and orange juice along the way, and often a bottle of Aquarius, or had a drink of water at a fountain.
I get a "brand new" water bottle when I buy a 500ml Pepsi...a purchase I only have to make once.Yep my take too. Just like the mythical perfect shoe that never causes any person on the planet a blister
I get a "brand new" water bottle when I buy a 500ml Pepsi...a purchase I only have to make once.
Probably an unpopular take, but I find many people overthink water and water bottles. If you’re walking the CF you are almost always within a couple km of water. I bought a small 500ml bottle of water when I arrived and carried that and refilled it. And on many days I barely touched the water I was carrying. I drank coffee and orange juice along the way, and often a bottle of Aquarius, or had a drink of water at a fountain.
Probably an unpopular take, but I find many people overthink water and water bottles. If you’re walking the CF you are almost always within a couple km of water. I bought a small 500ml bottle of water when I arrived and carried that and refilled it. And on many days I barely touched the water I was carrying. I drank coffee and orange juice along the way, and often a bottle of Aquarius, or had a drink of water at a fountain.
I like these. Just refill the bottles. They stay in place and that can also be used for phone or glasses.
Yes, I prefer my water cold (have you seen how much ice we Americans use in our beverages?) and I certainly drink more of it when it is at least close to the "correct" temperature (37.41776 degrees in Freedom Units).
link please. I am searching for a glasses solution. (Far sighted and don't like wearing my progressives when I need to look down at my footing and prefer not to wear them if I don't actively need them. But I need a good place to access them easily and quickly.)I like these. Just refill the bottles. They stay in place and that can also be used for phone or glasses.
Surely just the rebirth of the old Blue Desert Smartube?While reading through one of the more recent water bottle vs. hydration bladder debates, I was reminded of something I came across a few weeks ago, bookmarked, and promptly forgot about until said recent debate made me think of it again:
Learn More — One Bottle Hydration™
The One Bottle Hydration System adds a convenient CamelBak style drinking tube to your wide mouth Nalgene or Hydro Flask. Put One Bottle into your pack instead of a hydration bladder and enjoy convenience plus versatility!www.one-bottle.com
Basically, it's a kit that turns a standard Nalgene bottle (and other kinds of bottles) into a hydration system via a lid adapter and drinking hose. I think the main reason why the eternal water bottle vs. hydration bladder debate is so, well, eternal is that there are valid and practical reasons for preferring one or the other. I've always considered myself firmly in the Nalgene/external water bottle camp — but then I'll read a thoroughly convincing argument for water bladders (like this one that @davebugg posted in the thread that got me thinking about all this again) and I'll start to seriously consider making the switch.
It looks like the One Bottle system might be an answer to that dilemma. One of the main reasons I prefer a Nalgene/external water bottle is for ease of hydration when I'm not walking. I can use it while I'm flying or training to my destination, easily transfer it from my main pack to my day pack on my rest days/post-Camino travels, and keep it by my bed in case I get thirsty in the middle of the night — three use cases for which a water bladder might be impractical or awkward. (I know I could always pack a Vapur or Platypus collapsible bottle for those purposes, but one less thing in my pack is one less thing to worry about.) The One Bottle system would let me drink out of my trusty Nalgene while I'm walking without having to remove my pack, and I'd be able to take it off at the end of the day so I can keep what my partner calls my "emotional support water bottle" with me at all times.
The only mention I've seen in these forums about it was this post by @Tickbush last month, but it seems like something many of us on here would find useful. Anyone have any thoughts (or better, actual experience) with something like this before I shell out $35 to order one?
Surely just the rebirth of the old Blue Desert Smartube?
SmarTube®
SmarTube® is a simple, reliable, and cost effective hydration accessory line that transforms almost any drinking bottle - from standard water and beverage bottles, through specialty outdoor bottles like Gatorade®, Powerade® and Nalgene®. There’s no need to fill, rinse and dry bladders after...www.gearaholic.com
The biggest problem I found was keeping the tube clean inside - it had a tendency to go manky if anything other than water was used - I like to flavour my water with squirt of concentrated fruit squash.Yup, seems like pretty much the same idea as the One Bottle adapter. Doesn't look like it's still in production, alas - though its Amazon page recommends this as a substitution: https://www.amazon.com/Source-Tactical-Convertube-Bottle-Adapter/dp/B00W9O2Q0W/?tag=casaivar02-20
I carry a very small (disposable) bottle that I use for emergencies, and in the albergues.Sure, I get that — but what did you use for drinking when you weren't wearing your pack?
Same here - I have even been known to top off what's in my water bottle with a can of Aquarius every now and again. I suppose keeping the hose clean is something to be aware of with any hydration system, though, whether it's bladder- or bottle-based — a trade-off, perhaps, for the convenience of not having to remove one's pack to reach one's water bottle.The biggest problem I found was keeping the tube clean inside - it had a tendency to go manky if anything other than water was used - I like to flavour my water with squirt of concentrated fruit squash.
For the past 5 or more years I walk with my soft camelback water bottle with a similar hose adapter applied to top of the water bottle. Ie u remove the blue top u suck out of and push the hose in its place. It has to be the camel back water bottle that has the straw down the centre so u dont tip it up when u drink mearly suck! With this system I use the hose version when hiking and replace the hose with the blue top when walking around the towns etc or out at night. I hope this long ramble is self explanatory.While reading through one of the more recent water bottle vs. hydration bladder debates, I was reminded of something I came across a few weeks ago, bookmarked, and promptly forgot about until said recent debate made me think of it again:
Learn More — One Bottle Hydration™
The One Bottle Hydration System adds a convenient CamelBak style drinking tube to your wide mouth Nalgene or Hydro Flask. Put One Bottle into your pack instead of a hydration bladder and enjoy convenience plus versatility!www.one-bottle.com
Basically, it's a kit that turns a standard Nalgene bottle (and other kinds of bottles) into a hydration system via a lid adapter and drinking hose. I think the main reason why the eternal water bottle vs. hydration bladder debate is so, well, eternal is that there are valid and practical reasons for preferring one or the other. I've always considered myself firmly in the Nalgene/external water bottle camp — but then I'll read a thoroughly convincing argument for water bladders (like this one that @davebugg posted in the thread that got me thinking about all this again) and I'll start to seriously consider making the switch.
It looks like the One Bottle system might be an answer to that dilemma. One of the main reasons I prefer a Nalgene/external water bottle is for ease of hydration when I'm not walking. I can use it while I'm flying or training to my destination, easily transfer it from my main pack to my day pack on my rest days/post-Camino travels, and keep it by my bed in case I get thirsty in the middle of the night — three use cases for which a water bladder might be impractical or awkward. (I know I could always pack a Vapur or Platypus collapsible bottle for those purposes, but one less thing in my pack is one less thing to worry about.) The One Bottle system would let me drink out of my trusty Nalgene while I'm walking without having to remove my pack, and I'd be able to take it off at the end of the day so I can keep what my partner calls my "emotional support water bottle" with me at all times.
The only mention I've seen in these forums about it was this post by @Tickbush last month, but it seems like something many of us on here would find useful. Anyone have any thoughts (or better, actual experience) with something like this before I shell out $35 to order one?
Well I know that now . . . .Anytime you add anything other than fresh, clean water to a bladder or bottle you risk issues with bacteria growing in it. With a tube system, whether bladder or bottle you should never add anything to the water.
I really like this picture. Clean looking, easy access and no tubes to deal with.
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I used this waist bag on the Via Podiensis when I walked with two girlfriends. It didn't hold a real tall bottle, but the amount of water it held was very adequate and I never ran out before more water was available. I still carried a backup extra smart water bottle on one side of my pack, but don't recall needing to use it.
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I hope no-one takes this advice seriously - it just doesn't pass the pub test. You might perhaps be within a kilometre or so of some untested pond, gutter or stream, but always being that close to potable water? Not likely! I did some calculations a few years ago, when nearly 40% of locations were over an hour (or 5 km) away from where you have just left. There were many over two hours away, and some over three hours (or 15 km).If you’re walking the CF you are almost always within a couple km of water.
I'm not sure how many times the guidebook said that a fountain was just up ahead only to find that it wasn't working or had a sign marking it "non potable."I hope no-one takes this advice seriously - it just doesn't pass the pub test. You might perhaps be within a kilometre or so of some untested pond, gutter or stream, but always being that close to potable water? Not likely! I did some calculations a few years ago, when nearly 40% of locations were over an hour (or 5 km) away from where you have just left. There were many over two hours away, and some over three hours (or 15 km).
Any reasonable guide will have details of these longer sections. There is no reason not to be prepared for them.
Yep Agree with this statement did similar on both Caminos I didProbably an unpopular take, but I find many people overthink water and water bottles. If you’re walking the CF you are almost always within a couple km of water. I bought a small 500ml bottle of water when I arrived and carried that and refilled it. And on many days I barely touched the water I was carrying. I drank coffee and orange juice along the way, and often a bottle of Aquarius, or had a drink of water at a fountain.
I plan to use a similar system by Source Tactical Gear called the Convertube Hydration System. I use a bladder by Souce so it compatible with accessories and it has a number of different bottle, adapters.While reading through one of the more recent water bottle vs. hydration bladder debates, I was reminded of something I came across a few weeks ago, bookmarked, and promptly forgot about until said recent debate made me think of it again:
Learn More — One Bottle Hydration™
The One Bottle Hydration System adds a convenient CamelBak style drinking tube to your wide mouth Nalgene or Hydro Flask. Put One Bottle into your pack instead of a hydration bladder and enjoy convenience plus versatility!www.one-bottle.com
Basically, it's a kit that turns a standard Nalgene bottle (and other kinds of bottles) into a hydration system via a lid adapter and drinking hose. I think the main reason why the eternal water bottle vs. hydration bladder debate is so, well, eternal is that there are valid and practical reasons for preferring one or the other. I've always considered myself firmly in the Nalgene/external water bottle camp — but then I'll read a thoroughly convincing argument for water bladders (like this one that @davebugg posted in the thread that got me thinking about all this again) and I'll start to seriously consider making the switch.
It looks like the One Bottle system might be an answer to that dilemma. One of the main reasons I prefer a Nalgene/external water bottle is for ease of hydration when I'm not walking. I can use it while I'm flying or training to my destination, easily transfer it from my main pack to my day pack on my rest days/post-Camino travels, and keep it by my bed in case I get thirsty in the middle of the night — three use cases for which a water bladder might be impractical or awkward. (I know I could always pack a Vapur or Platypus collapsible bottle for those purposes, but one less thing in my pack is one less thing to worry about.) The One Bottle system would let me drink out of my trusty Nalgene while I'm walking without having to remove my pack, and I'd be able to take it off at the end of the day so I can keep what my partner calls my "emotional support water bottle" with me at all times.
The only mention I've seen in these forums about it was this post by @Tickbush last month, but it seems like something many of us on here would find useful. Anyone have any thoughts (or better, actual experience) with something like this before I shell out $35 to order one?
Good point Jack. I use a water bottle buckle with 500 ml to 1.5 L water bottle and the occasional 1 or 1.5 litre bottle of Aquarius.Probably an unpopular take, but I find many people overthink water and water bottles. If you’re walking the CF you are almost always within a couple km of water. I bought a small 500ml bottle of water when I arrived and carried that and refilled it. And on many days I barely touched the water I was carrying. I drank coffee and orange juice along the way, and often a bottle of Aquarius, or had a drink of water at a fountain.
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