[pct-l] Warm Water - containers

[Mike Saenz]

"...and virtually indestructable."

Well, perhaps not "indestructible", but they only need to last until the
next trail town.

I've had plastic water bottles split open on me many a time. Don't drop
`em when cold and full on a rock! But the weight and cost can't be beat!

When water is plentiful, I pack a 24oz Arrowhead Water sport bottle -
that I calibrate to show 4 cups.

Yes- that four cups! I've measured out four full cups from a 1-cup
measure into a 24oz bottle. Either my measuring cup is off, or Arrowhead
makes larger bottles than the labeled 24 ounce. (I suspect Arrowhead
fills their bottles to a bit more than 24 ounces and I use the remaining
airspace to the top)

Fits PERFECT into the side pocket of my ULA Circuit!

Michael  Saenz
Associate Partner

MVE & Partners, Inc. | Architecture + Planning + Interiors 
Irvine + Oakland + Honolulu

1900 Main Street, Suite 800 | Irvine, California 92614-7318 | T
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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 3:06 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Warm Water - containers

That's probably the 2 biggest upsides to carrying soda bottles, you
don't 
need to clean them in town and they don't have a taste. Further, they
are 
cheap and virtually indestructable.

Having been a long time user of bladders on mountain bike trips and day 
hikes, I gave them up completely for 1 or 1.5 liter aquafina bottles
because 
of the low fuss quality. Use'em, recycle'em.

1 liter Pepsi soda bottles and 1 liter Aquafina bottles are identical,
being 
the same company and all.

Scott

>>>>
> keep the water from
> tasting like platypus-plastic.

I don't like weird tastes either.

I've never had a problem with my water tasting much like a plataypus.
I have had a problem when I use my plataypus for flavored/electrolyte
water.
Gatorade especially, seems to ruin a platypus tastewise.

When I pack things up after a hike I clean my water containers out with
a
weak mixture of water, bleach and Dawn.  I always have this on my
Kitchen
sink in a spray bottle for other cleaning and sanitizing purposes.
The longer the bleach works, the more neutral tastes become.
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