[pct-l] Platypus in the desert?

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

I've carried up to 4 half-gallon Platipi, all 4 empty and all 4 full, for  
over 2,000 miles, including half the PCT - and never had a failure. I do  retire 
them when the seams appear to be delaminating. I've also used 5-gallon  wine 
bladders as water caches in the Chihuahuan Desert, with only 1 minor leak  -  
just leaving them lying on the desert floor under a bush, marked as a  hiker 
cache.
 
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas

In a message  dated 4/3/2008 9:45:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
vaporjourney at gmail.com  writes:
 
So Yogi  says in her book to avoid water bladders like Platypus.  A few  other
people in the book say the same thing, and of course there are an  equal
amount of people who say just the opposite.  Any opinions on  here regarding
Platys?  Is it possible to be really careful with them  and not have these
psychotic plants out there abuse them?  Are the  leaks just typical Platy
leaks near the spout and at seams?  There are  obviously lots of people who
rely solely on these bladders to hold their  water (Andy Skurka comes to
mind) and it seems to work out ok.  Just  trying to find out the cause of the
leaks and if its really the environment  that is causing them.  When carrying
7 L of water, it would be nice to  save a half lb of weight by carrying
platys if  possible.
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