[pct-l] Platypus Content

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

On Sep 14, 2010, at 5:41 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> icckk!! I find camelbacks and containiers with this tube sucking very
> revolting. I am sure it is why hikers get giardia likesymptoms  
> today!  I
> figured this wierd water bladder sucking fad woulda ended years
> ago...grosss!!! so unseventieslike!! I only use bottles and  
> platypus without
> sucking tubes and all the gross gross that goes with this
> grossness...iccckkk!!

But how do you REALLY feel about this?

It's really not gross. It's actually quite hygienic if you think  
about it. There's no backwash. There's no lips and tongue on the top  
of the bottle. It's much like a straw. I bounced my bottle brushes  
(one for the container, one skinny one for the tube) in my bounce box  
so that I could clean them periodically. I also had a cap for the end  
so that I didn't set it down in any cow pies or dirty bathroom  
puddles. You can buy a cap (the camelback one does not work well) or  
you can make one from a film canister or other similar container.  
Best if the lid flips off (stays attached) and doesn't come off  
completely.