[pct-l] Platypus Content

[Sasha Leidman]

I haven't tried this before but I suppose it would work without having to
alter your pack as long as you have a bladder pocket. You could attach a
piece of string to the platypus in the bladder pocket then attach a small
spring scale to the string and attach it to the top of your pack. Find out
how much weight per a certain amount of water and you could just look back
and see how much water there was left. This would only work though if the
bladder was completely suspended so you might need to line the side of your
pack with something rigid.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Don Billings <dbillings803 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Okay, already.
>
> So you don't like to suck tubes.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 7:55:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Platypus Content
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> 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.
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