Best water bottle to attach to harness?
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I'm pretty frustrated with the soft waterbottles such as platypus that have a good attach point for a biner to clip to your harness while leading - just because they are so hard to clean and dry. |
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A small plastic soft drink bottle with a piece of cord looped and taped around its neck. |
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I use one of these backcountrygear.com/nalgene… with a nalgene water bottle. It works great. |
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carry a small pack instead... |
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I take a 12-20 oz bottle (small gatorade, tea, etc) and clove hitch a 3mm sling around the neck. Clip it on and you're ready to roll. Use it for a month and then recycle it when it gets rough. |
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wonderwoman wrote: I just bought a bubi. However, I am going to replace the mini biner with some chord and a regular biner to attach to my harness.. The water bottle came flying off the outside of my pack during a hike out. But It is collapsible and doesn't have plasticizer taste. This looks like exactly what I was after! Thanks! Did the mini biner break when it came off your pack? |
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wonderwoman wrote: Good to know.. I'd probably just fill it with enough for the climb when racking up. I like the attach point is built in. I get a bit worried about something tied around the neck popping over the neck and falling :/ |
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T G wrote: Hydrapak has a few soft flasks with wide mouths and attachment points. They used to make a 500mL flask with a twist cap and attachment point like the current 750mL version, but it doesn't seem to be available any longer. This looks pretty nice but I might worry about how secure the attach point is. I'd expect it might get scraped against some rock on my harness so was looking for an attach point really sturdy or built into the body or lid. |
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I've used the same soft flasks for a year and had no issues with just rinsing/washing them out every now and again, they're the best thing you're gonna find so I'd recommend dealing with it, or try another brand. |
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Gargano wrote: I take a 12-20 oz bottle (small gatorade, tea, etc) and clove hitch a 3mm sling around the neck. Clip it on and you're ready to roll. Use it for a month and then recycle it when it gets rough. This is my system as well. Clip behind my chalk bag for multi-pitch days. |
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Small mouth nalgene with a jug knot: youtube.com/watch?v=YTrkrd-… |
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Gargano wrote: I take a 12-20 oz bottle (small gatorade, tea, etc) and clove hitch a 3mm sling around the neck. Clip it on and you're ready to roll. Use it for a month and then recycle it when it gets rough. This is the way of the ninja. |
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Russ B wrote: I've used the same soft flasks for a year and had no issues with just rinsing/washing them out every now and again, they're the best thing you're gonna find so I'd recommend dealing with it, or try another brand. yeah.. hydrapak definitely look better than the platypus style which are flat so hard to dry after rinsing out. other than being hard to clean/dry I do actually like platypus for clipping and weight |
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appreciate the cord tips too everyone! |
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maybe rig something up to go inside them and hold them open, like a bottle brush or some prongs on the dish holder. |
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Cycling bottles work well too |
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Roots wrote: carry a small pack instead... https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/117300735/climbing-with-a-pack |
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Duct tape a nut to your nalgene and clip it to your harness. then you always have a bail nut if yur soft like me. |
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Ken Tubbs wrote: A small plastic soft drink bottle with a piece of cord looped and taped around its neck. That's probably 1 time use plastic... |
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Morgan Patterson wrote: ...but I've used mine dozens of times. They're very sturdy actually and about as light as you can get for size/volume. The small ones are great for short multi-pitch. I clove hitch the top as shown and then wrap duct tape around the cord to ensure no loosening. 1 small and 1 larger bottle going strong after a year+ of multi-pitch routes and occasional backpacking use. Google thinks I'm not? gonna die maybe I am, maybe not? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reuse-plastic-bottles |
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Hydrapack 500Ml works great for me, attachment point hasn't failed yet, i also some times use the 1L version with no issues. They are very durable |