How To Build A Water Bottle Hose Drinking System For Hiking And Backpacking 

Aw thank you!

I'm so glad this helped!!

That’s awesome!!!

Nice!!

Thanks for watching! This system is so great.

Thanks for watching!!

Thank you so much🧡

Glad you liked it!

It really is. And you can replace the bottles when they get nasty, which is nice.

So glad you liked it :)

Glad you enjoyed!!

You bet!

Nice!

Yay!!!

Excellent!

Yay so glad I could help!!

The store should have smart water bottles with either the regular cap or the sports cap. Just got one the other day at Winco.

Yea I just unscrew the lid and filter straight into the bottle.

You can do this with any water bottle that has that type of cap.

It's a small magnet that attaches to another magnet on the sternum strap of the pack

Yay I’m so glad you liked it!!

I hear that a lot. I’ve had mine for 7 years and it’s never leaked. Lol

Air gets in around the hose where it goes into the water bottle.

You’re welcome 😁👍🏼

Awesome! It's such a great compromise between lightweight and a water bladder.

I don’t want it totally leak proof because if it’s too tight when you drink the water it’ll suck your bottle flat.

I mean if you tip it over a tiny bit of water comes out just because it cannot be air tight or else you will suck the water bottle flat when drinking.

Interesting. I have never once cleaned my day hiking water bladder. I just refill with water every week when I go hiking and it’s never molded on me or tasted bad in 10 years of hiking.

@HikeOregon I dont use mine all the time like you do. Also, I had a bad experience once, from lending my Camelbak to one of my kids. He took it to a festival and then left it in the backpack and put it back in my closet. Several MONTHS later, I went to use it, and it was NASTY. I cleaned it real well with hot water, and it was okay. I think the key to your success with the bladder system is the fact that you use them all the time. Many people use them only occasionally, which means they aren't being refilled all the time, and they might sit for weeks or months with moisture in them I only used the term "day hiking" because many casual day hikers like myself are more likely to hike once, and then put the pack away and forget about it for a month or two. From my experience, if they aren't dried and stored properly, they get VERY funky after a long period of sitting. I've talked to several people who used their bladders only once and actually then threw them away because they said the bladder got stinky. I was pretty surprised to hear that. These experiences, including my own, have left with me the wrong impression that you must dry them out EVERY time that you use them, regardless of the length of time between uses. Thank you for your reply. I learned something today. I'm starting to walk and hike a lot more, and I don't mind the bladder system. It's good to know that I don't have to dry out it after every single use.

I mean, if you drill a hole in a Nalgene lid, sure, I guess it could work.

I linked the supplies in the more info box.