A small Mr Funnel for the bike;

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One or two of these for your camelback? You don't need it on if you think the water is ok. Takes any plasticky taste away too.

New all in one water purification filtration system - Inline filter - Surplus and Outdoors

And a 6 or even 10l MSR Dromedary is miles better than a Camelbak anyday

MSR Dromedary� Hydration Bag 2L

I listened to Grizzly7 and bugsy even though I was perfectly happy with my Camelbak because there's at least one place on our upcoming trip where having spare water will be important. We went to the local REI and checked out the dromedary in person and I was impressed enough to buy the 10L one (it's about the size of a newborn baby, only flatter), fill it up and take it on our next test ride and I was seriously impressed. I'm not giving up my Camelbak because it's just much easier to have water on your back than somewhere behind you with a tube running around, but damn if it wasn't useful. Its construction is way more heavy-duty than a Camelbak. It's got 3 different openings on the lid: the huge (nalgene bottle sized) opening for getting large volumes in or out, a small opening about the size of a typical bottle of shampoo's neck, and a thin one on that that lets out a small stream.

That combination of openings made getting water for cooking dinner, and then a thin stream of water for cleaning the dishes, SO much easier, and then when we went to bed it made a great pillow! Also, the nalgene sized opening fits our water purifier.

If we didn't have access to fresh water in the morning I would have just used what was left in the Dromedary to fill our Camelbaks.

I am absolutely sold. So, thanks for the tips guys.


P.S. I'd been stumped about what to do for a pillow. None of the travel ones felt good and neither did my stuff-sack of clothes. The Dromedary is like a waterbed for your head though.

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