Posted: 7/13/2006 8:51:07 PM EDT
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Anybody seen em or tried em??? Are they any good, or over hyped?? Been thinking about geting one for use in the ambulance, but nobody round here has em and I'll need to mail order one. |
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I just bought a couple and used them on a backpacking trip in Olympic National Park. I like them more than any of the other bottles I have. They are easy to clip to a belt and they use the same bite valve as the hydration packs. You can remove the straw and use the bottle as a tip up type if you want. I got two of the black/smoke bottles because the graphics were cool. 
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At least they come in oh-so-tacticool coyote brown. 
| I use mine every day. Only thing i dont like is if I leave it in my truck for a long period of time (texas heat) you can really taste rubber or plastic in the water. I think its from the water traped in the straw. After a couple drinks its gone. Going to try a different dish soap to wash it too. Other then that the bottle is tough as hell and the *nipple* works great. |
They look cool and I'll pick one up to give it a test drive. Don't worry, AFEES will start to carry them in 5-10 years if we're lucky. They're still trying to get rid of all the stuff that's 2-3 generations old. |
The bladders can taste a little funny from the water in the hose part if they have been out in the sun for awhile. 
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