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power_bent

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water bladder
Jun 17^th, 2011, 9:12am

I wrap my 70 oz water baldder with a windshield cover and it made a world of difference. It lasted twice a long staying cold and i was able to drink it all to the end and it was still cold. I put ice in bladder and filled rest with water and it was 5 am and at 1 pm at the last drop of water is was pretty cool to drink.I also have this bladder wrap in my dual centry fastback bag on my trike. Smiley

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LightningPilot Posts: 237	Re: water bladder Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2011, 11:10am Glad it works so well
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power_bent Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 632	Re: water bladder Reply #2 - Jun 17^th, 2011, 12:58pm Quote from LightningPilot on Jun 17^th, 2011, 11:10am: Glad it works so well Thanks Caroline, I will be looking into the unbottle you told me about too.
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rmillay Five Star Member rbent member; go Clowns! Posts: 2201	Re: water bladder Reply #3 - Jun 17^th, 2011, 7:13pm I use the thin foam sheet from the packaging from something electronic I bought some time ago. I have a hard time throwing stuff like that away.
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3311	Re: water bladder Reply #4 - Jun 17^th, 2011, 7:50pm The Camelbak Unbottle really does work well. It has such good insulation that I have to be careful about putting too much ice in it, or I'll run out of water with ice still in it. Mine has taken over six years of abuse (Greg and I even ran over it one day).
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power_bent Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 632	Re: water bladder Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2011, 7:11am (Greg and I even ran over it one day). oooops , That sure is tuff stuff..
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Re: water bladder
Reply #6 - Jun 18^th, 2011, 9:49pm

I used to have a sheet of aluminized bubble wrap, well it looked like bubble wrap but was made from a heavier material, and like I said it was aluminized on one side to reflect heat. Original use was to build emergency animal shelters for farm animals caught out in the open, also for people. In 0F temperatures one human could keep the inside of a simple tube tent above 40F, cattle shelters had to have open doors to keep from overheating the animals. good stuff, I also used to have a drink cooler made from it. I haven't seen any since the early 1990s but if you could find some it would make for a good bladder carrier.

EDIT: I should have used Google before I posted that. Here is a supplier for the stuff: http://www.radiantguard.com/bubble-insulation.html

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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: water bladder Reply #7 - Jun 19^th, 2011, 4:00pm If you want to keep the drinks cold, do you put the aluminum side facing in or out? That was quite the tuff unbottle Bud had. I thought I'd run over a critter!
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4192	Re: water bladder Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2011, 4:52pm Quote from aikigreg on Jun 19^th, 2011, 4:00pm: If you want to keep the drinks cold, do you put the aluminum side facing in or out? The aluminized surface is a radiant barrier, so it should be facing out.
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rmillay Five Star Member rbent member; go Clowns! Posts: 2201	Re: water bladder Reply #9 - Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:15pm I got a roll of something similar at Lowe's--enough to do a few hundred bottles. I was using it for under house insulation.
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4192	Re: water bladder Reply #10 - Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:24pm Quote from rmillay on Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:15pm: I got a roll of something similar at Lowe's--enough to do a few hundred bottles. I was using it for under house insulation. Could you spare a little for your Clown buddies?
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Reply #11 - Jun 19^th, 2011, 10:46pm

Quote from jayg on Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:24pm:

Quote from rmillay on Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:15pm:

I got a roll of something similar at Lowe's--enough to do a few hundred bottles. I was using it for under house insulation.

Could you spare a little for your Clown buddies?

I thought you didn't drink water.....and I checked Mark L's blog and he didn't ride Saturday..... what is this world coming to? Am I in some sort of twilight zone? Grin

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jayg

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Re: water bladder
Reply #12 - Jun 20^th, 2011, 8:28am

Quote from TonyWard on Jun 19^th, 2011, 10:46pm:

Quote from jayg on Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:24pm:

Quote from rmillay on Jun 19^th, 2011, 9:15pm:

I got a roll of something similar at Lowe's--enough to do a few hundred bottles. I was using it for under house insulation.

Could you spare a little for your Clown buddies?

I thought you didn't drink water.....and I checked Mark L's blog and he didn't ride Saturday..... what is this world coming to? Am I in some sort of twilight zone? Grin

I drink water, just don't carry any with me, usually (Extra weight, you know).

Don't like it, but have to make an exception during real hot weather, when rest stops are far between.

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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: water bladder Reply #13 - Jun 20^th, 2011, 7:28pm Amateurs. Real men put beer in their camelbaks.
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4192	Re: water bladder Reply #14 - Jun 20^th, 2011, 7:43pm Quote from aikigreg on Jun 20^th, 2011, 7:28pm: Amateurs. Real men put beer in their camelbaks. Wouldn't work for me. I have a hard enough time maintaining a line just drinking water.
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