cleaning water bladders & steripen (non-klr)

[mark ward]

Hey All If you use a water Bladder (Camelbak ETC.) it NEEDS to be cleaned and sanitized fairly often. (As with all your water Bottles etc.) any water left in it, even when "empty", can and WILL grow Bacteria, at least, changing the flavor of clean water, if not DIARIA, or minimum, shorten the life span of your bag. CamelBak and Osprey both warn against heavy bleach use. and both "advise" BUYING THEIR, Cleaning / sanitizing Tablets. I did a lot of research, (GOOGLING, POST) and found some hiking groups that suggest that,..... Using, Denture Cleaner tablets, works like the "Camelbak, Brand, ETC. Tablets. (WASH in Soap & water, (WARM NOT hot.) Then Sanitize They are designed to CLEAN, REMOVE STAINS, AND MOSTLY SANITIZE!!! NOTE They also pointed out, DO NOT USE MINT, unless you want your water etc., to taste MINTY. CamelBak 8 for $12. = $1.50 Walgreens (Grandma's) Denture tablets 90 for $5. = 6cents ($0.05555555555) PS. I just picked up a "Steripen" (brand) that uses Ultraviolet light to KILL BACTERIA etc. The Traveler KIT!!! $50. at Costco, Even in the USA Well water or even Big cities, you can get DIARIA on a trip from water your body is not use to. The water bottle has a PRE filter. When camping OUT BACK, fill it, then stir the water with the STERIpen, for about 1 minute. Safe water. Kills 99.999 percent of Bacteria ETC ETC. The Kit comes with a water bottle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Ian Francisco]

I used to own a Suzuki VX800. It was a well-known problem for the petcock to fail which eventually led to float valve failure on the rear carb which could then fill the rear cylinder with gas causing hydro-lock which could result in a bent con rod. Not good. Most of us just bought a new petcock rather than fool around with diaphragm kits. I had two aftermarket kits fail on my GS450 before biting the bullet and getting a new OE part. -- Ian Francisco http://www.scarletfuries.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RobertWichert]

Thanks Ian! Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 7/9/2013 9:08 AM, Ian Francisco wrote: > I used to own a Suzuki VX800. It was a well-known problem for the > petcock to fail which eventually led to float valve failure on the > rear carb which could then fill the rear cylinder with gas causing > hydro-lock which could result in a bent con rod. Not good. Most of us > just bought a new petcock rather than fool around with diaphragm kits. > I had two aftermarket kits fail on my GS450 before biting the bullet > and getting a new OE part. > -- > Ian Francisco > http://www.scarletfuries.com > http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]