camelbak taste, awful

Advice
#1

I need help. I can not get the plastic taste out of my Camelbak. I have washed, soaked, turned inside out and exposed to the sun. Nothing works. I am about to bleach it. Can anyone give me some advice?

#2

Salt?
Is it new?

#3

fill it with rum.

#4

Bleach should work.

#5

Baking soda
My wife is also sensitive to the plastic taste (for water bottles, too). With new bladders we fill with water and a couple of T spoons of baking soda and let it sit for a while. After that she continues to add a small piece of lemon peel to the water each time she uses it.

#6

Google this.
Google this: How to get the bad taste out of a camelbak?



I have had mine for over a year and use it at least 3 times a week for cycling. I have never noticed a bad taste, but I let my wife have a hit off it once and she freaked out from the taste :-o i guess it is what you get used to. When i am falling down hot, cold water is great and I think if there is a bad taste my brain is ok with it.







This is what the CamelBak instructions say:



To clean:


  1. Remove bladder from pack and disconnect tube.


  2. Clean inside of bladder using mild soap, hot water, and a soft brush. Rinse. Air dry with cap open.


  3. Clean water tube using a small soft tube brush. Rinse.



    To freshen

    Soak with baking soda. Rinse. (Use 2 teaspoons baking soda plus water.)



    To sanitize

    Soak with bleach. Rinse. (Use 2 teaspoons bleach plus water.)



    Good Luck,

    Jay
#7

I had the same problem, did all
the suggested remedies and it still tasted awful. Good luck.

#8

The only answer…
…and tip that really works that I have ever tried came from my son who spent a year in Iraq drinking out of one almost daily. Mask the taste with some sort of powdered drink mix. I have used Crystal Light but most any favorite powder will work. There are a lot to choose from.



Tom

#9

Denture cleaning tablets
Warm water, one fizzing tablet. Leaves a minty taste.



Jim



PS: These are what CamelBak sells, but are cheaper at the local drugstore.

#10

ok
is it a “REAL” camelbac? or a knockoff? i have had both and the real Camelbacs dont have that plastic taste while the knock off ones do.

#11

Good Point

#12

Vinegar
Soak it for a hour or so with about 1/4 cup of vinegar and fill it with water.

#13

2nd the vinegar.
Sanitizes, and leaves a great taste.

#14

I second the baking soda
Cheers,

JackL

#15

Mine is the real one.

#16

How old is it?
camelback had changed to a different material a couple years ago, supposedly for reasons you mentioned. Replace your bladder with a Platypus version, I prefer the Platypus bladder which has a far more neutral taste, but I prefer the Camelback bite valves. I clean mine occasionaly with nothing more than a mild bleach solution. I have noticed that IF I use any mix in my H2o that the next batch of plain H2o does taste tainted with a slight aftertaste from the mix.

#17

Use Nestle or Fruit2O flavored water
masks the camelback taste very well, and since it uses Splenda instead of sucrose/fructose as the sweetener it won’t grow black goo.