Carrying Water

[uncle balders]

I'm off to the States this summer for a month and am looking of ways of carrying a few good sized bottles of water (4+litres) without having to drill into panniers to fix mounts.

The ones I've seen from Touratech etc all seem to have mounts which need drilling/bolting...anyone any ideas?????

I don't like the Platypus/Camelpak option....are there any other options out there??

 

[buellzebub]

I'm off to the States this summer for a month and am looking of ways of carrying a few good sized bottles of water (4+litres) without having to drill into panniers to fix mounts.

The ones I've seen from Touratech etc all seem to have mounts which need drilling/bolting...anyone any ideas?????

I don't like the Platypus/Camelpak option....are there any other options out there??

Have you considered a Katadyn, or MSR and just one bottle? Maybe not the most convenient method but as long as you can find any water source you can have safe water, anywhere, anytime. Personally I picked up a Katadyn Pocket off ebay a couple of years ago, for a 1/4 of the new price and always take it camping with me (just in case). I'm now considering one of the smaller jobbies such as the MSR Miniworks as the Kat is probably a little 'over kill'.

Mick

PS. Have heard good reports about the Travel Tap.

 

[uncle balders]

Thanks for this. I saw a guy in France last year who had a carrying strap/netting arrangement on the side of his ally panniers for 4 water bottles which is what I'm looking for really...or something similar....

 

[thauma]

you could alway consider the 'bladders' that fit inside the camelbacks (hydration sacks). They come in 1, 2 or 3 litre sizes, and as they're flexible (within limits can conform a little to odd spaces. You could easily strap one or two to the top of a pannier.

I know that the pukka versions can be expensive, but I've used Decathlon replacements in the past and they work fine.

Note that you obviously need a clean water source to fill them

 

[Taff]

I'm off to the States this summer for a month and am looking of ways of carrying a few good sized bottles of water (4+litres) ...

The suspense is killing me. Which part of the States are you off to?

 

[uncle balders]

More helpful stuff guys so thanks. Off from DC to LA via Virginia, Tenessee, Texas, Utah, Colorado etc so some hot places to go through hence the need to carry fairly big amounts of O2!

 

[Taff]

Off from DC to LA via Virginia, Tenessee, Texas, Utah, Colorado etc so some hot places to go through hence the need to carry fairly big amounts of O2!

You lucky sod.

BTW I think you mean H2O. O2 is Oxygen IIRC.

 

[uncle balders]

I was always crap at school......

 

[bowser]

I hope your geography is better than your chemistry

 

[Timolgra]

Buy bottled water to start with and strap them on your bike

 

[uncle balders]

Buy bottled water to start with and strap them on your bike

True enough but I'm told to carry a lot through nevada etc and.so need to carry or strap it somehow!

 

[Myke Rocks]

Find an aquaintance who has had a colostomy. Get a couple of used bags off him & rinse them out.
They will make excellent water pouches, with built in pipework to your mouth.
Hooks, straps, everything already fitted.

Myke

 

[earthmover]

I have seen extra strong velcro used to hold stuff down on boats, so how about sticking a strip of that to the top of your panniers, then wrapping a loop of the other side round a water bottle?
Probably not explained myself too well, but you get the idea.
Mark

 

[uncle balders]

Find an aquaintance who has had a colostomy. Get a couple of used bags off him & rinse them out.
They will make excellent water pouches, with built in pipework to your mouth.
Hooks, straps, everything already fitted.

Myke

Great idea! recycling taken to a higher level! Bloody marvellous!!!!

 

[uncle balders]

Thanks for the velcro type idea....combine idea with colostomy bag...mmmmmm....a niche market?

 

[Timolgra]

True enough but I'm told to carry a lot through nevada etc and.so need to carry or strap it somehow!

I don't see what the dilema is, you have panniers, put some in there and strap the rest on.
Gobi Desert:

 

[Greg Masters]

I don't see what the dilema is, you have panniers, put some in there and strap the rest on.
Gobi Desert:

But your colostomy bag is on your back. How does that work then?

 

[uncle balders]

You gotta love this site!!!!!!!

 

[Ceri JC]

I use a Kreiga Hydro-3, carried on my back. For short trips, that's all I take. For ones when I'll be further/longer from drinking water, I also take a 4L Ortlieb water bladder like this. Most of the time, the Ortlieb lives in one of my panniers rolled up. When I need it, it gets filled, then attached to the back seat. The main reason I use this (in some other respects, less than ideal) bladder for motorcycle travel, when it wouldn't be my first choice for hiking, is that the built in straps work perfectly for securely attaching it to a bike, yet are very quick to detach it when you want to drink from it when stopped.

 

[uncle balders]

Looks ideal - thanks Ceri JC