camelpaks...
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Topic: camelpaks...
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Subject: camelpaks...
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 5:30pm
| never thought i'd be disappointed in them...went to fill it for the first time today because i'm going for a long walk soon, and i noticed two such tiny leaks in them its almost unbelievable...anyone else have one that had this problem? its got one of those lifetime warranties of the manufacturer screwed up, anyone know how their customer service is? |
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 6:00pm
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i've had no problems with leaks in mine |
Posted By: T RAV29
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 6:06pm
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nope i havent had a problem with mine either |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 6:07pm
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Never had a problem and I've got both a newer 2 liter wide-mouth pak and an old school (over 10 years old) MULE pack neither of which have ever had to be repaired. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 7:21pm
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damn...kind of irritates me. like, the leaks are so SMALL that i barely noticed them...guess i'll give them a ring on monday |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 8:08pm
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mine's never leaked, although mine got plugged up at West Point I think. I can't get any water out of the stupid hose.
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 8:10pm
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I've never had trouble when I've used them.
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Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 10:54pm
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I've never had any problems with mine, I love it. Is yours an actual camelback brand or a knockoff? -------------  Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 10:58pm
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i had a "Mexican" cheapo take 3 shots to the back from less then 30ft away from a paintball marker and it held up fine... I was actually suprised it didn't burst like a balloon.
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 11:25pm
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mine leaked around the seal. Then it disappeared, never saw it again. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 11:28pm
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I won mine at a paintball tourney. Let's just say, I got my money's worth out of it. Love the thing! PS: Trick I heard. To keep it clean after use, put a little water in the bladder and store it in the freezer. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 26 April 2008 at 11:59pm
Or you can just throw in some denture cleaning tablets every once and a while and let them sit in a 2/3rd full bladder over night. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
DeTrevni wrote:Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 12:40am
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My brother pressurizes his so that he can just open it up without having to suck on it. Never had a problem with it except for that terrible taste. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 12:50am
not unless the Fort Dix clothing store is selling knock offs. robo- they solved that part with the newer ones i've found. |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 12:52am
I found the one I have on the floor of a church van... |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 1:15am
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robo-how does he pressurize it? |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 1:21am
| Blows into it. |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 3:58am
If you run a mixture of baking soda and water through it and rinse it thoroughly, the taste goes away. I use mine for backpacking and/or drinking beer, and I've never had a problem. I think you can just buy a replacement bladder for like $5. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 9:18am
| the one i bought leaks, and the one i was issued leaks. they always leak. and i always see them burst on humps and during training. poorly made i think. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 6:53pm
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ya i havent had problems with mine eather. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 7:05pm
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 7:10pm
Wow, you get crappy gear. Ive never had one leak, the one i bought or what was issued. And how the hell do they burst? |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 7:21pm
| heavy weight inadvertantly dropped onto it |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 8:49pm
| yeah if you are entering a house through a window and use another Marines back as a step it'll burst. if you fall on your back it will burst. if its on your body armor like we wear it, and you go on a hump, the weight of your pack will make it burst. thats the worst. no water on a hump, and your pack is heavier and now wet. |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 10:11pm
That's why you put it in the safety of the backpack n00b. -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 10:43pm
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I got about a days use out of mine and then it started leaking, I have been meaning to buy a new bladder just haven't gotten around to it.
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Posted By: gardy90
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 10:47pm
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mine burst when i took a hard fall rock climbing out in colorado, prolly saved my back when i hit the rock face
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 11:26pm
| bunkered- the safety of your rucksack is great and all, until the poop hits the fan and you have to dump your ruck to get out of dodge in a hurry, and there goes your water...in the desert. |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 12:08am
could be in a rain forest ------------- 
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 5:35am
| yeah, we drop packs all the time. we never take our body armor off until its sleep time. in training that is. i dont know what we'll do over there. besides wearing your pack all day when you dont need to is extra unnecessary weight. i'll keep it attached to my flak like unit SOP states. just wish they were a little more durable. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 12:42pm
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i use mine for trail riding mostly. i've never had any problems other than it's a pain to clean sometimes. ------------- 
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 12:51pm
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ive been meaning to clean mine since i bought it 3 years ago, i still use it from tome to time but forget to clean it out. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 3:07pm
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I have a spin off and the bladder (not the bag) is extremely durable. I've played many a rec and scenario day with it and have taken many shots to it. Many times I've landed on my back (including a roll I did after falling 10 feet) and I've never had it leak on me, ever. Something tells me that Camelbak needs to update their materials. ------------- 
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 3:33pm
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Wat's a camelpak? ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 3:59pm
I think that's the problem. He got the crappy off-brand.  -------------
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 4:04pm
| i'm sure he meant camelbak and pak wasa typo. mine is camelbak. not a knock off. both suck. i had a knock off, and that one sucked as well. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 4:09pm
| yeah, was a typo....like i mentioned i bought it in the fort dix clothing store the other week so i highly doubt they'd sell a knock off |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 5:00pm
| they do sell knock offs at px's but you know it is, because they sell it under a different name. like a completely different company. |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 9:13pm
Have you tried the Nalgene bladders? I find that they are much more durable than the camelbaks. You should give it a try. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 9:21pm
| what do they run for and do you know a good reputable site to get one from? |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 10:47pm
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GI- Are you active? I've been issued two since coming to the 25th, each of which came with an extra bladder. If you haven't gotten one, get a memo signed by your commander and go to CIF and get one, don't use your own money... We barely get paid enough as is, no point in wasting money. ------------- |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 10:45am
| i'm not active, i'm in the inactive reserve because i'm in ROTC but i'm contracted so i'm in...we went on a training exercise at Dix a few weekends ago and we stopped at the clothing store on post, that's where i got it. As for my commander giving a living crap about my camelbak, not happening...we're not even technically allowed to wear them during training because all the cadets don't have one. |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 3:17pm
http://www.rei.com/product/740450 - http://www.rei.com/product/74 0450 |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:01pm
| ha. we got issued one, no extra bladders. i saw someones burst in the middle of room clearing using sim rounds. he was used as a stool to get into the window. he didnt get a new camelbak... we dont get a whole lot of extra gear in the Marines, especially in the reserves. i am lucky i have boots that fit, oh wait, i have to buy them because they dont issue boots in my size. |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 12:49am
Yeah, it was like that in AIT (Army training school. I don't know what branch your in). It sucked cause you have people that blow there money on stuff like speakers, and you have to carry around those heavy uncomfortable canteens because they don't want one. But when you become active, you'll get issued a woodland brown one, and an ACU one. Or thats how I recieved mine anyway. ------------- |