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[at-l] Platypus life
- Subject: [at-l] Platypus life
- From: "Bob Seiler" <deer@epix.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:21:13 -0400
> Platypus can be found almost anywhere and some of the other brands are not
> as readily available, if you have to replace it. And you will evenually.
> ANYone know the "life expectancy" of a platypus?
> Thanks, Coosa
Coosa,
I don't expect too much in the way of longevity from the platypus. I bought
my first at Neel's Gap and it cracked and leaked in short order. By the time
I got to Hot Springs the company already had two replacements waiting for me
in a mail drop.
The next one I cared for as if it were a water balloon and it made it to
Pennsylvania. (The company replaced that one too.) By that point I had
decided that it was safer to carry my trusty, albeit heavy Nalgene for the
near certainty of no leaks in the sleeping bag, and a Gatorade bottle for my
second liter.
YMMV
Good hiking,
AllTheWay
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