[at-l] Bladders, Was water purification

[greyowl at rcn.com (greyowl@rcn.com)]

That plastic taste is the plasticizer used to make the 
nalgene 'flexiable'.  The plasticizer is really noot all that 
good for you.  I would add water to the bladder, let it sit 
overnight and repat the process.  You should be able to smell 
the plastizicer.  Keep rinsing until you can no longer smell 
it.

Grey Owle
>in.
>I recently replaced a Platypus with a Nalgene bladder. One, 
the bite valve
>on the nalgene doesn't leak. Two, it has a wide mouth lid 
(same size as a
>bottle) so it's easy to fill and clean. Third, it does seem 
to leave more
>of a plastic taste in the water, this may get better as the 
bladder gets
>used more.
>
>skeeter
>
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