Re: [at-l] re: hose on nalgene bottle

["Poor Writer a.k.a. Ern Grover" <ern@tick-tock.com>]

When you shop for a cap, look for one that has a tiny inserted fitting on
the cap.  This is intended to allow air to enter and keep liquid from
escaping (a little one-way valve).  However, I should point out, that mine
did work for the first couple of years, and now it doesn't.  

Instead, I blow slightly into the bottle to pressurize, and the liquid
"gladly" comes back up in the tube to satisfy your thirst.

Poor Writer a.k.a. Ern Grover
http://www.tick-tock.com/morgan.html

"I hope I die in my sleep like my grandfather did, instead of like his
screaming passengers."

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> From: Jim Hipp <jimhipp@worldnet.att.net>
> To: AT Postings <at-l@saffron.hack.net>
> Subject: [at-l] re: hose on nalgene bottle
> Date: Thursday, July 02, 1998 7:18 PM
> 
> Drilling a hole in the top of a nalgene bottle and inserting a plastic
hose
> actually works quite well. A little hard to get going the first couple of
> swigs but after that no problem. The air comes into the bottle around the
> hose and no vacuum occurs.
> 
> If you drill a small air hole it will leak all over your pack if the pack
> falls over or you place it in any position other than upright.
> 
> If you must try the air hole method then drill thru the side of the cap,
> thru the threads into the bottle with the cap open 1/8 or 1/4 turn so
that
> when you close the lid tight it won't leak as much.
> 
> easy going south in 99
> 
> jimhipp@worldnet.att.net
> up a dirt road in AL
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