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Apr 21, 2012 at 8:20 pm #1289008
I wanted to be able to use my powerade bottles with a hydration hose out of my bottle holder pockets on my Osprey Exos. no unpacking the sleeve inside for refilling, no washing the bladder, etc.
1/2" drill bit and it doesn't even leak upside down :)
Apr 22, 2012 at 10:08 am #1869903Pretty cool bottle mod. The only thing I see wrong is how do you get the liquid in the final 2 inches of the bottle since the interior straw does not extend to about 1/4 inch from the bottom?
TerryApr 22, 2012 at 11:48 am #1869930It was a quick photo. i have pushed the hose further down now so it will reach the bottom.
i am really psyched that the hose was tight enough through the hole to create a seal without anything extra like silicon caulk or something.
Apr 22, 2012 at 11:54 am #1869933What prevents the bottle from collapsing due to vacuum? The Evernew adapters have a small valve in the lid.
Apr 22, 2012 at 12:04 pm #1869934nothing, though the powerade bottles are pretty stiff so they don't collapse but drinking might get harder? i haven't played with it a whole lot. Maybe drill a small hole and cover it with white athletic tape as a breathable membrane but won't let it splash out?
Apr 22, 2012 at 4:09 pm #1869999I would bet that if you sucked out a bunch of water and created a vacuum eventually the pressure difference would correct itself via the small gap between the hose and cap.
I don't claim to be an engineer, but I've seen my son's baby bottles do the same thing through the *tiny* hole in the slow-feed newborn nipples. They're small enough that the surface tension of the milk won't allow drips more frequently than one every few seconds.
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