Camelbak Multi-Sport Hydration Packs: Whether your on the cross country trail running or biking, these Camelbak Hydration Packs will help keep you hydrated but not weigh you down.

Hydration Tips

Drink Early and Often

The best defense against dehydration is a good offense—drink often – at least 1 litre per hr. for moderate activity in moderate conditions. It’s also better to drink continuously – 6-8 oz. every 15-20 minutes is recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine. Remember that thirst is a delayed response, and by the time you’re thirsty, your body is already dehydrated. So pre-hydrating is vital before taking part in any summer exercise. The ACSM also recommends drinking between 14-20 oz. of fluids two hours before exercising.

Freeze Some Water in Your Reservoir

The night before your planned activity, fill your reservoir about halfway with water and lay it flat in the freezer (make sure to lay it flat so the water freezes evenly and not in big lump at the bottom of the reservoir). The next day, before starting out, fill the rest of the reservoir with water. The huge chunk of ice will melt much slower than if strictly ice cubes were used. You’ll have cold water for a much longer peroid of time throughout the day. This tip isn’t just for the “refreshing factor”, although that’s nice. It’s been proven that your body absorbs cooler water more rapidly than warm water.

Keep Water Out of Your Drinking Tube

If you hate that first warm sip of water from your hydration pack, this tip can help you. This is something we’ve always recommended for our winter hydration packs, but it works well in summer too. When finished drinking, blow the water back through the tube into the reservoir. This will prevent the water from warming up in the drinking tube.

Replace Your Electrolytes

You don’t have to be in a marathon or on a century ride for your body to thirst for electrolytes. In the summer heat, think of how often you bring a sports drink to a ballgame, BBQ, or to the lake. CamelBak’s Elixir is sugar-free, highly portable and can easily be split in half and added to a small bottle of water or used with the CamelBak Better Bottle. It contains a healthy amount of sodium, which allows your body to absorb water and rehydrate faster, and can help prevent the onset of hyponatremia (when sodium levels in the body reach a dangerously low level).

Water Sports Are Still Sports

Don’t forget that swimming, wakeboarding, and rafting are all water sports that dehydrate you just as much as exercises on land. Plus, your’re probably going to be in the sun’s glare for the duration of the activity. The CamelBak Better Bottle is a great rafting companion – just use a carabiner to clip it to your life jacket. Or clip it inside your raft and let it sit in some cool river water to stay cold. Make sure you keep plenty of water in the boat during a wakeboarding session.

Recognize the Symptoms of Heat Illness and Get Out of the Sun

Dehydration can set in sooner than you think. You can easily lose 2 liters/hour on a hard ride or a run on a hot day. In a recent position statement of the National Athletic Trainers Association, as little as a 1 to 2 percent loss of fluids could negatively affect function and performance. A 1 to 2 percent loss of fluids can occur after a little more than one hour of moderate activity in cool weather. At 3 percent, the risk of potential heat illness increases exponentially.

Bring Water To All-Day Events

Water is usually expensive and often neglected at concerts, amusement parks, baseball games and other events. Bring a recyclable plastic bottle of water or even a hydration pack into the venue

Camelbak Advanced Technology

Camelbak Big Bite Valve

Bicycling Magazine recently called our Big Bite Valve the “best bite valve on the planet.” And according to NASA, the best one off the planet Earth too. With no moving parts that could lead to potential leaks, our bite valve makes sure that your water gets to you.

Camelbak Hydrolock Shut-Off Valve

You won’t have to worry about your delivery tube leaking thanks to our HydroLock shut-off valve. Simply switch off the valve when you’re riding. Switch it on when you want to take a drink. It’s so easy that you can operate it with only one hand.

Camelbak HydroGuard

HydroGuard™ is a CamelBak proprietary antimicrobial technology embedded directly into the reservoir and tube walls. HydroGuard™ is an EPA-registered compound that uses the natural anti-microbial properties of silver metal to inhibit the growth of bacteria that can cause odors, discoloration or deterioration of the reservoir and tube. HydroGuard™ does not protect the user against disease-causing organisms. Always clean the bottle after each use.

Camelbak Omega Reservoir

Our OMEGA Wide-mouth Reservoir is easy to fill, easy to clean, and the last reservoir you’ll ever need. We’ve upgraded the material to an unprecedented level of toughness. As a result, all CamelBak reservoirs for 2008 come with a Lifetime Warranty.

Camelbak Dynamic Suspension

Get more flexible fit with our NEW Dynamic Suspension Harness. On various new packs, our harness straps can widen or narrow on a unique D-ring design to fir your body shape. The D2 fit will also keep your pack stabalized when carrying a heavy load on your next outdoor excursion.

Camelbak Therminator Harness

Don’t worry about your water stash freezing. All of our winter packs now come with the Therminator, a NEW harness that completely encloses your drinking tube and even has room for hand warmers for those super-cold winter days.

Durable Rugged Material

Our packs can withstand the hardest treatment that you can dish out. Our new Outlaw series is the toughest set of packs on the market, and is made out of durable, rugged ballistic material.

Cleaning and Maintenance

No other hydration company places as much of an emphasis on keeping your reservoir clean as we do. We offer the following guidelines for taking care of your CamelBak:

1. Fill reservoir with warm water and mild soap.

2. Clean with Reservoir Brush and Tube Brush.

3. Re-fill reservoir with 1 L of water.

4. Add 1 Cleaning Tablet

5. Shake reservoir until tablet is dissolved.

6. Let stand 5 minutes.

7. Remove water from reservoir.

8. Rinse reservoir thoroughly.

9. Re-fill for drinking or hang dry completely before storage.

By following these disinfecting guidelines you can reduce common micro-organisms and build-up over 99.99%. In an emergency, you can also add a tablespoon of bleach after step 3. Be sure to rinse thoroughly, however.

To clean the actual pack, we recommend that you soak it in a tub or bucket. Wash with cold water and mild detergent then hang dry. It is not recommended to place your CamelBak pack in the washing machine. By doing so, you will void your warranty. However, if you absolutely have to use a washing machine, we suggest that you remove the reservoir and place the pack in a mesh bag (for delicate items) before placing it in your machine. This will prevent any straps from getting tangled up, stretched, or pulled off while in your machine.