Filling a Camelbak

[chris_irwin]

I can't seem to fill a Camelback all the way to the top. Since the opening is on the side, it's impossible. Do the capacities listed with the bladders take this into consideration?

 

[chris_irwin]

oops, meant to put this in kit chatter

 

[Large Sack]

Hi Chris

Mine all have markers on the side showing 0.5l increments. The 2l fill mark is about 3 inches or so below the filler on my bladders.

Give it a look and double check mate

Cheers
Sack

 

[chris_irwin]

Ah yes, so it does! mines a camelback unbottle, so I never really look at the bladder.Though the scale on mine only goes up to 1.5 Doesn't look like it would quite get all the way up to 2 litres before you get to the filler. I guess I will have to measure the amount of water I can put in it.

 

[Large Sack]

Glad to be of help

 

[Smith28]

Put the water in a pyrex first and then you can measure exactly how much it can take.

 

[Scout]

Try lying it on its side and filling it from a jug. Gives you that bit extra.


Nathan

 

[Melonfish]

Try lying it on its side and filling it from a jug. Gives you that bit extra.


Nathan

Exactly what i do with my 3l military one, hold the opening with one hand, and fill. i get just over 3l in it

 

[Paul_B]

Unbottle used to have a plastic handle that you held just below the bottom of the opening. Hold that and the large opening goes horizontal and you fill right up to the rim then screw the opening down. Or at least that is what I did and got plenty in. TRouble is the opening used to cross thread really badly and eventually failed to hold the liquid in so it got binned for my source which is my preferred baldder make (cheaper and better than anything else not made source that is).

BTW there is a Kendal based company that makes a kind of handle for those large opening camelbacks. It is kind of an attachment to the lid to make it easier to open and close. Seemed like one of those superfluous gizmos that don't make sense but you know you might as well get one anyway as its a shiny metallic gizmo for your wasted gear collection.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Was gonna say you could just hold the rim of the filler cap? never had any issues with filling camelbaks to the top? or platybag's do you find that the little bit you can't fill is really missed though?

 

[Harry The Camper]

Buy Source, problem solved.

 

[chris_irwin]

I do usually hold the black handle, but even doing that it's impossible to completely fill without laying sideways. I will try it with a jug though and see what I can do. I really just wanted to know whether the capacity listed was the entire bladder or if it was slightly over to allow for the awkward filling.

I don't really want to buy a source bladder for a sake of a few more ml, what's the sense in that? I'm perfectly happy with my Camelbak otherwise.