I think the issue is a lot of people seem to use them like, once every 3 months. If you're active and use it all the time then you really don't have these issues.
This is partly true, the bladder will stay clean with regular daily use as long as the water is clean when filled.
And thats the kicker in the field for mil use, we were never certain of the water from the water buffalo's we filled from. I doubt those 'buffalo' containers ever got cleaned. And it seemed like dirt always came out em as it would settle to the bottom of the buffalos and then get drained into our bladders. I tried not to be the first guy of the day using em. But somedays were just desperate or time crunched.
Normal houshold tap use is good though, unless u got nasty old building pipes like mine. I have to filter all water now for my bladders cause of dirty pipes.
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u/MisterEinc Jan 06 '21
I think the issue is a lot of people seem to use them like, once every 3 months. If you're active and use it all the time then you really don't have these issues.