How Do You Carry Your Drinking WATER???

[Ray Borbon]

The port is for consuming water from a tube on a mask which protects from chemical gas and agents. It has a custom tube which plugs in. I am not aware they have a cambelback adapter. I left the army in 1997 and the camelback was not around to my knowledge back then. Even if it was they didn't adapt to the canteen.

[john gerrard]

I read this a while back haven't tried it yet but sounds good. For those of you that don't like the sloshing around of a half empty container try this. Get some new unused plastic pot scrubbers and stuff them in the water bottle. They act like baffles to keep the water from sloshing.  John

[wingnut]

Just checked out the platypus bottles.  Those are just what I've been looking for.  Will have a couple for my pack by next week.  Thanks RoughCountry!!

Mike

[ron w]

Plastic GI canteen,or Air Force plastic pilots flask. The flask fits in your back pocket and hold enough for lunch. If I take the flask I carry 2!!I do have a pack thats hydration capeable but I don't need that much water most times.

[jhg]

Since this year was the

"use what you have first and not buy anything new"

approach and since in Colorado its easy to use 60+ oz of water in a day if you are active I carried two 34 oz nalgene big mouths. I bury them in my pack so the sloshing is muffled rather than have them on the outside. One is straight water the other diluted  50% sports drink or juice.

Joshua

[Roughcountry]

Your more than welcome Mike.
A tip that I do, in the warmer weather I keep a few of the larger size in the freezer ( fill 3/4 full and freeze) I pull one out and top it off with water and go. Usally this keeps you in cold water most of the hunt.

[griz#1]

camelbak striker xt with 2 liter hydration reservoir.

[shakey slim]

finally bought a pack / remington at wall mart / best dang thing ever has 2 water bottles

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Originally posted by Dave Bulla:
Mil surplus green plastic canteen with pouch and shoulder strap.

Speaking of which, they have a port in the top of the lid that looks like it's for a tube like a camelback has.  Anybody know if that's what it's for?  Where to get the tube?

That is so you can hook up the tube and drink when you are wearing your gas mask.

[Shakes.602]

I use a "Stainless Steel WaterBottle" 'As Seen On TV',(but Purchased at Walgreens    ) with the Cap that Screws on, and has a 'Doo-Hickey' to hang it from a D-Ring.....thats not the Right word, the Ones the Rock Climbers use.  I Insulated with 2 Can "Huggies" or "Koozies" cut to Fit and wrapped it all in Black Duct Tape! Nothing too flashy,I thought about covering the Duct tape with Camo Tape!!  

[bctgrad]

I use the CamelBak Better Bottle.  You can drink from it without tipping it kinda like drinking from a straw.  Just flip out the spout, bite down on the tip and take a drink.  It's also spillproof.  Works great.

http://www.camelbak.com/sports-recreation/bottles/better-bottle-1L.aspx

[bigjohnmissalot]

I use the empty pancake syrup bottle , and you can still taste syrup for days after , don"t laugh it works

[Canyon]

Camelback backed up by a few 1 liter platypus bottles. I love the Camelback as I tend to keep hydrated more than ever before. Being hydrated really makes a difference at the end of the day and especially after several days hard hunting.

[Doug A]

I love the platypus bottles.  I have the 1/2 liter bottle and a larger one with tube.

[GingivitisKahn]

Bota when it's not freezing out and Army canteen when it is.  I've had two botas freeze up (mostly) and dump ice cold water all over my hands when hunting in freezing weather.

I'm not such a big fan of that.