Hi. I was wondering how do I supposed to clean my new Camelbak Rogue bladder. How do you clean it and does anyone know any tips for cleaning them and getting rid of that stale taste.

After a recent case of the skits due to a mouldy bladder and the subsequent cleaning frenzy, I now consider myself a bit of an expert at this!!!!!!

First, after every use, rinse it out with hot water!! I got lazy and didnt do this and thats is how the mold grew!!!

Every now and then clean it using something like (What I use) Blackburn HydraPure. Kills the bugs that grow inside. Mine was that bad that I had to also scrub the insides with one of those sticks with rags on the end that you use for cleaning the dishes.

Another good trick. For the tube, again if it gets mouldy. Run it under the hot tap then roll it with a rolling pin!!! Sounds daft but it loosens all the grime off the inside of the tube, then you just wash it out......

Follow these simple steps for trouble free hydration!!!!!

Or, use it, empty any remaining water, give it a quick wipe down with a cloth and then chuck in the freezer. Been doing that for a year and half and never had to clean it once and no mould or funny taste. Simple!

i go with the freezer thing too... makes it nice and cool for your drinks too :P

If the bladder gets really minging, I use 3-4 denture cleaning tablets, and fill up with hot water, and soak overnight. Rinse well, drain well and store the bladder with the cap loose in the bottom of the freezer (beside the bottle of vodka ;-))The only down side to keeping it in the freezer is that I left a camelbak bladder in the ice compartment of a hotel fridge once, out of sight, out of mind etc.

clean it with Milton, its what they use in hospitals for babies bottles so it doesnt taste, put some in fill with water leave it to soak overnight, rinse it out and thats that.

Why do you put it in the freezer for

Never tried the freezer thing, makes sence but the wife may not aprove. Mine got so minging only domestos would do it. Since then minty denture cleaning tablets.

The freezerworks Ben because mould etc. can't grow at -18, same as bacteria

http://www.camelbak.com/rec/clean.cfm

Rinse it out after every ride. and make sure it's clean. Won't need to store it in the freezer then.

Every month or so, give it a sloosh around with Miltons or a weak bleach solution.

Recently some biologists thawed out some frozen plants from the antartic, I'll give you a starter for ten if you can guess what started wriggling about. Oh and the plants were about 10,000 years old.

I do the freezer thing too, but i don't bother emptying it - get a nice block of ice which keeps the drink cold for the whole day.
After about 2-4weeks (when i can be arsed) I pour boiling water in it with milton and leave it for a day, then I rinse it out and bung it back in the freezer.

suppose if this was a perfect world, i'd rinse it out after every ride, and stick it in the freezer.

but we all know, do-one is that efficent.

if it's been sitting in my hot car for a fair period of time, i tend to give it a good scrub with the cleaning brush you get with them then fill it with warm water and a steralizing tablet, and let it soak for a bit.

note: milton ones leave an after taste which is hard to shift, but the boots tables aren't so bad

i dont have a camel back but i am soon to be ordering the LOBO and i shall follow all some of the cleing tips! so you helped me to guys cheers
mike

Sorry Ste, I am that efficent (read sad if you will)! Always just empty it and chuck it in the freezer.

I use it everyday to and from work, sadly my fiancee's water supply mings at the moment - manky pipes or something so we've been using boiled water.Unfortunately i didn't have time to cool the hot water this morning so it was warm all day - needless to say it tasted foul and will be emptied.Don't make the same mistake i did - i filled it with soapy water to tryand clean it, left it too long and it tasted of manky soapy stuff till i next washed it properly (around a day) ah well one day i'll get it right ;)