hydration pack now there are different ways to clean your hydration pack and
you can get creative there but it all comes down to making sure that you are
using a clean in Asia you want to make sure that the pack is 100% dry before
you store it and you also want to make sure that you are cleaning the tube very
well now as far as the cleaning agent go it really depends on how unclean your
pack is if it's a packet that you clean regularly then you're probably good to
go with some dish soap if you're not comfortable with the dish soap because
sometimes it does leave a little bit of taste afterwards you can go with some
lemon and baking soda if your pack is not clean at all like this one here and
you can already see that it's a little bit yellow you can go with some bleach
as long as you make sure that you're cleaning it with water afterwards now
for the cleaning I picked this kit here just to make the
cleaning process a little bit easier and I picked it from a company called tag
though this is not sponsored or anything but I would put their information in the
description box for those of you who are interested and this kit comes with 4
pieces the first one is a tall brush that you can use to clean the inside of
the pack it also comes with a pipe cleaner a snake with a little brush at
the end to clean the tube and finally it comes with a hanger that you can place
inside the pack to let it dry alright so let's get started with the cleaning
process all right so here's our 3 liter or spray hydration pad the first thing
that I like to do is detach the tube and leave it aside before we start the
cleaning process and from there the first step I start with is filling the
pack with some warm water close the pack and let it sit for a little bit and then
drain the water this first step is not necessary but I just like doing so to
make sure that I'm getting rid of any dirt or any residue before I start using
soap the next step is filling the pack with some more water again and this time
I add some dish soap and let it sit in a little bit and then I drain some of the
water and leave some of it in the pack so that I can use it to brush the
inside of the pack and at this point I'm going to use the
brush that I showed you earlier and when I'm scrubbing and pretty much focusing
on the left side the right side of the path as well as the bottom just give it
a good scrub you can use your hand and go all the way inside then that should
be good enough to make it clean
you the next thing that I like to do is
using the pipe cleaner to clean the closure bracket as well as the
quick-release hole these are two areas that a lot of people forget about so
just give it a good brush and you're good to go
now for the chill that's attached to the bag what I like to do is to run some
clean water through the bag and reverse the pack upside down just to make sure
that the tube is also getting cleaned and from there you want to make sure
that you are running clean water through the bag multiple times to ensure that
there is no soap left
now as far as the tube goes the only piece that I'm going to detach is this
red plastic piece here that we use to drink from and I'm going to leave pretty
much everything in place and what I'm gonna do I'm gonna use the snake brush
and run it through the tube all the way in pull it back and do that probably a
couple of times two to three times just to make sure everything is clean and you
can probably add a little bit of soap to the brush just to make sure that you're
scrubbing the inside very well and that should be enough and from there you're
just gonna run some water through it and make sure that you're using the pipe
brush to clean the ends of the tube very well and you do the same with the little
red piece that you'd attached earlier just give it a good scrub and there you
go
you
all right and now that we have pretty much everything clean and good to go
what I like to do is use some paper towel to dry the inside of the pack and
the outside and from there I'm going to use the hanger piece to place inside of
the pack and then I will hang it in the backyard and let it dry for some time
and like I said earlier you can get creative with it and do whatever works
for you this is just some basic guidelines for you to follow and if you
have any questions let me know in a comment and just one more thing that I
wanted to add here although this video is specific to the Osprey hydration pack
you can pretty much follow the same concept with any other pack that you
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