Not sure why you are so defensive.... I never said they were bad for everyone, they just aren't the end all and be all solution for everyone. Personally I have a bad shoulder and any strap, even on a light, well supported backpack would bother me pretty quickly. I also race and would not be able to use one then even if I wanted to, so I need to be able to use my bottle cages.

There's nothing wrong with them. It's good that a camelback works for you, but its not really "nuff said", some of us do need to use bottle cages and need to talk about solutions using them.