Heed in Camelbak...not a good idea

[lattae]

I love Hammer Heed but made the same mistake and left it in the camelbak too long. I couldn't get rid of the mold so tossed my bag out. I only use the Heed in my polar bottle and wash it very well afterwards. The Heed has come in real handy since we have the heat and humidity in our area. The best thing to do is to put a ziploc bag of additional Heed in your camelbak pocket and fill a water bottle with it as needed.

[BarbaraAlys]

The campleback disinfectant stuff leaves an odor and taste in the bottle that I do not care for, so I like to soak my camle back water bags in water and lemon juice after disinfecting.

I also store them open, hanging with opening downward and some papertowel stuffed in the bottom to keep it opened up. This allows any water left in to dry out (the papertowel acts like a wick leading the water out). It is pretty dry here, so this works well, you might not have the same results in a humid environment.

BarbaraAlys

[surgtech1956]

You can use Efferdent too. 'Back in the day' when I was in the Army National Guard, we used this to clean out our canteens - worked like a charm.

[kenyonchris]

I love Hammer Heed but made the same mistake and left it in the camelbak too long. I couldn't get rid of the mold so tossed my bag out. I only use the Heed in my polar bottle and wash it very well afterwards. The Heed has come in real handy since we have the heat and humidity in our area. The best thing to do is to put a ziploc bag of additional Heed in your camelbak pocket and fill a water bottle with it as needed.

Not bleach, not listerine, not gloom of night could fix my camelback. I chucked it. I will be more careful in the future and make sure to remove every last drop of it out. I can't fit a bottle on my MTB frame.

[lattae]

I've also heard that Efferdent was effective in cleaning camelbaks ,,, sometimes I use the Efferdent, rinse, then store the empty bag in the freezer. You can try and drain the water from the tube as much as you can but I never could get the entire tubing to dry out completely, so I just throw the entire bag into the freezer to prevent mold(esp during the winter months when not is use)