If you are an active outdoor enthusiast, then you already know you’re going to need to be able to consume water when you’re out and about. Most outdoor enthusiasts feel bladders are indispensable, and a necessary product to utilize. Water reservoirs offer outdoor enthusiasts several benefits, and they are all things you’ll want to capitalize on.
First, when you have a good model pack, you’ll find that it is easy to stay hydrated and get the water you need while you are on the go. They use drinking tubes that can be easily accessed while you are in the middle of an activity. So, instead of using a regular water bottle, which requires you to stop, look for the water, and then drink it, you won’t need to stop and can easily access your water.
It’s also very easy to carry water in hydration bladders, and they don’t require a lot of pack space usage, either. They are made to fit easily into a pack’s outside frame, so you won’t use any inside pack space. Your backpack, then, becomes much lighter to carry. Also, the action of carrying water in a bladder is much more comfortable than having to carry a water canteen, since a canteen can flop around the body and poke into the skin.
Canteens also leave you feeling lopsided, since all the water weight sets on one side of the body. Water bladders sit easily in backpacks without flopping around or poking into your body, and are designed to spread the water weight so you stay balanced.
The space-saving features are also a bonus and make them much more efficient than canteens. As you drink water, the reservoirs will shrink as they empty out, giving you more space in your backpack.
These water bag are also much lighter and carry more water than a plastic water bottle or canteen. Larger water bladders that hold up to three liters of water usually only weigh around six ounces. Most plastic water bottles weigh around four ounces and only hold about one liter of water.