Customer Reviews

CamelBak Better Bottle Hands Free Adapter

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I'm taking care of an elderly gentleman who is bedridden and spills are a major nuisance. This hands free adapter, combined with the better bottle, make keeping hydrated much easier and neater.

CamelBak BPA-Free Better Water Bottle with Bite Valve

Works good, Got it for a good price ($5).

My only complaint is that my water bottle (.75 L) only lasts me about 15 minutes on a bike ride when I have this adapter hooked up (which is good because I am drinking more water... but means I have to carry a refill).

If you plan on using it a lot, skip out on converting your bottle and just get one of those $25 actual pouch thingys.

If you do get this, get one of those Camelbak "Camel clips" for $3 so you can clip the straw to your shirt, other wise (unless you have a back pack that pulls the straw up through your back pack strap) your mouth piece will just dangle inaccessibly.

I bought this while I was commuting to school by bicycle. I do not have a bottle cage on the bike that I was riding, but I was wearing a backpack with pocket made for a water bottle. This worked out well because I could leave the bottle in the backpack and put this over my shoulder - I also put a velcro band around the shoulder strap and the tube to keep it from flying around too much. Because of the design it takes a little more suction than the standard CamelBak to get a drink, but it is not so much that it is a problem.

I would recommend it for someone looking to do the same thing - most backpacks anymore have that side water bottle holder and the CamelBak bottle this goes with is really nice.

CamelBak has this down to a science for sure. I bought a Camelbak backpack sight unseen because I wanted something with more storage than my current Camelbak. Low and behold, the backpack wasn't the kind with the bladder like every Camelbak I had prior! It did come with a nice bottle, but I have bottle cages on my bike. If I wanted to drink from a bottle, I don't want to fiddle with getting it out of my backpack. This adapter totally solves the problem by turning the water bottle in the backpack into a real CamelBak hydration system. Perfect in every way and the bottle is actually way easier to clean and fill than the bladder. It just doesn't hold as much water.

The backpack was great. Perfect for a day hike. Holds what a 7 year old needs but the water bottle leaks.