Can you boil MSR Dromedaries?

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I bought one at FF, but I can't find any info on whether they'll handle boiling water. Twight says they do, but what do the gear-heads out there say?

 

BTW, these are great bladders. They last forever (my dad has some that are 12yrs old and going strong!), and have a nice large opening.

[erik]

yeah i have put boiling hot water in mine.....

 

 

[rbw1966]

cracked said:

my dad has some that are 12yrs old and going strong!.

 

I hope for his sake it wasn't one of the recalls.

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

Yeah, they're swell if you fancy water that tastes like it came out of an innertube. Platypuses are better, although you can't trash 'em like the Dromedary.

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Dr_Flash_Amazing said:

Yeah, they're swell if you fancy water that tastes like it came out of an innertube. Platypuses are better, although you can't trash 'em like the Dromedary.

 

Pour water from the Dromedary into a Nalgene, add powdered Gatorate or the like. Good taste. Nalgenes are kinda heavy, though. Platypus' suck because:

a. the hoses leak. My pack got drenched because of one of these things.

b. the opening is too small unless you have a spigot.

c. less durable.

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

 

"Pour water from the Dromedary into a Nalgene, add powdered Gatorate or the like. Good taste. Nalgenes are kinda heavy, though."

 

Pain in the ass.

 

"Platypus' suck because:

a. the hoses leak. My pack got drenched because of one of these things."

 

Never used one with a hose; but anyway, tha's what Camelbaks are for.

 

"b. the opening is too small unless you have a spigot."

 

True, true. Fortunately, there's a spigot right by the parking lot at Smith, so it's no problem.

 

"c. less durable."

 

But they don't taste like bleah!

 

Whatever. Why the Doctor is debating this instead of going home and lounging with a beer is truly bewildering. In fact why debate this at all?