[pct-l] water consumption/capacity

[Joan Henriksen]

If you are using the dromlite bring along an Thermarest patch kit.    I
worked at a wilderness therapy camp in the southern Utah desert for a year
and a half. We used dromlites and the heavier MSR dromedary.  They stand up
VERY to all the desert plants.  When they occasionally sprung leaks it would
be a small pin hole and the Thermarest patch kit worked well.

Joan

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Dan Africk <danstheman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like 8 liters will be plenty most of
> the time, so I think I'll go with the 6 liter dromlite and my 2 bottles,
> and
> maybe I'll bring a nalgene 1.5 liter canteen bag for the longest waterless
> stretches(not the most durable, but it works and I already have it, so its
> free). I won't be using a hydration tube with any of my bladders- I've had
> too many problems with leaking at the tube connection, and they're too much
> of a hassle in general.
>
> Definitely some good points about the security of multiple containers, but
> everything I read suggests that the dromlites are pretty bombproof, and I
> plan on treating it gently anyway, and I like the simplicity of fewer
> containers. Plus I'll have enough plastic bags and duck tape that if there
> is a failure, I can probably salvage most of the water(this happened to me
> once with a nalgene 3 liter canteen- not in a desert, but loss of that
> water
> after I carried it up a mountain would have meant a very sketchy trip).
>
> I look forward to meeting everyone on the trail this spring.
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