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<DIV>Thanks all for your replies on measuring liquids on the trail.</DIV>
<DIV>Of all the suggestions, I liked Patrick Beggans response the best.</DIV>
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<DIV>Patrick writes:</DIV>
<DIV>I keep one nalgene for exactly this reason -- it has ounces <BR>and milliliters marked on the side for cooking/powdered beverages. <BR>---------------------------------------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV>Yep, it sure does. I have a couple, and they are marked just as you say.</DIV>
<DIV>I weighed one on my fish scale, and it came in at 3oz. Not much weight </DIV>
<DIV>at all and still usable to carry water in too. I tried using the scratch a line</DIV>
<DIV>method, but I just can't get a line that I can see in poor light. I'm half blind</DIV>
<DIV>anyway, so that method, while quite good, just doesn't work for me. Plus</DIV>
<DIV>what happens if you need an off measurement like 20oz of water. I know,</DIV>
<DIV>I know, I am being very anal about this and over engineering it as someone</DIV>
<DIV>said, but hey it's something that I couldn't get out of my head. I use Switchbacks</DIV>
<DIV>method of marking my ziplock bags, and it works great. For a hot pot or cup filled</DIV>
<DIV>with hot chocolate or coffee, the tape would not hold up. So final solution is to use</DIV>
<DIV>the nalgene bottle. Just one.....please forgive me for the extra weight trail gods.</DIV>
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