Hydration Pack Insulated Drink Tube Covers

Ordered the red and the color is great (visually stands out on my pack and matched my bike color scheme). The tube cover is very thick and does keep my water cooler. I had a tough time getting the cover installed over my Camelbak's tube. I ended up nearly soaking it in rubbing alcohol to reduce friction (like when installing bar grips). Seems good quality. It's performance is ok--seems at least as good as Camelbak's version--and I recommend this product for its looks and quality.

Good quality. Gets the job done. A little tricky to install over such a 3' tube length, but we got it on and it works great.

This works as expected. My water now stays much cooler than when I had a exposed hose. Great fit!I did notice there was two stitches that pulled, but it shouldn’t hurt the performance.

It is the correct length for the water tube. It is needed for snow skiing to keep the water line from freezing. It will be good to keep water cool on a hot summer hike.It is not easy to install on the tube. It starts out easy, but getting the entire length over a tube takes 2 people, but can be done in 10 minutes. All the water backpacks at the local sports store did not have insulation on the tubing.Skiing on Sunday. No more frozen water line.

5 Stars So Far...I am giving this five stars so far. Good quality thick neoprene. What looks to be solid construction. The stitching on the tops and bottoms look solid, and there is a nice long strip of Velcro on the back. The holes that are cut on the front may appear to be small, but once you get the neoprene seated around the opening of your reservoir, it fits very nice and snugly. I am using a Camelbak Crux 2 liter reservoir. The fit inside is not 100% spot on but it’s darn close. Unless this sleeve is made for a specific reservoir, I would question if anything would fit 100% perfect, so I am not taking anything off of my score for this.I also have the insulated sleeve for the tube, and it fits perfectly. So this runs five stars as well. It does add with to the diameter of your tube, but that’s just part of the deal having it. If you have attachable anchor points on your backpack, they may be too small for the tube and insulator sleeve.I will be inserting my reservoir with insulator into a 5.11 Rush 12 backpack. I know it will fit fine. The real test will be how well it insulates the water inside the reservoir. I will be going to the Indy 500 next weekend, and I plan to use this on race day. That will be the true test of how well it keeps ice water cold.Overall, I am very pleased so far.

I use these with Platypus Big Zip bladders. The cover doesn't cover the whole tube, but does extend well inside the pack. The covers are thinner than the one I got from Platypus long ago, but that makes the tube easier to thread out of my pack.I use these in somewhat cold weather (they've worked fine down to 15 degrees F). To keep the bite valve from freezing I stick the bite valve inside my jacket. Yes, if you are in much colder temps, a bottle inside your pack is going to work better than a bladder & hose. But these covers will extend the range of temps you can use a bladder with. Looking forward to seeing the benefit of cooler water this coming summer.

4 stars, but minus one for quality control.I ordered a pair of these at the same time on the same date for a pair of CamelBaks drinking tubes.One was much thicker than the other, another was thin. (Pics attached)I've added a comparison of the two. Had I ordered these individually at different times, or only 1, I would never have known.The thicker one is better, and there's a slight difference in effectiveness of insulation and I think it will be much better in winter than the thinner one, but in the long run they both still work better than just the plain exposed tube, and we mostly use this for Summer hiking. The thick one kept the tube water slightly cool, but not cold. the thin one kept it 'not hot & gross'.I did contact the vendor as the included card requested, and they did offer to replace them if I mailed these back, but at that point it would cost almost as much as the product. I decided to keep them and not have to hassle with shipping.PROS:- if you get a thicker one you're in good shape for Summer or Winter.- pretty easy to put on- either way, you're done with the gross hot tube water in SummerCONS:- Quality Control. When shipping an order together, when one product is 50% larger than the other, maybe ask the customer before shipping. I'd rather have gotten 2 of any color of the thick stuff than the color I wanted at 2 different effective usefulness. (or, 2 of the thinner material and have been none the wiser).

That was an experience to get on.