TruMod Hydration Bladder - Perfect Water Bag for Hiking, Biking, Skiing and Snowboarding

This bladder is great! I’ve used it for a year without issues, and when it did have an issue a year in, the seller quickly replaced it and was very helpful! Absolutely will use these bladders for a long long time! :)

Got this in hopes of using it while commuting 40 minutes on my motorcycle. I put coffee in it this AM (crossing my fingers that it wouldn't cause it to leak), put the bladder in my backpack, helmet on, and off to work I go. Due to my helmet (HJC modular), I wasn't able to get the mouthpiece in my mouth; it was a tight fit with my mic, chin guard, and the mouthpiece. I think if the mouthpiece was 90*, then it would probably work fine, or if I had an open-face helmet. When I got to the city and at a stop light about 30 minutes into my commute, I opened up my helmet and took a drink. Coffee was still 'hot' and so this will work for stop/go traffic in a modular (or full-face) helmet. It did NOT leak, either. Here's hoping TruMod can 'design' a 90* mouthpiece as an accessory. Gave it 5-stars as it does what it is suppose to do and is built very well (and they DO answer emails very promptly as I found out last night...BONUS), and doesn't leak, but in my current situation with the '45*' mouthpiece, it doesn't really help me in my ride in.

This thing works well and is easy to clean and fill. My only gripe, and why I give 4 stars instead of 5: the plastic head is too wide. It doesn't fit comfortably in most waterbag sleeves as a result. You have to sort of push it in at an angle and not fill to capacity to make sure it fits. Other bags of the same capacity fit fine because they're narrower. Nathan bags come to mind. All this said, I'd buy it again because it works well, it's well made, and the price point is good.

I have to say I had high hopes for this bladder. I have had probably 20 different ones over the years. For the price, I loved everything about this Hydration Bladder! I was very dissapointed when after just a few hikes and runs it started to leak at one of the seams. I was skeptical as to if the soft material this bladder is made of would be able to withstand the bouncing of trail running. I really hope they find a way to better reinforce the seams because besides that this is an awesome bladder.

I use this bladder in my CamelBack and it works just fine as a replacement bladder. Regarding the 'plastic taste' - follow the instructions. I went as far as making sure the lemon juice was not only used to rinse the bladder but made sure the water with lemon juice came through the bitewing and tube also. Voila - no plastic taste. So far, this product works well for me. Let's see in a year.

The tiny orange o-ring would fly off the end of the hose connection piece each time I disassembled it at the end of a ride or hike. Eventually, I lost it, rendering it unusable. This design didn't work for me.

I took this bag on a 3 week trip to North Wales, and had zero issues with it. This zip style top was super easy to clean and fill the bag from, and never leaked. The mouthpiece was easier to drink from than many hydration pouches I’ve had in the past, and I didn’t have problems with a plastic taste like other reviewers have mentioned. I’d buy it again, and I’d recommend it!

This product is useless without a holder. How can it work without a strapping mechanism to hold on your body?