Things You'll Need:
- Dish detergent
- Reservoir brush or bottle brush
- Tube brush
- Hydration bladder cleaning tablet or denture cleaning tablet.
- Clothespins or wire coat hanger
- Soft nylon brush
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Step 1
Remove the hydration reservoir from your hydration pack. Usually this involves working the main water bladder out of the pack, then working the hose and bitepiece out as well.
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Step 2
Fill the hydration reservoir with warm water and dish detergent. Scrub both the reservoir and the tube with a reservoir brush--a bottle brush works fine--and a tube brush. Empty the soapy water and rinse until the water runs clear.
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Step 3
Fill the reservoir with water once again and drop in either a hydration bladder cleaning tablet or a denture cleaning tablet. Let the reservoir stand for five minutes once the tablet is completely dissolved, then empty and rinse thoroughly.
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Step 4
Hang the reservoir to dry. Use clothespins to hang it, opening down, from a sturdy cord or bend a wire coat hanger and insert it through the mouth of the reservoir to hold it open--again, mouth down--to dry.
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Step 5
Soak the actual pack part of your hydration pack in a tub of cold water and dish detergent. Scrub with a soft nylon brush as necessary to remove soil, then hang to dry.
