advise on loosening up a camelbak tube?

benchmade_boy · Nov 18, 2006

well i am getting tired of my very stiff drinking tube on my camelbak it is kindoff new but i figured it woulld be a llittle looser. my first one was a civilian issue and it was really loose wich i liked but my new one is a camelbak mule millitary issue and it is really stiif so any way to loosen it up?

thanks,David

guntotin_fool · Nov 18, 2006

Loosen what up? The bite valve or the actually tube flexing?

benchmade_boy · Nov 18, 2006

the actual tube. mine is very very stiff and my old one was alot more flexible.

blahblahblah · Nov 18, 2006

It sounds like something is wrong, unless you have the optional sleeve with a forming-wire in it. If it has a sleeve over it, remove the sleeve and either use without or get the sleeve without the wire.

benchmade_boy · Nov 18, 2006

it does have the sleeve but i took the sleeve off and it was still stiff and i never new they had wire in them?

blahblahblah · Nov 18, 2006

The plastic/rubber/silicone/whatever drinking tube should not be stiff.

The fabric/neoprene-ish sleeve comes in two versions that I'm aware of: 1) w/o wire 2)with wire. My wife has the mule with the insulating sleeve w/o a wire, and I have a very old model with an optional wire sleeve.

benchmade_boy · Nov 18, 2006

oh ok i understand now. well mine doesnt have the wire cuz when i bend it it doesnt say there and it is not as tough as wire but still very hard to move.

Malpaso · Nov 18, 2006

Speaking of which, is there an easy way to get the bite valve back on after cleaning it?

benchmade_boy · Nov 18, 2006

Malpaso said:
Speaking of which, is there an easy way to get the bite valve back on after cleaning it?

do you have the military edition or a civilian edition?

Jumpmaster · Nov 18, 2006

I have military Camelbaks. To get the bite-valve back on, I just put some water on the tube and it works on fairly easily that way. If it were really easy to get it back on, it would leak.

JM-99

benchmade_boy · Nov 18, 2006

Jumpmaster said:
I have military Camelbaks. To get the bite-valve back on, I just put some water on the tube and it works on fairly easily that way. If it were really easy to get it back on, it would leak.

JM-99

yup thats how i do it it works really well somtimes to well.

guntotin_fool · Nov 19, 2006

Run the tube in very hot weather for a few minutes, then slide in the bite valve.

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