Has anyone tried it?
It's kicking around £6 on the net and just wondered if it was decent enough to consider it as an option?
Thanks
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.jpg) I bought one used it once and the next time i came to use it the water taseted like TCP. No mater what i did to clean it the taste would'nt go away so i binned it.
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 i have one and its fine. there is a plastic taste to start with but that goes afer a while. camelbak, platypus and source are probaly better but none at that price.
so i think its go value for money
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 I've got one that came with a rucsac. The rucsac was uncomfortable and has been resigned to work only.
The bladder?? Used a couple of times as a water carrier when camping and the water was ok. Feels rather flimsy though and i would rather spend a little extra on a sturdier bladder. But as a first bladder, to see if you get along with it, it seems ok.
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 the seal went on my other halves after one use and the mouthpiece leaks so im not a fan really!
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Thanks, might just have to fork out of a platypus, left my old one back in NZ grrr....
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 I've got two Gelert bladders (bought at different times, so unlikely to just be a bad batch) and both have the exact same problems:
They leak from the filling cap (not badly enough to warrant retiring them, but enough to be annoying) and the on/off valve is mis-aligned - so when you turn it to on no water comes out - to achieve a reasonable flow you have to fiddle around to some unmarked position between on and off.
Not found the taste to be any worse than on a Camelbak, though.
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 Bought a Gelert bladder last year. Used it two separate weeks for water only, drying out carefully between trips - fine. Came to use it again - chlorine taste to the water within a very short time after filling. Rinsed thoroughly - just as bad. Used Miltons - no different. Detergent - no effect. A new electric kettle produced water with the same taste, but as suggested in the instructions, the bad taste went away after a few refills. No such luck wih the Gelert, so looks like i'm binning it; pity as it otherwise functioned fine.
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.jpg) No such probs. with Ortlieb, I,ve had three of them.Not at £6 tho.  Cheers.
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That figures. My Ortlieb map case has been excellent - typically German attention to quality. The water bag + drinking tube come to £30 though, and to hear you've gone through three of them... Did they split or what?
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Answer to your question Tony,Ive been backpacking for sixty years plus. My first ortlieb was probably 25yrs. ago, I do remember that got too near the fire along with a pair of lederhosen shorts. I managed to repair the shorts not so the ortlieb. The 2nd. one was lost on skye doing the Inpin. The third one I still have probably 10 - 12 yrs old. They are "almost" indistructable under normal use. Cheers.
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£30 is starting to sound cheap!
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Tastes so so bad! I can't do a days ride drinking that poison, it's going to have to be binned... For my healths sake!!! Shame. And I doubt I'll be able to get a refund 
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 My first hydration bladder was a Gelert job. I've had it some years now and actually threw it out yesterday. I used it half a dozen times and each time the water tasted strongly of plastic so it has lain in storage for about 4 years. Of course they may have improved since then but I stick to Source products now. I still prefer to drink from bottles, though.
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Yes indeed, Source are an answer. Bought a Source to replace the Gelert and have had no issues with it whatsoever.
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