Cleaning your Platypus

“It's against the law to hunt'em anyway.”

“I get them as dry as possible: upside down for a day, right side up for a couple more. It never gets totally dry tho. I just rinse before filling again for good measure. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
My drinking tube never dries out.
If it was clean to begin with a little water left inside shouldn't harm it that much.”

“I usually run a solution of bleach and water thru the thing right before a trip to kill any nasty bugs.”

“Sounds like it would kill the platypus too.”

“Hasn't yet, and I haven't got sick yet either.”

“2NaOH + Cl2 --> NaOCL +NaCl + H2O + 1Dirty Platy --> 1 Happy Stovestomper with a clean Platy”

“Is that a balanced equation?”

“I was at Gander Mountain a month ago and found this reduced from around $20 to $8 or so, so I figured, "What the heck," and bought it.

It's too much fun snaking that roto-rooter thing through the drinking tube. LOL!!!

http://www.hydracare.com/

Previously, I had cleaned my Camelbak with a bleach solution.
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