Question for folks who use a Camelbak

[taterguy]

Do you put the tube on your left shoulder or right shoulder?

Please explain the reason for your decision.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation

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[XemaSab]

1. Left shoulder

because I am usually carrying other crap on my right shoulder.

(I am left handed, BTW.)

[HopeHoops]

4. Freak.

My mom's left handed. I'm just fucking with you. Apparently about 10% of people are left handed but schools have been slow to adapt to that and try to push everyone to be right handed. In 7th grade, I couldn't write anything legible in cursive with my right hand. Thirty seconds after writing it, the text became Swahili. I taught myself to write with a left tilt instead of a right one and it was very legible. My bitch (pardon the term, but she was) teacher gave me an F because of the slant, not the content. She also made me redo almost every other paper because she couldn't read what I wrote with a right slant.

My left arm has always been faster and stronger and it types faster than my right (overall 80wpm). I'm probably naturally left-handed but was trained away from my innate condition. That's a benefit now because my right rotor cuff is pretty much fucked (not an operation candidate). I can switch hit with a pen or any power tool. I'm not sure it is discrimination, but it is certainly a bias. All of the POS pens are on the right side of the touch screen, and the ones on top are tied to the right side.

Yeah, I'm a little bitter about this issue. Sorry.

[HopeHoops]

2. What the fuck is Camelbak?

[Doug.Goodall]

5. It is like a canteen with a straw going up to your mouth

You fill it with wine so when you are out riding your bicycle, you don't have to stop for a drink. If wine doesn't do it for you, hard liquor will work (not too strong, it will dissolve the valve gasket). Beer is a bad idea because it builds up pressure and can cause an overflow accident.

[HopeHoops]

7. Ah. DWI bait. Okay, I understand. I usually just get drunk BEFORE getting on the bike.

Well, to be fair, my wife and I take the tandem down to the local pub, get wasted, and then try to navigate our way back home. In PA that can get you a DUI, but we haven't been pulled over yet - mostly because the fucker weighs like 80 lbs and you can't get over 10 mph without going down hill. On the plus side, it does have a drum brake on the rear wheel. That helps. It's also covered in lights and reflectors, so we aren't in serious danger of getting hit by a car. It has a double rear basket with saddle bags and is wider than a fully-dressed Harley. I love that bike. I have to drive because my wife isn't tall enough. I let her do the pedaling thing.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. picture this

[Kali]

17. hipster canteen

what the hell is wrong with an old gallon milk jug anyway?

[Major Nikon]

18. They smell like bad milk

[taterguy]

21. A gallon jug is damn difficult to carry when you're hiking in the dessert

I never really appreciated Camelbaks, until like a dumbass I attempted to hike the Grand Canyon in one day.

[HopeHoops]

22. I've got a couple of old military style aluminum canteens and some leather pouch flasks.

The latter have a plastic bladder inside, but they're a lot more comfortable than the metal ones. Besides, the aluminum makes the water taste funny.

[petronius]

3. It's supposed to go over your shoulder?

Huh, well that explains that problem anyway...

[taterguy]

6. Where the fuck have you been putting it?

On second thought,


I really don't want to know.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. this!!

not this !!

[petronius]

11. Of your two images, I think the camelbak is the more suggestive...

[bluedigger]

10. I go with an IV drip from a percolator.

Limits me to the range of the electrical cord, but it's worth it!

[OmahaBlueDog]

12. Like a backpack over both shoulders

I use mine bicycling

[taterguy]

13. I know that, but which side to you put the tube with the mouthpiece?

And why?

[OmahaBlueDog]

14. Typically the right side.

I'm right handed, and if I let the piece hang down, it''s easier to grab.

[LaurenG]

15. Right because I have difficulty turning my neck to the left

Why do you want to know?

[taterguy]

16. I have my reasons

[Major Nikon]

19. The same side I keep my junk on

[taterguy]

20. Thanks for sharing

[Dr. Strange]

23. Camelbak? Is that that tribute band for Nickelback?

How much do you have to suck to be a tribute band for Nickelback?

[taterguy]

25. No

[Xyzse]

24. Haven't Used Mine in a while

I've been using a belt with two water flasks lately.
I haven't gone beyond 3 miles in hiking rough terrain lately, and I haven't jogged more than 12 in close to 6 months. So that is usually enough.

I will probably use it again soon since it is hiking season again for me!

[woodsprite]

26. Needed category for "other".

Mine clamps at my waist because I have the 'fanny sack' version.