bottle sterilasation

[KaKa]

BOTTLE STERILISATION

By Jazz Kuschke

 

Riding bottles and hydration packs go manky pretty flipping quickly. Milton – that stuff used for baby-bottle sterilisation – is your best friend. I prefer to use the tablets (two litres of water to a tablet). Vigorously swirl the mixture around in the bottle or pack and then let it stand for about 30 minutes. Boom… Be sure to thoroughly rinse the bottle or pack afterwards, else on the next ride your drinks are bound to taste as though they were mixed with pool water (that’s a lot better than mould, anyway). Those fancy baby-bottle brushes work pretty well too. It is as they say: ‘What’s good enough for baby…’

[Vetseun]

I dont ever wash or sterilise my bottles. I enjoy eating the sea monkeys floating in them during my rides.

[Wayne Potgieter]

Milton is horrible.

 

Microwave sterilisation is more effective.

 

 

Put bottles in a cook in bag with a few ml of water and microwave for two or three minutes.

 

 

Good thread...looks out for our fellow hubbers.

Edited May 24, 2013 by Wayne The Badass

[gummibear]

BOTTLE STERILISATION

 

 

You manage to keep a bottle long enough to need to sterilize it

[Wayne Potgieter]

You manage to keep a bottle long enough to need to sterilize it

You gotta look after those hollard bottles....

 

Collectors items.

 

Very rare

[Iron]

Milton is horrible.

 

Microwave sterilisation is more effective.

 

 

Put bottles in a cook in bag with a few ml of water and microwave for two or three minutes.

 

 

Good thread...looks out for our fellow hubbers.

 

What he said .

 

or if you have ever had kids , when they was very little you needed to do the same to thier bottles and some of you may still have your microwave steri thing . use that also works a treat .

[DJR]

I just rinse my bottles with tap water and leave them open to dry completely. I never have any gunk forming and see no need to sterilize them. I do the same for the Camelbak. storing it completely dry is the key.

[MariusC]

What he said .

 

or if you have ever had kids , when they was very little you needed to do the same to thier bottles and some of you may still have your microwave steri thing . use that also works a treat .

what he said.

Only problem is i dont know if you can microwave a camelback bladder. Iron have you ever tried it?

[awesme]

hmm

 

maybe a simpler solution,

 

Get some baby / milton's. mixed with Hot water.

 

Careful of the microwave, bottle might not survive.

 

G

[Vetseun]

I dont like a camelbak. Last week I found the Camelbak that I wore at the Baviaans two years ago.Just threw it into a cupboard and forgot about it after the Baviaans. Still half full of water. Now that water should be potent by now.

[Warren_G]

I just rinse my bottles with tap water and leave them open to dry completely. I never have any gunk forming and see no need to sterilize them. I do the same for the Camelbak. storing it completely dry is the key.

Exactly DJR, just rinse thoroughly and dry completely. What are you ous doing to get your bottles and camelbaks all manky?

[Iron]

what he said.

Only problem is i dont know if you can microwave a camelback bladder. Iron have you ever tried it?

 

I was refering to bottles.

 

So sorry no never tried a bladder .

 

cant see a problem .

[jcza]

Wash and store in deep freeze.

 

Same for camelbak bladder

 

Nothing grows in your freezer

[G00SE]

hmmm. I never wash my camelbak bladder with anything, I'll hang it up to dry after a ride if I remember otherwise I just empty the remaining water the night before a ride, rinse it out and rub it around a bit to get the slime off the inside, refill and I'm good.

Havent been sick yet, touch wood.