Scott
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
Great hydration bladder.
MacGee
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2025
Very handy, excellent quality . I took it on a 12,000 mile motorbike trip to Alaska, camped all the way. Used this every day, highly recommend
Frances
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Love this! It has gone on so many trips already! Fits well in my Snowmachine bag and doesn’t leak! Very durable material!!!
car2
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
Used it on a hike and it worked great.
Martin78
Reviewed in Germany on August 4, 2024
Ist gut verarbeitet und hält dicht
Dirk Dittmar
Reviewed in Germany on May 24, 2024
... kein Geschmack im Wasser und das Teil lässt sich leicht auffüllen.
USMC
Reviewed in Japan on December 21, 2024
人間大人なら食べなくても5日は大丈夫だが、飲める水が無いと3日持たない。飲めない水を飲める水にを考える事こそ必要な知恵。
Benno H.
Reviewed in Germany on November 30, 2024
Der Beutel tut was er soll und macht einen qualitativ hochwertigen Eindruck!
Stuart Penoff
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2024
I had owned one of these previously during a seasonal NPS Summer/Fall work session doing trail construction in the American Southwest, and recently had an upcoming multi-day backcountry hike where I would need to supply water for myself and others, and this was exactly what I came back to because of the rugged durability I knew this dromedary could handle - I have used this as a pillow, solar shower, sat it on jagged volcanic rocks, scraped it on trees/branches, and have never had it leak once, at camp or in my pack. I have never had any sort of a plastic/rubber taste in either that I have owned, and the ability to convert it into a hydration bladder with a hose kit (albeit an obnoxiously large and heavy hydration bladder) was the cherry on top of it all. The stock lid that it comes with does have two spouts for various flows, but I personally use the MSR hydration conversion kit to attach a tube for pack carrying/drinking. Overall a great versatile piece of hydration equipment if you need a lot of water in remote environments, or if you need to carry hydration for others.
Bruce E. Layne
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2024
I had water bladders intended for hydration systems and bought a water bladder intended for ultralight backpacking but these seemed too fragile for motorcycle camping. The MSR Dromedary bag is tough and I fully expect it to be a lifetime purchase that won't ever let me down. Losing your water can be fatal when camping in the desert.PROS: Heavy duty. Durable. Reliable. Flexible storage allows it to conform to the available space and it will cushion other items. High capacity water storage that only occupies the volume being carried. Three different opening sizes for different pour/fill rates. The large opening is great for filling, including ice cubes if you'd like.CONS: Flexible bladder is less convenient to use than rigid bottles. The smallest opening is a tiny dribble that seems too slow for most uses including hand washing or dish rinsing. The medium opening is way too large for low flow uses, and maybe too large for controlled water transfer to a pot for cooking. The two lids (one within the other) are easy to lose. There was a thin retention cord securing the smaller lid to the larger lid but it was too short and I was forced to remove it to be able to unscrew the smaller lid for the medium opening. I'll probably replace it with a longer cord. Both lids should be secured to the Dromedary to prevent loss. The heavy duty shoelace along the outside is there to facilitate carrying or hanging but it's simply laced through the grommets. Trying to use the cord to hang or carry the Dromedary results in the bladder collapsing to the opposite end. This seems very poorly designed, as if the feature was added and nobody tested it before shipping the product. I need to replace the shoelace with my own paracord that's securely tied at each grommet, with a longer loop on the end opposite the pour spout so I can hang the Dromedary in camp, probably with a small carabiner, to make it much easier to use. The Dromedary needs a flip top spout or similar valve with a much higher flow rate. Unscrewing the small cap to fill a pan with water using the medium opening would result in an uncontrollable deluge.Overall, I love the durable materials and manufacturing quality but the carry cord and cap details would benefit from some thoughtful design.
David E.
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2023
We had to rinse a bunch of times to reduce taste, added a touch of vinegar, and after a number of times it actually is pretty solid, we used it to carry water on a 3 day backpack trip. If I could have I would have gotten a carabiner on each grommet and probably put my own string through those and hooked it to my bag. When full the 6L size was a little snug but eventually fit into the top bag compartment of my backpack. I did have it leak once but I think that was because somehow the little valve got pulled up on something. I took note of this going forward and just made sure I knew how I was positioning the top of the bag. On the trip though no leaks and it was fine and worked well and can even handle boiling water in the winter and stuff. We carried water in this and in smart water bottles which are each a liter. We filled the smart bottles from this dromedary bag. They where just lighter being 1/6th the size to use and maneuver. Plus they acted like a decent measure of how much water was left in the bag as if we used 3 of those bottles we knew there was 3 liters left. Otherwise this was good and to clean we just washed with soap and stick a paper towel roll into it to keep it open and let it try, you can even clip the cap to the string around it to keep it all together while drying. Quite good.
Matt Wallach
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2020
I love this thing. 10L bag holds more than enough for longer stints away from a water source but small and portable enough when only partially filled.Don’t worry about the taste when you first buy it. I recommend filling it up, leaving it for a day then emptying it, repeat this process up to 5 or so times and the taste goes away.