Thread: Water Bladders

Originally Posted by LRD414

Approx 1 metre.

Cheers,
Scott

That’s what I was thinking, never far from a tap you pull beside. Although from outside my garage to fill up on departure the other 9m will come in handy. Not keen on what’s inside my garden hose.

Originally Posted by Phil B

Just my preference but I found that a bladder made the water taste rubbery. I carry drinking water in plastic disposable bottles as my water at home is rainwater tanks as well. Not enviro friendly I know but I drink water a lot. I use the bladder water for everything else.

I found that if I clean my 85L bladder a couple of times with Miltons sterilising solution (same stuff you clean baby bottles with) before a trip, it gets rid of the most of the rubbery taste. It's not perfect, but improves the quality quite a bit.

Originally Posted by dukemasterpro

That’s what I was thinking, never far from a tap you pull beside. Although from outside my garage to fill up on departure the other 9m will come in handy. Not keen on what’s inside my garden hose.

You can buy a roll of food grade hose from Bunnings. It is light blue in colour.

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

I found that if I clean my 85L bladder a couple of times with Miltons sterilising solution (same stuff you clean baby bottles with) before a trip, it gets rid of the most of the rubbery taste. It's not perfect, but improves the quality quite a bit.

After trying everything I now use these:

CleanOxide 4g Tablets - Natural Water Solutions

They seem to work better with a bit of an air gap in the bladder to get some off-gassing. Stinks of chlorine but the water tastes fine.

Its important to use food grade hose all the way to the tap as garden hose can make the taste worse and I also use a BEST water filter. I've also found that the worst bit of water sits in my drain hose as it is in the sun. Once that runs off the water from the tank tastes fine.

Cheers,
Jon

Have almost finished 80L storage where the 3rd row seats used to be - it only raised the Internal floor Level about 80mm and made a much bigger storage area behind the 2nd Row.

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Yes it’s a permanent installation that will form the foundation for my fridge slide / drawer setup.

Originally Posted by HarryO

Have almost finished 80L storage where the 3rd row seats used to be - it only raised the Internal floor Level about 80mm and made a much bigger storage area behind the 2nd Row.

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Yes it’s a permanent installation that will form the foundation for my fridge slide / drawer setup.

That's awesome

After a less than enjoyable experience with a water bladder on the floor in front of my second row seats, I went for a solid tank.
Today, I finished the plumbing of the unit and I can access water from either side, and I get cross feeding from each side.
It fits as tight as a glove with the Engel in place.
I'm also lucky that I will never be carrying anyone in the back, as the removal of the unit is somewhat complex with the fridge in place!!!!
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I’ve just received the info pack for a tagalong tour I want to do this winter, and they want me to carry 100L of water (an allowance for two people) for the longest remote leg. Hmm, that’s gonna be interesting. I have a 40L Frontrunner rack tank already that I inherited from a mate, but I think that’s too heavy for a D4 roof especially with the other things I have to carry up there. Was gonna do 3x 20L water Jerry’s behind the front seats but that’s not enough.

Glad this thread came to the top just now... much needed inspiration!