Dave Roberts, finally, brings us his review of the Widemouth 32oz and Standard 24oz Hydroflask that keep your drinks cold for 24 hours or hot for 6. Nobody can accuse us at Mud and Routes of doing quick reviews. Whether that’s because we like to review things in detail, or are terminal procrastinators; we’ll let […]
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Dave Roberts gives his first impressions of the Hydro Flask insulated water bottle that claims to keep your drink cold for 24 hours or hot for 6. When this popped through the door, I expected a standard water bottle, albeit a good looking one. I didn’t realise that it’s actually quite a novel water bottle.
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Simply fill container of choice with water from the tap. That’s cheap. Alternatively, if you want a bit more flavour then you can make your own hydration drink from juice, water and a bit of salt that also helps replace some of those electrolytes lost due to sweating. You’ll need: 500ml Fruit Juice or 3
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While the appearance of the sun in the skies can make a welcome change from dull and wet weather, it’s not without its own set of problems. Keeping one step ahead of the heat is one of the best ways to help ensure your trip goes off without a hitch. Here are some of our
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According to research, dehydration by just 2% of your body weight can noticeably impair your exercise performance. This negative effect gets even more severe when that figure hits 5% as the capacity for work decreases by about 30%. With just small amounts of dehydration responsible for such massive amounts of loss in performance and productivity
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While I drink a lot of water during the day usually, for some reason I find it difficult to drink sufficient amounts while out walking. Either the water has warmed up or needed sterilizing and so tastes rather chemically. On day walks, I can get around this with a bottle of pure juice diluted with
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When we reviewed the mountain fuel a few weeks ago we were convinced that our hydration problem on long trips was over, when these popped through the letterbox. I’ll cut straight to the chase. One 80g tube of tablets makes up to 20x750ml bottles of hydration drink. This is ideal if you’ve got one of
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If you’ve got hold of some High 5 zero or another powdered drink, then it’s not going to be much use without clean water to go with it. Here are a few ideas, not all recommended (the first one certainly not), in order to sort out some water while you’re out and about. 1 –
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I don’t know about you, but I’m really bad at drinking water on a multiday trip. While I’d normally manage to down up to 2 litres, plus copious amounts of coffee on a normal day, I get nowhere close to this on backpacking trips. I get thirsty, but the chemical flavour of the tablets I
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