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Submitted by
Sean
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland,calif,USA
Date Reviewed: July 18, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | outside trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | friend | | Strengths: | None,Just like the rest of their house brand garbage. these bladders fit inline very well with the rest of performance gear | | Weaknesses: | Heh i don't know where they derived that performance name from, They should have named themselves "Garbage Inc." | | Similar Products Used: | Camelbak,Hydrapak. | | Bike Setup: | Some metal tubing 2wheels & various thingies to make it go | | Bottom Line: | I would not buy anything from that place.There are quite a few other mailorder shops with GOOD house brand products & much better service!
BUYER BEWARE!!!
I wouldn't give them any turds but under the circumstances i am forced to give one on each rating.
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Submitted by
Connor
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Lots of storage space
Price
fit
bladder is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. | | Weaknesses: | Without a doubt, the lame mouthpiece.
| | Similar Products Used: | Older 70 oz Performance carrier, same mouthpiece. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 970 cromo/Judy XC | | Bottom Line: | Great price, good fit with lots of straps, holds tons of water and gear comfortably. The lousy mouthpiece is a real pain-seemingly drips out water constantly onto the bike or my leg. Worse when the pack is full and the bladder under some pressure. I had similar problems with my earlier Performance/Platypus mouthpiece as well, and buying another does not solve the problem. I will try out a replacement MSR universal mouthpiece, as Blackburn and Camelback apparently use a smaller diameter tube and will not fit.
5 chilis for price/features, only 3 chilis due to mouthpiece leakage. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Sims
a Cross Country Rider
from Greensboro, NC, US
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | hobby park | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$44.00 | | Purchased At: | performance | | Strengths: | inexpensive,roomy,fits well | | Weaknesses: | the bladder...this is the same as the platypus 100oz bladder | | Similar Products Used: | backburn 70oz pack | | Bike Setup: | cannondale f2000 | | Bottom Line: | I bought this pack mainly for an adventure race that I entered into. The pack was nice and it held everything that was required but the bladder sucks. it didn't make it pass my training phase. first the cap that holds the hose on came off and covered my back with gatorade. I hot glued that and fixed the problem but then the bladder had a complete meltdown and sprung leaks everywhere. the bladder is the same as the platypus bladder. I had to resort to my blackburn bladder that I have had for three years. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
canadian,eh
a Weekend Warrior
from haymarket
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | haymarket hellraiser | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | performance | | Strengths: | cheap, big bladder, comfortable | | Weaknesses: | hard to get the valve perfectly placed | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | fisher paragon, largely stock (ditched those awful nanoraptors)
| | Bottom Line: | it is a sweet deal, compared to comperable camelbacks
very big bladder, and the valve isn't too bad, and if you want a new, fancy one, just go buy a big-bite for a couple bucks. and hey, it has a 100% guaranteed if anything goes wrong. that's better than any girls i've known. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jenn
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Clara, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Cheap! Easy-to-clean/dry resevoir. | | Weaknesses: | The little elastic loop I put the hose | | Similar Products Used: | Blackburn Amazon | | Bike Setup: | road bike | | Bottom Line: | Like one of the other posters, I originally felt the bladder would not hold up long, because I didn't like the feel of the plastic. Well, so far, I was wrong - it has held up fine, and it is SOOOO easy to clean - I love it! If it ever did go south, you can pick up a new one for about $16 anyway. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
G-Man
a Weekend Warrior
from VA
Date Reviewed: September 17, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
Price | | Weaknesses: |
Reservoir | | Similar Products Used: |
CamelBak MULE | | Bike Setup: |
Kona cindy | | Bottom Line: | The reservoir, although, has nice large opening has a very poor make. The plastic won't last long, it looks too brittle. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
C-Dale
a Cross-Country Rider
from Mt. Prospect, IL
Date Reviewed: April 30, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Deer Grove, Kettle Morain | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Great pack for the dough. Huge resivoir, easy to clean, oh, and cheap. | | Weaknesses: |
Crappy bite valve, needs more pockets. | | Similar Products Used: |
Good old water bottle. | | Bike Setup: |
A sweet Cannondale | | Bottom Line: | Great pack for the money. It's often on sale so you can pick it up for even less than %50. Tons of space for liquid, a full 106oz. | | Overall Rating: |
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