Orange Mud – Hydration Packs and Gears

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Orange Mud started in 2012 with the HydraQuiver, an innovative, bottle-based hydration pack that continues to be in a category of its own. Orange Mud wanted to make hydration packs for runners that were simple, efficient, and well built.

Today, Orange Mud is one of the strongest players in the hydration pack market globally. Orange Mud makes the most efficient, well-crafted gear, with the design team that has spent years competing in adventure racing, mountain bike racing, trail running, marathons, triathlon, and some awfully fun outdoor adventures. 

Orange Mud has a focus on the everyday athlete. Despite the elites are great, but they don’t have the same needs or even fit gear like most of the general population has. Therefore, Orange Mud listens to customers, to create gears to make everyday athletes feel like they are an elite.

Hydration Packs

Orange Mud’s hydration packs are for not only running but endurance sports such as triathlon, gravel bike, MTB marathon, and adventure races.

Why you would like Orange Mud’s Packs

  • STABILITY – So many packs, even the most expensive packs from other brands, are often have a ton of movement when the flask, bladders, or bottles are filled. Most of the packs out there are using too much stretchy material because it feels good in the store, but the stretchy material can’t constrain fluids properly when actually loaded up. Orange Mud’s design is rock solid when running or riding at full capacity to empty.
  • BREATHABILITY – A big difference in Orange Mud’s, is the minimalist approach to materials required. Most other brands wrap around the sides of your body which traps heat, goes down longer than they need to on your lower back which traps heat and goes down further than they need to on your chest, which also traps heat.
  • DURABILITY – Orange Mud’s has the balance of breathability, stretchy fabrics where needed, yet the non-elastics for stability control from there. Orange Mud’s designs use a tough mesh for the stretchy stuff that is extremely resilient and a heavier weight thread than most brands so the pack stays together after years of use.
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Accessories Gears and Apparel

Orange Mud Accessories

Orange Mud Accessories

Orange Mud Wears

Orange Mud Wears

Product Care

We love our packs, hopefully, you do too. To keep them clean we suggest using a mild soap and a damp cloth to clean the inside and out of the pack. Using detergents or solvents will ruin your pack. Please air-dry the packs, all compartments open, after cleaning. Using your dryer will harm the fancy coatings on the material. 

How to clean a hydration bladder

Here is a funky process for cleaning a hydration bladder. I know it sounds weird but it works! 

  1. Disconnect the hose from the bladder.
  2. Hold the bite valve in your left hand pinched so it’s open, in your right put the open end under hot water in your sink and flush it out really well. I only use soap occasionally here as long as you do this pretty quick post-run/ride.
  3. Open the bladder and flush with hot water. Basically I fill it, swash around, dump, and repeat a couple of times. Again I only use soap occasionally here. Not that you can’t use it every time, but maybe every 5 uses or so I just take a sponge and wash out the inside.
  4. Now is the fun trick, I know it sounds weird.
  • Close the bladder back up.
  • Connect the hose.
  • Now blow into the bite valve and fill with air. Once the bladder is full of air, hold the bladder up above the hose, and squeeze the bite valve to release any water that is in the hose/bladder.
  • Blowback into it to where it’s full and leave on your drying rack. I know this step sounds weird, but it works great to dry it out and keep funk from building up!

The key to this process is getting as much moisture out as possible, then keeping the bladder from touching itself which allows it to dry. You can turn it inside out too to dry which works great, but I prefer this method.

Got a better method? Let us know! 

Are things binding up? 

Ok, so now you have it cleaned, here is one more tip. Sometimes the slider binds up, or the connection to go into the pack for the hose is really tight. Usually, a hot and soapy water flush and good rinse fix this, but in a pinch, or in addition, too, you can use a food-grade lubricant to make it slide and connect easily. A chapstick is a great option here as an emergency lube during a race! 

How to wash a backpack

Have you ever wondered how to properly wash a backpack? Our packs are built tough, so the washing machine isn’t so bad on the actual pack integrity as it is the reflective media that we use on the pack and the waterproof coating that is on the material. The same goes for many hydration packs on the market. So here is what we suggest. 

Option 1: Preferred
Summary: Hand washes in lukewarm water with scent-free detergent using the following steps:

  • Fill a sink or bucket with lukewarm water.
  • Add “Scent Free” detergent. This is more for you than the hydration pack. Skin sensitivity can increase during exercise where the good smelly detergents may cause extra irritation.
  • Hand agitates, squeezing out the back panel, other foam areas, straps, etc. 
  • Rinse.
  • Repeat if necessary.
  • Yes, you will be surprised at how much dirt and gunk come out of the pack!
  • Hang to dry.

Option 2: Not ideal. Can reduce the life of the pack and can be hard on the reflective materials. Some machines are pretty safe, some with a “delicate” setting is not so delicate! 

  • Wash on delicate cycle in a delicate mesh bag, cold with scent-free detergent. 
  • Just a fair warning, washing machines are very very very very hard on packs. Even delicate cycle settings vary by machine. It’s always best to hand wash! 
  • Hang dry.

 Using these steps will ensure a very long life for your backpack or hydration pack. Enjoy! 

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