Re: [RC] re: half chap zippers and cleanliness - Cynthia Eyler
The solution is Rubbermaid condiment
bottles!!! [Like you might use for honey.] Forget the
cheapies from the grocery store, because the little attached caps will not
stay on. With the Rubbermaid ones, the attached caps stay put!
Wal-Mart used to sell them, but no more. These days I occasionally see
them in Ride-Aide drugstores, and when I find some I snap them up.
Mix up the e-lytes and put the bottle and a
syringe in a sturdy plastic bag -- to contain the mess all over the syringe
after the first time you use it -- inside your pack. I've found that
the thicker ziplock bags work best; with the thinner ones, it's hard to stuff
the bottle and syringe back inside without smearing everything with the e-lyte
mixture.
When it's time to e-lyte, just fill the syringe
from the condiment bottle and dose. Might not be do-able at a trot, but it
works just fine at water stops.
Cindy
(who wishes she had thought of this, but it came
from Bonnie Snodgrass)
