June 22, 2025 at 1:43 pm
#26373
Ken Bigelow
“Edited for safety use for anyone who is not familiar with Acids and how it reacts with HDPE materials”
For the MSR water bags. I found a way to get rid of the off taste they give when new. Add about 1 cup pure white vinegar to to the bag and swish around for a few minutes. Then neutralize the Vinegar with a mix of 1 cup of water and 250 grams of Sodium bicarbonate “Baking soda”.
Leave this solution for a few hours or even over night. Repeat a few times until you can not longer detect the taste of the new bag.
Make sure you do this over a sink or outside as the solution will make a bit of a mess when combined. Also make sure to burp the bag as the reaction will create a good amount of C02 / sodium acetate.