With origins rooted in a human’s most basic need, Camelbak has dedicated themselves to improving the hydration experience. Camelbak is not simply about pioneering portable sipping solutions, they are driven to create sustainable hydration gear to help people beat thirst while minimizing harmful impact on the planet.

Back in 1988, a cycle enthusiast named Michael Eidson was getting prepared to compete in a 100-mile road race through the scorching summer heat of Texas. With very few places to refill on water and hydration being essential to survive the race, Eidson got creative by filling an IV sack with water and sliding it into a tube sock. Then, he shoved the sock into the back of his jersey, fed the hose over the shoulder and clipped it in place via clothespin. Presto! The first hands-free hydration contraption. While the other racers were busy laughing, Eidson was occupied with smoking them to the finish line.

Another cyclist, Jeff Wemmer, loved Camelbaks so much that he couldn’t stop spreading the word and selling the product. In 1993 the small start up couldn't help hiring him, and it was Jeff’s enthusiasm for the Camelbak that took the company from the rough first years of business to the hydration giant they are today. The same conviction, courage, and imagination that dreamed up a tube sock filled with an IV bag are what drive Camelbak to this day. Their core values remain unchanged as the world’s top producer of hydration solutions.

Packs like the Camelbak Lobo Pack, M.U.L.E. NV Hydration Pack, and the Magic Pack are all engineered hold not only water reservoirs of varying sizes based on your intended duration of use, but they also have room to stash all those little extras you might normally try and fit in your pockets. Each model features the Quick Link System, Big Bite Valve, Pure Flow tube, and HydroGuard technology for a quick, easy, and simple answer to dehydration. Also, keep your whole system fresh and your water tasting like water with the Antidote Cleaning Kit.

By developing packs as well as water bottles like the Podium Big Chill Bottle and the Better Bottle, Camelbak is staying true to their commitment to the environment. With the waste from disposable bottles growing at an astronomical rate, millions of barrels of oil being burned to produce them, and Americans paying three times as much for bottled water as they do for gasoline, something just isn’t adding up. Simply choosing to use a CamelBak reusable bottle or pack is a statement that you believe in a kind of hydration that doesn’t trash the planet.

Camelbak takes so much pride in their products that they guarantee them for life. Their dedication to hydration and a sustainable world is uncompromised as they continue to lead the competition and insist on pushing the limits when it comes to innovative ways of consuming this basic need. As long as Camelbak advancing hydration, we are able to advance ourselves.