Badlands Hydration Reservoir with Insulated Drinking Tube

I bought the 1 liter reservoir for my small day pack. I love the large fold over top, easy to fill and clean and does not leak! Ive had other reservoirs before and theyve all tasted funky like plastic, this reservoir has no flavor at all. Im going to buy the larger one to replace my osprey bladder in my bug out bag.

Well made and easy to clean.

Previous badlands bladder lasted 5 or 6 years. This one broke after one use. Not sure if we got a lemon, but we would not recommend it.

Exactly what I needed, on time.

Amazing design and usability! Ive never had a good quality bladder now I will never have anything but this Badlands brand!

Product arrived as advertised. Awesome addition to my Badlands Daypack. I use it every time I’m in the woods. I even use it around town with my kids on the weekend!

Fits perfectly into my Badlands 2200 Hunting pack.

Much smaller than expected, and not the same as shown in the picture. The bag is about half the size as shown in the picture.

Awesome fits on the backpack perfect

Okay so these are my first impressions on the Badlands 1L Bladder along with a few things about it: 1) I ordered this bladder for my Haley Strategic Flatpack (the smaller of the 2). My units SOP says we need a hydration source when wearing our FLC in the field so this compliments my Micro nicely while staying in regs and I don’t have to carry an awkward canteen. 2) This bladder upon first impression felt thick enough to take a beating. I wouldn’t trust it with your life but as a nice spare patrol water source it’s good to go. 3) This bladder seamlessly fits into the Flatpack and doesn’t feel awkward. The hose seems a bit long but you can remedy this by either A) cutting it down a bit or B) Snaking the spare tubing into your packs bladder sleeve. The mouth piece also slides through the Flatpack’s straps made for a radio antenna nicely and that’s where I’ll keep my hose in the future. 4) The slide lock portion on the top of the bladder doesn’t lock into place as securely as I’d like and I’m not sure it will hold its integrity under hard side to side movements. I’ll remedy this by putting shock cord through the 2 holes on the left of it and make a rope catch on the side of the bag. 5) For those who can’t read well or are Marines the bag clearly says you need to lubricate the hose before insertion into the bladder. Just lick the O-Ring or put some water on it before you insert it and you’re good. I have had 0 leaks so far. I even went as far as putting on my kit and leaning against the bladder in a wooden chair. Not even a drop of lost fluid and I sat there for 10 minutes. 6) This setup could also be ran with a Sawyer mini or normal sized filter in the hydration line fairly easily to be left inside your pack and if you bring this thing down range I’d recommend that. I’m not sure how iodine tablets would effect this but expect heavy discoloration. My overall thoughts: I think this bladder is well made. I took one star off because I don’t like that the top doesn’t lock into place securely. I think this bladder will hold up for years. My only big issue is I’d love to see this come with a patch or two so you don’t get utterly screwed in the field of you spring a leak. Other than that I would definitely recommend this thing to anyone who wants a hydration source for their Flatpack.