Camelback Hydration & Storage Backpack 2.5Ltr

Run dry out on the tracks and the day is over.

Read this before you pick an option: the nine pack colourways are the pack on its own. The water bag is not in the box. The supplier prints it in red across its own colour chart — "Water bag needs to be purchased" — and there is no reason to bury it halfway down a page. If you want water in it, add the Water bag option as well, or pick a capacity on the Quick Release Water Bladder Hydration Bag page.

Thirst creeps up on you. You are a few hours up a track with the bottle sitting in the ute, and by the time you notice you are thirsty you are already behind. Dehydration on a hot day does not announce itself politely — it turns up as a headache, then as poor judgement, then as a mistake made around a vehicle or a tool. Water you have to stop and dig out is water you do not drink.

This is a small hydration pack built around that one problem. The bladder sits in its own sleeve against your back, the hose runs over your shoulder and clips where your hand falls, and you drink while you keep walking, riding or working. Around it there is enough room for a phone, keys, a snack and a light layer — and no more than that.

It is a low-profile carrier, not a load hauler. The supplier's own drawing puts it at 450 × 250 × 70 mm. If you are after a day pack that swallows gear, this is the wrong shape and we would rather say so here than have it turn up at your door.

What It Does

• Keeps you drinking: the hose comes over the shoulder to a bite valve, so you take water without stopping, without unpacking and without putting a tool down.
• Keeps the wet away from the dry: the bladder loads into its own rear compartment, not into the pocket holding your phone and your keys.
• Stays put when you move: adjustable shoulder straps, a sternum strap and a waist strap, all on side-release buckles, so it does not swing on a bike or in and out of a cab.
• Carries the small stuff: a front zip pocket under bungee lacing, a main zip compartment and mesh pockets down both sides.
• Disappears into your kit: nine colourways, from flat black through to jungle, desert and ACU digital patterns.

Key Features

• Separate hydration sleeve: a rear compartment with its own flap, loaded from the top of the pack.
• Over-shoulder hose routing: the hose exits the top of the pack and runs down the shoulder strap.
• Bite valve retainer: a clip that holds the valve on the strap instead of leaving it swinging at your hip.
• Sternum and waist straps: adjustable webbing on side-release buckles, front and across the hips.
• Webbing and D-rings: loops across the top of the shoulder straps and a D-ring each side for clipping small items.
• Front bungee lacing: shock cord over the front pocket for a shell or a layer you have just taken off.
• Mesh side pockets: one each side, open topped.
• Grab handle: a haul loop on the top panel for pulling it off a seat or a hook.
• Contoured back panel: padded and stitched into channels, with a padded base.
• Glove-friendly zip pulls: moulded pulls on the main and front zips.

Limits

The water bag is not included. This is the single most important thing on the page, so it gets said twice. The nine colourways ship as an empty pack. The Water bag option on this page is the bladder on its own — it is not a pack, and its image shows exactly that.

It is not waterproof. The supplier's marketing calls the fabric waterproof nylon. No rating is printed on the product, no test result is published, and a pack with open mesh pockets and a zipped top opening is not a dry bag whatever the marketing says. Treat it as water resistant — it will shrug off dust and a passing shower. Sit in sustained rain and what is inside will get damp. We are not going to call it waterproof.

No material specification exists. The supplier publishes no fabric name, no fabric weight and no denier figure for this pack. We are not going to invent one, so the spec table says not specified.

No bladder material claim. We cannot tell you the water bag is BPA-free or food-grade. The supplier does not publish it and we have not tested it, so it is not stated on this page.

It is not a day pack. At 450 × 250 × 70 mm this holds a phone, keys, a snack and a thin layer. It will not carry a lunch, a jumper and a camera as well.

No storage volume is published. The supplier prints outside dimensions and nothing else, so the pack's litre capacity is not stated here.

Q & A

Does the pack come with the water bag?

No. The nine colourways are the pack only. The supplier's own colour chart carries the line "Water bag needs to be purchased" printed in red underneath it.

I want the pack and the water bag — how do I do that?

They are two options on this same page. Add the colourway you want to the cart, then add the Water bag option as well. If you would rather choose a capacity, the Quick Release Water Bladder Hydration Bag runs from 1.5 L to 3 L in army green or blue.

What capacity is the water bag on this page?

The supplier's image for that option is marked 3 L. That is the only capacity figure printed anywhere on this product's artwork. No litre figure is published for the pack's own storage compartments.

Will a bladder I already own fit in it?

The sleeve is sized around the bladder shown, which is marked 3 L, in a pack measuring 450 × 250 × 70 mm overall. A standard 2 L or 3 L bladder of similar shape should go in. Odd-shaped or rigid-frame bladders may not, and the supplier publishes no internal sleeve dimensions for us to check against.

Is it waterproof?

No. It is water resistant at best, and nothing about that is rated or tested. Do not store a phone or a radio in it in the wet without a dry bag around them.

How long does delivery take?

Allow 10 to 14 days from the day you order, and up to three weeks to be safe. Shipping is free to Australia and New Zealand.

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