Black Diamond
Climbing equipment and mountain lighting, with practical choices for the crag, trail and camp.
CamelBak
Hydration packs, reservoirs, and bottles for movement and everyday use.
CamelBak hydration packs, reservoirs, bottles, and accessories for riding, hiking, and everyday use. Compare fit, capacity, cleaning, and replacement parts.
- 1989The Hotter'N Hell 100 improvisation that became hands-free hydration
- ~46,000US units in the 2021 CPSC bottle-cap recall — 14 reports, no injuries
What we'd reach for
- Crux reservoirThe bladder most people actually mean by CamelBak. Reservoirs, bite valves and cleaning kits are the consumable end of ownership.
- M.U.L.E.The long-running hydration pack — the mountain-bike model that put the brand on backs rather than just in bottles.
- PodiumThe bike bottle line, and the product family involved in the 2021 cap recall. Check the date code before buying used.
- Chute MagThe everyday bottle that carried the brand into the non-cycling market.
- Eddy+The bite-valve bottle for people who never wanted a pack.
- Cleaning kitsBrushes and drying racks — unglamorous, and the difference between a reservoir lasting years and growing something.
More in Camp & carry
All brands →The nearest neighbors on the shelf — same categories first, same department after that.
GRAYL
Seattle — press-to-purify bottles rated against viruses, not just bacteria, with the test protocols named on the spec sheet.
Katadyn
Kemptthal, Switzerland — the expedition water company whose ceramic Pocket filter carries a 20-year warranty and a fifty-thousand-liter service-life claim.
LifeStraw
Lausanne and Baltimore — the public-health filter that became its own company in 2020, and still prints the sentence about what it doesn't remove.