Water bottle setup for multipitch routes?

I'm wondering what your water bottle setup is like for clipping to your harness.  Is there a preferred bottle type, best method to wrap it up, etc.?

Hydrapak has different sizes that are light weight and can clip. I use a smaller one unless I'm climbing with a pack.

https://hydrapak.com/collections/flexible-water-bottles/products/stow-500-ml

I bought some really tiny chordelete (2-3 mm) which I use to clove hitch the the neck of water bottles. Works pretty well with just about everything, but I usually rotate through those tiny gaterade / water bottles with a sports nozzle that gas stations sell. Easy, cheap, and light.

I have always thought those flexible water bottles sounded nice, but never enough to buy one.

I am also a big fan of the Hydrapak.  Lightweight, can clip and the rubbery plastic is very durable.  I've gone through too many rigid and crinkly plastic type bladders before deciding to pay a couple extra bucks for the Hydrapak.  Nalgenes obviously won't leak but too bulky imo.

I have one of those half liter nalgenes. Iv never been worried about falling off, and its fairly low bulk.

I've always just run some webbing under the bottom of a Nalgene and thrown some tape around it to keep it in place.  Super cheap and surprisingly sturdy.

I have had this same 500ml bottle for 10+ years, just replaced the tape and webbing a couple years ago. Good for about 5--6 pitches of moderate climbing, or 2-3 hard pitches.

If it is super hot, I have a larger Nalgene with the same setup, though it becomes harder to climb with. At some point, if you need more water you should just carry a pack with a hydration system.

Duck tape an old nut you don't like to your nalgene (I use one liter), then you have duck tape for random emergencies (duck tape fixes everything AMIRITE?!?!) and a back up nut! Then i clip a biner to the nut and then then to the back of my harness 

Gatorade bottle, small cord, constrictor hitch. youtube.com/watch?v=r2Xqvsn…

Gatorade bottle with clove hitch tie off... best way since it’s light, easy to replace, easy to see how much is left. Long ago I tried camelback or soft bottle stuff, but would end up drinking it all without rationing it, or would end up with too much at the top. Bonus for me is that I added a filter to a lid, I can fill up the bottles on the decent if it goes by a stream. I had to lightly sand around this filter cartridge to let it fit in the bottle. Made by some random company called Rapid Pure. 

tiny loop of paracord or perlon held to the neck with a zip tie. Gatoraid or nalgen, or if you want a dark one to melt snow in, a quart prune juice bottle.

Jay Dee wrote: Hydrapak has different sizes that are light weight and can clip. I use a smaller one unless I'm climbing with a pack.

https://hydrapak.com/collections/flexible-water-bottles/products/stow-500-ml

hydrapak is the ONLY way to go. 

Hydrapak Stow 1 L
https://hydrapak.com/products/stow-1-liter

Not the lightest option, but for a full day out and about 1L comes up short for me, 1.4L ends up a good amount - https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5035-388/Everyday-Wide-Mouth-Water-Bottle-1-4L

You don't want to hang a nalgene off that plastic cap retainer loop. Something that big goes in the seconds pack :). But it's still very useful to be able to clip it to things so it doesn't get dropped.

I sewed a loop of https://www.rei.com/product/610111/bluewater-58-climb-spec-tubular-webbing like you would sew a normal sling, but folded the outer end back to form a carabiner hole on the outside. Then stitched through the 3 layers of webbing with the greatest portable sewing tool known - speedystitcher.com/

The loop is just a tiny bit smaller than the nalgene so it takes a while to work it up onto the bottle. it sits snug against a narrow loop of duct tape that serves to make the bottle a tiny bit wider so it doesn't work its way off. This works with nalgenes because they're so inflexible/solid. When you hang off it the webbing distorts from a perfect ring/circle, to an oval, causing it to grip tighter. I do mean hang off, after it being on there a few years I hung it on my pullup bar gripped the bottle and could do pullups/bounce off it without it moving.

Not the biggest fan of just wrapping stuff in a huge wad of duct tape, often crap sticks to it, and you get adhesive left behind or on your hands and it looks shit.

Learn to sew a little!

Having said all that, this hydropak looks good. Does it leave a taste/odour like camelbaks? Those things give me headaches. If it's not leaching shit into my water I might get one.

r m wrote: Not the lightest option, but for a full day out and about 1L comes up short for me, 1.4L ends up a good amount - https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5035-388/Everyday-Wide-Mouth-Water-Bottle-1-4L

You don't want to hang a nalgene off that plastic cap retainer loop. Something that big goes in the seconds pack :). But it's still very useful to be able to clip it to things so it doesn't get dropped.

I sewed a loop of https://www.rei.com/product/610111/bluewater-58-climb-spec-tubular-webbing like you would sew a normal sling, but folded the outer end back to form a carabiner hole on the outside. Then stitched through the 3 layers of webbing with the greatest portable sewing tool known - speedystitcher.com/

The loop is just a tiny bit smaller than the nalgene so it takes a while to work it up onto the bottle. it sits snug against a narrow loop of duct tape that serves to make the bottle a tiny bit wider so it doesn't work its way off. This works with nalgenes because they're so inflexible/solid. When you hang off it the webbing distorts from a perfect ring/circle, to an oval, causing it to grip tighter. I do mean hang off, after it being on there a few years I hung it on my pullup bar gripped the bottle and could do pullups/bounce off it without it moving.

Not the biggest fan of just wrapping stuff in a huge wad of duct tape, often crap sticks to it, and you get adhesive left behind or on your hands and it looks shit.

Learn to sew a little!

Having said all that, this hydropak looks good. Does it leave a taste/odour like camelbaks? Those things give me headaches. If it's not leaching shit into my water I might get one.

Wad of duct tape? A few layers is all you need and never sticky. I have used the duct tape to cover wholes in shoes from the gnar, patch clothes from a mixed climbing whip when the crampons caught, I’ve strangled a mountain lion with it, fend off snakes with it, you get the point.

Duct tape is great for improvised stuff, you tear a hole in your clothes and yeah tape that up while you're out in the hills. But when you're planning and doing things from the comfort of your home? I used to use duct tape to repair clothes at home, it sucked, and I did it because I didn't know how to sew.

Whether you get a sticky mess from duct tape seems to differ by brand, and time. I guess there's quite a variety of adhesive out there. Maybe my part of the world is a bit short on "the good stuff".

I found this little guy on ebay, its perfect for a mutlipitch imo

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/163667341414

+1 for: Gatorade/similar bottle with 2mm cord as the lightest option. Plenty cheap too. Comes in whatever size you need. Very durable too. Ours last years. I do a clove hitch and a wrap of cut narrow duct tape.
Everything else is a waste of weight or money.  =)

This question was asked in the last year and had a lot of responses. I looked into the hydrapak collapsible type after some strong recommendations. Didn't seem like enough of an upgrade to try.

Max Hernandez wrote: I have one of those half liter nalgenes. Iv never been worried about falling off, and its fairly low bulk.

You aren't just clipping it by the plastic loop, I hope? You may not be worried about it falling off, but whoever's below you should be. A falling nalgene could literally kill someone, and those plastic loops break easily.

Buck Rio wrote: I've always just run some webbing under the bottom of a Nalgene and thrown some tape around it to keep it in place.  Super cheap and surprisingly sturdy.

I have had this same 500ml bottle for 10+ years, just replaced the tape and webbing a couple years ago. Good for about 5--6 pitches of moderate climbing, or 2-3 hard pitches.

If it is super hot, I have a larger Nalgene with the same setup, though it becomes harder to climb with. At some point, if you need more water you should just carry a pack with a hydration system.

Yes, definitely back it up.  I see people all the time with it clipped only to the original lid retainer.  I've seen that fail many times, and could really mess someone up if they got hit by it.  Even some cordage with stopper knots below the tape.  

I know i'm totally fancy pants and all, spending $12... but c'mon can't believe we're on the second page and nobody has mentioned this yet.
Strongest argument for the square bottle is the way the lid comes of.,
 I usually pull this off my rear loop and snap it onto the PAS, and can almost always open it one handed.
That's a huge plus in my book, efficient and safe.  I think it's around 25oz or so...

Square Bottle