CamelBak



CamelBak Products, LLC (stylized as C AMELBA K) is an outdoors equipment company based in Petaluma, California, best known for its hydration products, such as hydration packs and water bottles. CamelBak is also a supplier of hydration packs, protective gear, and other products to the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies around the world.

Etymology
The CamelBak name comes from a play on the urban legend that a camel stores water in its hump. In reality, those humps store fat.

Hydration packs
CamelBak's hydration packs come in capacities of 1.5 to 3.1 litres (50–102 US fluid oz) in a back pack style primarily for biking, hiking, and other outdoor activities, with smaller belt-type 830 mL to 1.3 litre (28–45 US fluid oz) packs designed for runners and walkers.

CamelBak also makes bottles, general purpose backpacks, and some specialized military and law-enforcement gear, ranging from simple back-worn water reservoirs with little to no cargo capacity, to large rucksacks with various accessories, even PALS webbing to accommodate MOLLE gear.

Water bottles
CamelBak manufactures a line of water bottles, including water bottles with a dip straw and a collapsible bite valve, as well as one designed for cyclists with a centered valve, no dip straw and a squeezable body. These and similar reusable bottles increased in popularity when bottled water consumption was denounced by environmentalists. Since 2008, these water bottles are manufactured without BPA, a potentially toxic chemical commonly used to harden polycarbonate plastic.