Summary

Ever have trouble drying out water bladders and bottles after a hike? I seem to just leave them hanging wet all the time and that irks me a bit because I'm not a disgusting savage. If you happen to be, I won’t judge you, but you deserve to drink nasty water and vomit a little.

For the rest of us civilized people, I give you the camel drier. This gem will dry out all your wide mouth water bottles and hydration bladders so you can store them clean and dry.

GATHER, PRINT AND ASSEMBLE

PRINT AND CLEAN UP

            <div><p>1 - tube part<br>2 - plate parts</p></div>                <p class="detail-title"><strong>BUY </strong></p>            <div><p>8 - M3 x 10mm bolts<br>1 - 5 volt battery charger (optional)<br>1 - USB cable<br>1 - 40mm,  5 volt fan<br>some - rubber coated gear tie material</p></div>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/45/9e/44/85/7e/fan.JPG"></p>            <p class="detail-caption"><strong>The fan should look like this one and are super cheap on ebay</strong></p>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/85/75/d9/07/28/gear_tie_.JPG"></p>            <p class="detail-caption"><strong>Gear ties like these are available or you can buy it by the roll as well. Either will work.  </strong></p>                <p class="detail-title"><strong>ASSEMBLY </strong></p>            <div><p>Bolt the fan to the tube part with 4 of the M3bolts .</p><p>Fasten the bendy wire material to the sides of the tube part with the other 4 bolts and the plate parts.</p><p>Wire the 2 power wires in the usb cable to the fan.</p></div>

AFTERTHOUGHTS

I used some rolled material for the bendy wires but the gear tie brand are a little more rigid. Since the intent of these are to hold a bag/hydration bladder open, gear ties may work better.

As usual I designed the holes on the small side. You will have to ream them out with the appropriate size drill bit but have the added freedom to substitute any little screws you have laying around.

I used a lipstick cell phone charger for my power supply but all USB ports are 5 volt so you can plug this into whatever you want.

CamelBak Drier

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