I like cold water when hiking, so I put ice in my hydration bladder. This causes condensation on the bladder, which leaves my backpack wet. I bought this sleeve hoping to keep my water cold and my pack dry. The good: It definitely kept the water cold longer. (We compared it to my husband's water and he did not use a sleeve.) The bad: The condensation on the bladder dripped down to the bottom of the sleeve and leaked out, creating a small puddle at the bottom of my pack. It's easy to see the design flaw in the second picture - I have a light shining behind it and you can see how the seam leaves all those holes for fluid to leak out. I was really disappointed, and will continue to look for a better solution.
Tracie-
Thank you so much for the feedback and very sorry about the experience with the condensation.
When I first started making the sleeves, I was heat taping the seams but that was causing other problems since the insulation couldn't tolerate the process, so it worked for waterproofing, but at the expense of losing insulation at the edges of the sleeves, so I ditched the tape after the initial production run.
I have a simple fix: Flexible waterproofing tape applied to the inside seam. This worked extremely well at stopping any liquid escaping the bottom and sides of the sleeve and it doesn't degrade insulation at all and in fact makes the sleeve even more robust. Will be incorporating it on all future sleeves.
Let me know if you're ok with applying the tape to the inside of your sleeves, I can send you enough for the fix and again apologizes on the leak and I greatly appreciate your help, it's a big improvement.
-Justin
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