A Quick Look at Hydrapak’s Morro Pack

While many of its competitors have been expanding into alternative products as opposed to relying on the hydration pack market; Hydrapak has opted to utterly optimize the concept of the hydration pack resulting in the Pro Series. One of the Pro Series, the Morro, has received rave reviews by an assortment of reviewers in the United States, Australia, and Europe and probably represents the best large hydration pack on the market today. By all accounts, this pack addresses almost all of the complaints and concerns related to earlier hydration packs and it is probably the best large hydration pack on the market today.

The redesigned pack itself has 800 cubic inches of storage space, which seamlessly combines a hydration pack with a basic backpack with the room to carry a day’s worth of accessories and additional gear. The pack has a dedicated zipper pocket between the foam back of the pack and the main storage compartment which is perfectly designed to hold the reservoir without taking up an excess of space. The main compartment has five separate pouches and zippered pockets, designed to help keep important gear separated and accessible. On the outside, there are four more zippered pockets and two stretch pockets. The pack has a foam back that rests against the wearer allowing for air flow, padded ergonomic shoulder straps, and an integrated slider chest strap. The overall effect is one of the best basic packs on the market today and it has received top marks from most reviewers.

The Morro comes with the three liter (or 100 ounce) Hydrapack Reservoir which is frequently deemed the best reservoir on the market today. One of the primary selling points of the reservoir is that it is fully reversible, meaning the opening is much larger than those found on other reservoirs making it both easy to fill – even with ice – and incredibly easy to clean and dry when not in use. This last ability – the ability to turn the entire reservoir inside out – makes it especially popular for people that like to use beverages other than water since it can be cleaned out so efficiently. The Hydrapak Reservoir is also free of BPA (Bisphenol A), meeting most health and safety guidelines for water carrying plastic containers.

The reservoir also comes with Hydrapak’s well known Big Bore hosing, which has plug-and-play connectivity to the reservoir and the mouth valve. Hydrapak’s brand new Surge mouth valve that has just been introduced in 2010 is also included. The Surge valve has a fixed forty-five degree angle that allows for perfect ergonomic drinking, allowing the user to get a strong mouthful of liquid when desired, but effectively blocking all leaking when not in use. The Surge valve is the very height of modern mouth valve technology.

The Morro, along with other packs from the Pro Series, have received rave reviews from many different sources including the Denver Post, MTBR, MTO Bikes, and many others. The general consensus is that this represents one of the best large hydration packs on the market today.