Hikers or tubing experts, I need some aid!

[Conan]

Hi all. I have a non-brewing question about brewing equipment.

We've been backpacking more frequently and bring along our water purification pump to refill our Camelback reservoirs. The problem is our pump (MSR MiniWorks) has a nipple on the 'out' side of the pump but it is too small to mate with our bladder hoses. I want to use a barbed connector, probably 3/16" to 1/4", and a smaller hose (3/16" ID) to connect the pump to the connector, then attach the reservoir hose to the 1/4" side of the connector.

While I can get food-grade silicon tubing from the brew shop that would satisfy my needs I don't want it to be the thick-wall stuff I use on my kegerator. Lowes/ HD have thin-wall, non-food grade tubing that I think would work. Now, the meat of the question: would you consider using non-food grade line to transfer cold water? Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks, Kyle

 

[Homercidal]

Personally I'd find some Silicone Tubing. Can't be that hard to find. It's the same stuff that came with the MSR filter (I have one of those). I bet amazon has places that will sell it by the foot.

When I filled my camelback I just stuck the piece of silicone into the fill hole at the top. Never thought about connecting it to the filter, which would probably work pretty sweet.

That said, I would have no problem using the cheap clear stuff from the hardware store. The water will not be hot and there would be only a little bit used for a very short time.