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Simblissity BotSpot


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Simblissity BotSpot

"A shoulder strap-mounted pouch for keeping a water bottle easily accessible..."

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Simblissity Botspot
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Simblissity Botspot
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Overview

Enhance your water hauling capabilities with the BotSpot, an ultralight bottle holder that attaches securely to your backpack's shoulder strap. BotSpot will hold a wide range of bottle sizes, including quart and liter bottles*, yet it won't bounce or wobble around - even with a full load of water. Removal and replacement of your bottle is quick and easy too, so now you can drink freely without having to stop and remove your backpack to get at those oh-so-pesky side pockets!

Carrying water on the shoulder straps of a backpack isn't a new idea. For those who don't use water bladders and hydration tubes, carrying bottles on the shoulders offers easy access to your beverage of choice without having to:

  1. Stop
  2. Remove your backpack
  3. Remove bottles from the side pockets or wherever, drink, and replace
  4. Put the backpack on again
  5. Go
  6. Repeat steps 1 - 5 every time you desire a drink

What's more, shoulder-carried water can be in addition to water stored elsewhere on the backpack, allowing you to haul larger volumes of water without storing all of it behind you. In this way, the "shoulder carry" can help to balance the backpack's load. Carried well, that front-mounted water can feel comparitively weightless, too, since it isn't contributing to the total load on your back. Alas - truth be told - the bottle-on-a-shoulder-strap method has often been poorly executed, giving the whole idea a bad name in the minds of some. The innovative BotSpot bottle holder aims to return that name to good standing.

The BotSpot offers superior load control, so your bottle won't bounce up and down or wobble side to side appreciably as you move. It holds onto its contents securely, too, meaning your water bottle won't go rolling down the mountain side (unless, by some misfortune, you do). Removing and replacing a bottle is quick and easy while on the move. Perhaps best of all, the BotSpot's position is fully adjustable up or down the shoulder strap while you're wearing your pack, so it's easy to dial in just the right height for varying sizes of bottles. Multiple mounting options make the BotSpot compatible with a wide variety of packs and shoulder straps. (No disassembly of the shoulder strap is required for installation.)

Features:

  • Made in USA of US textiles
  • *Holds cylindrical bottles up to 10.5" in circumference (~3" diameter), for example AquaFina® liter bottles. (Bottle not included.)
  • Installation and usage instructions included.

Specifications:

  • Proven 70D silicone-coated nylon and polyester mesh durable construction
  • 7.25 inches tall x 11 inches circumference (holds bottles up to 10.5 inches around)
  • 0.98 ounces (28 grams)
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