i apologies in advance for any bad grammar
so the other day i was going threw some old hiking stuff. and i found my old platypus drinking pouch. rather like this one > http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/platypus.jpg
it is the perfect thing for inflation annuli however, it has gone slightly manky over time. so i ant to know. am at risk from infections if i yous it it? and what sort of cleaning method should i yous for it to be safe?
On an unrelated note, I was hoping the pouch was actually shaped like a platypus.
Cleaning it, use steralizing tablets like you'd use to steralize baby bottles, mix 2 tablets in about 1/2 gallon of water (follow the instructions on the pack), fill your pouch with as much as possible, put it in a bucket with more of the sterilizing solution to steralize the pipe, and leave for an hour, rinse out, repeat, and you should have killed any nasties in it.
Probably be easier to buy a new one though.
if it's gone manky then you have your answer about risk of infection. Cleaning wise... I honestly have no idea... probably better to get a new one... I am not a practioner however so I only know my opinion and basics of what I've read.
I assume you know the risks if not there are plenty of posts here which detail them