CAMELBAK M.U.L.E.

Although this review is nominally of the CamelBak M.U.L.E., it’s actually been a six-month test, performed over numerous half/full-day MTB outings, of two separate pieces of kit: firstly, of the M.U.L.E. pack itself; and, secondly, of the CRUX hydration system (aka water bladder), the reason you need the pack in the first place.

I’ll address the CRUX first, but only after a little history. In the late 1980s, EMT Michael Edison was competing in the ‘Hotter’n Hell 100’ bike race