Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest Review

Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest Reviews

Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £92.72 – Save 16% (RRP: £109.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.

Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest Review


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Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest features

Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest specs

Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Hydration Packs found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Gender: Unisex

Other Hydration Packs found with this Spec: 2527

Feature 1

3D ventilated mesh harness: Lightweight and breathable with added cargo

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Dual adjustable sternum straps offer a custom fit and increased stability

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Tube trap management keeps your tube secure and accessible when you need it

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Integrated tool organisation keeps your CO2 cartridges, patch kits and more where you can find them

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 4

Feature 5

Secure phone pocket; Stretch overflow pocket

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Elastic pump loop

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 3

Feature 7

Reflective detail for low light safety

Other Hydration Packs found with this feature: 5

Price

£92.72

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Hydration Packs. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Hydration Packs. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Hydration Packs. Brands like Camelbak are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Hydration Packs category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Hydration Packs.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £92.72 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.4 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Hydration Packs

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Hydration Packs.

We found 97 in the Hydration Packs category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £57.63, making it above average at £92.72.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Hydration Packs. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £189.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £4.99.

With 97 products available we worked out that 17 cost more than Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest and 79 were cheaper.

Cost of Camelbak products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 82 products from Camelbak, of which 49 were in the Hydration Packs category.

For now though we’re looking at Camelbak branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £45.78 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Camelbak product we found was £4.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £147.35.

Of the 82 from Camelbak, 11 were more expensive than Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest and 70 were cheaper.

How much are Camelbak Hydration Packs?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Camelbak products that are listed in the Hydration Packs category.

The average price of the 49 products that match this search was £64.64, with the cheapest coming in at £4.99 and highest price was £147.35. With the average being £64.64, Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest comes in above average.

11 products that meet this search were more expensive than Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest and 37 were cheaper.


Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Hydration Packs category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest or another similar product, like Camelbak Zephyr Vest reviews or Camelbak Octane 25 2L Hydration Pack reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Hydration Packs.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Hydration Packs. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Camelbak, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.3/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25878035473
  • Product ID 2: 779009UK
  • Brand: Camelbak
  • Model number: CB2190001000
  • RRP: £109.99
  • EAN: 886798022635
  • Description: Chase 8 Hydration VestThe Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest comes with a fully customised fit for a comfortable ride, alongside a high two-litre capacity and an additional six litres of storage space for essentials. Camelbak’s Chase 8 Hydration Vest packs two-litres of hydration into the Crux™ reservoir with Quicklink™ and features a further six more litres of strategic stow options for gear, phone, fuel and more. So you can ride in comfort, it has also been constructed with 3D ventilated mesh that offers a cooling air flow, while dual adjustable sternum straps give a customised fit and aid stability. Plus, secure zip pockets, an integrated tool roll, portable pump loop, stretch overflow pocket and reflective detail provide additional security and safety.Features:3D ventilated mesh harness: Lightweight and breathable with added cargoDual adjustable sternum straps offer a custom fit and increased stabilityTube trap management keeps your tube secure and accessible when you need itIntegrated tool organisation keeps your CO2 cartridges, patch kits and more where you can find themSecure phone pocket; Stretch overflow pocketElastic pump loopReflective detail for low light safetyBuy Camelbak from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Accessories > Hydration Packs
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 16%
  • Unisex
  • 17.27
  • Adult

Other options for Hydration Packs

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Hydration Packs. 97 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Camelbak Chase 8 Hydration Vest included,
Camelbak Big Bite Valve reviews, Camelbak Pureflow Replacement Tube reviews, or we really liked the look of Camelbak Podium Flow Belt 620ml reviews as another alternative.

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