Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack Reviews

Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £45 – Save 18% (RRP: £54.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.

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Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack features

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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack 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.

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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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack.

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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £45 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 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 below average at £45.

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 55 cost more than Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack and 40 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 below 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, 35 were more expensive than Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack and 46 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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack comes in below average.

33 products that meet this search were more expensive than Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack and 15 were cheaper.

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Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack 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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.9 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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack or another similar product, like Camelbak Hydrobak Hydration Pack reviews or Camelbak Rogue 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.

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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.

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YouTube Video of Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack. 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.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010792123
• Product ID 2: 573920UK
• Brand: Camelbak
• Model number: CBCLASS56
• RRP: £54.99
• EAN: 886798002491
• Description: Camelbak Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration PackThe quintessential bike hydration pack with the convenience of external fill via the quick-release flap on the front of the pack. Holds the industry-leading 2L Antidote reservoir. One small zip pocket on front holds keys and other essentials.Features: Antidote Resovoir Features: 1/4 turn – easy open/close cap, lightweight fillport, dryer arms, center baffling and low-profile design, patented Big Bite Valve, HydroGuard technology, PureFlow tube, easy-to-clean wide-mouth opening Key Pack Features: External fill, overflow storage bungee, essentials pocket, reflectivity Designed To Carry: Multi-tool or wallet, extra layer secured by bungee, keys CamelBak Got Your Bak Guarantee: If we build it, we’ll Bak it with our lifetime guarantee.Specifications: Hydration Capacity: 70oz/2 L Total Capacity: N/A + 2L Reservoir Total Weight (Pack and Reservoir): 0.42lbs/0.19kg Dimensions: 14.75 X 9.625 X 4 in/37.5 x 24.5 x 10cm Torso Length: 13 in/33cm Empty Reservoir Dimensions: Air Mesh Full Reservoir Dimensions: N/A Materials: LightWeight MeshBuy Camelbak Accessories from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Accessories > Hydration Packs
• Savings percentage from RRP: 18%
• Size: 2L
• Male
• 9.99
• Adult

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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 Classic 2.0 Litre Hydration Pack included,
Camelbak Big Bite Valve Multipack, Multi reviews, Camelbak MULE Hydration Pack reviews, or we really liked the look of Camelbak Charm Hydration Pack 2017 reviews as another alternative.