Originally Posted by adamrice

I've been riding with a Camelbak lately to extend the range I can cover without stopping (partly due to Covid-19, partly just because). I've been unhappy with the hose management--either I can route the hose down the front, which leaves the end flopping around (which I would deal with by tucking the end between the shoulder strap and my side), or up the front, which requires that the hose make a weird bend in the back. There's a clip that sort of holds the hose in place, but if I have it routed down the front, it leaves a lot of hose flopping around, and bringing the hose up to drink from it can put a kink in it, pinching off the flow.

So I glued a magnet to the shoulder-strap buckle, which is low on the strap, and put a velcro wrap around the hose, with a tiny pocket for a magnet. I'll be taking this for its first ride tomorrow.


magnetic hose keeper for Camelbak

JB Weld would have been better for attaching the magnet to the buckle, but I didn't have any lying around, and a donut-shaped magnet would have been easier to sew onto the velcro wrap, but again, I was using what I had available.