Hootyhoo,

Based on the process of weighing my gear, I come to the conclusion that the bladders are not the way to go for lightness.

I had four flavors of bladders, 28 to 3 liter, at home, and the light water bottles were indicated to give me more volume per ounce of container carried relative to water bladders.

Actually, the larger the light plastic water bottle the more weight savings per quantity of water carried is what I measured (when going from 16 oz to 1 gallon light plastic containers from water to juice).

Ruling out the camel would bum me because I enjoy using them. So, I put the scale away for now on that.