Sorry to hear about your wet leg and backpack. Lesson to learn is...ditch the bags. This is why I stopped using bladders because eventually they will leak all over your pack. I use mostly Smartwater bottles. The outside pockets on both sides of my pack will hold 2 bottles if I want. I usually have on in a pouch on my left shoulder strap and keep 2 in the mentioned pockets. Another great thing about these bottles is that they fit my Sawyer Squeeze water filter.