festivals · outdoor · travel · Jan 31, 2022

Best Hydration Pack for Summer Music Festivals 2022

by Sahand Manafi

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After 2 years of hiatus, Ultra Music Festival is back with the first names of its 2022 edition lineup that will take place back at Miami Bayfront Park.

Festival season is finally upon us! And you know what that means. Long hours in the hot, sweaty, summer sun. If you’re reading this page you probably already know how important it is to keep hydrated in those conditions. But did you also know how important it is to keep your body temperature down? The overwhelming cause of death at summer festivals surprisingly isn't due to mosh pits, drugs, or alcohol (although, they usually are contributing factors), but heat stroke. That’s right, our seemingly harmless environment is constantly at war with us, and not just in desert battlefields, but also in places where we go to have fun, listen to music, and take a much needed break from the daily grind.

We’ve all seen the typical festival bros. Shirtless and lugging around their CamelBak bladders. You might be one of them. Hell, I may have been guilty of that once or twice myself. Besides looking like a Chad though, they do have one thing right. They understand the importance of hydration. But while CamelBaks do make you look cool, they lack a key feature, essential for being outdoors: KEEPING you cool.

Up to 75% of the body’s energy is used to remove waste, heat included. So if you do some simple math that leaves you with 25% left to have fun with. What if you could increase that amount, giving you more endurance to rave all day without having to bum your friends out and miss your favorite artists because you needed to go back to your tent to try and cool down? We all know the last thing you want after spending all that money for tickets and travel expenses is to let even a minute go to waste when you could be having experiences that could instead change your life forever.

Above: IMS Sport by Qore Performance® is the ultimate cooling and hydration pack for outdoor summer music festivals

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Above: Heat Stroke is one of the leading injuries at music festivals.

Luckily, there is something that preserves your body’s energy, allowing you to overcome the heat, and keep moving from stage to stage all day. It’s called IcePlate® Curve. Originally designed for our troops overseas to give them a superhuman advantage in the most extreme weather conditions, IcePlate® Curve is a 50oz (1.5L) armor shaped water bottle, that you wear on your back (and/or front) and FREEZE. IcePlate® Curve gives you 70 watts of conductive cooling power over four hours, including the ability to hydrate you as the ice melts. No wasted weight.

How do you wear it, you ask? Great question. The answer is our IcePlate® MOLLE Sleeve, or IMS for short. While our traditional IMS and IMS Pro Combos are designed to be mounted onto a plate carrier, we designed IMS Sport with our civilian end-user in mind. Simply slide the IcePlate® inside and voila, you now have a slimline “backpack” that keeps you cool and that you can drink from via a wide array of quick disconnect drink tubes, including your existing CamelBak's (Not compatible with HydroLink). However we do recommend the Source 90 as it gives you the slimmest profile option for your IcePlate®.

So whether you’re going to Bonnaroo, Firefly, or EDC this year, don’t be that guy lagging behind, slowing down your crew from exhaustion, or even worse, heat stroke, really putting a damper on your perfectly planned festival getaway. Ditch the old-school CamelBak bladder and pick up a futuristic IMS Sport Combo today.

best hydration pack for summer music festivals

Above: IMS Sport is the perfect cooling/heating/hydration solution for music festivals and concerts, but it is also great for outdoor adventures.

Above: our exclusive Source 90 Drink Tube makes hands-free drinking easy and effortless, so you can focus on just having a great time at the festival.

Back to INSIGHTS: Sport and Fitness

Worth it.

Intelligent decision to fit a canteen in a slim design. I couldn’t justify $50 for the ICEFLASK holster, so I utilized a normal radio pouch. For $17, the ICEFLASK Canteen is Slim, sleek and isn’t cumbersome, allowing full range of motion of arms while in kit. Definitely recommend. Qore, I recommend R&D focuses on something slim and sleek to fit flush with plates- or, for Recon purposes, something that coincides with both spaces on backside of kit but doesn’t take up the space of plate.

Hi Tom,
Thanks for taking the time to leave an honest reivew of your ICEFLASK™ experience. Regarding your suggestion, what you are describing is exactly the role filled by ICEPLATE® Curve, especially when paird with our IMS Pro Gen 3 with either a CATAMARAN Gen 3 to run under your plate carrier/armor or ICEPLATE® Backpack Gen 3 to run with a chest rig.

Details:
https://www.qoreperformance.com/blogs/military-insights/iceplate-faq-a-deeper-dive-into-the-why-the-science-and-the-design-of-the-worlds-most-capable-water-bottle?_pos=10&_sid=7b32c5d8a&_ss=r

Chest Rig/Recon:
https://www.qoreperformance.com/collections/iceplate-exo/products/iceplate-backpack
Images of this exact application from customers at 1st Recon (scroll down):
https://www.qoreperformance.com/blogs/military-insights/customer-submitted-image-gallery?_pos=1&_psq=hard-qore&_ss=e&_v=1.0

ICEPLATE® Origin Story:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/the-summer-is-so-hot-workers-are-wearing-high-tech-ice-packs-7ef3a9cc?mod=wsjhp_columnists_pos2

We hope this helps, but please let us know if you have any additional questions. #StayFrosty

excellent

works great for 105 degree vegas heat when i do matches, also great as ice blocks in my yeti instead of gas station ice bags. good stuff

Ice Plate EXO Gen 3

Awesome product, very light weight and well ventilated. I ordered the plate bag with the AXL cumberbund with tubes and set up was easy. I am 5'7", 205lb, lift weights, so the plate bag fits and covers my torso the way it is supposed to. Only wish i had the option to order the Large cumberbund. There is room to mount the IMS pro gen 3 on the back, inside but the large cumberbund would give me a little more play room. But that's small stuff. Other than that, AWESOME product and AWESOME customer service..

Fantastic product, lasts for more than half a day keeping you cool and providing you with chilled water.

Awesome to hear Dan and thanks for sharing! #StayFrosty

Picture deceiving

I thought this came with the pads but it’s just the Velcro system

The CATAMARAN Gen 3 product page selection boxes are labeled 'Bag: Single or Pair' and the ICEVENTS® Pontoons selection box is labled 'CATAMARAN Gen 3 Panel Only or ICEVENTS® Pontoons Included.' We apologize if this was confusing, but if you could let us a know clearer way to state this, we'll be happy to look in to updating the labels!

Truly a better mousetrap! I didn’t know the water bottle needed the revamp it did. Finding new uses almost daily.

Outstanding Product

Totally satisfied with the product, stucked it in my bullet vest on duty and saved my day, because of its body shaped form, you cant feel it after 10min and it really cools you down and gives you the long run

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It felt abrasive in the beginning, after 3 or 4 day of wearing that start to mold, but the glue between the velcro start to separate. It may need extra sew around it so it doesn't start to come apart

Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback on our ICEVENTS® Classic Plate Carrier Ventilation Pontoons. We apologize for the delamination - that is definitely not normal. Please contact our Customer Service Team and they'll get you squared away under our Forever Warranty. We appreciate your support and hope you continue to enjoy your ICEVENTS® Pontoons.

#StayFrosty
Qore Performance Customer Support Team

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Fantastic addition, makes daily carry more bearable.

Hi Kelly,
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review for your ICEVENTS® Aero Holster Pad. In reading your review, it sounds like it works great for you, so I wanted to personally check-in with you and see why that resulted in a 1-Star review?
Thanks again for taking the time to leave a review!

Ballistic Plate Armor.

Yo, so like, ballistic plate armor? Total game-changer, no cap. It’s like having a boss shield that’s built to flex and keep you safe when the heat is on. These things are mad durable, almost like wearing a bodyguard in your fit, making sure you stay Gucci even when the situation gets lit.

Honestly, the tech in these plates is next level—light enough to not weigh you down but strong enough to handle all the smoke. It’s straight fire for real, especially when you’re out here in the field or just tryna stay plugged in about your safety.

Lowkey, the only vibe is making sure you got the right fit—because a weak plate is a no-go, fam. But overall? It’s a W. Keeps you protected, looking fresh, and ready for whatever the streets or missions throw at you. Stay safe, stay stacked. GFYMITA .

Best Hydration Pack for Summer Music Festivals 2022

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