1) stop
2) remove your backpack
3) remove bottles from the side pockets or wherever, drink, and replace
4) put the backpack on again
5) go
6) repeat steps 1 - 5 every time you desire a drink

What's more, shoulder-carried water can be in addition to water stored elsewhere on the backpack, allowing you to haul larger volumes of water without storing all of it behind you. In this way, the "shoulder carry" can help to balance the backpack's load. Carried well, that front-mounted water can feel comparitively weightless, too, since it isn't contributing to the total load on your back. Alas - truth be told - the bottle-on-a-shoulder-strap method has often been poorly executed, giving the whole idea a bad name in the minds of some. Our innovative, patent-pending BotSpot™ bottle holder aims to return that name to good standing.

The BotSpot offers superior load control, so your bottle won't bounce up and down or wobble side to side appreciably as you move. It holds onto its contents securely, too, meaning your water won't go rolling down the mountain side (unless, by some misfortune, you do). Removing and replacing a bottle is quick and easy while on the move. And perhaps best of all, the BotSpot's position is fully adjustable up or down the shoulder strap while you're wearing your pack, so it's easy to dial in just the right height for varying sizes of bottle. Multiple mounting options make the BotSpot compatible with a wide variety of packs and shoulder straps. (No disassembly of the shoulder strap is required during installation.)