Built to handle the toughest conditions

Orange Mud has been building gear for endurance athletes since 2012. Not gear that looks good on a product page and falls apart after a season. Gear that athletes reach for on race mornings, long training days, and the kind of efforts that test everything they own.

This collection brings all of it together in one place. Hydration vests and running packs for trail runners, ultramarathoners, road runners, cyclists, triathletes, and OCR athletes. Water bottles sized and shaped to work with the vest systems. Transition wraps that solve the post race car seat problem every endurance athlete has dealt with. Replacement bladders and bite valves that keep your existing vest running clean. And accessories that make the whole system work better across a long training season.

Every product here was built around a specific problem that endurance athletes actually face. No filler, no novelty items, no gear that solves a problem nobody has. If it is in this collection, an athlete asked for it and we built it because it makes training and racing meaningfully better.

through every vest and pack in this collection, whether you're carrying a bladder or a bottle, running a 5K or a 200 miler.

Over a decade of athlete feedback has shaped every product here. The Gear Vest came from trail runners who wanted minimal weight and a snag free profile for fast efforts and OCR courses. The Endurance Pack came from ultramarathoners who needed more capacity without more bounce. The Transition Wrap came from triathletes and OCR athletes who were tired of destroying car seats after every race. The accessories came from athletes who wanted their existing vest to last longer without a full replacement.

The result is a lineup that covers the full range of endurance sport without padding it out with products that don't earn their place. Every piece solves a real problem for a real athlete, and every piece is built to last long enough to actually pay for itself across a training season.

How to Choose the Right Orange Mud Gear

Start with your primary sport and your longest regular training effort. A trail runner going out for two hours needs something different from a triathlete covering an Ironman marathon or an OCR athlete hitting a beast distance Spartan. The product descriptions and buying guides on each collection page will take you through the specific decision for your sport, but the broad framework is simple.

For water carry, choose a bladder vest for hands free, steady sipping on long continuous efforts, or a bottle based system for faster refills and easier volume tracking on shorter or event supported efforts. Match volume to your longest training day with a small buffer, not to the absolute maximum distance you might ever run.

For accessories, replace your bladder before it leaks mid race, not after. Swap your bite valve at the start of each race season. Keep a Transition Wrap in your race bag permanently rather than packing it only on event days. These small habit shifts are what separate athletes who show up with reliable gear from athletes who deal with equipment problems when the stakes are highest.