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Fabric cageless water bottle review

Let me first say that the fabric cageless water bottle on test here is the 750ml version, so my opinion is purely based on the performance of that particular bottle. I have some reservations that perhaps if I was reviewing the 600ml version my findings would be slightly different, however, as always I can only report on what I've found! Picture the scene, you're 14 miles into your ride and you've just reached the end of a techy downhill/traversing section and you reach down for a much needed drink and..... no bottle. At some point in the last 3 or 4 miles my water bottle has yet again fallen off! Last time this happened I ended up riding back up the downhills to retrace my wheels and it was a 3 mile detour back up hill but on this occasion it's not possible. This was the situation I was faced with on Sunday during my 29 mile MTB ride. I ended up using a fireroad to trace my wheels back up the section I'd just ridden but no joy. I then ended up meeting up with a fr...