![]() Since I only get 2-3 trips/summer, I mostly just take to using 1 per trip and discard til next time. ![]() I rarely backwash and have found that in storage,despite best of my abilities to pre-dry, they can get mildew-y/smelly before their next use and sometimes won't work again. I drink a lot of water along route, but using those bottles and screwing on Sawyer works fine. I simply use Smart Water Bottles during hikes and have an Evernew 2 Liter reservoir I use when get to camp/overnight. I do not use their accessories, just filter. and you will come up with links for more details than you ever dreamed possible!įrom what I can see (rather overwhelming!) they match what has been said here by you on HST. I did general searches in Google to find these as could not see a "Search" window on their web-page (maybe have to be a member like HST). This one is from some years back re Sawyer filter. For instance, just the Sawyer has an array of extensive threads & posts with many, many user comments, experiences, individualized setups, etc., etc. Looks like a gold mine of user info for UL backpackers. ![]() It's called "Backpacking Light" and a search here at HST did not bring it up. UL backpacking) I found this online forum yesterday. Fortunately the water in the Sierras is generally super clean, but unfortunately the air is not - right now anyhow, so may not get to test this until next year.įor those who are interested in this topic (and many others ref. Thanks all for comments here and seems like the larger Sawyer is worth a try with some chlorine tablets as back up. Perhaps since I have been drinking mostly untreated water for over 50 years, I have some resistance to low levels of water born microbes. I am mostly off-trail away from pollution sources. I see why thru-hikers, PCT and such, use filters they are on a lot of over-used trails. You do have to think ahead since it takes 4 hours to totally treat the water with tablets, but I now have a routine that works well. Although their small size makes them a bit more difficult to work with, I swear the Katadin tablets make the water taste funny. Of course, you should be careful with where you get water from the streams and lakes, such as thinking about upstream pollution. Since I drink as much or more treated water in camp, the risk is still reduced. Often I will not take any filter and carry half a liter of chlorine treated water while hiking and drink directly from streams when I run out. Germs get on cooking pots while in the pack anyway, and they automatically get sterilized while cooking.Įven if you only treat half the water you directly drink, risk is reduced. Cook water is boiled anyway and I do not worry about wash water. I only treat water I will directly drink. I use two 2-L Playtpus bags, one for chlorine treated water and one for raw water. I use chlorine tablets for most of my water and the Sawyer Mini is just to minimize carrying water during hiking. If they quit does flushing them (swishing in clean water for the BeFree and syringe for the Sawyer) solve the problem - or not?Īny feedback here would be much appreciated especially by those who have used either of these filters for some time. Do they quit on you out of the blue with no obvious reason?ģ. Do they work for more than a short while?Ģ. So the key questions for me are only with respect to the filter part itself:ġ. Likewise the "dry filter" issue of the BeFree seems easy to solve by just pre-soaking the thing. Silt-crud clogging should not be an issue. The Sierra are my back-packing zone so have always managed to get water from very clean sources. ![]() I also want a filter to be stand-alone so would have no need to take along my pump filter. I definitely want filtered water due to the lasting consequences of a prior multi-water-borne parasites infection, and am not keen on chlorine or iodine either. In my current quest for radical weight saving these filters offer significant reduction, but if they don't work or quit = very bad news! my tried and true Katadyn Hiker pump filter. I have been going dizzy trying to figure out from reviews and articles if the Sawyer Squeeze (or Mini) and the Katadyn BeFree water filters are actually reliable enough to take on long trips v. ![]()
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