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<blockquote data-quote="Mike 338" data-source="post: 889200" data-attributes="member: 41338"><p>O.K., It just came to my door. Smaller versions of this filter are suited carrying in your pack and replenishing your water supply as you go. I like to get inside my tent, start dinner, make a coffee or tea, make tomorrows lunch, re-hydrate tomorrows dinner, refill the bladder in my pack and I need water for breakfast and morning coffee so I have a 2-1/2 gallon collapsible water jug that stays in my tent. When I need water, I need a couple gallons at a time to refill the jug. It takes about an hour of pumping with my old filter to fill it up. I purchased the 1 gallon (dirty water container) Sawyer Water Filter because they claim a very high flow rate that does not need any more pressure that what gravity will provide. They make a 2 container version of this (dirty water bag/clean water bag) but my collapsible jug is my clean water container so I saved a few bucks.</p><p></p><p>Components are very basic, A bag, hose (with in-line clamp to turn off the flow), and the filter. It also comes with a faucet adapter so you have potable water in a domestic emergency. Everything is super light. The bag seems durable enough but it's nowhere near as durable as a Platypus Badder. The filter itself resembles, and is about the same size as an in-line gas filter going to a Holly double pumper. It's made of plastic. It looks and feels like if you stepped on it in cold weather, it would shatter. Included instructions are very adamant that allowing the filter to freeze may damage the filter so it will need to be baby-sat in cold weather. I'm hard on things and although this thing is far from bullet proof, I think if I put in in a Tupperware container, I could keep from destroying it. I suppose I'd have to find a way to carry it next to my body in cold weather while I hunt. Maybe putting it into my sleeping bag for the day and sleeping with it overnight would work O.K. I may have to do a freezing temp test in my back yard this winter. Cleaning the filter can be done with a syringe (not included) or in the two bag system, just hang the clean water bag above the filter and reverse the flow which back flushes and cleans it. They claim that you probably will never need to clean it in the field as long as you clean it when you go home. </p><p></p><p>It's kinda cold here right now so field testing would require breaking some ice. The kitchen sink seemed a lot easier so I filled the bag up and drained it into a gallon jug. Flow rate was good. It took 4-1/2 minutes to run a gallon through it and all I had to do was watch. That right there might outweigh the other disadvantages.</p><p></p><p>This filter comes with a million gallon guarantee so I guess as long as I don't break it, it should work. I'm a little worried about how cheap it feels so I'll be carrying something to chemically purify water as well. </p><p></p><p>I got this at REI because I read a couple reviews where the Sawyer company didn't honor the warranty. REI is good about returns. This particular filter set up was $90.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike 338, post: 889200, member: 41338"] O.K., It just came to my door. Smaller versions of this filter are suited carrying in your pack and replenishing your water supply as you go. I like to get inside my tent, start dinner, make a coffee or tea, make tomorrows lunch, re-hydrate tomorrows dinner, refill the bladder in my pack and I need water for breakfast and morning coffee so I have a 2-1/2 gallon collapsible water jug that stays in my tent. When I need water, I need a couple gallons at a time to refill the jug. It takes about an hour of pumping with my old filter to fill it up. I purchased the 1 gallon (dirty water container) Sawyer Water Filter because they claim a very high flow rate that does not need any more pressure that what gravity will provide. They make a 2 container version of this (dirty water bag/clean water bag) but my collapsible jug is my clean water container so I saved a few bucks. Components are very basic, A bag, hose (with in-line clamp to turn off the flow), and the filter. It also comes with a faucet adapter so you have potable water in a domestic emergency. Everything is super light. The bag seems durable enough but it's nowhere near as durable as a Platypus Badder. The filter itself resembles, and is about the same size as an in-line gas filter going to a Holly double pumper. It's made of plastic. It looks and feels like if you stepped on it in cold weather, it would shatter. Included instructions are very adamant that allowing the filter to freeze may damage the filter so it will need to be baby-sat in cold weather. I'm hard on things and although this thing is far from bullet proof, I think if I put in in a Tupperware container, I could keep from destroying it. I suppose I'd have to find a way to carry it next to my body in cold weather while I hunt. Maybe putting it into my sleeping bag for the day and sleeping with it overnight would work O.K. I may have to do a freezing temp test in my back yard this winter. Cleaning the filter can be done with a syringe (not included) or in the two bag system, just hang the clean water bag above the filter and reverse the flow which back flushes and cleans it. They claim that you probably will never need to clean it in the field as long as you clean it when you go home. It's kinda cold here right now so field testing would require breaking some ice. The kitchen sink seemed a lot easier so I filled the bag up and drained it into a gallon jug. Flow rate was good. It took 4-1/2 minutes to run a gallon through it and all I had to do was watch. That right there might outweigh the other disadvantages. This filter comes with a million gallon guarantee so I guess as long as I don't break it, it should work. I'm a little worried about how cheap it feels so I'll be carrying something to chemically purify water as well. I got this at REI because I read a couple reviews where the Sawyer company didn't honor the warranty. REI is good about returns. This particular filter set up was $90. [/QUOTE]
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