Need Lightweight Water Filter for Backpacking
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 4:05 pm
I want to upgrade my old dinosaur. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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nartreb wrote:What's your dinosaur and what about it would you like to improve?
My dinosaur is a Katadyn Hiker - similar to the MSR Hyperflow. MSR claims a much faster flow rate for theirs, but that's not enough for me to spend money on an upgrade. I usually pump a liter or two at a time, which takes me one or two minutes. Cutting that to ten or twenty seconds wouldn't improve my quality of hiking.
Woodswalker wrote:I'm looking for something ultralight
mrchad9 wrote:I don't use one. It's the lightest option I've found.
Makes it so you are less likely to carry the water as well so it saves more than just a few ounces.
ExcitableBoy wrote:I have partner who uses the MSR HyperFlow Microfilter. Very light and fast: https://www.msrgear.com/water/hyperflow-microfilter. The pore size is 0.2 (0.45 is what microbiologists use to capture bacteria), so it is plenty small enough to filter out protozoa and bacteria. If you are planning on using this abroad, I would add a chlorine dioxide tablet or drops to deactivate virus particles.
Yank-Tank wrote:Giardia isn't something to fear, I have had it. If it is your time to get it you will get it. Most likely from some place like at home or from bottled water, because unless you have some sort of mega weakness in your immune system or are a little light headed and get water from a swamp or some other no Brainer place then you will be fine.
Yank-Tank wrote:mrchad9 wrote:I don't use one. It's the lightest option I've found.
Makes it so you are less likely to carry the water as well so it saves more than just a few ounces.
You are quite a rare American. The rest are minions, so if they say don't drink the awesomely fresh clean cold superiorly filtered water that basically flows straight out of the mountain because it will make you sick, then they are not going to drink it.
The lightest weight option is the tablets btw.