camping filter

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3521159&cp=2291414


anyone use this one? i looked at his one since i take 3 others with me camping i think filling and hanging this would be my best bet as opposed to pumping .

[AZRedhawk44]

I don't use that one... but...


My backpacking filter is an older one made by PUR back when they were in the business, a hand-pump model.  They sold their pump and filter cartridge design to Katadyn.  That filter cartridge design in your link is the same one I use.  I used the original filter cartridge for about 8 years and never got sick from back-country water, though I am very picky about where I choose to pump.  I just replaced the cartridge a year ago.

I can recommend the filter cartridge as functional, and not likely to be made obsolete by design and unavailable for replacement.

I don't see any reason why gravity feed would be an undesirable system.  I think it seems to be a good product.

Edited for clarification of the filter cartridge versus the filter body.

[sanman]

Should be easier on you than pumping for all.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

cool  my version of hell would be wife and 2 daughters with the trots  you can't carry or bury that much toilet paper.  and since i camp along a river almost always i just pull a bucket out let it settle to get the floating stuff out  it keeps the prefilters from clogging

[charby]

I pump my H2O in the BW and I have thought about one of those gravity feed gizmos but I worry about the filter plugging since you just scoop up the water into the bag and the sediment would settle out near the filter.

I use a collapsible water bucket in the BW, I wade out a little ways into the lake and try to grab lake water that doesn't have sediment floating in it. Then I let the water settle a bit in the bucket and try to draw off the top.

[mtnbkr]

I have a First Need that not only pumps but operates via gravity feed with the included bag.  It also removes Viruses and chemicals via filtration, unlike most.

Chris

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

where'd you get it?

[S. Williamson]

I have a Katadyn Hiker plus two unused replacement filters that were a gift from my dad after letting him take my BOBackpack and anything from it he needed to Haiti.  Was re-sterilized before I got it, too.    Haven't had a chance to use it yet, though.

[Ron]

Gets good reviews for the most part at REI.com

http://www.rei.com/product/737349

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

wonder how long it takes to filter a full bag

[mtnbkr]

where'd you get it?

REI, but Amazon has them as well.

It takes a bit less than 1 minute per ounce via gravity.

Chris

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

perfect

[zxcvbob]

I use a pump-type filter with a ceramic filter insert that can be scrubbed and reused.  Gravity feed looks like a good idea, but I think it would plug up almost instantly.

When I go day-hiking (it's been a few years) I carry a quart of water in a canteen and that's supposed to last the day; then I carry a bottle of tincture of iodine.  A few drops of iodine will kill guardia (sp?) and most bacteria in a quart of cleanish water -- but you have to let it sit for a half hour before you drink it.

[AJ Dual]

If it's a SHTF kind of situation, pre-filtering with pantyhose etc. will help immensely.

And a 5gal bucket with a spigot (or even just some nail-holes punched in the bottom) full of playground sand, with a bit of cloth to keep the sand from coming out the outlet will make a good filter last much much longer.

And that water would be pretty palatable with just a few drops of Chlorox as-is.