Sawyer inline

[Rocky]

Just picked up my sawyer inline water treatment system ! Can't wait to try it.

 

[fillthefreezer]

i got one this off season as well, put it all together last weekend

 

[Rocky]

Got to love rei dividend and 20% off !...how did your set up work? I'm waiting for my new kifaru pack to arrive so I can give it a test run.

 

[Pilgrim]

Not intending to be condescending or anything, but just remember: that thing is a filter, not a purifier. Some people aren't aware of that. A filter won't catch giardia and other real small stuff.

 

[Matt Cashell]

Giardia is a relatively large Protozoa and is easily filtered by the Sawyer.

https://www.sawyersafetravel2.com/products.asp

 

[HellsCanyon]

Not intending to be condescending or anything, but just remember: that thing is a filter, not a purifier. Some people aren't aware of that. A filter won't catch giardia and other real small stuff.

Simply not true... check the REI or Sawyer sites and they clearly say it does filter different types of bacteria including giardia.

http://m.rei.com/mt/www.rei.com/product/837824/sawyer-squeeze-water-filter-plus

Mike

 

[Beastmode]

Not intending to be condescending or anything, but just remember: that thing is a filter, not a purifier. Some people aren't aware of that. A filter won't catch giardia and other real small stuff.

I believe you mean it won't catch really small stuff like a virus... it will catch beaver fever.

 

[Coyote Commander]

Not intending to be condescending or anything, but just remember: that thing is a filter, not a purifier. Some people aren't aware of that. A filter won't catch giardia and other real small stuff.

Giardia and crypto are measured in microns, most filters are measured in tenths of microns.







Sold my Katydyn after I got my sawyer, big space and weight saver.

 

[blb078]

How well does a sawyer work when you have freezing temps?

 

[Rocky]

I know there are people on rok slide more knowledgable then I, but everything I read said don't let them freeze. If they freeze unthaw them and they still work.

 

[Matt Cashell]

How well does a sawyer work when you have freezing temps?

They will break if you let them freeze. You have to keep it in your bag or something. When I am in freezing temps, I use the steripen.

 

[Darren Best]

Q: What's in wilderness water that can affect me?

A: Three groups of waterborne critters are most commonly linked to water-related illness:

Protozoan cysts (Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia). Tiny (1 to 300 microns; 1 micron = one-millionth of a meter).

Bacteria (Escherichia coli, or E. coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, Yersinia entercolitica, Leptospira interrogans and many others). Very tiny (0.1 to 10 microns).

Viruses (hepatitis A, rotavirus, enterovirus, norovirus, Norwalk virus). Exceptionally tiny (0.005 to 0.1 micron). Viruses are rarely found in North American wilderness waters. Only purifiers (not filters) eliminate viruses.

The Sawyer water filter filters down to .1 micron, the Sawyer water purifier filters down to .02 microns

 

[Pilgrim]

Yeah, I had the size of giardia wrong in my head. Should've looked it up before I posted.