Water Treatment/Purification/Filtration

[Ruskin]

I've decided to try just Aqua Mira drops this year. I hike and drink from a 2 liter bladder + carry a 6 liter dromedary. Water is plentiful in co. Anyone see concerns w this?

 

[7stw]

I use the aquamira drops and aside from the terrible gas they give me the water tastes fine. I'll use my merino blavaca to pre filter as it goes into my bladder or Nalgene bottles. My hunting partner carries a katydan hiker pro and it works okay in cold weather he just pumps the extra water out and tosses it in his sleeping bag at night. We've never gotten sick and hope and pray we never do.

 

[Fireguy87]

I have been using the mini sawyer filter for the past 2 years. It plugs directly into the hose on my water bladder. It's nice to be able to drink the water as soon as I fill up but the down side is that I can't put anything like wilderness athlete ect into my water bladder. It also requires a little bit more effort to get the water out of the bladder but it's not bad.
Before this filter I would just use iodine tablets and never had a problem.

 

[nrh6.7]

Just came across this post on a search and thought it was a great idea, so bringing it to the top. Just ordered one of these filters.

Thanks for the great tip!

SLICK FILTRATION TIP HERE!!

I use a 4L Sawyer Gravity system, our group is 2-4 hunters. We love this thing. Even if it was just me, I would use the 4L and use the clean bag as my hydration bag. Quick connects will allow you to leave the hydration bag in your backpack and fill it directly from the dirty bag.

Here's my *MAJOR* recommendation for ANY gravity filter-- pre-filter your water. This will keep your filter from getting fouled, even clear water has plenty of debris in it and if you are forced to drink from a really silt laden source this will device will pay for itself at once. Fouled filter can = ruined hunt.

The perfect, cheap ($12), light (2.1 oz), reuseable solution: Go on Ebay and search for: Industrial Diesel Filter Bag

Your will find a listing from seller, "dudadiesel", select the following drop downs:

Bag type- choose "Nylon Monofilament" these bags dry instantly and hold no water when you're done. Felt bags take forever to dry.
Size- choose 7"x16"
Micron- choose 10 micron

Use the bag by stuffing it into your dirty water bag, the large lip ring on the bag will remain outside your dirty bag. Then pour in dirty water to fill your bag. Once full, pull the pre-filter out, turn it inside out and give it shake. All the debris will fall out and *viola* you're good to go for the next time!

(note- I am not affiliated with, nor do I know dudadiesel).

Cheers!

JL