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Android Jr. Member Offline Posts: 69 Location: Wright County, MN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2010	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #10 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 11:51am	Quote Print Post
	Marlin, you may want to avoid drinking water directly from the Crow or go to the Riverside every other day.


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #11 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 11:52am	Quote Print Post
	marlin55388 wrote on Apr 20^th, 2010 at 5:19am: Point the tip at the fish Master when they jump and the tip under the surface when they run for cover. Preachin to the choir brother! I belong to the "stop'em or pop 'em" club. If they are headed into reef, wreck or mangrove shoreline I am puttin the muscle to them. Break it if you can big boy. Once they get under the bushes your odds go down considerably rod down in the water or not. You got the right idea though! That's what is so much fun about canoe country for me is being able to to fish with the light stuff. I love it! Rats, we're off topic......... YOU pushed me over the edge on getting the Katadyn. I got a pretty good deal at "Man Venture Outpost" (you gotta love the name LOL). I think I will be a bit more careful where I fill it however. I can picture draggin up a lot of sediment when scoopin 2 gallons near shore.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #12 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 2:58pm	Quote Print Post
	My wife just purchased a Katadyn Base Camp for my birthday. I haven't used it yet. It was $53.00 at Amazon. It gets good reviews and real life testing gives the filter closer to 150 gallons vs. 200 before replacement. For 18 years, I've never used a water filter in Quetico. It will be interesting to see how this effects my, uh uhm . . . overall constitution. While I have never gotten overly sick from Q water I do have some theories.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8104 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #13 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 3:18pm	Quote Print Post
	I can picture draggin up a lot of sediment when scoopin 2 gallons near shore Get a pair of those knee high nylons the old ladies wear, and tie over filler area of base camp. Take the other nylon and pull over small pot. Scoop water from lake with pot, and pour into filter. Nylons will filter most of the larger sediment. I use this method when filling pots for boiling/drinking water. Some here like the taste of whatever is in the shoreline sediment, but I like my coffee/ food FLOATY FREE


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Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #14 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 4:07pm	Quote Print Post
	solotripper wrote on Apr 20^th, 2010 at 3:18pm: Get a pair of those knee high nylons Oooh! Gonna stop by the dollar store on my way home!


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jjcanoeguide Inukshuk Offline Posts: 309 Location: Frisco, TX Joined: Jun 20^th, 2007	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #15 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 4:53pm	Quote Print Post
	Got the Base Camp filter as a present. If it works as slowly on the trail as it did with tap water at home fresh out of the box, I doubt I'll be much of a fan. 10 minutes for 1L of water. Has anyone esle experienced this, or did I just get a defective filter. It has not been used to filter anything except tap.


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Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #16 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 6:01pm	Quote Print Post
	jjcanoeguide wrote on Apr 20^th, 2010 at 4:53pm: 10 minutes for 1L of water. Defective. Katydyn Base Camp Specs Capacity (gal) ~ 200 Capacity (L) ~ 750 Dimensions (cm) 7.6 x 16.5 x 6.1 Dimensions (in) 3 x 6.5 x 2.4 Output (gal) ~ 1 quart/min Output (L) ~ 1 L/min Technology AntiClog Technology with 0.3 micron glassfiber (no cleaning needed) Activated carbon granulate Weight (grams) 310 Weight (oz) 11


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Android Jr. Member Offline Posts: 69 Location: Wright County, MN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2010	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #17 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 9:47pm	Quote Print Post
	I just tested mine with tap water. I got 1 liter in about 3 and a half minutes. I thought the "slow flow" was caused by a vacuum, like DD talked about in the org. thread but in reverse. So I timed another liter with the top of the bag open but got 4 and a half minutes, so much for that theory! It's got to be that pre-filter, but I can't see not using that in a real life situation.


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scooteri Inukshuk Offline Posts: 17 Joined: Mar 10^th, 2006	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #18 - Apr 20^th, 2010 at 11:27pm	Quote Print Post
	I bought one last fall on way up to Quetico, Just my wife and I but I drink lots of water. I have always been thirsty and craving cold water. We took a cooler with block ice and several water bottles. After hanging the bag to drain into a 12qt ss pot, we would fill the bottles and put them in the cooler. This is the first time in15 or so trips that I had all the cold water I wanted. It sure beats the heck out of sitting around and squeezing bottles! We of course still took our filter bottles to use if needed when out on the water. It will go again in June. I would say this was probably the best camping purchase I have made.


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marlin55388 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1230 Location: Watertown, MN Joined: Mar 6^th, 2009	Re: Katadyn Base camp Reply #19 - Apr 21^st, 2010 at 2:45am	Quote Print Post
	Hey all....it is better than pumping. Fill and hang. More fishing (pj) , more shots, more cooking....not pumping I have always filled mine a shore, but I am careful not to stir it up. I just bring a spar element and the tablet in the first aide kit in a pinch, dont need the fever on top of something else No drinky out of the river, dont need another horn Riverside, that is years gone for me


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