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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8119 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: I can't say enough.... Reply #10 - Oct 14^th, 2014 at 2:37pm	Quote Print Post
	kypaddler wrote on Oct 14^th, 2014 at 2:16pm: Does anybody use tablets? -- kypaddler I did/do carry some of these. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) But I try to avoid chemicals as much as possible especially in things I consume. I like my McGyver Sawyer mini-filter set-up with the collapsible Naglene water canteens. I also carry one of these for times I run out of water in areas that you wouldn't want to risk drinking from the lake. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) So between the homemade gravity filter, tablets and this and of course boiling, I have the water "issue" pretty well covered. I also still drink from the lakes when I feel it's prudent to do so and so far have never had a problem, knock on wood.


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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: I can't say enough.... Reply #11 - Oct 14^th, 2014 at 3:59pm	Quote Print Post
	nctry_Ben wrote on Oct 14^th, 2014 at 2:12am: I love my Gravity Filter. It started out being a MSR, but because of availability I ended up with a Sawyer filter i used the MSR 4L gravity this year first time and it was a home run. platypus looks like a real nice product though. made in usa too.


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BillConner Inukshuk Offline Posts: 665 Location: Thousand Islands Joined: Apr 12^th, 2010	Re: I can't say enough.... Reply #12 - Oct 15^th, 2014 at 9:12am	Quote Print Post
	Re: Katahdyn pump - I thought for long time pump was fine but broken handle, not body of hiker pro is leaking at parting line - I had heard so many good things about gravity I went for it and am glad. Good change for me. Re: tablets - backpacking. The Micropur by - interestingly - Katahdyn, at Philmont and been thinking about them for canoeing. Compared to last time - like 50 years when a Scout - these were great. No taste what so ever. Easy, but does take 30 minutes.


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HighnDry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1056 Location: Minneapolis Joined: Apr 29^th, 2013	Re: I can't say enough.... Reply #13 - Oct 21^st, 2014 at 12:52am	Quote Print Post
	For what it's worth, I use an MSR microfiliter only because I couldn't afford the platypus at the time. My system works great albeit with the limitations already noted (time to filter, backflushing, etc.). It's a much better system than the hand pumping which has been mothballed in my downstairs camping storage area The platypus is definitely the cadillac of water systems but that's just my opinion. Iodine tablets used to a method of choice but had to move away from iodine-treated water. Chlorine tablets are handy but can be expensive if you filter a lot of water, especially over a 5 to 10 days of a trip (depending on length). I even used to backpack a small nalgene of bleach and an eyedropper more years ago than I care to admit That had too much of a potential for disaster inside my pack too! Thumbs up to current technology on this one.


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Gavia Inukshuk Offline Posts: 165 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2011	Re: I can't say enough.... Reply #14 - Nov 8^th, 2014 at 2:21am	Quote Print Post
	I've been using the Platypus system since my first BW trip in 2008. I'm on my second filter. I knew the first one was about done when backflushing failed to restore the 6-8 min/gal filtration rate. Bill Connor, you might want to run some bleach through the filter before putting it away. And don't let the filter freeze. (According to the instructions.)


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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: I can't say enough.... Reply #15 - Nov 24^th, 2014 at 2:41am	Quote Print Post
	I use a solar powered water filter. The UV rays from the sun sterilize the top layer of water. If in doubt, I'll use pills.


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