When obtaining water that’s not from the tap or bottled, people naturally become weary of bacteria and pathogens. The Sawyer Mini is rated to 0.1 micron absolute, weighs only 2 ounces and filters up to 100,000 gallons! The BEST personal water filtration system on the market today! I had a chance to test it out on my last camping trip. Camped near a stream and filtered my water using the Sawyer Mini. Check out the video below for more information:
Sawyer Mini Water Filtration System
Perfect EDC water filter for hiking. So first off, let me say I ordered this with my Prime account, and it comes with free 2-day shipping…it got here in 1 day. I immediately took it out in the backcountry for a day hike with the dog to give it a try/test in the field.We made it to a nice frozen shoulder of the Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula, MT. The temp was below freezing, i’de say 30F, or somewhere around there. I chipped through an ice shelf on the creek and dunked the bag into the ice cold water. Filling it was easy but I can see some wishing it came with a bigger bag because it doesn’t look like much when the bag is filled. I will probably use a clear Platypus bag I have in the future, and carry the included Sawyer Squeeze Bag as a backup.Anyway, I screwed the filter onto the bag, tipped it upside down and water came out with a very effortless squeeze. After I got done laughing about how simple this was, I gave Yoshi a drink as well (my English Bulldog). He also took to it well, as he’s a…
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Sawyer Products SP 128 Mini Water Filtration System, A great asset to the backpacker In general, the water filter works wonderfully. Specifically there are a couple of limitations built in to the product. First, it isn’t really gravity fed, the filter is fed by pressure provided by squeezing the container holding the pre-filtered water. I’ll admit that the pressure doesn’t have to be much to provide a steady stream of water. I suspect that the problems people have with the bag is that they try to force the water through the filter too quickly and tear the bag.One of the built in problems is that the container which has the unfiltered water in it and on it is above the filter and the container that will hold the filtered water. One would want to wipe the unfiltered water container of most of the water on its exterior to keep the filtered water container as clean as possible.I bought the filter with a sixteen ounce bag for the dirty water. Using the filter convinces me that the 16 ounce bag is too small. The bag isn’t…