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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 21:10:39 GMT -8
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Post by johntpenca on Aug 20, 2016 21:27:00 GMT -8
Interesting. What technology are they using for chemical, pesticide and fertilizer removal? Is this a disposable filer?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 5:04:03 GMT -8
Interesting. What technology are they using for chemical, pesticide and fertilizer removal? Is this a disposable filer? I do not know. |
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Post by Westy on Aug 21, 2016 8:27:17 GMT -8
Sawyer plans to release a new foam filter that augments the Sawyer Mini and Sawyer Point One filters. A week or so ago my daughter and I did a quick 4-day trip in the San Juan Mountains, CO for a difficult summit. For this short term outing we decided to go lighter and brought along the Sawyer Squeeze (3.0 oz.) versus our usual Katadyn Hiker Pro (11.0 oz.). As a result the Sawyer Squeeze has been placed on our "never again" gear list. There are several reasons with the most prominent being time. The Sawyer Squeeze has a much greater fiddle factor and takes five to six times as long to set-up, squeeze and fill the water containers, not to mention the expended energy performing the squeeze and balancing the system, compounded by the dipsy- doodle maneuver required to fill the squeeze pouch. It's kind of like Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The primary design is the 1909 V-Twin. H-D has spent the last 107 years trying to minimize vibration. Vibration is inherent to the design. No matter what Sawyer does to augment their basic design, it's still a time consuming fiddle factor process for hikers on the go. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2016 17:36:29 GMT -8
I know how you feel. I felt the same way the first couple of times I used the Sawyer. My go-to filter for years has been a MSR Sweetwater pump, but I tried the Sawyer and at first hated it. Then started playing around with it. I got a smartwater bottle and cut the bottom off of it. I use that as a scoop to gather my water, and easily pour it into the sawyer Squeeze bag. I connect the filter to my bladder hose and fill the bladder while it is still in the pack. The setup is lighter than my Sweetwater, but definitely more 'fiddly", and a bit more time consuming. And I really don't like having to dip my hands in water in cold weather. The only really redeeming factor as far as I am concerned with my setup, is I can fill a couple of bags with water, and use the Sawyer as a gravity filter while setting up camp.
Still a bit ambivalent about the whole setup though.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Aug 27, 2016 0:18:39 GMT -8
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