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You'll want to filter as you use it. Only safe way to do it.OK in the other thread,I forgot to add this in the tittle some how.
Do you filter as you use the water or is there some filter that you can put on a barrel to filter the water as it runs into the barrel?
Thanks
Mike
I have multiple of these! the wife and I went on a camping trip in kayaks with a 1 person raft with everything for 3 days for the 3 of us on the Willamette. we drank Willamette river water for three days just before the blue mold outbreak. no ill effects whatsoever!!! Great filters!!!Sawyer Mini. $20 purchased local.
Something about 100,000 gallons and it's flushable in its simplistic design made me go that route.
It requires back flushing about every other day, but it is a quick process. No dis-assembly required. like use for filtering, but in reverse. The nice thing is compared to other filter choices, it is less expensive, less labor intensive and lighter and less bulk than other filters on the market. the end result is just as good, if not better.How does that sawyer mini hold up to slightly turbid water?
I used an inline filter on my camelback ages ago on a thru-hike of the John Muir trail, and it became very very difficult to use. Had to clean it (back flush/disassemble scrub the element) near daily. Made me give up on in lines.
Switched to a Katadyn pump type for other trips and it worked excellent. However in similar water to the JMT (reasonably clear, yet high silt) in Xinjiang/Tibet it did require extra maintenance.
It requires back flushing about every other day, but it is a quick process. No dis-assembly required. like use for filtering, but in reverse. The nice thing is compared to other filter choices, it is less expensive, less labor intensive and lighter and less bulk than other filters on the market. the end result is just as good, if not better.
Lifestreamwater can set you up with anything you can dream up. Simple to complicated. Custom to your individual needs. We have a truck mounted unit they custom made for us. Should be easy to put something on a rain barrel.OK in the other thread,I forgot to add this in the tittle some how.
Do you filter as you use the water or is there some filter that you can put on a barrel to filter the water as it runs into the barrel?
Thanks
Mike
I have yet to backflush my sawyer. It all depends on the sediment in the water you are filtering. You would almost have to be craping the bottom of the river to have to backflush it every other day.It requires back flushing about every other day, but it is a quick process.
Good to hear, we did ours after a couple of days and then at the end of the trip, just to see what kind of difference it made. the first flush made a noticable difference in how quickly it filtered the water, but the second time was it wasent as dirty, nor was there a big difference in the flow after.I have yet to backflush my sawyer. It all depends on the sediment in the water you are filtering. You would almost have to be craping the bottom of the river to have to backflush it every other day.
Plus 1 for the life straws..very impressed with those things. We bought some for the bagI was impressed with the "family" version of the Life Straw. Given the scoop design, it's nice if you're on the go. I'm not sure it'd be very convenient for filtering a barrel, though.
LifeStraw Family - LifeStraw (http://lifestraw.com/products/lifestraw-family/)
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