I spent $80 on a water filter for a five day hike in the Sierra Nevada

The filter broke on day two and I had to boil everything, which took forever. I'm still mad about carrying that extra weight for nothing. What's a filter you've used that actually held up on a long trip?

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4 Comments

rowanw912mo ago

Sawyer Squeeze... never failed me.

drews556d ago

WAIT a second. Did you just say you dropped a BeFree flask on a rock and it got a puncture? I've used those things for years and put them through hell. I've jammed one in my pack with a multitool, sat on it by accident, dropped it down a scree slope. Never had one spring a leak like that. That must have been a bad batch or a real sharp rock because mine are tougher than a cheap tarp. I'm honestly kind of blown away that happened.

evan_campbell92mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst feeling. I've had good luck with the Katadyn BeFree, used it for a week straight on the JMT and it just kept going. The soft flask is way easier to fill than those hard plastic ones.

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blairm772mo ago

Last summer I tried the BeFree like evan_campbell9 mentioned on a three day trip and the flow was great until I dropped the flask right on a sharp rock. Got a tiny puncture that turned into a slow leak, which was a real bummer. Ended up having to use my backup iodine tablets for the last day, and everything tasted like a swimming pool. Still, filling it from a shallow stream was way less of a hassle than my old bottle.