[pct-l] Water Filters

[David Ellzey]

We too carried a filter and Aqua Mira in SoCal then switched to Auqa Mira only through the Sierras. Because we hiked as a couple it made sense for us to use the Platypus Clean Stream that Patti wrote about. 

We left the border with my old pump filter but switched to the gravity filter at Scissors Crossings. I even got to try out Patti's new Katadyn Hiker Pro at the Sunrise Trail tank but decided one pump it too slow and 2 pumps too heavy. The Clean Stream filters really fast and we use the filter bags as extra water storage for the longer dry sections.

We keep Aqua Mira on hand (1) in case the water looks too skanky to trust even after filtering or (2) we need to sterilize the filter bags in the field.

BigToe

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Gary Wright
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 6:38 AM
To: Michael Peterson
Cc: PCT Email List PCT List
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Filters


On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Michael Peterson wrote:

> What's the wisdom from the trail regarding water filters?

I carried a filter and aqua mira until Kennedy Meadows and
then just aqua mira after that.  I often didn't treat if
the water was coming from springs. 

Gary Wright (Radar)


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