[pct-l] Sawyer inline filter

[William Canavan]

Chris you are exactly right.  I only carried the one cup and ate most of my
food cold and used the cup to measure filtered water.  It's a lot harder to
estimate a measure of water when dumping from one of the Sawyer bags into a
dehydrated meal pouch.  On the AT I used a hiker-pro filter pump and could
suck up standing water.  I didn't even think about that until the first
time I tried to use the Sawyer in SoCal.  I practiced with the Sawyer at
home but filled it from the kitchen tap and didn't even think about
standing water.  Next time I'll have it figured out!

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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:48:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Anderson <srhspaded at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] inline Sawyer Filter
To: David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>,      "pct-l at backcountry.net"
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I think he is worried about contaminating a cup he uses on things other
than boiled water, i.e. the cup measuring cold water to pour into a cold
rehydrated breakfast... if your worried about that level of cross
contamination, why not just plan ahead...you could easily get a water
bottle at any resupply place and cut off all but what you need to dip into
water sources, its easily found, cut down it weighs maybe a few grams, and
can be replaced easily... or even use a sandwich/ziplock baggy to collect
the water (although slower)...or better yet, next time you boil water pour
it into the cup to sterilize
?