[pct-l] Sawyer water filter

[Hollywood]

Re. Sawyer Squeeze:  Has anyone used the squeeze bags to carry water over
distance?   I wonder how risky this would be?  Am trying to save weight and
realize if they could be used this way safely, that could lessen the need
for other bottles.


Yes, I have, with consistently leaky results.  These fail at the top close
to the cap so when you compress them (even a little) in the pack they are
likely to spring leaks.  I would very much not recommend doing this.

2x1 liter bottles, 1x2 liter platypus, and a 4 liter platypus water tank
(which hooks up to the sawyer and can be carried outside the pack when
needed) were enough water capacity for me.  That might be a bit heavy but
for something so important how much do you really need to cut?  You might
save an ounce if you switched all that capacity to sawyer bags.


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:46 PM, <surferskir at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Great idea!  Water and help the environment, too.
> At 3.3 pounds each the empty bottle itself weighs almost zilch.
>
> --Dennis--
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> To: PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 8:24 pm
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Sawyer water filter
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:
> > Maybe some of the alternative bags would work better for that.
>
> I always thought the really thin 1.5l bottles that they sell in
> convenience stores were best. Buy some before long dry sections, drop
> them off for recycling when you are past those sections.
>
> and they best part, they come with water already in them.....
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