[pct-l] Sawyer water filter

[Scott Williams]

I went through 5 Sawyer bags last year on the CDT and tried to use them at
times just as you are suggesting.  I went back to soda bottles for my day
to day water carrying however as they don't weigh much more, but will stand
up to terrific tough usage.  The Sawyer bags just broke and punctured too
easily for me.  Some folks I hiked with  were more careful than me and
maybe didn't squeeze the bags as hard and only went through 2 on the same
hike.  In a pinch I did use them for the few stretches where I needed extra
capacity, but I was always a bit trepidatious due to having had so many
failures.

All that being said, I think it's a good system and will use it again.  I
have heard that this year's bottles have been upgraded and made stronger.
 I don't know if that is true or not.  If they have, it will be a great
system.  Maybe someone will chime in.

Shroomer


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Hollywood <100marathonsorg at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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