[pct-l] Fwd: Camlbak All Clear

[Dan C. aka Thumper]

Tim,

The beauty of the Sawyer is that you don't need to squeeze / filter immediately.  Just collect the water and continue hiking.  You can filter on-demand. Develop a strategy to suit your needs and configure your hydration system(s) accordingly.

Thumper aka dofdear

---- Tim Umstead <tumstead96 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Actual I have used the Sawyer for several years; squeezing from both with
> the bladders and plastic water bottles.  I have also put one inline and
> just sucked through it.  My root problem is that I hike with my wife and
> two kids.  Each person carries 2L of water.  Do you realize how time
> consuming and tiring it is to squeeze 8L of water every time you have to
> fill up?  I'm looking at getting four Sawyer Mini's, but I just saw the
> Camlbak All Clear and I was wondering how well it works.  I do not like the
> SteriPen; from past experience.
> 
> I saw thinking of tossing the bottle and just using the top.  As long as it
> shines into a wide mouthed bottle for 60 sec. it will work.  It also
> recharges from USB which means that my external battery I take, for
> changing cameras and cell phones, will work here also.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Dan C. aka Thumper <dofdear at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > The Mini and Squeeze filters are the same thread as a standard
> > soda/smartwater bottle.  If you designate a 1/1.5/2 liter bottle as dirty,
> > then fill and squeeze into your clean receptacle.  You can even use a
> > Sawyer adapter on the output side to go directly into your Platy/Camelbak
> > bladder/reservoir hose.  As I said, there are several options, and without
> > the Sawyer squeeze bags.
> >
> > Thumper aka dofdear
> >
> > ---- Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Used the Sawyer on both the CDT and AT after struggling with steri pens
> > on
> > > the PCT that broke down or simply used batteries faster than I could keep
> > > them coming in my resupply.  The only drawback of the Sawyer is the
> > > weakness of their bags.  Used as a squeeze filter, I went through 5 of
> > them
> > > on the CDT.  They simply broke.  I was obviously too rough on them.  The
> > > threads are not exactly the same as a Platypus bag, which is much
> > tougher,
> > > although some folks can finesse the two so as not to leak by using a hose
> > > washer in the Sawyer, I could never get them leak free.
> > >
> > > Then I hiked with Yoshihiro Murakami in the Winds and Glacier in 2013 and
> > > he had rigged his Sawyer as a gravity feed.  It's simply done by cutting
> > > the hose of a Platypus hydration system bag (
> > >
> > http://www.amazon.com/Platypus-Hoser-Hands-Free-Hydration-System/dp/B001KZGYMW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420488514&sr=8-2&keywords=platypus+water+bags
> > > ) leaving about 4 inches of tube coming out of the bag.  Connect the
> > Sawyer
> > > mini filter onto the stub of tubing and then connect the longer section
> > of
> > > tubing onto the outflow of the Sawyer, cut off the mouth bit and voila! a
> > > gravity feed that is cheaper and lighter than the one that Platypus sells
> > > and easier to use than the Sawyer squeeze.  A hybrid that works.  Also,
> > > because it is also softer on the filter than I when I used to squeeze
> > down
> > > on the bag by hand, that any particulates in the water aren't forced too
> > > deeply into the filter and are easier to back flush out of the system
> > > during cleaning.  I used this system on the AT this past summer and love
> > > it.  Simply fill and hang the bag and step back.  The rest of the work is
> > > done by gravity.
> > >
> > > Shroomer
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Dan C. aka Thumper <dofdear at cox.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tim,
> > > >
> > > > As an alternative to UV consider the Sawyer Mini filter.  Costs and
> > weighs
> > > > less.  No wait time. No batteries.  Probably more reliable.  Easily
> > > > adaptable to many hydration configurations and strategies.  Check out:
> > > >
> > > > http://sawyer.com/products/sawyer-mini-filter/
> > > >
> > > > and the alternative Sawyer Squeeze:
> > > >
> > > > http://sawyer.com/products/sawyer-squeeze-filter-system-sp131/
> > > >
> > > > Thumper aka dofdear
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tim Umstead wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone had experience with the Camlbak All Clear?  I have had
> > multiple
> > > > SteriPen and all of them have failed, before I left the house.  I'm
> > looking
> > > > for something else.
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