[pct-l] Sawyer mini water filter

[Judson Brown]

Gotta agree with Tartan. At first, I was like, "Sweet! It's so light and
compact." But between bag issues and the ever-slowing filter, I began to
dread filtering water. I'm back to a pump. It weighs more, but it's
dependable and fast.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Brian Watt <bwatt at 1fifoto.com> wrote:

> Brian,
> Not to be a downer, but...
> I started with the Sawyer mini and 16 oz. squeeze bottle [and syringe].
> After a while (even with backflushing) it was taking 6-7 minutes to filter
> 0.7L into a SmartWater bottle. Also the squeeze bottles tend to split open
> near the top after about 400 miles of use and I was ever so careful with
> it. After two squeeze bags failed I switched to a 1L Pepsi/Desani plastic
> bottle in Belden (dug through the Braaten's garbage and pulled it out). I
> really liked the rigid bottle much more than the squeeze bottle. By the
> time I got to Sisters I was dreading using the mini, and was more and more
> just drinking directly from sources (water roulette). In Timberline I got a
> regular size Sawyer Squeeze sent from home, and a new 1L Desani plastic
> bottle, which was great and I used that combo for the rest of the trail. If
> I had to do it over again, I'd get a regular size Sawyer Squeeze filter
> (accept the additional weight), toss the squeeze bottle, and use a 1L
> plastic bottle as my dirty bottle.
> Sincerely, Tartan PCT 2014
> P.S. I'm a guzzler so I like to just drink and gulp water, especially
> mixed with Crystal Light Lemonade - Yum!, so using the filter inline was
> not an option for me.
>
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