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[pct-l] water filters
- Subject: [pct-l] water filters
- From: mardav@xxxxxxxxxxx (Marion Davison)
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:25:37 -0800
When I do filter water, which is rarely in the Sierra Nevadas and
generally everywhere else, I use the cheapest lightest filter there is.
It is sold in cheaper sporting goods stores, weighs 5 oz and costs under
$30. It may be called a Coghlan's or a Timberline. It is a white
plastic pump and a white filter cannister with some hose attachments. I
wrap the filter cannister with 1/4 inch foam secured with rubber bands
to keep the bigger particles out. This filter easily gets me through a
year's hiking without clogging, used only when I have to filter lake
water or stagnant spring trickles or any stream outside the High
Sierra. I have seen replacement filters sold at Red's Meadow and
Tuolumne and other trail-close locations.
llamalady