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Re: [pct-l] Not about guns
- Subject: Re: [pct-l] Not about guns
- From: "Gerald W. Bawden" <bawden@jade.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:45:42 -0800
>The way I read the advertisements regarding the Pur Hiker, it looks like
>you would be ingesting iodine every time you used it. Did I read this
>right? That was the primary reason I bought the Sweetwater Walkabout.
>Has anyone heard bad reports about this filter?
>
I used a Sweetwater filter on the Tahoe-Yosemite trail (south bound-1994)
and had the piston break 1/2 way through the trip--an unrecoverable break.
Every PCT group that we ran into that had a Sweetwater had problems that
year. When I returned the filter to Marmot Mtn., I was #49 out of 50 to
return them that summer. I've heard that they have strengthened some of
the stress points..? I've been very happy with the Pur Hiker -- no iodine
taste.
Cheers,
Gerald
JMT- 1996
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