Awesomely easy and effective water filter

[krisjon]

Care of Tracker Dan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0CK-zfhkk#t=176

[X-man2112]

Great video everybody should be viewing this.

[RUSKI]

Good stuff.

[SeriousStudent]

That is useful knowledge. And like they say, knowledge trumps gear.

Thanks for the post.

[dogfoot]

Warning:
I treat surface water for a living.
This is a great idea for suspended turbidity/particle removal but does nonething for disinfection.
Texas uses chlorine, chlorine dioxide or ozone as primary disenfectant. You have to kill the bugs: giaridia / viruses.
To be totally safe, use plane Jane bleach or boil and you are good to go after the filtering.
Or spend the money and get a good water filter that gets the bugs out.
I have used a Katadyn in boondocks for years and have never got sick. Money well spent.

be safe
Dog

[markm]

War

I have used a Katadyn in boondocks for years and have never got sick. Money well spent.

I have that Katadyn Pocket Filter. Built like a tank. I've never had the chance to use it though.

[ra2bach]

nice idea but you're not going to filter out the creepy crawlies with that, though there is some good discussion on which is worse - bad water or dehydration. not all water you find in the wild is bad, it's just a very wise thing to treat is as so.

in a true survival situation where you're confident of your return to civilization in a couple days, you're probably better off dealing with the immediate hydration issues, and dealing with the medical ones at home.

someone just posted a way to make butterfly sutures out of duct tape on a private hunting forum I frequent. my response was, "if I can carry duct tape, I can carry proper first aid gear". same thing here - for $20 I can throw a Sawyer mini in a pocket and be sure I'm not gonna get sick. but if I got nothing and I'm dying of thirst, I'm going face down in the first puddle I come to...

[Turnkey11]

someone just posted a way to make butterfly sutures out of duct tape on a private hunting forum I frequent. my response was, "if I can carry duct tape, I can carry proper first aid gear". same thing here - for $20 I can throw a Sawyer mini in a pocket and be sure I'm not gonna get sick. but if I got nothing and I'm dying of thirst, I'm going face down in the first puddle I come to...

Everyone in my house carries their own when we go into the woods, sawyer minis are awesome.

[turnburglar]

Iv run my Sawyer mini for 2 years now, and can't imagine a better filter system. Great for re-using empty water bottles.

[FLC Knives]

The Life Straw is nice as well.
I picked mine up for $20.