Grayl Ultralight water filter versus Sawyer Squeeze
Apr 4, 2011 · The Grayl Ultralight is cheaper, if I buy two spare filter cartridges with it, compared to three Sawyer Squeeze water filters. These spare filter cartridges serve to replace any clogged or frozen filters in the Grayl Ultralight. I can dry the Grayl Ultralight's filter cartridge after use, which is very nice. Then it can't freeze or get moldy, etc.
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Sep 10, 2020 · This means that I could easily swap out the thin, weak-walled Sawyer branded water bags for a stronger and larger Platypus brand bladder/bottle because it had the same thread pitch. Well, I lost my old Platypus bag that I got years ago and was very disappointed with my new one because they went and changed the thread pitch of the lid.
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Jul 18, 2017 · Visibility was less than two feet with a 1,000 lumen flashlight (four feet away) to give you an idea of how dark the river water was. We used our sawyer filters to filter the water but the tannin's in the water were not fully filtered as the "filtered" water was still about the color of a Dr. Pepper drink that had been heavily diluted with ...
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Jun 27, 2019 · Even with the filter up near the dirty water bag and the hose below it provides suction instead of pressure and works the same either way. Doesn’t seem to matter where the filter is with such a small diameter hose as long as there’s a bit of drop in the system. With that length hose it’ll filter a 1/2 gal. In five minutes or so.
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Apr 1, 2014 · I like the idea of these filters, BUT, my main complaint about these is .theres no carbon block in the filter , thus the filter wont remove chemicals from the water you plan on drinking.(i.e. pesticides and ferts from farmer field run off). something to think about..i for one don't want to be drinking chemicals in my water.. just because filter says it removes micro's crypto …
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Aug 22, 2022 · At one time I carried a hiker pro and then switched to the Sawyer Squeeze, but the thought of having to dry out the filter and that maybe mold or some other contaminate might taint the filter if I didn't do it right or dry it long enough bothered me enough that I started carrying enough water for a days outing in a water bottle and storing the ...
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Nov 1, 2017 · Hey everybody! Typically I use a Sawyer or Sawyer mini and have no complaints (or parasites that I know of) while using these. I have also used, and am a huge fan of polar pure water purification. I will be travelling quite a bit overseas if I …
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Oct 12, 2021 · He was using a 2 liter gravity bag to push water through but it would only come out as a trickle. We were able to fix it by flushing some clean water through it (clean water was procured from my filter, then transferred to the bag). After flushing about 3-4 clean liters of water through, the Sawyer Squeeze was back to filtering as it normally ...
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Oct 6, 2024 · The sawyer does not filter viruses. In really bad water situations I have boiled and filtered. You live in a hot environment with lots of people from around the world, if they say boil I probably would unless I was positive I had a semi clean water source.
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Jul 23, 2021 · What Does Berkey Water Filter Remove? Scientifically tested and proven, Berkey Water Filter have microfilaments that can filter sediments and remove turbidity that is caused by chemicals and disease-causing microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. Berkey Water Filters can remove . Fluoride - Removed to greater than 99.9%.