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Tried that, but my leg kept getting in the way.
Hose and coffee filters are something I need to try.
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Tried that, but my leg kept getting in the way.
Hose and coffee filters are something I need to try.
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Question, if I were to use the Miox, what's the best prefilter? Bandana, coffee filter?
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Maybe one of those reusable coffe filters: MSR MugMate Coffee/Tea Filter or GSI Outdoors H2jO! Coffee Filter
The GSI product fits right into a Nalgene bottle and can be closed by the normal cap. I like items that can be used for multiple things so use the H2jO! first to get the water prefiltered, use some of the MIOXed water to clean it and get some nice coffee afterwards
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It is cheap
The price is by no means any reflection of performance in my opinion though. In the times that I've used it with really dirty water the only crappy effect is the reduced flow rate, making the filtration a much slower process.
I don't like drinking directly from it, but use it to squeeze water into another bottle or bottles.
My sister and I were looking at the Steri-pen at a local backpackng store. The guy asked us where we planned on using it. We told him we were going backpacking in Glacies National Park this summer.
He told us the pen would work fine for up there because they have clear water. He told us that if we were to use it around here or someplace else that had water with sediment in it we would need to use a filter device or the pen would not work so well due to things hiding behind sediment particles.
I asked him if he was just trying to sell two things. He got kind of offended and told me he doesn't work on commision and just wants people to be safe when they are out. I told him I meant no offense by it and then he offered me a 20% military discount.
I will have to agree with some of the others. It seems ike two ways to filter or purify seem like the way to go.
mlrs
He told us the pen would work fine for up there because they have clear water. He told us that if we were to use it around here or someplace else that had water with sediment in it we would need to use a filter device or the pen would not work so well due to things hiding behind sediment particles.
I asked him if he was just trying to sell two things. He got kind of offended and told me he doesn't work on commision and just wants people to be safe when they are out. I told him I meant no offense by it and then he offered me a 20% military discount.
I will have to agree with some of the others. It seems ike two ways to filter or purify seem like the way to go.
mlrs
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A lot of sediment rich water only takes about 10 minutes to settle, surely then you could just decant the water into something else without disturbing the sediment, then use the steripen?
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I've just never been sold on the SteriPen yet. Seems like you almost need some type of a meter to judge clearness before use know if it's good to go. I've heard a lot of people say "I've used it and never gotten sick" but that doesn't mean anything since your immune system and a lot of other things play into that.
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Yep, those words sound like the famous last variety to me!
I am sure you could do that. My question about it tho is this, By the time you wait for it to settle couldn't you have already filtered it and used the pen?
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Yep, I dare say you could
I'm always happy to sit around doing nothing for ten minutes though 
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We trashed that one in less than a gallon in the Amazon.
Looks like you have tried them all.. and only the Vario survived/worked-well in all your expedition?
I spent months researching before buying the Katadyn Pocket. The cleanable ceramic filter is good up to 13,000 gallons, filters out about every known critter to exist in water, only ways 20oz and is warrantied for 20 years. This is the Cadillac of filters as far as I'm concerned.
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Just needed to quote your post number 9,999
Maybe the black water in the Amazon is some kind of the hardest stuff to get a filter through
Sounds like a business opportunity there...