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Water Purification in Winter
If you plan on drinking water from natural sources or melt it from snow in winter, you still need to filter or purify it before drinking it. If you've read someplace that you don't need to purify water from melted snow, you are mistaken. The...
Aquaguard Eliminator Inline Purifier
I had almost given up hope of ever finding an ultralight inline purifier for my hydration system. I knew they existed in military circles because I have a friend who works at the US Military Testing Center in Natick, Massachusetts, but I could ...
Water Purifier Preview: The Travel Tap
I really enjoy having so many backpacking and blogging friends in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. Especially, when it comes to staying abreast of the latest innovations in lightweight backpacking and hill walking gear and techniques...
First Need Water Purifier Upgrade
This past year, General Ecology, makers of the First Need Water Purifier system, changed their water purifier cartridges. The old cartridge model was called a First Need Deluxe (left) and the new one is called the First Need XL (right, in photo.) As ...
Ultralight Gravity-based Water Filter Tests
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve been testing a gravity-based ultralight water filter system developed by Jason Klass that is based on the Aqua Mira Frontier Pro water filter. I learned about it from my friend Brian’s blog. I tire...
