Small & Lightweight: Weighing only 2 ounces, you won’t even feel the weight of it in your bag. Being only 14x4cm in size, it fits into the palm of your hand. Underneath the travel water filter is a rubber ring attached which prevents leaks as well as damage to the plastic when it’s screwed onto a bottle or the pouch. However, screwing the filter onto anything too tightly will cause leakage.

It’s durable and may be the only travel filter you’ll ever need. Sawyer claims the filter has a lifetime of “up to 100,000 gallons” (around 450,000 litres), although actual lifespan will of course depend on factors such how dirty the source water is you’re filtering. Now I spend a fair amount of time outdoors, but I can’t imagine getting anywhere near that limit for many, many years! A water filter can be useful for any hiking trip. Photo: Peter Moller Pedersen. When will you need a water filter when travelling? This won’t help with overall taste, but will help get sediment and other bits of out your water before you drink it. The MINI's lightweight design and tiny dimensions allow it to fold up into its own portable mylar pouch, taking up minimal room in your luggage and weighing you down. KIT INCLUDES Sawyer has a solid reputation and will replace filters that don’t work. However, don’t let the filter feeze, as it will void the warranty.

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The Sawyer Mini is a revolution in water filtration. It is tiny, very portable, works with the included flask or your standard disposable water bottle, and lasts for 100,000 gallons. Used on day hikes, thru-hikes, or any other kind of hikes, the Sawyer Mini is the little filter that just keeps going. It beats carrying big filters or bottles of water on those hiking or camping trips. Compared to other brands, this one has a lot more versatility to it. It’s a reasonable price for a travel water filter because it’s going to last so many years since it can filter up to 100,000 gallons of water. Its slogan, ‘a lifetime of water’, is true in this case. One annoying thing about the Sawyer Mini is that is has a very slow flow rate of 1 liter per 5.5 minutes. I personally don’t mind this so much. I kind of enjoy filtering the water each morning as I cook our camp breakfast.

Many germs are filtered out which can make us seriously ill. It’s ideal for many situations such as: Absolute Micron Filter Technology: A cluster of micro-fibrous tubes lives within the filter which is rated to 0.1 micron meaning no hole is larger than this size. This enables a high water flow rate which reduces the risk of drinking contaminated water as it’s harder for bacteria to get through.Sometimes it happens because there’s a stomach bug going around. Sometimes it happens when chowing down on questionable street food late at night with a belly full of booze. And sometimes it happens a couple days after you decided to drink straight from that perfectly clean-looking stream. Little did you know there was a moose just upstream dropping The Browns off at the Super Bowl. This last scenario is the one for which I have an extremely effective preventative solution to offer. They call it a water filter. At Sytner MINI we love everything to do with MINI, almost as much as we love our customers! We have state-of-the-art centres all bursting at the seams with both brand New and Approved Used MINIs. We also provide a huge range of MINI Aftersales services to keep your pride and joy running like a dream. The Sawyer Mini water Filtration System proves to be one of the lightest and smallest portable water filters around. It’s ideal for outdoor activities, travel to countries with questionable water or just home use. As each micron is 0.1 in size, a high percentage of bacteria, protozoa and cysts will not be able to pass through. 99.9999% to be precise. Our chances of catching illnesses such as E.Coli, cryptosporidium and salmonella are greatly reduced. The straw is little small for the nozzle and I had to push it hard for it fit in. However, it did loosen quite often so it fell out in the container I was drinking from.

Physically squeeze water through the filter, or slurp it through a straw. Squeezing it is faster and easier. Can also go inline for a bladder setup or rigged as a gravity filter. Details on these methods in our Guide. Cleaning: By using the syringe to clean the Sawyer water filter, this ensures a more thorough clean as water is forcefully pushed through the filter. LifeStraw filter’s cleaning method is just blowing into the mouthpiece which may not be strong enough from some people. Holdalls Holdall bags are ideal for short trips and weekend getaways, as well as the gym and daily activities. Here are the best holdall bags for casual and formal travel. Easy to attach the filter to a bottle, use the pouch provided, or drink straight from a stream with the straw. Versatility at its core.Toiletry Bags Brushing teeth, make-up and grooming, all things one must do frequently. The best toiletry bags will store your toiletries so you can easily access them every morning and night. We have MINI Centres based in Cardiff, Chigwell, Coventry, Harold Wood, High Wycombe, Leicester, Luton, Newport, Nottingham, Oldbury, Sheffield, Slough, Solihull, Stevenage, Sunningdale, Swansea, Tamworth and Tring – so there really is no excuse for not visiting us! A good water filter will provide us with safer water to drink from taps at home but a travel filter will provide us with drinkable water from a number of sources including mountain water, muddy puddles, lakes or streams.