High performance filter fits in the palm of your hand, weighs 2 ounces and filters up to 100,000 gallons (30 times more than comparable filters) A sleek and durable design with a ton of versatility and fast flow rate, offered at a more affordable price Durable bag, fast flow rate, leakproof storage, easy to maintain, long filter life, versatile design Some come with "clean water" vessels like the MSR Trail Base and Platypus GravityWorks while others like the Katadyn Gravity BeFree 6L and MSR AutoFlow have a simple hose running from the bag to a storage vessel of your choice. All adapt nicely with a hydration bladder and can be filtered into a bottle if needed. Hand Pumps Simply fill up the included reusable pouch at any water source, screw the filter onto the pouch, and drink directly from the filter or squeeze water into a water bottle.

Our most popular filter just got smaller and lighter. The Sawyer MINI Water Filter is rated to 0.1 micron absolute, weighs only 2 ounces, and filters up to 100,000 gallons! This award winningsystem is reliable and easy to use. Every Sawyer product you buy contributes to our common humanity, bringing Sawyer water filtration systems to people in need all around the world. Over the past 10 years we’ve teamed up with over 140 charities in 80 countries to provide long-term sustainable relief domestically, internationally, and in disaster situations. Together, we’re saving millions of lives.

Cleanable and reusable filter; Removes 99.99999% of all bacteria, such as salmonella, cholera and E.coli; removes 99.9999% of all protozoa, such as giardia and cryptosporidium, and 100% of microplastics. Great for outdoor recreation, hiking, camping, scouting, domestic and international travel, and emergency preparedness, the Sawyer MINI gives you a number of ways to access clean water. The Sawyer TAP Water Filter is a great choice for relief agencies or support groups traveling to areas where the water source is compromised or in question, or when you need ultra-pure particle and bacteria filtration. It's also great for use at campgrounds, festivals, events, in RVs, and for domestic and international travel. Chemicals, electricity, and batteries are not required. Excellent design and quality, durable and lightweight, versatile filtration options, extended filter life

Great for use in urban and rural locations, during boil alerts or in other emergencies when safe drinking water is compromised, the lightweight TAP Water Filter from Sawyer ensures access to clean drinking water. It's an ideal component to add to your emergency preparedness kit for use during natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, fires, and earthquakes. Simply attach the filter to a standard faucet tap or to a hose bib spigot, turn on the water, and filter into your clean container. Most hikers force water through the Squeeze by pressing against the sides of the attached container. The advantage of this method is that it is much faster than gravity filtration. Bag leakage or breakage is a common problem with the Squeeze system (think of the pressure you are putting on the bag when you squeeze it), so some hikers opt to use a strong, disposable water bottle as the squeeze container. The SmartWater bottle’s threads match the Squeeze and you can easily replace the bottle whenever you get into town. In addition to the added versatility of being able to be used on any standard 28 mm threaded bottle or pouch, the Sawyer MINI filter provides higher levels of water filtration while also outlasting other personal filters on the market. Ideal for outdoor recreation, hiking, camping, scouting, domestic and international travel and emergency preparedness All of our filters are air tested three times before leaving our production facility to ensure that no pathogens can slip through our filter fibers, a claim that no other water filtration company can make.Ideal for outdoor recreation, hiking, camping, scouting, domestic and International travel, and emergency preparedness. Squeeze filtration with a soft-sided container, such as the bag that comes with your Sawyer filtration system or a water bladder such as an Evernew Squeeze filtration with a disposable water bottle with matching threads, such as the SmartWater 1-L bottle.

To test each product in this review, we take to the trails. We run, hike, and bike hundreds of remote miles with filters in tow, guzzling gallons of water filtered and purified from trailside sources. Using a systematic test plan, we assess each system's anatomy, dissect the pros and cons, and evaluate whether a system is reliable enough to earn our favor. Each product sees hands-on and in-field experience. We also perform rigorous indoor tests to determine minute differences between products. We specifically make sludgy water samples using fertilizers, soils, and other particulates to truly test how each filter and purifier performs. Our recommendations come from experience in the field and home-based experiments that comparatively test each product's performance. The MINI removes 99.99999% of all bacteria, such as salmonella, cholera and E.coli; removes 99.9999% of all protozoa, such as giardia and cryptosporidium

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