Rambo told me to ask you knuckleheads about portable water filters/purifiers... you know, the kind you use while hiking... I'm looking to pick one up for hunting in the back country... any recommendations to save a brother from getting the ****?

Smart ass answers are always expected and welcomed... but I'll take a few helpful ones too.

Rambo who ?

You ought to talk to lou2row. He runs a city/county water purification and processing plant.

The lord of all things white owl...

Coop... pretty sure I can't strap one of those to my pack... LOL or maybe I could...

Get a hemp filter.

Getting stoned while carrying a rifle doesn't sound safe... isn't that how the French lost the war(s)?

unless your planning on speding prolonged periods of time just carry a big water canister. the filters are nice but it's just the filter. you still have to add chlorine dropps to the water, shake and wait, to purify to be safe. i havn't used one for a few years so they might be easier now but the pumps were a pain in the ass and broke easily.

Haha....

My point being he can probably tell you some info on the portable filters, or translate their datasheets.

Katydin was the name I allways associated with the best portable packing filters, but that was decades ago. Now, they make hand pumped RO filters, that changes everything, that's where Lou could probably help you figure out what is real and what is bull****.

I figured that's where you were going Coop.

I'm looking at the msr miniworks ex -

http://www.moosejaw.com/moosejaw/shop/product_MSR-Miniworks-EX-Microfilter_10044939____?cm_mmc=CSE-_-GoogleBase-_-na-_-MSR-Miniworks-EX-Microfilter&ad_id=GoogleBase 

Looks like it filters well... didn't know if anyone had first hand experience with em.

Patrick... I hear mixed opinions on the tablets. Some use them with the filters and some don't. Others still boil the water after filtering... if they work like they should, the water should be drinkable immediately following the filtering.

I used to pack enough water, but time to give up the weight for more important things, such as a big 4x4 deer...

Simmons,

Invest in a Sweetwater Filter setup. Hand pump, backpack carry, and the ONLY filter worth a crap on the market. I've used one for over 20 years, and used my current one just yesterday.

I know my filters. I hope you look into them.

I looked at those too, also made by MSR (MSR bought out the company I believe)... How's the filter life?

boiling would work as well the tablets are just to kill of bacteria and stuff that get threw the filters sometimes. i think when i was still in the scouts it was charcoal filters which i'm sure they've come a long way from since then.

Be a real man and drink the stream water.

drink it straight like the bears do.

come here, Mr. Chocolate.

REI.com great place for "serious" hikers..

cayman

Carry a couple of quarts of Evian and then have a Perrier with lime after the hike once you get back to the lodge.

Refreshing!

Who is this Rambo you speak of?