““Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees....” ― John Muir
This is a bit off the original topic, but just wondering if anyone uses their Mini, or other filter system, along with water purification tablets or drops. Would this be considered overkill and not necessary?
Given that filtering systems should take care of any bacteria in the water, the only thing the purification tables are going to be good for is killing viruses the filters can't remove. But viruses generally are not a problem in back country water supplies in the U.S. Viruses in the water is an issue when a water source acts as both a sewer and a water source.
Rather than carrying around a cut-up water bottle, I just use my cook pot for scooping up water from shallow sources. I strain the water through a bandana on the way to my Evernew bag if there's any debris. The cook pot is going to be at high temperatures anyway before I eat from it; it's going to be safe. I need the cook pot and bandana anyway, and it's smart to get extra uses from items you're carrying. An extra water bottle and a coffee filter aren't a lot of weight, but they're completely unnecessary weight.
The mini sucks for flow rate, upgrade to the Squeeze for a few bucks, and at most, one ounce more. I also heard through the grapevine via a buddy at REI that "this summer" they're upgrading the filtering so that it will be "better than tapwater", so maybe hold out for the next-gen model.
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