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    Swayer sqeeze here. I'm not completely sold on the pouch yet but if I'm careful and take my time, im sure it'll be fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HooKooDooKu View Post
    The "Squeeze" has a lifetime warranty, where as the mini is listed as ONLY filtering upto 100,000 gallons.
    I've been wondering about that, anybody know how well the warranty holds up? I ask because it seems like there's weasel out language in the warranty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HooKooDooKu View Post
    The "Squeeze" has a lifetime warranty, where as the mini is listed as ONLY filtering upto 100,000 gallons.
    If I drank a gallon of water a day then 100,000 gallons would still translate into more than 270 years of use, so I don't see how that will ever matter to me...

    I have a squeeze mini and my biggest issues are:
    1. The pouch is difficult to fill in standing water, so i am carrying a small 8-oz bottle just to fill the pouch.
    2. Line-in and line-out are of same size, so it happened to me that I attached the rubber hose at the wrong end and I started wondering about cross contamination.
    3. It is somewhat time consuming and I regretted not getting 64-oz pouch on my first trip.
    4. Finally, I have to trust that it works as advertised and I don't have any way to test manufacturer claims (this is true for most filters.) After all, probably no longer that 50 years ago most people were not carrying any water filters and they somehow survived. I do wonder however if they were getting sick more in the old days.


    On the other hand it cost me only $20 and it is relatively lightweight albeit a bit bulky with the syringe.

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    This is an interesting set up, too. I've been experimenting with it and - so far - it has worked well.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQET...dex=63&list=WL

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    We use the squeeze, no complaints other than I suck at filling the bag, the girls are much better (read patient).

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    I say KISS method as much as possible when trying to hike safe and lite. Buy yourself a Sawyer Mini, extra collapsible bag (size and make up to you) and a 1 liter bottle of smart water. Quickly back flush after every use, pack it away where it won't freeze and enjoy your hike. All these bottle cap adapters, hoses and pre-filter stuff just complicates life, which is what many people are trying to get away from by hiking in the first place.

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    The Squeeze and the Mini use the same filter material I believe, just the Squeeze is faster and larger. I personally would suggest getting the 4 pack of Mini filters, that way you get extra bags, and if you use a Hydration pack, you can actually fit the Mini in line with it.

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    I have both the Squeeze and the Mini however, I had occasion to use a 4L Platypus GravityWorks system this past week and despite the cost will be making the switch as soon as the next 20% off coupon appears for my local equipment retailer. The Platypus was so much easier, so much faster the Sawyer filters went unused among a hiking party of 13 after the first water stop.

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    I have a sawyer mini. Flow is VERY slow. I will be getting a sawyer squeeze soon. About 4 times the flow rate with the squeeze.
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    I ordered a Mini through Amazon ($16 and free shipping with Prime!) last week and was stoked! It worked well at home. Tested it a few times. Then on the AT Saturday I was camelling up at Tagg Run (near James Fry shelter) and noticed that water was coming out of both ends!! Snapped a quick picture and fumbled around with it and cursed myself for not picking up Aquamira as a backup. Looking closer I realized that the washer on the inside was working its way inside the mouth of the pouch. I must have been tightening it too hard but who the hell ever heard of that as a problem? I fished it out and only closed it just so. Flow was fine after that. I'm definitely getting a bigger dirty bag as trying to fill 3 liters with a 16 ounce pouch was an exercise in patience. And Sawyer really should put some warning language on their products. I tagged Sawyer Products on instagram and posted the picture and they responded quickly. This is definitely a known issue. Either way, I'm happy to have had clean water from Tagg Run. Still plan on using my Sawyer going forward but will be picking up AM or similar for backup.
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    I know this is an older thread but thought I would give my two cents. I used the Sawyer Mini for two years and have given up on it! If your water source is nice and clear with little silt it works great. However, if there is any silt at all leave it home or plan on back flush after every 1 to 2 liters! I added some weight to my pack and went with a MSR Mini Works with the MSR Silt Stopper and will never look back.

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    I used a mini at first on my thru hike but then switch to the regular squeeze. When I finished my hike I started some tips videos here is the one I did on water filtration and hydration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5IOxALh2E
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    sawyer squeeze, 70oz platypus and two 1 liter platypus with a drink tube. hang the 70oz for dirty water and screw the filter on, take the empty 1liter bottle with drink tube attached and slide the bite valve over the exit end of the filter, give a little squeeze and sit back and enjoy your gravity filter.

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    I had a 2L Sawyer bag break last trip, at the edge of the connector to bag, seems to be a common place. I have always flushed the mini when I get home, never in the field. This time when I got home I flushed ... a lot! Wow, I think I was able triple the output of it by the time I finished. Either I wasnt backflushing enough previously, or I broke the darn thing. I guess what Im trying to say is that if you think your mini is slow, spend an extra 5 minutes flushing it, you might just be surprised at the end result.

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    Quote Originally Posted by poolskaterx View Post
    sawyer squeeze, 70oz platypus and two 1 liter platypus with a drink tube. hang the 70oz for dirty water and screw the filter on, take the empty 1liter bottle with drink tube attached and slide the bite valve over the exit end of the filter, give a little squeeze and sit back and enjoy your gravity filter.
    +1 on the gravity feed, I use a Sawyer 3-1 and either a MSR 5 liter bag or an Evernew 2L bag for groups of 3 to 6. Hanging the MSR is too easy and the 3-1 will filter lots of water before a back flush is needed. I also have a Sawyer mini for solo or duo trips and carry Aquamira for a backup. The Sawyer bags were supposed fixed for bursting, but I bought the Evernew JIC.

    The MSR bag, tubing and filter is 10 ounces, but the convenience for a large group is priceless

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    Sawyer Squeeze. I tried the Mini but the flow is too constricted. Stay away from the Sawyer bags, they have a high fail rate. My dirty water bag is a 2 liter Evernew (the threads on the Platy bags are not compatible) filtering into two Smartwater bottles.

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    I have a mini and I picked up a 64oz bag and carry it and the 16oz as a spare. Mostly I just use the 64oz unless I want to carry a lot to a camping spot away from water where I can filter it as needed for cooking or the next mornings water. I have had no flow problems doing short trips with clear spring water. once it is flowing it seems to keep going. I want to get some more tubing and experiment as I think it will gravity feed pretty easily so I don't need to squeeze. I carry a bottom of a milk jug to use as wash basin, but also to scoop water out of low pools of water.

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    Sawyer said just keep it in the freezer!!


    Sorry folks I couldn't help myself, I will call Sawyer and get back to you in a few hours.

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    I use this sawyer system (kinda):

    https://sawyer.com/products/sawyer-c...rifier-system/

    I started out with everything you see there. The hoses were crap, the 4 liter bags were too much and too heavy (empty). I ultimately replaced the lines with stuff found at lowes and I replaced the bags with 2 liter hydrapak bags. The filter is still going strong and I rarely have to backflush it (very easy to do just lift the clean bag higher than the dirty bag every once in awhile instead of using the clean water). I ended up getting a camelbak quick disconnect and splicing it above my right shoulder on my pack. this way I dont even have to take the water bag out of my pack to fill up.

    The best thing about this system is it filters viruses too, not just bacteria (not that you have to worry about that in NA so much but if I travel to other countries I dont have to switch out systems either).

    If you can get just the filter and you are handy with hoses then I would recommend customizing to your needs.

    I have had this system for roughly 6-8 years (the first type didnt even have labels on them for flow) but I havent been tempted enough to change to anything else.

    YMMV HYOH

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