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Sawyer Mini Water Filter
An important addition to any bugout bag is a lightweight portable water filter. If you’re trekking out in the woods and you want to insure you aren’t drinking bacteria and protozoa from a dead animal or animal waste upstream that could develop into a serious condition later, the Sawyer Mini Water Filter System is the perfect solution by filtering out 99.9999 percent of all protozoa, including giardia and cryptosporidium, as well as 99.99999 percent of the bacteria in the water, eliminating such dangerous ones as E.coli, salmonella, and cholera.
This tiny filter may only weigh 2 ounces but don’t let that tiny size fool you. It lasts a long time. It filters as much as 100,000 gallons of water. If you use a gallon of water a day, that’s enough for over 273 years! It actually could become a family heirloom, providing clean water to the next few generations. Because of its small size and efficiency, it’s perfect for any bugout bag and reasonably priced. You’ll find most in the $20 range. That’s an inexpensive price for a long-term, lightweight source of water.
The Sawyer Mini Water Filter comes with a 16-ounce reusable squeeze pouch, a cleaning plunger and a seven inch drinking straw. You can use it in a variety of ways. It attaches to standard sized disposable water bottles, the drinking pouch that comes with the filter, hydration packs or you can attach the straw and drink right from the source of water. That versatility gives you many options when you’re out in the wild, holding up in your home after or on the run from a major disaster.
What the Sawyer Mini won’t do is filter out chemicals or viruses, but you’ll seldom find viruses in the water in North America. Because of its light weight and small size, it’s perfect for backpacking, hiking, emergency preparedness and even travel. Since you can screw it directly onto the top of a standard water bottle, it’s an excellent way to aid in preventing Montezuma’s revenge when traveling, particularly to developing countries in the following areas, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Maintaining good hygiene, using filtered water for both drinking and brushing your teeth, avoiding ice made with untreated water, avoiding salads or uncooked food items not washed with purified water or raw fruits and vegetables not washed with purified water and peeled personally also lowers the risk.
This is a cool water filter. Thanks for sharing this review. Might buy one of these for a gift