Looking to get a water filter for backpacking / camping and have it down between one of the four that are similar in price / quality, but of course slightly different and all sorts of different review on the Internet.
Katadyn Hiker Pro
Katadyn Vario
MSR Sweetwater
MSR Miniworks
Everywhere I have seen / heard on the Internet looks like Katadyn Hiker/Pro is a choice by most people and then the vario adds the ability to do twice as much water output (But at what price to quality?)
Miniworks EX or whatever they call it appears to have the best maintainability and longivity over time, but some people seem complain about the work it takes to pump the water. Sweetwater seems like more their middle of the road output / quality
I know I could consider gravity bags and filter bottles, but I'm sure I want a filter so if I had a small source of water I can get to it easy and I would probably follow the filtered water up with either boiling or tablets to ensure 100% that I'm also going to kill viruses etc... The water filter would be round 1 and what I'm currently trying to decide.
Katadyn Hiker Pro
Katadyn Vario
MSR Sweetwater
MSR Miniworks
Everywhere I have seen / heard on the Internet looks like Katadyn Hiker/Pro is a choice by most people and then the vario adds the ability to do twice as much water output (But at what price to quality?)
Miniworks EX or whatever they call it appears to have the best maintainability and longivity over time, but some people seem complain about the work it takes to pump the water. Sweetwater seems like more their middle of the road output / quality
I know I could consider gravity bags and filter bottles, but I'm sure I want a filter so if I had a small source of water I can get to it easy and I would probably follow the filtered water up with either boiling or tablets to ensure 100% that I'm also going to kill viruses etc... The water filter would be round 1 and what I'm currently trying to decide.
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