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The one with the 100,000 gallon life. Have you been using one and are there any tricks or tips?

We usually have a Basecamp and 2.5 gallon bag in our backpack camp and fill bottles or reservoirs in the morning. I rarely pack a pump filter anymore but think I need to carry something and one less Nalgene.

They show people using their reservoir as a dirty bag and putting this inline but after one time you would be stuck to that till you got to some bleach or something. Seems better to squeeze it full.

Actually tired of buying filters for the dang Basecamp too, that is a racket they should have addressed before they lost all their customers.

Yes, they work. Bring the backflusher - you will need it if you are in silt. If you have time to let the silt settle out, you will be good for a long time.

I gravity feed from a 3L platypus. Bigger is better on the dirty water bag. I find the squeeze bags annoying, but they work.

I have never thought the mini was worth the weight savings or hassle. I've back flushed them often and waited a long time for water from what seems to be pretty clean sources.

Kevin

Use an inline pre filter before the main filter . It gets rid of sediment and large particles before clogging the less porous main filter

There are these water bags which happen to fit the mini perfectly and allows you to backflush using the bag itself, without having to bring the syringe thing.

https://5col.com/collections/reserv...-collapsible-water-bottle-1-quart-2-pack





You can also make your own plastic beverage screw cap to rubber hose adapter to allow use of any plastic bottle w/ screw cap for such things. There is one commercially available but it literally takes like a minute to DIY.

https://dutchwaregear.com/product/universal-bottle-adapter/

TAG

I’ve got one on the supply line of my hydration bladder, they work.

I tried to like the mini, but it clogs to easy. Been using the 3 way filter since 2011 for both my wife and I and I really like them a lot.

I got the Mini but haven't had it up the mountain yet, we'll see if the clear creeks where I hunt clog it up too quick. Funny that they make the same filter as the 3-way, is it just the size of the models that make the difference?

Not sure why the smaller mini clogs up faster than the bigger 3 way filter but it is a large enough difference that I don't see me going back to the mini ever.