Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Backpack Hunting Sawyer Squeeze Filter

Stumbled on this thing last night, overall weight 3oz. Read a few reviews, any hands on here? For $30, I'll give it a go for sure.

They work well....

Do the first backflush before you leave home, if you can. Lots of info on Rokslide about hooking them inline with a platypus and using it as a gravity filter.



Fine sediment will clog them, just like any other filter. Bring the syringe to backflush, at least until you know how how long you can run on a specific water source. Don't let it freeze or you will be buying a new one like me.

The only bad thing I've read about them is the bags can burst, so carry a spare. I think gravity is the way to go with one of these.

Extra platypus probably wouldn't hurt any way. Still knocks almost 1# off my Katadyn.

I got one last year and used it on a few summer trips and a hunting trip. I like it and will use it again this year. I haven't tried it with silty water though.

I bought one too. I got the mini. 4 oz. total weight. these hook right up to a platypus I believe I have not tried it yet.

I have a Sawyer water bottle I drink out of every day and a Sawyer squeeze that I made a gravity flow out of, that I use with a 5 gallon bucket and one I take ever where I go with the bags provided. The new bags are tougher than the old ones... Haven't had one break yet.

I'm sold on Sawyer.

I used the Sawyer on my Dall sheep hunt last year, worked great!

If you have to deal with very silty /dirty water, I would recommend looking at some sort of pre filter. I use an ex Brit Army Millbag, which is essentially a tightly woven canvas bag you fill with dirty water and catch the cleaner stuff that trickles out..

Its very lost tech, but works very well. They are now available on the civilian market and tests carried out by the maker show that not only do they reduce the particulate load, but they also reduce biological contamination. I don't recall the exact figures or whether it was bacteria and /or virus, but it did offer an unexpected but worth while reduction, taking some of the load off your main filter..

It has been working well for me. No complaints yet

I use a sawyer water bottle filter all the time. Super fast to just fill with water and then drink. Another advantage is that I can refill with colder water if I come across another source.

I have a mini as well that I'll make a dedicated gravity rig out of for camp water along with a couple of big storage bladders.

A stripped Katadyne Hiker Pro goes 12 ounces.

A Sawyer mini with a syringe to backflush goes 7...




It was a no brainer to me.

Hey Cutter,
What's the snow report for Florence and Magruder?
Thanks in advance.
Slave

The filter works really well for me. The bags are pretty fragile. They don't last very long.

Slave

There's 71" of snow on the Magruder at Mountain meadows.... We did spend last week doing some turkey and bear hunting or I should say, bear baiting and getting stuck closer to home...

From this:



To this where we camped:



It's that time of year even down low, but it was fun....



Heading up there in an hour or is with Sawyer bottle in hand. That cold run off sure tastes good, !

Jayco

Thanks Ron.

The full-size Sawyer doesn't require a syringe, and is only slightly larger and heavier than the mini...

Then how do you backflush it?

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With water....