I have the Platy and love the silly thing. Talk about the quick and lazy way to get clean water; Fill it, hang it and relax. With a bit of trimming of the hoses, and by not using the clean bag I got the weight down to 8.2 oz.( I will probably even modify it some more). The hose from the filter also has a male fitting that screws on to Platy drinking bladders and most convenience store water bottles, leaving you free to do other things while filtering.