Originally Posted By Rick_D
Originally Posted By lori
The Hiker Pro I have is suffering its age, there's a crack around the outlet hose housing. It's plastic. You just anticipate the end and buy them at REI....


Luckily, that bit is part of the cartridge so gets swapped out with the new one. All in all I've had good luck with the Hiker, going back to PUR days and the "T" handle. Never had a field failure.



Sad that it took your comment for me to realize that I misspoke. It is the "in" quick connect housing that is cracked, not the out. If it had been the out it would have been fixed last year when the cartridge was changed.
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