Originally Posted By Glenn Roberts
As a very loose, general rule, filtered water won't have any "non-water" taste - it certainly shouldn't taste dirty (dirt particles would have pretty muh been filtered out.)

Will filtered water have a taste? Possibly; the filter won't take out all the chemical tastes (I've had water taste slightly iron-ish, for example, but not very often.

Remember, I hike in the eastern US (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, mostly.) I can't speak for areas other than that, since I don't have any experience.


North East Ohio myself. Small world. The second liter i filtered just has this odd taste to it. Being my first time filtering water, im just a littler leary of the water. had frogs in it. smile Havent been able to get back out, and filter another liter. Could i need to clean the filter after just 2 liters of water? I back flushed, and havent had any flow problems. Its just that second liter of water just has this dirty taste to it.