Registered: 02/07/07
Posts: 3917
Loc: Ozark Mountains in SW Missouri
On the "Backpacking Arkansas forum" someone posted a picture of a collapsible water bottle for $1 they found at the "Dollar Tree" store.
My wife told me we have one of those stores here so we went there today and bought a couple. They even come with a cheap carabiner.
When I got it home I tried a "Brita Bottle Filter" in it and it works perfectly. So, for about $4.50 you can get a lightweight 520 ml bladder type water bottle with a charcoal filter.
Before I take it on a trip I'll test it out for a bit to see how it holds up, but as far as I can tell it looks like it should do pretty good.
Well, since I just got the squeeze, I should see if I can buy those bottles at the dollar store. The squeeze uses the same threading as most standard water bottles.
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Registered: 02/07/07
Posts: 3917
Loc: Ozark Mountains in SW Missouri
Originally Posted By skcreidc
Yea Bill, I'm seconding balzacom's comment. The brita ONLY makes the water taste "better".
Yeah, but why would I not want to remove "chlorine, taste and odor, and particulates" in my water? (source for NSF/ANSI Standard 42)
I don't think chlorine and mud taste all that good.
BTW, that little charcoal filter only weighs about a 1/2 oz.
And for those who only use chlorine dioxide, cryptosporidium is very tolerant to chlorine disinfection, so you may want to boil your water instead if you're worried about that. (source)
Registered: 08/16/10
Posts: 1590
Loc: San Diego CA
I donno...a little chlorine and particulates might be good for the digestion. . Long as you know what it is good for I am fine.
Our tap water here tastes like concrete sludge. Big surprise, since it travels through 1000 miles plus concrete canals to get here. The Brita filter helped, but it still tasted like sludge that's how bad our water is.
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