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Why does Aqua Mira not give the pore size on their website? They do say their microfilter removes 99.9% of Crypto and Giardia.

If YOU say their filter doesn't effectively remove those bugs, and you treat for 30 minutes before filtering as per your video, are you really treating long enough to kill crypto? No. I'd think the filtering could be removing the chemical from the water, so your chemical treatment time beyond 30 mins could not be relied upon. Your use of "big stuff" and "small stuff" is ambiguous.

With all due respect, using the term invention is best reserved for true inventions, not cutting up a bag to use as a scoop when it's been done by others for years. A ziplock freezerbag is lighter. The same goes for adding string to a platypus to use it upside down. Been done for years by others. Some of the talk of inventions and designs seem odd.

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Thanks for the link. Only problem is that the information on the AGG site is totally wrong. First of all, the Frontier Pro filters down to 2 microns, not 3 as stated. Second of all to effectively remove Cryptosporidium and Giardia, you need a pore size of 1 micron or smaller. So the Frontier Pro does NOT effectively remove them. That's why I use the chemicals in addition to the filter. I wouldn't trust the AGG one without adding chemicals.

The other thing I don't like about the AGG design is that it can ONLY be used as a gravity filter. Mine can be used as a gravity filter, in drinking straw mode, or as a hydration system so it's more versatile. I'm not saying the AGG is a bad design, just a different animal and not as effective in my opinion.


YOU think the talk of inventions and designs see odd. Go tell that to Nike when they apply for a patent on a different design for the shape of the bottom of an athletic shoe. It's called a design patent. No one invented the wheel per se'. but there are thousands of patents for things that go round.
BTW sorry for quoting the whole post. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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