Originally Posted By justme
looking at these two water purifiers. I normally just use polar pure but I want a filtration system. these are the two im looking at and wondering out of these two which one would you choose?

http://www.katadyn.com/usen/katadyn-prod...adyn-vario-usa/

or this one

http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/water-trea...ofilter/product



Neither. If I were buying a filter today it would probably be a katydyn hiker pro - it will save you 150 grams of weight over either of those two.

I own an MSR miniworks. I never take it anywhere, it's heavy, and will clog up without babying.

There are filters lighter than the katydyn (the new hyperflow and the like made by msr) but they have filter elements that are damaged by freezing, and I can't have that where I typically hike.


I generally do not filter - I use chlorine dioxide treatement instead (aquamira) - lighter and faster.

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