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.

I've been playing with the Sawyer gravity system and am a near-convert. I think between it and UV I have enough options, depending on where I'm headed and how many in the party.

cheers,
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